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By Dylan Rovelli, age 13 | November 27, 2024

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KINDA A BIG DYL Dylan Rovelli, an eighth grader at The Joy School, started her own business putting in hair tinsel. Follow Dylan’s hair tinsel business on Facebook and Instagram at @Hair_Tinsel_by_KindaABigDyl.

I have always had a love for hair and beauty. When I was younger, I had a clipboard full of “appointments,” and my bedroom was a rotating door of customers so I could give blow-outs, mani/pedis, facials, and makeup applications. Thankfully, all my customers, better known as my mom, grandmas, aunts, and annoyed brother, lovingly left wonderful reviews.

My childhood fascination led me this summer to the idea of creating a hair tinsel business. I bought hair tinsel supplies and a mannequin head to practice on, when my mom and brother’s mullet were unavailable. I studied how-to videos on YouTube and kept practicing until I felt that I had mastered the skill. My mom and I made a Facebook and Instagram page for my business and promoted it on West U Exchange. I got my first clients from there, which turned into a lot more clients through word of mouth.

Rather than kids going to a salon, I come to them. I have started hosting birthday parties where I tinsel partygoers’ hair, and the kids love it. I am also working a table at an elementary school PTO event and at another school’s Christmas event. Not only do I get to work with children, whom I adore, but I also can do what I love with hair and beauty.

I wanted to share this so anyone can see, even with learning differences, you can still become a boss if you do something you love, work hard, and believe in yourself. I am diagnosed with ADHD, and some may see my diagnosis as a weakness or a negative, but I don’t. Although it sometimes takes me longer to process information and may take twice as long to learn the current subject, with hard work and determination, I successfully finish my projects and assignments. I know that I must work harder than others to achieve my goals, but I believe this trait will make me a better entrepreneur and business owner.

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