Life & Work with Brooke “Brooklyn Did It” Jones

Today we’d like to introduce you to Brooke “Brooklyn Did It” Jones.

Hi Brooke, it’s an honor to have you on the platform. Thanks for taking the time to share your story with us – to start maybe you can share some of your backstory with our readers?
Soooo, many moons ago my sister and I arrived to “ATL” with hopes of becoming rock stars. We performed all over with nationally recorded artists and everything appeared to be going great until BOOM, pregnancy strikes. It’s just something about the South that brings children and husbands. This pretty much brought our music endeavors to a screeching hault. Next order of business was, how do we make enough money to support “a baby”??? My sister and I put our heads together and said ‘hey, we do our own hair and makeup for photoshoots, video shoots, fashion shows, etc. We should charge people to do this sh*t at a legit brick and mortar business.’

Pause – let me say this, I had always done hair on the side and made a pretty decent living for a single lady with no children. Butttt, after moving to a new city with no clientele, it was time to take it more seriously, in order to generate some income.

Fast forward, I picked up a corporate salon job making minimum wage because we needed investment money for this ‘salon’ we were going to open. I had no clue how long it would take me to save up enough money being that the minimum wage at the time was 7.25. I tried going home to STL a few times to expedite the process, but Chile, lemme tell you braiding hair with a baby strapped on the front of you is not for the weak! But somehow we made it happen.

After being fired from my salon job, (because someone spread the word that I would be opening my own salon) I was forced to use all that we had saved up so far to find a small place and cultivate a clientele. We passed out flyers, printed t-shirts, passed out cards, did hair for kids for free every weekend, you name it. In short, we just tried to be good to people and make everyone feel like family. With this method, we were able to double our income every year. We have recently opened a second location with our husbands in the same facility working as barbers. Glory be to God, now have products, classes, and more people around us that are able to scale their businesses as well.

I’m sure you wouldn’t say it’s been obstacle free, but so far would you say the journey have been a fairly smooth road?
The road hasn’t always been smooth. You can anticipate that though with any first-time traveled journey. My new journeys included motherhood, marriage, a new business, and co-owning a new business with a partner. My hardest obstacle, instincts and survival mode, just wouldn’t cut it. In 2017, my second child battled late-onset bacterial meningitis. We almost lost her, but after a 30-day of hospital stay, I was able to return home with my girl. The next 2-3 years included two doctor visits a week to monitor the potential harm meningitis could have done. Which included, but was not limited to, cognitive delay, auditory impairments, visual impairments, and mobility delays. Five years later, I am beyond grateful to God, and happy to report my girl has outgrown any delays, is healthy and as sharp as a knife.

Thanks for sharing that. So, maybe next you can tell us a bit more about your work?
I specialize in natural hair care. Specifically braids, locs, and natural styles. I am known for my speed and my stellar customer service. I think my marketing capability is what has helped to make my salon stand out as one of the top-ranked in Douglasville and its surrounding areas.

How do you think about luck?
I do not believe in luck. No sir. Only God and self-discipline.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://linktr.ee/brooklyndidit
• Instagram: instagram.com/iambrooklyndidit

Image Credits
Photographer: @Vs1ATL Victor Sanchez