Meet the Author

NEDJETTI HARVEY

Hair Me Out® Nedjetti Harvey an Entrepreneur and Spiritual Gardener Cosmetologist has been professionally making music with her creative fingers for 30+ years. As a 3rd generation Hair Artist, taught to braid and cornrow by her endearing and wise mother Shirley Pettigrew Harvey, Nedjetti has been passionately styling hair since age seven.

Founder of Hair by Nedjetti LLC, Nedjetti is the Hair Artist, Producer, Artistic and Creative Director behind her successful 2006 Nedjetti's Natural Hair DVD Vol 1, the visionary of her Hair Me Out® online apparel and accessories store and the owner of Hair by Nedjetti Natural & Locs Salon in Bloomfield, New Jersey, celebrating over 30 years in business.

Nedjetti dedicates her time as a national hair competition judge, ‘Pave It Forward’ mentor to aspiring Cosmetologists and with elation, enjoys volunteering at Natural Hair events at Colleges and community Cultural events.

As a national L'Orèal platform Educator of over 10 years, Nedjetti is their lead Celebrity Natural Hair expert on six of their Dark and Lovely's 2013 Au Naturale DIY "how-to" videos, has written an approved Natural Hair curriculum for her CEA (Cosmetology Educators of America) platform presentation and L'Orèal USA made revisions to their Au Naturale product line based on Nedjetti's product testing feedback.

Some of Nedjetti's celebrity clientele are Dr. Ilyasah Shabazz, Danielle Brooks, Colman Domingo, Jada Pinkett-Smith, Uzo Aduba, Cedella, Skip and Saiyan Marley, Melba Moore, Clarke Peters, Marsha Ambrosius, Jade Eshete, Jonathan Batiste, Genevieve Gorder, Eva Marcille, Bree Williamson, Gelila Bekele, Beth Ann Bonner, Yasiin Bey aka Mos Def, Adepero Oduye, Michael Kenneth Williams, Darlene Love and Dr. Henry Louis Clark Jr. among others.

Nedjetti was honored to represent her heartfelt Hair Artistry expertise as a 2021 NAHA judge, "The most prestigious professional beauty competition in North America."

Nedjetti's hair art and hair care advice has been featured in over 50 hair, bridal and fashion magazines including TIME, O MAGAZINE, ESSENCE, ALLURE, PAPER, THE UNTITLED MAGAZINE, UPSCALE, BRIDES NOIR, SOPHISTICATES BLACK HAIR, DEMETRIOS, COLURES, PRESTIGE INTERNATIONAL, BLACK BEAUTY and HAIR UK including twice in THE NEW YORK TIMES.

Nedjetti works with Jamaica’s musical royalty Bob Marley’s family for over ten years since his grandson Skip Marley was fifteen. Always a peace and love vibe, Nedjetti groomed Skip Marley’s Locs for his 2019 Slow Down featuring H.E.R music video filmed in the heart of New York City.

Alongside Nedjetti’s talented peers, styling hair on a few memorable Film and Television shows has been rewarding experiences for Nedjetti including The Affair Season 2, The Good Wife Season 7, VH1 The Breaks and Law & Order SVU Season 16 to name a few.

Nedjetti worked as Dept Head Hair on films Red Hook Summer directed by the incomparable Spike Lee and Key Hair on Sharknado 2 directed by Anthony C. Ferrante.

In 2011, for a breathtaking performance at The Jazz Lincoln Center for Don Giovanni with conductor Ivan Fischer, Nedjetti Key Hair to opera vocalists Laura Aikin, Myrto Papatanasiu and Sunhae Im. The cast was featured on the front page of The New York Times in The Arts Weekend section.

Yes, Nedjetti relishes in styling all hair types within the fashion, beauty, film, television and entertainment industry and with gratitude is noted as one of the Beauty Industry's leading and respected Natural Hair Care Gurus and influencers. With twenty-five Blessed years and counting, Nedjetti's enthusiastically educate, inspire and encourage especially women and children of the African Diaspora on the importance of embracing and celebrating our BeYOUtiful God given Coily and Curly Natural Hair!

Nedjetti's maternal grandmother Ruth P. Harris was also a Cosmetologist and paternal grandfather King Harvey, Sr. a Barber.

Nedjetti has made HERstory, leaving her family Hair Artistry legacy forever rooted with love, dedication and soul at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture in Washington, DC.

In ‘Where Beauty Touches Me’ by Pamela Ferrell, at age 26 Nedjetti's photographed as a hair model adorned with African Goddess Braids. Nedjetti’s renown diamond shape Bantu Knots created in 1999 graces ESSENCE 2011 Hot Hair magazine cover as an insert photo, both magazines displayed in the same exhibit glass case for the world to witness.

Look out for Nedjetti’s Hair Me Out book series covering a ray of Spiritually based thought provoking topics that will enlighten, uplift and nurture your soul. 

BeYOU.