The heart of our mission is to find the amazing souls that breathe life into our communities. In the recent weeks, we’ve had the privilege to connect with some incredible artists, creatives, entrepreneurs and rabble rousers and we can’t begin to express how impressed we are with the incredible group below.
Olivia Barakat
At Wanderlust Wax Bar I offer full body waxing, specializing in Brazilian waxes, that would be the most popular service by far. I use a hard film wax which makes the services less painful and quicker. I also recently started offering facials which I have been loving. For the facial services I’ve been using two amazing professional Korean skincare brands, Isov and StoryDerm, that I personally use and love. I also use a few products from the well known line Skinscript. Read more>>
Jaleel Poole
I was born and raised in Chicago, where my journey in ministry and music began at the age of 8, singing in my local church choir. By the time I was 13, I joined The Soul Children of Chicago, which opened incredible doors for me to travel, minister, and even represent America during a time of war, sponsored by Mayor Rahm Emanuel during his tenure in Chicago. Those formative years shaped my passion for both music and ministry. Read more>>
Shannon McGregor
Back in 2018 I went through the darkest, toughest part of my life. As I began to heal and rebuild my life I knew I wanted and needed a way to keep myself busy and a way to express myself somehow. So I bought a Cricut cutting machine and started making shirts and testing out my crafting abilities. By 2020 a friend saw the potential in me and asked me why I don’t sell my t-shirts, but I didn’t know anything about how to get started selling your own products. She asked me first what I would call my business. I thought of many cute business names, but I came up with remedy and Read more>>
Rachel Boyles
After graduating in 2018, I landed a job at a franchise hair salon, where I refined my skills until the COVID-19 pandemic hit. Following the lockdown, I had the incredible opportunity to join a local barbershop, which became a pivotal moment in my career. I honed my techniques, formed lasting connections with colleagues, and received mentorship that significantly contributed to my success. Read more>>
Demarcus Little, Sr.
I started hosting events back in 2019 from the jump of an amazing podcast, “Dear Millennials: The Lit A** Podcast”, that I was blessed to help create and be apart of. The podcast was created by three other colleagues that I knew randomly in the city. The project was a hit streaming on all podcast platforms (Apple, Spotify, SoundCloud, Google, iHeart Radio Stitcher, etc.,). My name on the podcast is “mcLovin”. Read More>>
McLaine Craig
With my husbands support, in 2016 we finally found what would be Halo Salon today on the historic town square in Rossville, Tennessee! I had eleven years of experience by this point and an unbelievably supportive clientele. Throughout the process of the salon build out, to finding stylists to join in, and all the blood, sweat, and tears that goes into creating this salon I knew this was all in God’s timing and this was it! There were so many incredible things that God put into place at the exact moment for us when we needed it or introduced the right person to help us when we needed something very specific. He had a plan for this salon! Read more>>
