BUSINESS
Wallowa County Chieftain
A6
Wednesday, April 6, 2022
Local woman returns to work as a cosmetologist
BIZZ
BUZZ
ASHLIE MCAFEE
What: cosmetologist at
Wanderlust Hair Parlor
By Bill Bradshaw
Where: 11 Main St.,
Joseph
Ashlie McAfee sets
up at Wanderlust
Hair Parlor
Phones: 971-202-3119
(Ashlie) 503-840-9599
(Megan)
Emails: ashliemarie.
am45@gmail.com meg-
zhairbiz@gmail.com
J
OSEPH — There’s a
new cosmetologist in
town, now that Ashlie
McAfee has set up her sta-
tion at Wanderlust Hair Par-
lor on Joseph’s Main Street.
McAfee has been prepar-
ing to set up shop since Jan-
uary for her Friday, April 1,
opening. A newly minted
cosmetologist, she already
has a few clients lined up.
“It does take a little time
to get everyone to know
you,” she said, though her
local background helps.
Local roots
Ashlie is the daughter
of Ron and Laurie McAfee
and sister of Jack. The fam-
ily has lived here for nine
years, she said, adding that
the family moved here from
Silverton.
“I’ve been coming up
here since I was about 4
months old,” Ashlie McA-
fee said.
She graduated from
Joseph Charter School
in 2020 — the year the
COVID-19 pandemic hit.
But that wasn’t the only
thing JCS students were
dealing with that year. It
was also the year the gym-
nasium at the school burned
and fi lled the rest of the
school with smoke.
planned remodel of the shop
in which the fl ooring and
back area will be replaced
and the interior walls
painted.
“It’s going to look really
good in here,” McAfee said.
Hall is thrilled to have
the young cosmetologist
working alongside her.
“I love her. People think
she’s my sister, that we look
like sisters — but I don’t
have blonde roots,” she
laughed.
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Ashlie McAfee, a new cosmetologist at the Wanderlust Hair Parlor in Joseph, stands ready to
welcome clients Thursday, March 31, 2022, as shop owner Megan Hall works on a client in the
background. McAfee, a longtime Joseph resident, started work at the salon April 1.
“We were already deal-
ing with that and then
COVID hit,” she said. “It
was a really weird year.”
After graduation, she
attended the Paul Mitchell
School in Boise, Idaho, to
learn her trade. After 1,600
hours of study — about a
year and two months — she
became a licensed cosme-
tologist in Idaho, graduating
in October.
“I transferred my license
to Oregon and I’m just
about there,” she said.
McAfee said her dad
works in sales at Main
Street Motors in Enterprise,
while her mom works at the
Community Bank branch in
Joseph.
Although she’s new at
her trade, she is qualifi ed to
do hair, nails, skin care and
makeup.
“In school, we had a lot
of clients to work on and
you got to familiarize your-
self with all the services,”
she said. “You got to pick
what you really love to do
and what you’re skilled at.
I’ve always had a thing for
coloring hair and makeup
and a couple other things
here and there.”
Sporting wavy, breast-
length auburn hair, the ques-
tion comes to mind if her
color is natural.
“I’m a natural blonde,
but I’ve been dying my hair
since I was about 13 years
old,” she said. “I’m almost
21, so it’s been a while.”
In those days — before
college — she spent a lot of
time “free-educating” her-
self, she said.
But she’s now doing
what she’s always dreamed
of.
“Ever since I was a lit-
tle girl, I wanted to do this,”
she said. “I’m very proud
of myself for how far I’ve
come.”
Beauty philosophy
McAfee said she has
her sights set on both suc-
cess as a cosmetologist
and in improving people’s
self-images.
“I feel like I’ve worked
really hard to get where
I am today and I want to
make people feel good —
Outside of work
that’s a big goal of mine,”
she said.
While she works on
a person’s outside, she
believes that can help them
feel good about themselves
on the inside, too.
“That shines right
through,” she said. “I think
everyone is like that. When
people are in my chair, I
want them to focus more
on themselves as a person
and not necessarily on their
looks on the outside, but it
plays a huge role in how
someone looks at them-
selves. … My job is to help
with that.”
McAfee works alongside
shop owner Megan Hall,
who has owned the parlor
since March 2020, another
ominous start.
“I got shut down three
weeks later at the start of the
pandemic,” Hall said, noting
she was able to reopen that
May. However, she said, she
had to take another three
months off for surgery.
Hall and McAfee said
they look forward to a
& Skylight
Gallery
When not at work,
McAfee said she enjoys
what Wallowa County has
to off er.
“I like being in the
mountains, side-by-sid-
ing with my family is really
fun,” she said. “I love hang-
ing out with my brother.
He’s great; we go on road
trips around the county
just looking around. I love
my cats and I love art and
painting.”
She believes she has a
talent for painting, which
helps her at work, too.
“I think so and it comes
in handy at doing makeup,”
she said.
But her top priority is
becoming familiar with the
community again.
“I’m excited to get to
know everyone here in the
county again,” she said. “I
was gone for a year so I
have to refamiliarize myself
with everyone.”
———
Bill Bradshaw is a
reporter for the Wallowa
County Chieftain. Have a
business tip? Contact him
at 541-398-5503 or bbrad-
shaw@wallowa.com.
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