Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Charmeka Augustine . We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.
Charmeka, appreciate you joining us today. What’s the backstory behind how you came up with the idea for your business?
From an assistant to a single mother to now the owner & top stylist in Houston now 16 years, this is only the beginning.
Fused Hair & Extensions has been my brand for the past 10 years now and it’s only growing day by day. From relaxers to long colorful extensions to beautiful blowouts, the work is epic. Having touched celebs like Cynthia Bailey, Malorie Bailey, LaTavia Roberson, and Erica Mena has only pushed my career to higher heights. Being apart of Fashion Week 3 years strong with the iconic Joshua Omar Johnson, really made me find out what force I hold and can show to the world.
Rated top 5 salons in Houston via online and now thrusting to more of my upper everyday corporate clientele of high real estate realtors, attorneys, doctors, and more, God is blessing me day to day for more greatness. It’s late nights and early
Mornings but I would not have prayed for anything more. The growth is amazing and I’m enjoying each and every experience and making my growing hands something each client will remember.
Now having started a new organic hair growth oil that’s growing hair within a month and showing off my own technique of the Microlink & I-Tip method to adding length and fullness to medium and thin hair.
Great, appreciate you sharing that with us. Before we ask you to share more of your insights, can you take a moment to introduce yourself and how you got to where you are today to our readers
From an assistant to a single mother to now the owner & top stylist in Houston now 16 years, this is only the beginning.
Fused Hair & Extensions has been my brand for the past 10 years now and it’s only growing day by day. From relaxers to long colorful extensions to beautiful blowouts, the work is epic. Having touched celebs like Cynthia Bailey, Malorie Bailey, LaTavia Roberson, and Erica Mena has only pushed my career to higher heights. Being apart of Fashion Week 3 years strong with the iconic Joshua Omar Johnson, really made me find out what force I hold and can show to the world.
Rated top 5 salons in Houston via online and now thrusting to more of my upper everyday corporate clientele of high real estate realtors, attorneys, doctors, and more, God is blessing me day to day for more greatness. It’s late nights and early
Mornings but I would not have prayed for anything more. The growth is amazing and I’m enjoying each and every experience and making my growing hands something each client will remember.
Now having started a new organic hair growth oil that’s growing hair within a month and showing off my own technique of the Microlink & I-Tip method to adding length and fullness to medium and thin hair.
Can you talk to us about how your side-hustle turned into something more.
Yes it started in my moms kitchen doing hair for half off and almost free to get my name out there for years. So many long nights and long days and putting business cards on cars and mailboxes and passing them out in front of beauty salons and beauty supply stores, a lot of hard work. I knew then that I needed to be in a full salon with all the supplies I needed because I scaled over a year or two.
It was amazing watching it unfold in front of my eyes.
Learning and unlearning are both critical parts of growth – can you share a story of a time when you had to unlearn a lesson?
How to appreciate customers and how YOUR energy can affect them from the time they call about an appt until the time they come in and leave your chair. It’s amazing. My old boss would answer the phone however and would wonder why clients never came in, and I always told myself whenever a client came in I would treat them like royalty. Because they didn’t have to come to me. So appreciate them.
Contact Info:
- Website: www.fusedhair.booksy.com
- Instagram: @fused_hair
- Facebook: Fused Hair & Extensions
- Yelp: Fused Hair & Extensions
Image Credits
Charné Day IG: @babydollll