Meet Yoli — Why I Started Teaching Wig Making in Atlanta

I didn't set out to become a teacher. I started out just doing hair — for myself first, then for friends, then for friends of friends once people started asking who did my hair.

The question that kept coming up wasn't "can you do my hair" — it was "can you teach ME to do this?" At first, I'd show a friend a technique here and there, casually, in between clients. But it became clear pretty quickly that a real skill deserves a real teaching structure — not a rushed 20-minute favor between appointments.

That's why the class is built the way it is: fully 1-on-1, hands-on, with a machine you keep at the end of it. I didn't want to build a class that just shows you a demo and sends you home to figure out the rest on your own through trial and error. I wanted to build the class I wish had existed when I was teaching myself — the one where someone actually watches your hands and corrects your technique in real time.

Every session is different because every student comes in with different goals — some want this purely as a personal skill, some are already planning to turn it into income from day one. Either way, my job in that room is the same: make sure you leave genuinely capable, not just familiar with the idea.

Atlanta has an incredible community of women doing hair, teaching hair, and building businesses around hair. I'm glad to be part of that, one 1-on-1 session at a time.

September class dates are opening soon. Follow along or join the waitlist.