Building YOUR Best You! - Bless'It Beauty Salon

Overview

“Building YOUR Best You!” was developed to help individuals enhance the power of who they are. This is “SELF CARE” builder workshop. Individuals are encouraged to start building, rebuilding and/or increase their wellbeing from the inside out. We are invested in encouraging others to live in who they are and not who they have been told they are. Through this workshop individuals find the power to reclaim their lives, to regain strength in who they are and who they want to be, to take back their freedom, to be empowered and not powerless. This program is a four-week power filled program, self-examination, self-improvement, and self enhancement workshop. This program is designed to help build self-esteem, self-confidence, self-worth, and self-truth. Dynamic motivational speakers share their stories to help heal inner pain. Gift bags comprised of makeover products including hair care products and tools, skin care products, make-up, and accessories are gifted to every participating individual. This program is hosted four times per year, for four weeks per workshop.

Facilitators:

Veris Van and Adalia Van are licensed cosmetologists in Illinois, Fredrick Van is a license barber in Illinois.

Accreditations:

Bless’It Beauty Salon, NFP is a 501©3 approved organization. Bless’It Beauty, NFP is a licensed salon in the state of Illinois.

Location:

Bless’It Beauty Salon, NFP 510 E. Apple Orchard Rd., Suite 104, Springfield, IL 62703

Audience:

All individuals of any age, race, or gender. Must be a resident of the participating shelter partnered with Bless’It Beauty Salon, NFP.

Workshop Objective:

1. 1. 1. To empower and encourage individuals to restore, reestablish and renew their self.
    2. List five obtainable goals.
    3. List the steps it will take to conquer those goals.
    4. Increase self-love and self-worth through self-care.
    5. To recognize mental health, how to do a mental health check, along with mental healthcare.

Fee:

All workshops are FREE of charge.

Mission:

Our professional salon services help individuals become more aware of the first impression they give. In addition to professional salon services, we also address the inner person by hosting various mentoring workshops. These workshops have been developed to meet the needs of our community and to support the success of the whole person. Every second an individual becomes more and more dissatisfied with their physical appearance. Our physical appearance is attached to our self-love, self-confidence, self-esteem, and self-worth. With your help we can guide individuals in building and increasing their inner self-love while maintaining their outer appearance.

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