Monita Davis is the proud owner/operator of the elegant Queenz of the Castle Salon and Make-Up a Paul Mitchell Focus Salon. She is also a cosmetology instructor for students and potential teachers; Cosmetology Educational Consultant; and the former owner of Simply Beautiful Hair Salon.
Ms. Davis is a native of New Haven Connecticut and she realized her passion for hair at the early age of 12. At the age of 23 she started her journey when she enrolled into Amore Beauty College in West Haven, Connecticut, soon after she transferred to East Point Beauty College in Atlanta, Ga. Two week before graduation she was recruited by Carol Morrow, the owner of the famous Escape Hair Salon of Atlanta. Ms. Davis worked and studied there for 9 years, it was there where she was first introduced to and educated in the Paul Mitchell System.
While at Escape Hair Salon she had the pleasure and opportunity of working with numerous celebrity clients on movie, video, and photo shoots which includes: Lisa Wu(Hwoa), Latoya Luckett (destiny child), Christina Johnson (Hollywood Exs), Keith Sweat, Cory Condrey (CoCo Brothers), Jason Weaver (ATL), Deron (112), Roberta Shields (Ludacris Mother), O So Krispy(TLC are you the girl), JOI, Big Gipp (Goddie Mob), and a host of others. She was also the primary hairstylist for Ruban Studdards former wife Zuir Mccants and wedding party.
Ms. Davis' work has been featured in several magazines such as Hotlanta, Style Q, Sophisticates black hair, Essence, and Blaque Magazine. Working on these projects, she really enjoyed the behind the scenes because she had the opportunity to work with the world's best make-up artist like Toni Acey, Clarence Hiley Jr.,Christian Balienciaga, and Linda Dupree. And some extraordinary photographers like Derrick Blanks, Darly Lane, and Shannon McCollum.
In 2007 she then opened her own salon, Simply Beautiful Hair Salon. After several years she then went back to school to receive her Cosmetology Instructor's Licenses. She then became an instructor at Ritz and Fayette Beauty College for a few years. While there she was recognized as the lead senior instructor with 100% of her students passing the State Board Examination. She also became the instructor for the Cosmetology Teacher Program.
Some of her awards includes: Bonner Brothers Student Competition, International Hair Extravaganzas, Crows Nest Annual Competition, Best Pin up Competition, and A Total Look Competition.
Ms. Davis has participated as a volunteer for several organizations, but one of her heartfelt accomplishment was returning to New Haven, Connecticut in 2014 to produce a hair and fashion show(Beauty In Motion) at James Hillhouse High School. Her mission was to involve students and to expose them to the career opportunities in the Beauty World of Work Type yo
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