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In a Sunlit Salon located on Carlton Avenue in Fort Greek, Brooklyn, Charles It has been over the last two decades making more of the hair. She has cultivated spirits, rebuilding confidence and offering women a space to feel, they have seen, celebrated and entirely.
Thomas, the founder and owner of Just because, loungeIt has quietly built a heritage that has roots in care, community and compassion. For over 20 years, it has helped women – either long -term clients or strangers in shelters – interrogate their crowns, both literally and virtual.
“I learned a lot of wonderful lessons from my mother,” says Thomas. “Many had to do with how I deal with my colleague and my wife.
And care is at the heart of all Thomas.
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Beauty as a bridge: strengthening women in shelters
One of her most aggressive initiatives is her long work with women living in transitional housing. Since 2017, Thomas has worked with local shelters in Brooklyn to provide care, face and makeup services for these women, many of whom are survivors of domestic violence, recover from illness or simply try to rebuild after their curves.
Every month, Thomas and her team welcome a small group of women in her living room for what she calls Sunday’s series – a day of care and brotherhood. No opportunity is required. Just healing, joy and a renewed sense of self -confidence.
“We don’t do this for a birthday or weddings,” he explains. “It was just a day to remind them how beautiful and precious they are.
Some of these sessions were emotionally heavy, especially with older women who had strokes, lost jobs or lived with trauma. While Thomas says he had to leave some of the most emotionally demanding work for her well -being, she continues to support a nearby mother and child refuge, offering moments with squid and good times to women who often go invisible.
“You never know where life can take you,” he says. “So if you can help someone – even in the smallest way – must.”
Only because philosophy
The mission is only because it is simple but deep: Beauty must be accessible and strengthen, just because you are human. This ethos extends beyond the chair of the living room. Thomas has turned its space into a community hub where beauty meets guidance, creativity and confidence building.
Previously she ran the Prom Queen Project, a favorite six -week program that offered guidance, life skills and full glam makeup to high school girls preparing for dance. The program, which ran for six years before Proms became more commercial, included everything from guest speakers and personal development sessions in donation and custom portraits.
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“I told them,” hang this portrait in your dormitory room. Look at it every day and remember yourself for the queen you are, “he recalls.” It’s about planting these seeds early. “
Krones in the hallway: Her annual hair demonstration
Thomas is also the visionary behind an annual Community Show Hair, who will return in August. Open to girls aged 3 to 18, the event gives young women the opportunity to shine – literally. Participants are treated to process the hairstyles, makeup, customized clothes and the full experience of the runway model, with their family and friends shouting at them.
“Some of them have never been caressed like that,” he says. “It’s more than a fashion show. It’s a celebration of their individuality, their beauty and their value.”
And the transformation does not stop at the event. Thomas often sees girls keep their appearance, bringing themselves up with newborn pride, and hugging a more positive image of the self for years.
Giving more than glam
Thomas’s approach to hair is not just about trends – it is a transformation. Whether she helps women fighting or dressing quiet children at her mother’s school with her family’s clothes, giving her DNA.
“I probably go to the sea,” he admits with laughter. “But it’s who I am. He was growing me from a mother who believed in people’s care.
Now, in addition to her lounge and community projects, Thomas has started a natural hair care line, ‘St Charles Natural Hair Care‘, her name from her late father, combining her experience in style with her passion for healthy hair and well -being. It is another way in which it expands its range and impact well beyond the living room chair.
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Look forward to
Since only because it continues to grow in the presence and purpose, Thomas remains focused on what is most important: rejuvenating women, one crown at a time.
“Beauty is strong,” he says. “It can change the way someone walks, talks and thinks about themselves. And if I can be part of this shift – even for a single person – then I know that I do what I have to do.”
In a world that often requires a reason for everything, Carol Thomas reminds us that sometimes the best things – care, beauty, compassion – must be offered just because
