Beauty By Brooke

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💋 BEAUTY TIP 💋

Want your curls to actually last?

LET. THEM. COOL.

Your curl gets its shape from heat, but it sets as it cools. If you immediately brush through warm curls, you’re basically undoing all that work.

After curling, roll or pin each section up, or just leave them be and let it cool completely. Then brush out!

Volume, bounce, and longevity 🙌

Turns out grandma and her rollers were onto something.

Save this one for your next blowout!

Just ONE row of extensions for a little extra fullness, body, and that perfect shape through the ends. Proof that extensions don’t always have to mean mermaid-length hair. Sometimes we just want that THICK, expensive-looking brunette. 🤌🏼✨

Bright, dimensional, creamy, and blended to perfection. Used Redken Blonde IQ for the lift and finished with Shades EQ for that glossy, perfectly toned blonde. 🤍

✨ LET ME REINTRODUCE MYSELF ✨

Hi, I’m Brooke! Hairstylist, extension lover, salon owner, wife, mom of four, and the girl who is almost definitely going to drop something during your appointment. 😂

I’ve been behind the chair since 2013, but funny enough, hair wasn’t technically Plan A. I originally wanted to be a therapist… until college algebra had other plans. 😂 Looking back, though, this career makes perfect sense. I was always the friend doing everyone’s hair and makeup for church camp and school, and I was OBSESSED with America’s Next Top Model, especially makeover day. I wanted to be part of transformations like that so badly.

Fast forward to now, and transformations are still my favorite part of what I do. 🤍

I specialize in hair extensions + blonding, and nothing makes me happier than a dramatic extension makeover, especially when it’s part of someone’s own little glow-up era. Getting BOLD certified this year completely reignited my passion for hair and extensions, and that’s an area I plan to keep learning, growing and pushing myself in.

My husband (who is a barber) and I have owned Royals Salon for 5 years, and I think one of the biggest things I’ve learned along the way is that there is SO much more room for success when women support each other instead of compete with each other. I’m incredibly proud that we’ve built a 5-star salon filled with women who share the kind of work ethic and values I want Royals to represent.

But outside of hair…

I’m married to the guy I’ve been with since we were 16. 🥹 We have four kids (three boys and one girl) who we homeschool, so life is basically equal parts salon owner, hairstylist, mom, teacher and chaos coordinator.

A few things you should probably know about me… 😂

✨ I’m somehow extremely shy AND extremely bold. Give me hair, makeup or anything creative and I have all the confidence in the world, but socially, I’m painfully shy. Sometimes it gets mistaken for me being standoffish until people actually get to know me.

✨ My salon coffee order is a sugar-free iced Blondie from 7 Brew with almond milk, cold foam + sugar-free caramel drizzle. If you ever show up with one, just know you’re automatically my favorite. 😂

✨ If you’ve spent any amount of time in my chair, there’s a very good chance Desperate Housewives was playing. It’s basically the unofficial background noise of my salon at this point.

✨ I’m also a Certified Lactation Counselor, and I could talk about homebirth, breastfeeding, birth and babies for HOURS.

✨ Plot twist: my husband and I actually met playing in a Christian metal band. I played piano, and somehow that eventually turned into marriage, four kids and owning a salon together. 😂

✨ Hair extensions aren’t just my specialty they’re also my guilty pleasure thing I will spend money on every. single. time.

✨ I’m a major homebody, but when I actually leave the house, I’m probably overdressed. Give me glam over sweats any day.

✨ And one last very important piece of information: I cannot STAND gum chewing. 😂

So basically: shy but bold, glam but a homebody, metal-band pianist turned hairstylist, birth nerd, extension addict, Desperate Housewives repeater and permanently holding a 7 Brew. 🖤

And while I obviously want you to leave my chair with amazing hair, the actual relationship I build with my clients is one of my favorite parts of this career. Somewhere along the way, “hairstylist” usually turns into business brainstorming, life updates and unofficial therapist. 😂

Most importantly, I NEVER want someone sitting in my chair worrying that I’m judging them. Come in with no makeup. Come in with your hair a mess. Come exactly as you are. I’m not analyzing you, I'm here to make your hair pretty, make you feel comfortable and send you out feeling confident and fabulous.

If you follow this page for the next year, I hope when you hear “Brooke at Royals” you think:

She’s glamorous but sweet.
Goofy but confident.
And really freaking talented at what she does!

So whether you’ve been sitting in my chair for years or you’re brand new here… hi. I’m Brooke. 🤍

Monica Bearden Photography