We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Trina Haire. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Trina below.
Trina, looking forward to learning from your journey. You’ve got an amazing story and before we dive into that, let’s start with an important building block. Where do you get your work ethic from?
It all started with dance. When I was 7 my mother put me in tap, jazz, ballet and hip hop dance. Later I went to Los Angeles County high school for the arts and learned that life wasn’t always going to be easy. Auditioning taught me that there will always be “no’s” but that doesn’t mean you stop. You always keep going and you show up the best you can. That work ethic later landed me a Broadway show and my dream job. As an entire, I carry that same work ethic. Although I am in more control of my position, I still show up the best I can be no matter what. There is always someone who is willing to take your position and work harder in it, so I always made sure that, even while fully booked, I still market myself, I still give the best customer service, and I still keep learning.
Appreciate the insights and wisdom. Before we dig deeper and ask you about the skills that matter and more, maybe you can tell our readers about yourself?
In 2013 I opened Face Appeal Beauty as owner and operator. I specialize in skincare as well as permanent make up (eyebrows specifically). I absolutely LOVE what I do. Growing up I had terrible skin and never really found anything that consistently helped until I was later educated in esthetics and diet. I strive to pass my knowledge along to others who suffer from acne and hyperpigmentation. Eyebrows is just something I love to do that happens to be an amazing lucrative service. I started tattooing eyebrows in 2016 and have done over 1,000 women since then. I’ve also taught over 50 students in my private trainings. It’s exciting to do both of these services because it makes women feel beautiful in their own skin. It gives women an instant confidence boost, and it also saves them time in the morning! lol that’s always a plus. I currently have a nonprofit for women who have lost all of their hair, including eyebrows through chemotherapy or alopecia. I hold a gift bag giveaway day in the month of October and also give one lady a free eyebrow tattoo session who has struggled with the loss of their eyebrows. It’s very rewarding because I am a breast cancer survivor myself who did chemotherapy for a year and lost all of my hair back in 2020.
I currently am working on marketing my skincare line TriiSkin to get people on a healthy, non aggressive skincare regimen as well. Now that it is trademarked, I am working on doing an official launch party.
If you had to pick three qualities that are most important to develop, which three would you say matter most?
I think being willing to start somewhere that isn’t necessarily ideal helped me. When I first got my esthetics license, I worked at a spa making much less than what I needed, but I stuck to it for 3 years to gain the knowledge and experience to start on my own. Secondly, I never stopped practicing. Even when I was confident in my work, I still practiced. I still practice. And I will always keep learning, no matter how good I am.
And lastly, taking care of myself and my health, allowed me to be my best in my business. Showing up healthy and rested, makes me do my best work. Staying positive, keeping the energy positive, spreads throughout my treatment room.
My advice would be to never place a timeframe on your goal based on someone else’s. Your journey is your own and not everything happens overnight.
To close, maybe we can chat about your parents and what they did that was particularly impactful for you?
My parents played a huge role in who I am today. I watched both of them work really hard to make sure we went to every practice, every recital, while also working and my mom going to nursing school while we were kids. My parents were free spirited and taught us to be whatever we wanted to be without the pressure of college. Although that was the alternative to whatever we wanted to do, they allowed us to be creative and spread our wings. That is always why I’ve been able to not fear going outside of the “safe” route or going outside of the box.
Contact Info:
- Website: Faceappealbeauty.com
- Instagram: Faceappealbeauty
- Facebook: Facebook.com/faceappeal
- Yelp: Face Appeal Beauty
- Other: TikTok: Face Appeal Beauty
Image Credits
For self portraits: Leah Rae Photography
