 It's a unique hustle big shit big shit big shit. It's a unique hustle nigga big shit big shit big shit Name another podcast like this. We're gonna bring it to the table boss talk with your girlfriend fire boss talk We're gonna do it how you want boss talk. Yeah, everybody on check check check it is a unique house It's your boy e ceo, and I'm here with the lovely official. Mr. Mako. What's going on? Hey, man, so we got a special guest in here today, man, and she really don't need no introduction So far y'all who think y'all didn't know y'all about to know her now, man My girl Lexus is in the building. What's going on? Hey y'all? Hey, man. So hey you so you do hair Yes, I do hair here in Atlanta and in the ATL shawty. Oh, that's what y'all call So just tell it so what's the name of your salon my salon is called live beauty spot But my name is hair by Lex three two one And is that you name on Instagram or just that's on all social media or what actually Instagram only Instagram and my tick tock is hair by Lex one so you could find me on there, too Wow, so cutting up on tick tock. No, I'm just getting used to it So do you be So what got you into doing hair actually my dad owned a salon when I was young So I used to spend my Saturdays in there. Was he really good was he any good? He actually didn't do any hair. He just ran. Oh, I just Grew up there and basically they were my mom's, you know, everybody in there So I just in Detroit. So you're originally from Detroit. I'm actually was in Detroit all the way up to I was 18 So Why did I move here? Yeah, I came here for school. So I went to Carolina University in 2015 graduated 2019 With my bachelor's and business administration and I just stayed here business administration, but you end up in here I know I love it, too. Yeah, they do it all them. Let me ask you something on the series though, man Where's days low days low just been chillin. You know, she's been doing the modeling thing and everywhere. I Know y'all see her say man. So yeah, that's the one of y'all be words big sure Somewhere with your name. I ain't go whatever And why are they cloning so much on BMF up there in your city Actually, I think because the people who really from there, they don't think it's the full true story Like all of us being told It comes up, this is not based it's based what I said It's hardly based on the full story. So, you know, it's not a full story But you know, they don't never let anybody live. So they just that's what it is. They don't think it's all true and That's what I've heard. I actually only watched a couple episodes and they were saying even the locations one matching up Like how people they I say they own 12th Street, but really they don't look like 12th Street So it just it didn't add up for me if you were really from Detroit. Wow, so um Why did the the water go bad in Flint? And actually if y'all have seen we actually just won a lawsuit 600 million dollar lawsuit against the state to get their water fixed But I don't know why I went bad But it we just won after and it's been like 10 years because they happy when I was in high school because we was Having water bottles brought up to the school to take the flint So I wonder how long it's gonna take to get fixed. I don't know now that I got Snyder out the office We don't know and Is the real estate still good up there like it was That's the only reason I go back Becoming with it, man, I just I love the culture. I know our people up there are doing great in real estate And it may be cold. It's too cold It's really cold, but I'm used to it But my real estate is still good my daddy actually owned about seven houses up there six on our block So yeah, how many do you own? I just own my house here So but if I do go back to Detroit, which I've been thinking about I'm getting busy getting in business with my dad Cuz you need to follow he said Parents always set an example for their kids to follow sometimes We may not always tell you in school you and tell you what to do But we hoping that we lead by example and you follow. Yeah, and I kind of am Alexis man, you you like to see a young black sister an entrepreneur one who has scaled Yeah, yeah in the ATL market with her hair Products you got products yet actually no product. You're gonna get you have products I actually own a hairline car live luxury So we got closures from tools and the best hair in the game Everybody says that no, and that's what I'm about to say But I got proof what's the proof the clients Cash moves everything around me cream get the money how many clients you have how many do I have I can't even keep You stay booked all the time booked and busy to the point where my friends be on my behind cuz they like legs I can't get an appointment. I can't get an appointment. You got a book So, what do you do you do everything do you do braids lace fronts perms braids? I mean everything. No, I do majority everything. I don't do braids. Don't do braids. I do do natural hair Okay, I do do coloring Perms Etc. Everything I don't do braids But I have somebody in the shop who do braids at name the hair factory with two each on V And she does great braids. Do you do white folks here? Actually, I've done about Four people four white people here. Okay, but it was for weddings for weddings Yeah, so they were in people weddings. They didn't come in book with me So but you see I did that to your portfolio and put it up. So they know that well I can go to her yeah I have a lot of friends who this I could never understand this with that culture with hair They'll go over here to get a haircut and they'll come over here for color They'll never do everything at one place right because the person who does the color over here Don't cut good. Mm-hmm. So they go multiple place for different things Right. We want to just go one person for everything. We're not gonna jump around like the back in the day Yeah, I get you because nowadays. I think the stylist and her styles we kind of picked something and kind of like Master that thing instead of trying to master everything, you know, so at first I started off doing pony tails I got I'm from Detroit. So I did a lot of slick styles. That's what I was in. Yeah So a lot of slick styles, but now I don't even barely do pony tails now I'm more in the lace because that's what the women like here like the lace the braids and not the braids like I'm not doing the braids, but they're doing the braids lace friend How do they don't break out their edges because everybody's always scared about breaking out their edges with lace fronts So it kind of depends on the knowledge the stylists have Because when you do a lace front the laces supposed to go in front of the hairline But what happened to a person that don't have a lot of space after that? Then they let their hair is like right here and their eyebrows are there and then that don't look right Right, so you got to know what works for you and don't work for you because you have to tell like me I can't wear you see how far my baby is there at my eyebrows. So I can't really wear front tooth I don't really wear front I kind of get into the closures But when it's the closure is literally just right here So it can be as far like you need it, but you don't need all the extra baby hair So but so you do need to know what works for you and don't work for you because everybody can't get everything And you're totally honest with your clients I'm telling all of this because you know some people don't care about their hair keeping it healthy They just want to put something on there to look cute, right? I'm very honest and blunt if you ask any of my clients, but You still give them what they want. No. Oh, so really so I'm like I can't do that Really that come out of my mouth a lot. I can't do that. You don't have that type of hair you know like or not you don't have that type of hair so they can show me something and Like tell me to do that But if I know in my head that it's not gonna turn out like that or it's not gonna look like that when I get done I'm gonna tell you I can't do that because I don't want you yelling at me when you get down I don't want us arguing going back and forth. I rather just deny your service and see you somewhere Why somebody can't do it or they're willing to do it. Have you ever had the experience? Yes I have had the experience actually somebody came in my salon today I have to send her a text message when we come out of here and tell her that I'm not able to do her styling What's the worst experience you've ever had dealing with a client? the virus oh Like you almost went to jail because of it. I actually hasn't I haven't had any bad clients like that But I used to work out my house when I was in college So it was someone who made I used to take appointments early at 6 a.m So it was someone who made a 6 a.m appointment did not show so she was she was blocked from my site So then she her mother made an appointment the next day With the same last name like I wasn't gonna notice so it's and usually when I was working on my house You will get a text message from me today before from your appointments and you the address I'd never sent the text message because I knew Who it was but they still popped up at my house and that's when we had to get into it. Mm-hmm That's when we had that's when I stopped working in the house to after that. Yeah, you got to be careful Yeah, but that was before cold. Where was that? Well, I'm lying. I came out the house in 2019. So Never mind So you've been in the salon ever since yeah, I've been in the smile since I graduated college May 2019 And that's when I said I'm I'm not working in my house no more What are the benefits of being in a salon rather than being because I know both of them have pros and cons Tell me some of that. So the pros and cons of working at home. You get up you there All you really got to do is Wash your face getting shower. You don't got to go nowhere. So you can come right downstairs So that's why I was able to take clients earlier 6 a.m I can get up at 545 jump the shower wash my hair wash my face everything come right downstairs um another pro is It's relaxing to clients that you've had over time so they feel a little more relaxed They feel a little more comfortable Kind did you take new clients at your house? Yeah, so also kind some new clients like I don't feel comfortable coming to your house I that is that of that But when I move out of the house my clientele grew Because probably I was out of the house. Mm-hmm. So my clientele grew Um, I also thought I was becoming weird before COVID because I was working so much So I would never leave the house. I would wake up go to work never leave I mean, I would get food delivered and I just beat it. I don't have to go nowhere afterwards Also, I just wanted to I think it's important to separate home from business. Mm-hmm Like I don't want to just go leave out of the room and go lay on my couch on my TV I want to come home this straight stuff up get everything and I mean just in case if you do if you smoke or anything You got to do stuff beforehand. Mm-hmm. You can't do it. Why you know, it's just different I just it was too much. It became too much So you would say your specialty right now and everything that you do is closures. I Think my specialty right now is slicked backs So ends closures weaves right now this weaves. We've okay. I've been sitting. I've heard it. I've heard enough Mm-hmm. I don't really know much about the hair stuff like y'all But I'm been listening and what I don't like is when these girls have this quick weave thing And I don't know it looks fake right there. He always had that Delays front. I got somebody over there right now if I brunger you wouldn't even be able to tell I'm so sick of that. Well bring on so he can see that I don't know that Right there. I'm not the bringer to you. That's why right there Cuz it's always It always be lifting right there. I'm so sick of it. So the one thing about lace It's not a cheap hairstyle. Mm-hmm. It takes a lot of maintenance So you got to let people know that cuz after three for I won't say three or four days I would say a closure could last you about a week and a half ish Not doing it. We're gonna have ish without it first lifting Mm-hmm. You can keep it probably like two weeks But you have to probably put some stuff on there and lay it down So it'll be straight a front to you know, that's ear to ear. So it just take a lot if you do a lot with your daily I Just don't suggest it unless you got some money because it take it take a stylist a lot to get a front to Look in as natural as you wanted to so we have to charge I don't charge as much as everybody else charge But I charge but you have to to get it maintenance. You got at least charge half of what you charge the first time, okay? Well, can you do natural hair and make it look good and give it body And try to help our people to have a nice greater hair fixed up fluffed up, you know do it I ain't saying permanent, but just taking in care managing the What's up with that? Ain't nothing. I was up with that. Why I'm teaching them how to do it Yeah, why can't teach them how to maintain their hair the hair is beautiful, too I think a lot of times people have got so caught up in trying to be like everybody else. I'm sick of it Well, these people stop following each other and start standing up for who they really are We love your hair. No matter what if it's kanky where kanky if it's not it where not it If it's straight where straight if it's you understand what I'm saying. We gotta start loving ourselves more. Yeah No It's the internet world right now, and it's the men too. So like I know some men I've Met here. They don't like people with natural hair like it even when I was in college I had a lot of male friends. They don't like people with the puff balls. I went to age We see you I went to Clark. So a lot of people did come to class with Puff balls, you know, naturally some people pull it off and some people can't that's what they say But everybody can pull it off. It don't matter the type of greater hair you do have because I have friends my friend best friend names here She has four C hair. They think they kinky hair and she wears it natural all the time She's pretty dark-skinned pretty and everything. I do her hair. She get her hair done by me sometimes But majority of times in two-strand twist just pulled up. She a teacher, too So she even go the Teach elementary so I mean it just it's just a few how can people get a hold of you if they wanted to Reach out to you get a hold of me. Yeah What's your handle actually you can catch me on Instagram and hair by legs three to one also my work phone number is six seven eight nine two three one four six six I need to repeat that. Alexa's on the loco. Alexis is about to blow. You know what I'm talking about, that's that Mike Jones We didn't know but I like that. That's the Mike Jones effect Yeah, he's only one I know just blew up giving that know-how We did you justice man. 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