We had the good fortune of connecting with Jacquelyn Jackson Douglas and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Jacquelyn, can you share the most important lesson you’ve learned over the course of your career?
The most important lesson that my business have taught me is to constantly motivate yourself. Constantly put yourself in position to learn from others that have paved the way to success.knowing that I cannot do it alone and always have a mentor or business coach to give me fresh ideas and stay consistent with new trends, technology and business afvice

Can you give our readers an introduction to your business? Maybe you can share a bit about what you do and what sets you apart from others?
My name is Jacqueline Jackson Douglas founder in CEO of Marc Anthony’s Revelations beauty salon and the color diva Academy. I’ve been in business for 29 years been a cosmetologist for 36 years I am the author of 10 books and the first in the cosmetology field to create a board game for cosmetologies called hair color master. I am and American board certified hair colorist where I specialize in color in the hair salon as well as teach globally to other stylists and students. My mission is to help them avoid hair color mistakes. I am passionate about the hair color business and teaching hair color sharing my knowledge to others because I’ve seen common mistakes in the industry that needed to be addressed. Therefore I wrote my first book called Hair Color simplified and that helps students in stylist understand the basic fundamentals of hair color. I overcame challenges simply by persevering and never giving up. I always look to see what could be and what can I change to make it better. I never looked at it as a loss but what did I learn . Getting to where I am today it was not easy but it also wasn’t hard it’s just knowing how to do business the right way and having structure. Structure and systems are key to sustaining any business. What do I want the world to know about me and my brand I love to educate I love to motivate and encourage by revealing the true you.

If you had a friend visiting you, what are some of the local spots you’d want to take them around to?
First thing we’re going to do is do it a brunch in the city because I am a foodie and I love a great brunch place with a great aesthetic. Then we definitely will hit up a bookstore because I’m a avid reader and I love talking about books especially urban fiction. Then we would definitely do shopping because I am a fashionista and do dinner that night. And hit up a concert because I love good music such as Jeffrey Osborne, Anthony Hamilton. And the rest of the time we are at home trying new recipes that we found on social media and just relaxing

Shoutout is all about shouting out others who you feel deserve additional recognition and exposure. Who would you like to shoutout?
God, family and my many coaches along the way.

Website: Markanthonysbeauty.com

Instagram: Jackiethecolordiva

Linkedin: Jacquelyn Jackson Douglas

Twitter: Jackie color diva

Facebook: Jacquelyn j douglas

Yelp: Markanthonys revealations

Youtube: Jackietjecolordiva

Image Credits
Headshot. Karim Muhammad

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