Tonya - Stylist.
What is your educational background? Madison Cosmetology College.
What inspires you? Music and Fashion.
What is your favorite product? Does It All Hairspray .
What is your theme song? “I’m Just A Girl” --- No Doubt
What is your astrological sign? Taurus/Gemini.
Where did you grow up? Rockford, IL.
What did you want to be when you grew up? As a child I wanted to be a veterinarian. As a teenager I wanted to be an actress or a hairstylist.
What is your greatest achievement? Changing careers ---going to beauty school.
What are your goals? To keep learning new styling techniques, cuts, and colours.
What is your biggest indulgence? Traveling.
What is your most prized possession? My Boston Terriers- Chloe and Lily.
What 3 things do you never leave home without? Lipstick, Cell phone, Credit Card.
What is your favorite movie? Reality Bites.
TV show? MTV
Favorite Book? Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Charlotte’s Web
What is you favorite haircut? Graduated Bob.
Who is your style icon? Gwen Stefani, Audrey Hepburn, and Dita von Teese.
If you could live at any moment in time, when and where would it be? In 1920’s Chicago. There was an increased use of makeup-- red lips and compacts were all the rage. Hair was bobbed and flappers were reckless rebels who danced the night away.
If you weren’t a stylist, what career would you like to have? Rock Star
What makes you happy? Family, friends, puppies, music, traveling, the ocean and coffee
What does Elevation mean to you? One definition of elevation is to rise from a lower quality to a higher one. I hope that I keep improving and growing to a higher Elevation.