Naomi Elizabeth Lapp

From braiding my classmates hair in the 3rd grade, to watching my mother cut hair for family and friends, to getting my hands on a pair of my own shears and clippers in college to cut my friends’ hair, to eventually enrolling in the cosmetology program at Gene Juarez. These were the steps that I took, almost accidentally, to get to where I am today.

I have chosen to be a hairdresser, a colorist, a designer, because I want to be in the business of liberating and empowering people. Cosmetology is not about making people beautiful by changing the way they look. It’s about providing them with resources to express themselves in the way that they choose. It’s about using creativity, attention to detail, and developed skills, to produce results that tell a story and inspire confidence in those who sit in your chair.