Evolve with us
In 2016, I started to get a little restless and thought I was ready to leave the salon industry. I was salon booth renting and mildly successful, but not as successful as I could have been if I had had someone to call me to my greatness.
I started dreaming about salon ownership and fate led me to UES. I was offered the opportunity to buy the salon and jumped at the chance.
We are committed to empowering people, through our unique brand and our ability to make others feel beautiful, to express themselves and leave our salon home feeling perfectly whole and complete.
We strive to enrich our community with love and kindness that spreads further than our walls. We love and support each other’s growth, no matter how painful. We are determined to impact our industry and live rich lives. We show up all in, as a team so we are able to educate, collaborate, give back to our community, and heal our earth. We touch hearts when we touch hair.
“Vulnerability is not knowing victory or defeat, it’s understanding the necessity of both; it’s engaging. It’s being all in.”
We head into life unarmored and face first recognizing the necessity of failure. We allow ourselves to not have all the answers, backtrack, and learn from our mistakes. Recognizing that failure is part of greatness and when we stand up after face planting we rise up stronger every time.
We come from an “all in” mentality. We show up looking the part, with humility, on time, prepared, and ready to engage with everyone in our path. We make other people feel seen, heard, important and cared for. We believe this is the clearest path to connection. We acknowledge that if we are not moving forward, we are moving backward. We live in abundance, choosing to acknowledge that our mindset is the only thing holding us back.
When the going gets rough we dig deep and work hard. We take all necessary action to operate at the top of our game. We are constant students as we know this is the way to mastery.
We choose courage over comfort. We choose what is right over what is fun, fast, or easy. We take personal responsibility for our energy, emotions, attitudes and behaviors, knowing our strong backs ultimately lead to our success. We are open-hearted and receive loving feedback and are willing to love others enough to give honest feedback. Clear is kind!
We share every responsibility, coming together for the greater good. We are stronger together than we are alone, and we show respect and gratitude for each other. We take personal responsibility for the action and discipline required to become the best possible versions of ourselves.
Urban Evolution Salon was announced as a Top 200 Salon in the country by Salon Today.
“We have moved from a ‘me/mine’ culture to a ‘we’ culture that breeds teamwork and collaboration. We regularly use Slack to encourage and acknowledge our team, especially when they’re exemplifying our core values. Due to this positive reinforcement, we have a team that is bonded and celebrates one another.”
This salon existed in a different form before I purchased it and has evolved a few times since. I guess with Evolution in the name, it was destiny.
I have worked in the salon industry since 1997. I started as an apprentice in Kenosha, WI. (I am a midwestern girl).
After a 2 year false start there (beautiful salon, no formal training), I waited tables for a few years. I landed at a small Buckhead salon in 2001.
I apprenticed and was the sole assistant to 10 stylists who had all been in the business a decade or more. I had to be super self-starting, as I didn’t have any formal training there either, but I did have a beautiful salon family willing to nurture me in every way they knew how. I stayed with that salon until I moved out of state, but returned to work there when my life brought me back to the Atlanta area. While I was out of state, I got a chance to work at some amazing team-based salons and received a lot of advanced training.
In 2016, I started to get a little restless and thought I was ready to leave the industry. I was back at the Buckhead salon booth renting and I was mildly successful, but not as successful as I could have been if I had had someone to call me to my greatness. I started dreaming about salon ownership and fate led me to UES. I was offered the opportunity to buy the salon and jumped at the chance.
On a more personal note, I am a mom of 2. I live in Marietta. We have 2 dogs and 2 cats. I love hiking, camping, and anything outdoors. I practice meditation and I am a reiki practitioner. I also coach salons around the country as a professor for PIP University. I believe that we are all capable of greatness and get my rocks off watching others succeed. You might catch me saging the salon every once in a while or talking about crystals. I love my team and this gorgeous industry that I get to be a part of.
Urban Evolution relocated to it’s current location in Virginia Highland at 1042 North Highland Avenue Northeast, Atlanta, GA 30306.
Erin Jones begins working at Urban Evolution as a Stylist.
Pam Burris & Dorothy Navorska, the founders of Urban Evolution, opened for business in 2013 at Studio Plex 659 Auburn Avenue, Suite 148, Atlanta, GA.
