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Nedjetti Harvey Author and Entrepreneur
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air Me Out® Nedjetti Harvey, Celebrity Session Hair Cosmetologist has been professionally making music with her creative fingers for 30+ years. As a 3rd generation Hair Artist, Nedjetti has been passionately styling hair since age seven.
Founder of Hair by Nedjetti LLC, Nedjetti is the Hair Artist, Producer, Artistic and Creative Director of her successful Nedjetti's Natural Hair DVD Vol 1 launched in 2006, the vision behind her Hair Me Out® Nedjetti's online apparel and accessories store and is the owner of Hair by Nedjetti Natural & Locs Salon in Bloomfield, New Jersey, celebrating over 30 years in business.
Nedjetti dedicates her time as a national hair competition judge, ‘pave it forward’ mentor to aspiring Cosmetologists and she also enjoys volunteering at Natural Hair College and community cultural events.
As a national L'Orèal platform Educator of over 10 years, Nedjetti is their lead Natural Hair Care expert for 6 of their Dark and Lovely's Au Naturale DIY "how-to" videos, has written an approved Natural Hair curriculum for her CEA (Cosmetology Educators of America) platform presentation and L'Orèal USA made changes to their Au Naturale product line based on Nedjetti's product testing feedback.
Some of Nedjetti's celebrity clientele are Dr. Ilyasah Shabazz, Danielle Brooks, Jada Pinkett-Smith, Uzo Aduba, Cedella, Skip and Saiyan Marley, Melba Moore, Clarke Peters, Marsha Ambrosius, Jade Eshete, Genevieve Gorder, Eva Marcille, Bree Williamson, Beth Ann Bonner, Yasiin Bey aka Mos Def, Adepero Oduye, Michael Kenneth Williams and Dr. Henry Louis Clark Jr. among others.
Nedjetti was honored to represent her passionate hair artistry devotion as a 2021 NAHA judge, "The most prestigious professional beauty competition in North America."
Nedjetti's hair art and hair care advice has been featured in over 50 hair, bridal and fashion magazines including TIME, O MAGAZINE, ESSENCE, ALLURE, PAPER, THE UNTITLED MAGAZINE, UPSCALE, BRIDES NOIR, SOPHISTICATES BLACK HAIR, DEMETRIOS, COLURES, PRESTIGE INTERNATIONAL, BLACK BEAUTY and HAIR UK including twice in THE NEW YORK TIMES.
Along with her talented peers, being a part of some memorable Film and Television shows has been a rewarding experience for Nedjetti including styling hair on The Affair Season 2, The Good Wife Season 7, and Law & Order SVU Season 16 to name a few.
Nedjetti was Dept Head Hair on the films Red Hook Summer directed by Spike Lee and Key Hair on Sharknado 2 directed by Anthony C. Ferrante.
In 2011, for a breathtaking performance at The Jazz Lincoln Center for Don Giovanni with conductor Ivan Fischer, Nedjetti key hair to opera vocalists Laura Aikin, Myrto Papatanasiu and Sunhae Im. The cast was featured on the front page of The New York Times in The Arts Weekend section.
Yes, Nedjetti loves styling all hair types within the fashion, beauty, film, television and entertainment industries and with gratitude is noted as one of the Beauty Industry's leading and respected Natural Hair Care Gurus and influencers. With 25 years and counting, Nedjetti's goal is to globally share, educate and inspire, especially women and children of the African Diaspora on the importance of embracing and celebrating our BeYOUtiful God-given Coily and Curly Natural Hair!
Nedjetti's maternal grandmother Ruth P. Harris was also a Cosmetologist and paternal grandfather King Harvey, Sr. a Barber.
Nedjetti made HERstory, leaving her family Hair Artistry legacy forever rooted with love, dedication and passion at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture in Washington, DC.
In ‘Where Beauty Touches Me’ by Pamela Ferrell, at age 26 Nedjetti is photographed as a hair model adorned with African Goddess Braids. Nedjetti’s renowned diamond shape Bantu Knots created in 1999 graces ESSENCE 2011 Hot Hair magazine cover as an insert photo, both magazines are displayed in the same exhibit glass case for the world to witness.
Look out for Nedjetti’s Hair Me Out book series covering a ray of subjects that will enlighten, uplift and nurture the soul.