Nakoya Yancey at Vita Salon

Nakoya is an award winning hair designer, with over 18 years of professional experience and a professional makeup artist for 13 years.

Nakoya is an award winning hair designer, with over 18 years of professional experience and a professional makeup artist for 13 years. Serves as an educator and makeup artist for Style Q, Extreme, and The Look magazine. Nakoya currently works at Vita Salon full time but also freelances. She is available as a hair stylist and makeup artist for weddings and on set productions. She specializes in razor cuts, coloring, updo’s, extensions, micro links (shrinkies, beading) strand by strand, micro link wefts, full lace and silk based wigs. She also sells Indian, Peruvian, Brazilian, Malaysian, and Chinese Virgin and Remy Extensions and Full Lace and Silk Base Wigs. Nakoya has worked on 3 independent films Backwards, Lake Effects, and The Best and the Brightest. She has also worked on 2 commercials and a segment on BET’s 106th and Park. She has worked with celebrities such as Brooke Bailey, Emily Bustamante, Monica Calhoun, Jane Seymour, Scottie Thompson, Ron Canada, Madeline Zima, Ben Savage, Richard Moll, Jeff Fahey, Eyal Podell, and Casper Van Dien. Nakoya’s work has been featured in magazines such as Jet, Sister 2 Sister, Black Sophistics Hair, Extreme, Upscale, Hype Hair, The Look, Styles Q, Beyond Hair & Braids, and Passion. Nakoya also has competed in 4 hair shows where she has won 1st place three times and 2nd place once. She also won best makeup in a hair show. She has also worked on fashion shows in New York and local music videos by the Clipse and FamLay.