Every time Velinda Hudson Humphreys turns around, God just keeps on blessing her.
GIVING BACK BIG TIME — The proud owner and CEO of Styles With Smiles Senior Haircare, Memphian Velinda Humphreys had become inspired some time ago to launch a promotion that would benefit her clients, particularly elderly customers. Humphreys will be offering free hair service through a monthly promotion, she told Making Headline News this week.
And, as a result, she deems it essential to pay it forward.
A Mid-South-area professional cosmetologist whose notable career spans more than 25 years, Humphreys has become a fixture in this ever-so-competitive and evolving industry, especially in her native establishment of Memphis, where individuals becoming engaged in cosmetology undoubtedly is one the market’s most popular trends.
That, after all, is amongst the reasons Humphreys, the owner and CEO of Styles With Smiles Senior Haircare, had become inspired some time ago to launch a promotion that would benefit her clients, particularly elderly customers.
Humphreys will be offering free hair service through a monthly drawing, she told Making Headline News this week.
The promo will involve Humphreys collecting names through the first 10 days of each month, then drawing a winner approximately five days later. The winner will be the beneficiary of basic services, not including chemicals or braids
The promo will involve her collecting names through the first 10 days of each month, then drawing a winner approximately five days later.
The winner will be the beneficiary of basic services, not including chemicals or braids, Humphreys said.
“Because every one can’t afford to go out to get their hair styled,” said Humphreys, when asked why she initiated the promotion.
By and large, the passion for what she’s adopted as a professional hair stylist plays a major role for wanting to give back to those in her community, Humphreys said.
A business that essentially is in its infancy stages, Styles With Smiles Senior Haircare is a mobile beauty salon designed to service elderly individuals as well as those who are unable to leave the confines of their homes and visit salons the traditional way.
Humphreys’ mobile salon is especially ideal for handicapped and individuals with special needs.
BUSINESS ON THE MOVE — A business that essentially is in its infancy stages, Styles With Smiles Senior Haircare is a mobile beauty salon designed to service elderly individuals as well as those who are unable to leave the confines of their homes and visit salons the traditional way.
“I enjoy what I do, and want to make everyone aware of my services,” Humphreys, a Memphis Hamilton High graduate, said. “Plus it’s my way of giving back. This is my first (year for the promotion), but it will be annually… once a month for the entire year. All it cost me is time.”
As far as Humphreys is concerned, every little bit of time counts, even when one pays it forward.
“Everyone is not as fortunate as others,” Humphreys said. “I’m not where I want to be either, but I can do something to put a smile on the face of others. That makes me happy as well. I don’t have much to offer, but I can offer my time.”
EDITOR’S NOTE:If you are an entrepreneur, business owner, producer, author, athlete, musician, barber, life coach, motivational speaker, cosmetologist, tax preparer, model, or pastor/minister who is seeking exposure and would like to share your story with an in-depth news feature, call Reporter Andre Johnson at 901-690-6587 or Facebook message him under “Andre T. Johnson” for details.
Andre Johnson is Founder and Publisher for Making Headline News. A 2000 graduate of the University of Memphis School of Journalism and a former staff reporter the Memphis Commercial Appeal newspaper, Johnson covers the NBA Southwest Division from Dallas, Texas. To reach Johnson, send email to andre@makingheadlinenews.com or to memphisgraduate@yahoo.com. Also, follow him on Twitter @AJ_Journalist.
ABOUT ANDRE: Andre Johnson is a longtime sports journalist and a 2000 graduate of the University of the Memphis with Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism. A native of Memphis, Johnson is a former sport reporter Memphis Commercial Appeal newspaper and Memphis Sport Magazine. He worked as full-time staffer for The Commercial Appeal from 2000-2002, in which he was the beat reporter for the Memphis Houn’dawgs of now-defunct American Basketball Assocation and the Memphis Xplorers of the arenafootball2 league. He has interviewed numerous sports personalities, most notably Archie Manning, LeBron James, George “Iceman” Gervin, Issac Bruce, Laila Ali, Vince Carter, Paul Westphal, Phil Jackson, Ken Hamlin, Cortez Kennedy, Michael Oher, Kobe Bryant, Chris Douglas-Roberts, Marc Gasol, Dwight Howard, James Harden, Patrick Willis, Stanley Morgan, Dirk Nowitzki, Rick Carlisle, Mark Cuban, Carmelo Anthony, Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant, Rudy Gay, John Force, Lamar Odom, Alexandra Stevenson, Derek Fisher, Penny Hardaway, Phillip Rivers, Colin Kaepernick, Jim Harbaugh, Tyreke Evans, Kirk Ferentz, and O. J. Mayo, among others. To reach Johnson, send email to: memphisgraduate@yahoo.com. Also, follow him on Twitter @AJ_Journalist.
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A business that essentially is in its infancy stages, Styles With Smiles Senior Haircare is a mobile beauty salon designed to service elderly individuals as well as those who are unable to leave the confines of their homes and visit salons the traditional way.
EDITOR’S NOTE: If you are an entrepreneur, business owner, producer, author, athlete, musician, barber, life coach, motivational speaker, cosmetologist, tax preparer, model, or pastor/minister who is seeking exposure and would like to share your story with an in-depth news feature, call Reporter Andre Johnson at 901-690-6587 or Facebook message him under “Andre T. Johnson” for details.
