Celebrity Hair: Choose Beauty Interview with Monaè Everett

Celebrity hairstylist Monaè Everett has gained international renown as a texture expert and “hair fixer,” elevating red carpet looks for a who’s who list of celebrities and working behind-the-scenes for editorial shoots. We ask: When did you first become interested in beauty? Was your passion for hair supported or discouraged? You teach a class on editorial styling—can you tell us how you broke into editorial? How does a stylist get decision-makers to take them seriously as a hairstylist, and hire them on premium jobs? You have mastered the art of working with all different hair textures—how did you do this? What was your training and education? How do you think we, as an industry, can overcome the racial divide in hair and become more inclusive when it comes to working with texture? How do we as an industry come together and help create real change and start to erase that racial divide? ⠀ ⠀We’ve seen you come out in support of licensing and we know that licensing is often being undermined and under threat in some states. Why do you think licensing is important?