Report by Alberta Morty
You may not have heard of NNN.HB but take good note of it because it is set to make waves in the future.
It is a plush new unisex saloon which was launched at a brief but colourful event about a week ago. The place bubbles with the indomitable spirit of its founder and CEO, Nyta Nkansah Nyarko.
Ms Nkansah Nyarko’s story is an enthralling one. It can be summed in the adage, “when the world gives you lemons, make lemonades out of it”.
She told this reporter that an accident while studying as an interior designer at the University of Hertfordshire in the UK changed the course of her career “from beautifying walls to beautifying the human scalp and skin”.
Ms Nyarkoah was in her 2nd year in the University when she was hit by a car in the U.K. As a way of healing from the trauma and putting her life back on track she turned to her earlier passion fully: Hair styling.
She went for professional training and has since been practising in the U.K and Ghana with her clients going beyond these two places.
Bubbly and dazzling in her golden dress, she described the evening of the launch as a double celebration as she celebrated her birthday on that day surrounded by family and friends and marked a new beginning in her business journey: The name of her business, NNN.HB stands for Nyta Nkansah Nyarko Hair and Beauty.
According to Nyta, the full force of her name is also in the business because she wants her clients to have a personal relationship with her.
She says that coming to her saloon for grooming is not an event but a lifelong relationship that continues “even outside the saloon”.
Nyta said: “the hair experience goes beyond having your hair or make-up done by me or other beauticians. It is the relationship and how my clients feel about themselves and the bond that we make and the knowledge that I will give them and I will receive.”
Even before her formal education in the beauty business, it was her passion and she has now had eleven years of professional experience. She says that doing “your hair at NNN.HB is a form of therapy; indeed a fantasy experience for the client”.
As an international brand, she has moved between Ghana and the UK for over four years and plans to continue that kind of cross-fertilisation that comes from operating in different places and bringing multiple experiences together.
Nyta says that despite her own sunny disposition, it has not been easy. ”Being a young business woman in Ghana is difficult. It has been a difficult journey but I do thank God for the journey to have learned so much.”
For her, it has sometimes been lonely, sleepless nights, wet pillows, as most of her closest family members are not in the country.
In spite of her challenges in her personal and professional journey, the words of the mother has been her comfort and fortress: You are blessed.
Even though she imports most of her products from the U.K, she is striving to be an affordable brand for her clientele.
Nyta’s ultimate ambition is to open a school to train young Ghanaians in the art and science of the beauty industry.
She believes that it is an area that can generate both employment and income for the country on a big scale.
Although she buys most of her materials from abroad, she can see a time when Ghana can manufacture wigs and accessories here to save foreign exchange and provide even more employment.
It is obvious that the young lady is not only good at the beauty part of life but has also got a good head for business an entrepreneur and inspirer.
Report by Alberta Morty
