Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Jocelin Williams. We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.

Hi Jocelin, thanks for joining us today. Do you think your parents have had a meaningful impact on you and your journey?

My mother has been the best thing to ever happen to my life and my creative dreams. As a child, whenever I would have an idea or say I wanted to do something, my mother would asked me, “well what do you need.” She would ask me, “what materials do you need, do you need to take a class to learn more, is there a trip we needed to take,” She wanted to make sure that I had every tool available to start pursuing this dream, no matter how small or big it was, as long as I really wanted to do it. She even moved from Memphis,TN to New York City, for me to go to a fashion design high school because my dream was to be a fashion designer. Even after I told her I no longer wanted to pursue fashion design, She said, “so what’s next”, instead of making me feel like a failure at my dreams.

Awesome – so before we get into the rest of our questions, can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers.

Hair and Makeup Artist by trade, Creator by passion. She has years of experience in modeling and model development, as well as Male Grooming. As a retired Fashion Designer, Jocelin utilizes that eye for colors and shape in her  makeup artistry, which makes her an asset on any set. Having a art background  gives Jocelin that extra edge when creating  hair designs, as she works on campaigns, award shows, editorial shoots  and NYFW. Jocelin Williams  is a  licensed  cosmetologist, baby hair expert, plus size model, and your “I got you” girl.

Have you ever had to pivot?

After graduating from college with my bachelor of science in fashion design. It became extremely hard to find a non technical job in that field. It had become very apparent that I was not taught enough business skills to further pursue my fashion design career. I also realized, after some time, that the passion for having my own line, shrunk. I decided to go to cosmetology school and pursue a passion of mine that was put on the back burner. While in cosmetology school I realized that I could use the same eye for color and imagination for shapes in hair and makeup instead of fashion.

What can society do to ensure an environment that’s helpful to artists and creatives?

I feel like society and the school system have to stop training people to be conditioned to work for someone else. As a creative, most of the time, all we want to do is create or come up with something new. But when society constantly tells you that you have to be like someone else or create so that the masses will buy, It creates a limiting creative environment.

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