Wellness Education That Transforms Careers, Cultures, and Curriculums.

Elizabeth Faye is a hairstylist turned thought leader and one of the most sought-after voices in the professional beauty and wellness industry, the girl you call when you want to bring heart to your next event.

She has lived every chapter of the journey she now helps others navigate. From behind the chair to the classroom to the stage to the C-suite, her path has never been traditional. That's exactly why tens of thousands of beauty and wellness professionals and Fortune 500 brands trust her with their careers, cultures, and curriculums.

Beauty Launchpad put it simply: "When you think of wellness in the hair industry, you think of Elizabeth Faye." Sam Villa calls her "a true professional who has earned the right and walks the talk."

Elizabeth pioneered a new category of education in the beauty industry, one focused on the whole human, not just the craft. She is the founder of Hair Love University, a global community known for its sold-out retreats, transformative approach, and holistic methods that have set her in a category of one. With community at the heart of everything she does, her inside-out approach weaves together wellness, healing, personal development, and leadership actualization, setting the tone for what it truly means to thrive in the beauty industry.

Her work has led to The Vitality Project, the industry's first Workplace Wellness Program, designed to integrate directly into salon systems and beauty school curriculums to create people-first cultures through wellness-centered curriculum, coaching, and software. Elizabeth's work addresses what the industry has long overlooked: mental health, emotional regulation, physical longevity, and healing for professionals who give everything to the people in their chairs. In an industry known for burnout, body breakdown, and shortened careers, her programs have become a leading retention and recruitment tool for salon and spa owners and beauty schools alike. She is making wellness the new standard, because mental health matters, career longevity matters, and the people doing this work deserve to thrive, not just survive.

A trauma-informed life coach, certified somatic practitioner, TEDx speaker (1M+ views), award-winning thought leader, documentary producer, and, at her core, an advocate for people leading with their heart and becoming their best selves.

Her mission goes beyond building careers. Elizabeth has spent her life reimagining how people live, lead, and learn. She believes that every one of us has the potential to make the world a better place, and that we are all part of the ripple effect.

Elizabeth Faye was a troubled kid. A punk. A high school dropout. A teenage single mom with no plan and no safety net.

And then she walked into a salon.

A stylist saw her, really saw her, and struck a deal with her dad: better grades on the report card, and he'd do her hair for free. That single act of kindness became a career, a mission, and ultimately a movement. Because it wasn't the haircut that changed her life. It was the way she felt. Heard. Seen. Loved. For the first time.

Elizabeth went from behind the chair to behind the mic, sharing that story from the TEDx stage (1M+ views) and co-directing the award-winning documentary Hairstylists Change the World on Amazon Prime. By 2019, she had built an empire: stylist, salon owner, beauty school teacher, speaker, retreat host, and founder of Hair Love University, a global community known for sold-out retreats under teepees and stars, holistic education that focuses on the whole human, and the kind of transformational experiences that people describe as life-changing at a cellular level. She facilitated thousands of career transformations, coached some of the most influential voices in beauty, and partnered with 50+ leading industry brands.

Then came the crash. Burnout. A health crisis. The very thing she'd been warning the industry about caught up with her, and it changed everything.

Out of that reckoning came The Vitality Project, the beauty industry's first true Workplace Wellness Program. TVP integrates directly into salon systems and beauty school curriculums, creating people-first cultures and equipping teachers, students, staff, and leaders with the mental, emotional, physical, and financial wellness tools to build long, sustainable careers. Not wellness as an afterthought. Wellness as a business strategy.

Elizabeth is a two-time NAHA Educator of the Year Finalist, creator of Glow Breathwork Certification, certified somatic practitioner, author of Show Me How Easy It Is, and host of Ripple Effect Radio. Her presentations are consistently among the highest rated at every event she touches. At one women's event, she was ranked #1 out of 18 speakers. Beauty Launchpad calls her the name synonymous with wellness in the hair industry. Sam Villa says she has "earned the right and walks the talk."

She believes that when we protect the people doing the work, we future-proof the industry itself. You change the world, and we are all part of the ripple effect.