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Sisters Launch 1st In Series Of Beauty Products
proving The Hair Expe- rience. Together For- ever. Forever Thriving, founded on faith, joined by love, and kept by God.”
In addition to becoming entrepreneurs, the girls are
also establishing other ca- reers. Everlecia is an up and coming author who now lives in Los Angeles; Everquicia is enrolled in dental school; Evernecia is a recent University of South Florida graduate; and
Everkesia is enrolled at St. Leo University, where she is majoring in Business with a minor in Creative Writing.
Everlecia describes the baby girl, Ever, as a student and said she is “the life of the party.”
This animated portrait shows the 5 sisters from left to right are: Ever, Evernecia, Everlecia, Everquicia, and Everkesia.
BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor
On March 5th, 5 Tampa sisters will launch their new company known as Evers Hair Is Forever.
The young ladies will in- troduce their first hair prod- uct in what they said is the first of many.
The event will take place from 3 p.m. until 8 p.m., at Sistah Sistah Beauty Salon, 1949 W. Cass Street. The shop is operated by their mother.
Ms. Everlecia Taylor
said the product is not new, but a spin on an existing item. “While I was in Los An- geles, a lot of our cousins were using a toothbrush to smooth their hair around the edges.
“I thought, ‘what a great concept.’ Our product is larger than a toothbrush and it has a different design. We just took an existing product to a new level.”
Ms. Taylor said the beauty of the product is that it can be used on all types of hair, ranging from natural to chemically treated hair.
The five sisters are the daughters of Ms. Fatima Clanton and Everett Tay- lor, Sr. The young ladies are: Ever, the youngest at the age of 8; 23-year-old Everlecia, and 24-year-old twins Everquicia and Evernecia, Everkesia, 18, and who also has a twin brother, Everett, Jr.
Since their mother is a hair stylist, it stands to rea- son that they are familiar with the trade. So, it wasn’t surprising that they are en- tering the field. “We spent a lot of time in the salon while we were growing up,” she said.
“We wanted to do some- thing together, something we all knew about, and some- thing we were all interested in doing.”
Their motto is: “Im-
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