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Meet Roshonda Coleman, the trailblazing owner of Anointed Hands Express Blowout Boutique, as she joins us to share her unique approach to beauty and empowerment in Oklahoma City. Roshonda's salon is more than just a place for hair; it's a sanctuary of encouragement and renewal, where clients experience a transformative atmosphere filled with gospel music and camaraderie. Discover how Rashonda's textured blow-dry bar, the first and only of its kind in the area, creates an intentional space for women to leave feeling better than they arrived. 

In our engaging conversation, Roshonda reveals the three core values that underpin her entrepreneurial journey: God, unity, and collaboration. She opens up about the vital role her faith plays in steering her business through challenges, such as successfully establishing her salon in a bustling mall. From building community to fostering teamwork, Roshonda offers valuable insights that resonate with fellow entrepreneurs and community leaders. Join us to learn from Roshonda's wisdom and experiences, as she imparts lessons on unlocking potential and achieving success in both personal and professional realms.

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Speaker 1 (00:13):
Are you ready to unlock your potential?
Tune in to Three Keys for yourJourney podcast, where business
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Based in Oklahoma City, ourhost, Greg T Jones, will inspire
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Get ready to join ourconversation as we build

(00:36):
community together.

Speaker 2 (00:41):
Good afternoon Rashonda.
How are you today?
I'm well, thank you.

Speaker 3 (00:44):
All right.

Speaker 2 (00:44):
Well, thank you for joining our podcast today.
Thank you for having me.
Rashonda.
Now come on.
You're a special lady now.
We've been knowing each otherfor a few years now, so it is
believed it is my honor to haveyou on to the podcast today.
So I mean, for our listeningaudience, tell us a little bit
about you, who you are, yourbusiness, give us a little bit
about you who you are, yourbusiness?

Speaker 3 (01:06):
Give us a little information, okay, well, I'm
Rashonda Coleman.
I'm owner and founder ofAnointed Hands Express Blowout
Boutique.
We are Oklahoma's first andonly textured blow-dry bar.
We are located inside of PennSquare Mall.
We specialize in the 90-minuteor less silk press.
We've just added a newcomponent, the wash-and and go
component.
There are some things in thepipeline which I don't want to

(01:29):
share too soon, but basicallystill in the arena of beauty,
community and just, I guess,building women.

Speaker 2 (01:38):
Okay Now you mentioned building women.
You got to tell us a little bitmore about that.

Speaker 3 (01:44):
I think ever since I got into doing hair, when I
first knew this is somethingthat I wanted to do, the thing
that stuck out to me is whenwomen sit in my chair.
I mean nothing towards me, butI just love the fact that I had
the opportunity to let themleave better than when they came

(02:04):
in, love the fact that I hadthe opportunity to let them
leave better than when they camein, not just on the natural
sense, but people go throughthings and they sit in that
chair and they just kind of letit all hang out and I think by
nature God has made me anencourager, so I can't see
someone going through somethingand then they leave in that
state.

(02:24):
So the best that I can, I'dlove to encourage people so that
when they leave they feelrestored, whole and, in a sense,
like they're built.

Speaker 2 (02:36):
Now, a lot of people don't know this, but I've been
to your shop a few times.
You walk in, there's musicplaying, there's an atmosphere
that you try to create.

Speaker 3 (02:48):
Tell us about the atmosphere you try to create in
your salon Absolutely Prettymuch the same.
It's again like the church saysyou don't want to leave the
same way you came, and so womencome.
They think they're coming toget their hair done.
But it is our goal thatsomething, they leave with
something, whether it issomething from the gospel music
that's playing or just sensingthe camaraderie and the unity

(03:12):
amongst the ladies there.
Yeah, we don't want to stressyou out and pull from you.
We want to give to you.

Speaker 2 (03:19):
Okay, well, this podcast obviously was created
with one really mission in mind.
It was to interview communityleaders like yourself, business
owners like yourself, peoplethat are our inspiration in our
local community and really sharewith us.
I call them keys, but threekeys values, things that you

(03:41):
have learned over your life thatyou've experienced.
Values, things that you havelearned over your life that
you've experienced.
I'd love to ask you thatquestion what are three things
that you can share in ourlistening audience, that you can
impart with them?

Speaker 3 (03:52):
Yeah.
Well, on this journey, onething that I've learned well,
three things that I've learnedthat are important is, first of
all, god, second, unity andthird, collaboration.

Speaker 2 (04:04):
Okay, Now I feel like the church is about to say amen
here.
So you said number one is God.
You have to elaborate what doyou mean by that.

Speaker 3 (04:16):
I can't do anything without him and I'm learning
that more and more.
We know from the general sensethat we need him, but this
journey of entrepreneurship hastaught me how much more I need
him.
I leaked out on nothing for usto be in the mall and it has

(04:37):
taken everything that he hasprovided for us to be there and
that way he can get the totalglory.
It's also I don't know, it's areflective tool.
It's growing me as a leader ofwomen.
It's growing me in the sense oflearning how to be wise in

(04:57):
certain situations, things thatI know that God is doing.
And, yeah, every day I feellike every day here lately, I'm
like Lord, I don't know what I'mdoing, but it's not a bad thing
Like, show me how to do this,show me how to walk this out,
show me how to encourage, showme how to lead, show me how to
do the money, show me how tomarket everything.
There's no area that I feelthat I can be trusted to do on

(05:21):
my own.
And even if there's a naturaltalent, if you will, it still
came from God and if I move inthat natural talent without
realizing that God has been theone who gives.
I've seen where you knowbecause you can get in a rhythm.
You can get in a rhythm whereyou're like, oh, I got this.
This part is easy and it's morelike a secondary arrogance.

(05:42):
It's not good, but you know,when you get the things seem
like they're easy to do, you dothem.
And God has reminded me in thisjourney.
That girl you know you need me,right has reminded me in this
journey.
That girl you know you need me,right.
You know you have to ask me tohelp you.
I don't care how easy I'veallowed it to be, he will gently
remind me or us that we needhim.
So that's what I mean by God isthe first principle.

(06:05):
It starts and begins and endswith him.

Speaker 2 (06:08):
Wow, and it's sustained by him.
Wow, I told you the church wasgoing to say amen.
Thank you for sharing that.
It's interesting how you listedthat Number one.
It seems like I'm sureeverything else outside of that
follows after that.

Speaker 3 (06:22):
What was the second?
thing, the second is unity as itpertains to the salon.
It's one thing I tell the girlsis there are no superstars at
the salon.
We move as a unit.
We are our sister's keeper.
If somebody comes in and theyhave somebody sitting, it is an
expectation that we help oursister out.

(06:42):
We have a promise to ourclients that we need to get them
in and out and that's what wetold them.
So if someone's behind, we don'tlook at the fact that, well,
that's not my client, that'syours, that is our client.
It is our commitment to thecommunity and to the women that
we serve.
It is our commitment to comewith a pleasant attitude.
It is our commitment, yeah, toserve, and so we can't serve

(07:06):
being selfish, because if youserve yourself, then nobody else
is touched.
So unity is so important to me.
If something is out of rhythm,you'll see it.
I mean, it just breaks up, itbreaks up the power.
So, yeah, I'm beginning to seehow important it is, and even in

(07:28):
my personal life I'm an onlychild, so naturally it's easy
for me to think selfishly.
I'm an only child, so naturallyit's easy for me to think
selfishly.
And so I'm starting to see,even also in my personal life,
like you weren't thinking aboutnobody but you right here, and
being able to see how it canaffect the units and the bodies
that I'm a part of.
And so, yeah, I'm learning thatunity is so powerful.

Speaker 2 (07:50):
Wow, and it sounds like you know, just as you're
communicating, that what comesto my mind is you're setting

(08:11):
were all in a canoe and we weretrying to row across the lake.
We all can't be paddling indifferent directions, so it
sounds like what you've createdand what you've instilled and
what you've demonstrated as anexample is, if we are all moving
in that same unison ie unity wecan achieve so much more.

Speaker 3 (08:30):
Absolutely.

Speaker 2 (08:31):
Wow, what's the third thing?

Speaker 3 (08:34):
The third thing is collaboration.
When I first well, I've beendoing hair for about 24 years
now, but when we first got thisactual concept, I had someone in
the community tell me about howimportant it is to collaborate
with other businesses and I meanthat just kind of woke me up.
I mean I had never thoughtabout that because I was just a

(08:57):
stylist in a suite and it wasjust me.
So being in this place wherenow I have women who are
depending on the salon to paytheir bills and things like that
, it caused me again to go backto you know that not being
selfish mindset.
And then, when we were in suchthe couple of times that you

(09:19):
know we came close to closing,you know you cannot, you cannot
be powerful unless you.
When I say powerful, I mean youcannot be potent and be used by
God unless you have been in theplace to create a connection
with people that you want toconnect with.

(09:41):
And so the fact that we almostlost the shop twice, I can
identify better with people.
I can connect better withpeople because I can feel the
pain.
I know what it feels like as abusiness owner.
A lot of times family can'treally understand.
You know they want to help, butthey don't know.
They just don't know how tohelp.

(10:01):
And so being in that place,that we were in it helped me to
understand that it's not just usthat's going through, or me
going through as an entrepreneur, me going through as an
entrepreneur we're not alone.
And so that gave me this senseof again, outside of myself, how

(10:22):
can I help someone else?
It might not be a whole bunchthat we can do, but whatever we
can do, so we intentionally do,like the collaborations, like
pop-ups at the shop Okay, youdon't have a lease at the mall,
we do.
So come to the mall, no charge.
Come, let's share our platform.
And then also, when you come,I'm encouraging our platform

(10:45):
please patronize theseindividuals, because this is how
they're feeding their families,and I know how it felt when
people helped us.
You feel seen because, again,you can feel so alone, and so it
could just touch your heart toknow that someone understands,
like I want my product to getout here, I want my service to
get out here, but I feel likeI'm screaming into nothing and

(11:05):
nobody can see me, oreverybody's screaming, because
you know we've got a lot ofbusinesses, especially since
COVID, that have shown up.
So it's a sea of things outthere.
So how do I get my voice heard?
And so I don't know.
God just kind of makes peopleapparent to me like, oh, do you
want to come to the shop?
You know just.

(11:26):
However, we can help, come tothe shop and do a pop up.
Or sometimes other founderswill come and call and say have
you ever been through this?
And that feels good because,yeah, when you're going through
something you feel so alone andyou feel like sometimes a
failure.
But when God brings you outit's oh, that was a purpose,
there was a purpose for that.

(11:46):
And so you feel good about thepurpose, because then you can go
take that, you understand thepain and you can tell them it
won't stay that way.
And then you can encouragesomeone else and say listen,
hold on, hold on, hold on, sothat collaboration well, I will,
I will, I will attest for ourlistening audience.

Speaker 2 (12:03):
this is one thing you do a great job of.
Um, I seem like I see somethingalmost all the time on your
social media channels where youare publicizing or you attend
some event or some otherbusinesses there at your shop
and you're putting theirinformation out there.
And I love that philosophy,roshanda, because it lets us

(12:24):
know that you know, together wecan really achieve more.
And I love what you said aboutour platform, using our platform
to be able to uplift, toencourage, and thank you for
describing that the way you diddescribe that.
So thank you for those threethings.
Now, there's always something Ialways ask all of our folks to

(12:46):
come on to the show.
One question so recently youwere at a pop-up with my wife
and y'all were at a flower tell,tell us about what that was.
I just know she came home witha bouquet of flowers it was
called taste and bloom bychristy penalty.

Speaker 3 (13:03):
Am I pronouncing that last night, correct?
Um and oh man, it was such awonderful experience.
I really enjoyed that.
So what she did is she broughttogether the experience really
of the senses, the taste and thesmell and the touch.
So she had a charcuterie boardthat has influence, that had
influences of floral, likefloral influences.

(13:26):
So there were almonds that wereinfused with rosemary or things
like that, so it's joiningflour.
I guess arranging with you knowthe taste and the palate and
it's something dainty that womenlike to do, you know.
And we had fun and it was morethan the fun, the fellowship.
We sat there and just I feellike I know your wife better

(13:50):
because of that fellowship time.
And it's just good to cometogether, especially for women,
because naturally women have the.
I guess, when you think aboutit, a lot of women have a catty
mindset, they can't really cometogether.
So I enjoy coming to placeswhere we can identify together
as women and come together andsupport and uplift each other

(14:12):
and I think what Christy hasgoing is so superb.
So the next time she has that,whoever's listening, please
support.
It was beautiful.

Speaker 2 (14:19):
Wow, we'll make sure we have to have her on one of
our guests on the show.
So to end our time together,this has been absolutely
wonderful.
I'd love for you if you wouldjust kind of come back around to
your business.
How can people get in contactwith you?
How can they reach you?
How can they support you?
Can you just provide us with alittle bit of that information?

Speaker 3 (14:38):
Absolutely.
Thank you for the opportunityOn social media Anointed Hands
Express Blowout Boutique onFacebook, on Instagram and
TikTok.
We are anointedhands underscoreproducts.
The way you can support us iscome to the shop.
If you can't come, share one ofour posts, let people know that

(15:00):
we're here and just visit thepage see what we're talking
about.
And yeah, that's the best way.

Speaker 2 (15:06):
So for our listening audience, you might be listening
to us around the world.
If you're ever in Oklahoma City, you want to look up Anointed
Hands.
Rashonda Coleman, Thank you somuch for being here on our show
today.
It's been a pleasure to get achance to visit with you and
thank you for sharing yourwisdom.

Speaker 3 (15:23):
Thank you.
Thank you, Greg, for having me.

Speaker 1 (15:35):
Thanks for joining Three Keys for your Journey.
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