rainbow line

meet tunowa

pronouns: she/her

experience: 35+ years (we lost count)

contact: (818) 916-8424

signature services: Locs and creative coloring for locs, curly cuts, and color.

accessibility needs: I’m visual so photos are very helpful for me. I sometimes struggle with multitasking so I may ask you a question twice in a different way to make sure I know what your needs are.

special interests: doula work, light work, swimming, singing, music that makes you feel something, building things with my hands, and cooking and gardening with love.

rainbow line
 

hello, my name is tunowa

I LOVE creating partnerships with my clients that make their hair care dreams come to life. My passion is sharing my knowledge of natural hair care, utilizing creative highlighting techniques, and creating beautiful fantasy colors that make people fall in love with their hair.



I have been in the beauty industry for over 30 years working with all types and hair textures. At this point in my hair journey my focus has shifted to specializing in locs, color, and curly cuts. I love to create unique and long lasting creative colors for my loc clients to keep their loc journey interesting.

Darkskinned Black lesbian woman with short coily grey hair smiling as she is running a pick through her clients short blue textured hair curly afro.

Image description: Melanated femme in a pink patterned dress using a pick to fluff her client’s blue Angela Davis inspired curly afro.



My passion outside the chair is being a birth doula, it’s the closest I feel to god! I’m a lesbian mom of 3 beautiful adults and I’ve been with my wonderful partner for 5 years. I love dancing, good food, and good company. I’m a spiritual person and I feel everything. I’m goofy, quirky, and perfectly flawed.


Black queer woman with short afro textured hair smiling

image id: Melanated woman with short dark hair with a grey streak in the front. She is smiling and is wearing a bold turquoise necklace, earrings, and a nose ring .

  • chest length locs colored a rooty bright blonde and flipped to one side

    chest length locs colored a rooty bright blonde and flipped to one side

  • mangenta pink and vibrant orange long afro with bangs

    mangenta pink and vibrant orange long afro with bangs

  • multi dimensional brown and beige blonde locs styled into Bantu knots

    multi dimensional brown and beige blonde locs styled into Bantu knots

  • fiery copper short curly barber cut with shaved lines on the side

    fiery copper short curly barber cut with shaved lines on the side

  • aqua colored short cropped cut with a few long beaded dreads framing the face

    aqua colored short cropped cut with a few long beaded dreads framing the face

  • brown and carmel loc style emulating the shape of a crown

    brown and carmel loc style emulating the shape of a crown

  • ornate loc style with a three strand twist positioned to look like a crown

    ornate loc style with a three strand twist positioned to look like a crown

  • fluffy but defined round afro with bangs and red accent highlights around the face

    fluffy but defined round afro with bangs and red accent highlights around the face

  • hot Cheeto and black colored locs styled in a two strand twist

    hot Cheeto and black colored locs styled in a two strand twist

  • ethereal elf like curly mullet exposing ears

    ethereal elf like curly mullet exposing ears

 

here’s a little tip

 

Tunowa’s drink order is…

Tunowa is not usually a coffee drinker, but when she does she takes a carmel macchiato. Tunowa loves candles.