Check Out Sheena Black’s Story

Today we’d like to introduce you to Sheena Black. 

Hi Sheena, it’s an honor to have you on the platform. Thanks for taking the time to share your story with us – to start, maybe you can share some of your backstories with our readers.
After going to college for what I thought would be my forever career. I absolutely hated it. I found myself in a strange place, with strange people, doing something that I knew I would not love. While at college, I would braid hair in the dorm for a meal ticket of either breakfast or lunch. I lived off campus because I did not have enough money to pay for tuition to live on campus, even with a financial aid. Within the second semester of being away at college, I got pregnant. After having my son, I thought about what I would do to take care of him. I did not want to go back to school for nursing, but I knew that I needed to do something and quickly. So, in my thought process, I wondered what I would be able to do for the rest of my life that would not feel like work. I had a gift and a love for hair. So, I went to Sandhills Community College for cosmetology and graduated with an associate’s degree in general education. I transferred to Fayetteville State University and obtained a bachelor’s degree in business administration with a Concentration and Entrepreneurship. I now specialize in Healthy hair care as the owner of Black Eminence beauty bar. Black Eminence Beauty Bar specializes in healthy hair care, as well as education. We illuminate the crowns that make women glorious. 

Alright, so let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall, and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome?
No, my life hasn’t been no crystal stair. It has been very challenging to get where I am today. It has been a lot of trial and error. I have gone to many salons and worked under a lot of different people. I have always seen examples of how not to treat people and what not to do in a salon setting. But every experience has made me better. A better stylist and an even better student. 

Appreciate you sharing that. What else should we know about what you do?
With being a healthy hair care specialist, it helps me educate people about their hair and how to care for it. Educating people on things that seem minute but make a huge difference as how their hair behaves and how their natural hair operates, is very fulfilling. Educating clients on hair is not something mini stylus do most people go to the salon they ask for a particular style. Their stylist gives them that style. Then they leave out with the exact same amount of information that they came in with, only that their hair care professional can mimic a style that they like. And in the event that there is ever another epidemic, women will be in trouble again. That’s where I differ from a lot of other stylus, I give my clients the tools that they need to maintain healthy hair care with at-home maintenance education. They understand why I do the things that I do in the salon and some of those things they can duplicate at home. 

Networking and finding a mentor can have such a positive impact on one’s life and career. Any advice?
Being able to find a mentor is challenging even for me because you have to find your tribe first. You have to find those people that are assigned to you. While finding the things that interest you the most and being able to openly talk about those things will create an environment conducive for the people that you need in your life to be in your life. Always be the least important person in the room when networking, that way, you can find yourself in a room full of people who are more advanced, have a higher education, or making more money than you while also doing the things that you love to do. This gives you an example of where your career can go. Where your gifts can take you if you continue to strive for them. These are the environments that you will find your mentor in. 

Contact Info:

• Website: www.blackeminencebeautybar.com
• Instagram: https://instagram.com/sheenayblack?igshid=OGQ5ZDc2ODk2ZA==
• Facebook: facebook.com/sheenayblack