00:00When you're trying to find yourself as a young girl, it can be a little difficult to really
00:04understand how you're supposed to kind of feel.
00:08Interesting would be a really great word to describe my hair journey.
00:11Having short hair has taught me how to truly accept and love myself in the rawest form.
00:17My name is Asia and I'm getting a faded pink wig.
00:21I'm a fashion designer.
00:23I design women's wear and do some custom men's pieces, but mainly women's wear.
00:27My hair underneath this wig is curly and it's about this long and I love my hair underneath.
00:34I just don't want to do my hair all the time and I don't have time in the morning to
00:38do my hair.
00:38I want to do the faded pink look because one, I've never had pink hair and I really love pink.
00:45To be honest, I am a little nervous about this faded pink wig option because once it's on,
00:51it's on.
00:52Growing up, I was modeling as a teenager and during that time I was also coloring my hair a lot
00:58and it
00:59became really, really, really over-processed so I came to a point where I had to pretty much just cut
01:05my hair off to start over.
01:08I've had a difficult time.
01:09I went through many different ups and downs, but actually my hair had become like an outlet for me.
01:15It was a way for me to express an emotion, whether I wasn't feeling good about myself or I had
01:21control
01:22over it.
01:22So when that moment happened, everything changed for me.
01:25I always felt confident.
01:27Even if my hair is a hot mess, I feel good.
01:30When I get the wig, I'm definitely FaceTiming my best friend because we're obsessed with Alonzo
01:36and she's jealous.
01:39Hi!
01:40Hey girl, how are you?
01:41Hi, sweetie.
01:42I'm Aisha.
01:43Nice to meet you too, girl.
01:44You ready?
01:44Yes.
01:45I'm so ready too, girl.
01:46So what we're going to do is a rose faded pink.
01:49My name is Alonzo Arnold and I am a hairstylist to the stars.
01:53Wigs to me mean personality, versatility.
01:57You can be fun with a wig, but wigs can also mean bad things.
02:02Wiggy, humpy, horrible.
02:03And who wants that?
02:04Not me.
02:05So now I'm going to start coloring the wig and I know it's really
02:07bright, but y'all going to see how it's going to turn out, okay?
02:12The process is very tedious.
02:14First, you have to measure your client's head.
02:17You have to look at your client's skin type, look at their undertones for color
02:21variations to see what specific colors go with the client because sometimes that is,
02:26you know, a job in itself.
02:28I did bring in a pre-bleached unit.
02:29I bleached it about two days ago and then I let it soak in conditioner just so that the hair
02:35can retain its elasticity and that way the hair doesn't break while depositing the color on it.
02:40All right, y'all, so that's the fun part.
02:42We're about to rinse the color out and we're going to give it a good shampoo and we're going to
02:47see the results.
02:52This is like really, really full circle for me because during the age when I first cut my hair,
02:58all I wore was pink.
02:59Like my nails were pink, my hair was pink.
03:02I mean, my hair wasn't pink, but like had pink barrettes, pink clothes.
03:06So it's like I'm living my youth in a new way, which is really cool.
03:11This is my tinting technique that I like to do.
03:15I'm ready.
03:16Me too, girl.
03:19All right, guys, so that process is now complete.
03:22So now what we have to do is let it dry and we're going to apply this wig.
03:32When I first heard the word Godfidence, I was at church.
03:36It's like another level of confidence.
03:39When it's from God, it's from within.
03:41So it's like it's heightened.
03:43So it kind of brings everything full circle from what I've learned from a little girl.
03:48Learning to love myself deeply and not just from an outward perspective.
03:54The active adhesive is really good for, again, clients that sweat a lot, who work out.
03:59Do you work out?
03:59All the time.
04:00So this is a perfect adhesive for clients that do work out and that love to work out.
04:12So I'm going to do it.
04:12Now we're trying to see what part we're going to do, middle or side.
04:15Now what you like?
04:16Middle.
04:17Oh, that sounds like fun.
04:20My clothing line's name is TLZ La Femme, which means to live zealously femme.
04:26And this kind of ties into what I've been talking to you about, having that confidence.
04:31I want to share with women my journey and also be able to give them inspiration.
04:37And living in your glory and your power is really important.
04:40So go for it and be that feminine woman energy and embrace it.
04:46I can't wait to see, show me, show me.
04:49Are you ready, honey?
04:51I'm ready.
04:52Let me see.
04:56Oh my gosh.
04:59It's so you.
05:01Stop it, baby.
05:04I told you.
05:04Okay, bounce, hey.
05:07This look makes me feel like a completely new, youthful woman.
05:13No, thank you, honey.
05:17I love you too.
05:19Answer your FaceTime.
05:20I have something to show.
05:26Yes, girl.
05:27I told you I was going to get the alarm delay, baby.
05:32You like it?
05:34You love it?
05:35Yes, yes.
05:36Oh, I look good on it.
05:38I love working with Asia.
05:40She is such a sweetheart.
05:42She's open to anything.
05:43You know, I thought she was going to be like,
05:45I don't want to do pink.
05:46She took it in and she loves it, like all smiles.
05:49It's working in her favor well, honey.
05:51Her new look is everything.
05:52I love it.
05:53It is so sickening on her.
05:55I was really nervous about what it was going to look like
05:59because I wasn't too sure if it was going to fit me.
06:01But when I saw it, I was shocked because it's so hot.
