Providing for the Community

Doin' His Thizzle

See me at work, goin' in on each and every client. They say hard work pays off, so I'm going hard every day. No pressure for this young champ.

Just applying your basic temp fade

Only the best for my clientèle

Hairstyling At Its Best

Me(@Carterboi89) posing next to one of my styles

Giving It a Shot...

Back in the day, I would get called on from time to time to "fix-up" my little sister, India Saunders', hair. I did not want to, nor did I know exactly what to do to it. Eventually she would have a few plaits in her head, all different sizes, and every color of barrettes i could possibly find. Not an excellent job but it was "done".

I entered school in 2010 for Barbering and Hairstyling. The purpose was to become a better barber. I began to learn the basics of hairstyling : washing, shampoo, permanent and relaxing chemicals, coloring, pressing, etc. At first I felt this was weird, me being a guy doing a womans hair. Aside of feeling this way I was also skeptical that I would not be good enough to please the female clients. I beat myself up mentally. Knowing I could get better, but not knowing how I could get there. I thought I could just wake up one day and be the best male hairstylist in the school. It took a lot of practice, is what I soon figured out.

Repetition was my way of getting to the next step of decency. I was now comfortable with being a male stylist but although I had an ego I could not back it up. I felt I was at a stand still and I would not get any better than where I was, as far as skill level. I went into a private session of teaching myself. Self motivating myself to do better. I knew that if no one else had time to teach me that I would not let myself down. I surprisingly became better and better. I now do multiple things that I did not ever think I would be able to do. From a simple flat iron style to braids under a sew-in. Two years later and although I have not reached my peak of excellence I'm still continuing to get better.

My mom w/ a relaxer and press on own hair

My Mom from the back view

India (@_doughBUNNY)
w/ a quick weave w/ invisible part

Mae w/ a spiral curl on own hair

cornrow braids on Mae

Diamond w/ a 
quick weave layer cut style

A Sew-In 
w/ hot curl style

Young And Talented

Starting from a kid who would hate getting his hair cut by his dad, never having experienced a professional cut; I never would have thought I'd be a professional barber today...

All Cuts By: Timothy Saunders
@Carterboi89

Now, here I stand. A Master Barber amongst other titles. With the drive to be the best barber in the world, I will stop at nothing until I reach perfection.

My Youthful Growing

At the age of twelve I received my first pair of clippers. They were given to me by my aunt, Martha Gay, who picked them up from Wal-Mart, where she worked. The reason she bought me the simple hair cutting kit, was because my father had suffered from a stroke around that time, and was in the process of recovering from muscle paralysis. Therefore, he could not continue to cut my hair like usual.

When I received the box, I had no idea what to do or how to start the process of cutting my hair. No one directed me or steered me from failure. It was just all up to me. So reading the instructions and taking a shot at it, I completed my first step in cutting my own hair. Not having a set of trimmers, I wasnt able to start giving  myself a line-up until a couple of years later.

I entered high school where as you know appearance meant everything. I knew nothing about an edge-up, or "taper" as what some would call it. I borrowed a set of cordless, battery powered trimmers from my aunt, Tina Gay, to line myself up. Not being educated on the professional way of using them, I did what I "thought" was right. This eventually lead to my fellow classmates and a few of my basketball buddies to notice that I had decent talent. 

Even still I never witnessed a professional cut, personally, nor via television or Internet. Each head I began to cut was a charge of five dollars for an Even Steven (thats all I knew how to cut). I never knew what a fade was so giving someone a temp, bald, or shadow fade was out of the question. Then there were clients that began to ask me to draw a design in their head. Me being an artist I was more than anxious to do so but didnt know where to start. A pencil and a pair of trimmers are not the same in any way, but with practice I got it down with the tools I had to make my friends/clients satisfied.

Mohawk w/Design
Model: Demario Evans @Zodiac336

Light Temp Fade w/Design

Model: Chaz Benson

     So today I am as good as you label me to be. From the age of twelve to present, a young barber still going strong and still getting better. Whose to say that you wont be the next person in my chair.

Model: Tony Ynot

(@carterboi89)

Not knowing where I could go. Not knowing if I'd make a difference. Not knowing if I was great enough... was all that I ever thought about. Although the thoughts were not matched with my actions, I felt on the brink of desperation and depression. Everyone around me saw me as a walking legend destined to happen, but I only saw a being in need of more work. All I needed was a push to get me into the doors of the lime life and everything else would be all in my hands. I am now pressing myself to my full potential limit to make it to the level in which I have been thriving for all my life. Thanks to YOU, my fans I will be able to and will not let anyone down.