Dani King Hair Salon Home – Grown Artisan & Talent

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Franchise salons are a dime a dozen these days. A Google search will return multiple options offering online bookings, points programs and the like. Few, however, offer the experience of an award-winning artist with a local mom-andpop-shop feel. Dani King Hair Studio, in Blandon, does just that. Dani holds both a One-Shot Hair award as well as the Masters of Balayage – High Contrast Top 50 Award. She recently graduated from a Masters of Balayage1 program earning a certification as an “MOB” (Masters of Balayage). Dani entered Empire Beauty School after high school graduation and acquired her State Cosmetology License in 2008. Her father supported her pursuits with a purpose: “The only way I’ll pay for beauty Dani King Hair school is if you have a goal. I want to know your goals.” November 12 · 21 I want to own my own salon. Dani King For him, that was enough. “Let’s do this,” he said. It wasn’t a fast track to success. The road to her own salon was long and winding. She met her husband while in school, worked in a few local salons and married in 2012. Dani and Dylan welcomed their first two children (Dominic and Delaney) while working in a tiny at-home salon, which they sought to expand, but encountered zoning issues. It was a busy life for a young couple who was balancing business growth aspirations and a family. Word of mouth allowed the business to initially thrive, but then COVID-19 hit the family and the salon hard. Adding to the challenges (in a good way) was the arrival of Daxon… a true COVID baby. Although the salon shut down for four months, the couple came together out of need and really found strength in one another. Dani and Dylan became business partners, operating both Dani King Hair Studio and Dylan’s Tattoo out of the same building on Park Road. Since then, they’ve found familiarity and community in their business. They know their clients and their clients know them. They have even found customer referrals through one another. Dani is a humble and proud local success story. She’s most proud of the family she’s been able to help create and she gives credit to the strength her partnership played as a part of her journey. She’s eager to share advice to those interested in her Like Comment See more of Dani King Hair on Facebook Log In or Create new account industry, or any entrepreneurial pursuit: Don’t get discouraged! Just keep pushing through the failure. Do the work. I saw myself get better as a person and an artist. I knew to get to where I wanted to be it takes a lot of sacrifice, but to get the recognition of those awards really pushed me to do better for my family and it really is rewarding. This is a passionate and rewarding career path, with money to be made, if you put the time and work into it. Dani King is incredibly passionate about what she does and why she does it. She’s in it for her family, for the art and for the creativity she gets to express through her work. She’s not about to settle, and she has more goals still. Dani would love to travel and educate other who are as passionate as she is about the industry. As women with buying power, we get to choose when and how we support local business. In the words of her father, when it comes to Dani King Hair Studio: “Let’s do this!” Dani King Hair Studio is located at 1052 Park Road, Blandon, PA. She can be reached at danikinghair@gmail.com or by phone at 610-787-0436. 2

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