We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Yashika Walker a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.
Hi Yashika , thanks for joining us today. We’d love to hear about a time you helped a customer really get an amazing result through their work with you.
I have MANY customer success stories but the one that immediately comes to mind is of one customer that suffers from Alopecia hair loss. I had a customer send me pictures of her progress using my products. The customer stated that she noticed a small bald spot in the top of her head. She stated that over time this spot became bigger so she did some research and found out . She tried to use another company’s hair growth oil, but the customer said that her spot got worse and continued to get bigger, so she discontinued using it. She found my business on IG and decided to give it a try. She stated that after a month of using it she began to see results, She shared photos of her progress and I was blown away. Her bald spot grew COMPLETELY in. It made me so excited to know that MY product assisted with her progress. :)
As always, we appreciate you sharing your insights and we’ve got a few more questions for you, but before we get to all of that can you take a minute to introduce yourself and give our readers some of your back background and context?
My name is Yashika Walker. I am the founder and owner of Hair Affair Stimulating Growth Oil. I am a Chicago Native and I recently located to Texas right outside of Houston Texas. I started this company after having experiencing postpartum hair loss after having my second child. My edges began to thin and fall out. This was not something that I had experienced before and it made me insecure about wearing my natural hair because I could only wear certain styles that hid my thinning/balding edges. I started to take hair vitamins hoping it would assist in growing my edges back. Instead it caused my face to break out so I stopped taking them. I did a ton of research to find different oils that could assist. I started making my own hair growth oil and was pleasantly surprised at how well it worked. I started using it in both my daughter’s hair because my baby had balding in the back of her hair (Like most babies and infants do). Their results were also amazing. I began giving out samples to close family and friends to test out and they all reported having similar results which were all positive. I decided to make this a business so that I could share my amazing products with the world. The products that I currently have are hair growth oils, beard growth oil, shampoo and conditioner, strong hold edge control(also promotes growth), Silk edge scarfs, Eyebrow/Eyelash growth oils, and more!!!! Hair Affair was created to assist with hair loss due to alopecia, balding, thinning, postpartum hair loss, hereditary hair loss, etc. I created Hair Affair simply because I wanted to assist other people who have experienced similar issues regarding hair loss, while helping them to gain their confidence back. I am most proud of how far I have grown my business in such a short time. I have won Hair Care Company Of the year 2 years in a row from an AMAZING organization called Buy From A Black Woman. My company won for 2021 and 2022. I also won an award from another awesome organization called Gratitude for Black Girls. The award was for Women Worth Watching Award. I have serviced close to 3400 customers. I have shipped ALL over the world included: The UK, China, North Korea, The Philippines, etc. I have provided Christmas gifts for parents that had fallen on hard times. I have been able to assist so many people grow not only their hair back but also their confidence and self esteem. It is so rewarding. I have come such a long way in a short time but I still have SO much more work to do. It is my mission and goal to continue providing quality products that produce real results to help you enhance your natural beauty and give you the confidence that you deserve!
Do you sell on your site, or do you use a platform like Amazon, Etsy, Cratejoy, etc?
I currently have an ecommerce store through Shopify. I LOVE Shopify because it has free easy themes to set up your store. They have chat support that is available 24/7. There’s tons of apps that you could download for your store to increase your revenue. You can also connect to your social sites to make checkouts easier for your customers. I would say that a con would be the monthly fee. But it’s affordable.
Can you talk to us about how your funded your business?
I have been fortunate to have an AMAZING partner who assisted me in funding my business. When I expressed to my then boyfriend that I wanted to legitimize my idea and turn it into a legal business he was all for it. He in fact pushed and encouraged me to do so. He purchased my LLC for my business and gave me my first $1000 investment. I was able to purchase supplies and inventory with the investment which was extremely helpful.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.hairaffairgrowthoil.com/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hairaffairstimulatinggrowthoil/
- Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/Hair-Affair-Stimulating-Growth-Oil-106185591172094/
- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yashika-walker-55a05578/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/HAgrowthoil
- Other: Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@hairaffairgrowthoil