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Chatto, (pronounced Shah-toe), is the talented award-winning Hair Designer, Esthetician, Beauty Expert, Herbalist, and Cosmetologist. A 26-year veteran of the hair and skin care industries and the President of Chatto Incorporated located in the heart of Chicago's prestigious Oak Street.
In an industry that is highly competitive and constantly changing, Chatto manages to withstand the test of time, evolving as any professional should to a level of perfection that is admired by her peers. This award-winning hair stylist specializes in hair design, maintenance, and aesthetics for European, Asian, African, and African-American clientele. Chatto has truly amazing survival instincts. She'll tell you, "I can do anything."
Her store, Chatto's Salon and Chatto's Oassis has been located at 102 E. Oak Street on Chicago's Gold Coast for 18 years and has gained unprecedented success for its quality and service. Chatto, always had a passion for health and beauty that makes her stay abreast with the latest trends and techniques of the industry. Chatto has studied at the Aquarius Academy Institute in London, England, where she worked as a platform artist. The Versacchi Institute in Washington DC helped her appreciate the causes of Baldness, Alopecia, Hair Extensions, and Hair Weaving as well as techniques for constructing and perfectly fitting Dermabrasion wigs and toupees. At Vidal Sassoon in Canada, she obtained a certificate in advanced hair cutting and coloring, and at Pivot Point and the Biosthetics Institute in Chicago, she received a Degree in Aesthetics. Her experience in Aesthetics helped her to create her own cosmetic line known as Chatto®. She's obtained her Masters and is currently working toward her Ph.D. in Advanced Cosmetology in Hair design at Dudley University in North Carolina.
Her many years of study has afforded her great award and honor in the beauty industry. For two years she traveled to China to participate in the Chinese Festival of Arts and Fashion, where she was the hair & makeup artist of the 12 American and 5 Chinese models. Her passion also in weaving, extensions, and braiding techniques has traveled her to most West African countries such as Ghana, Senegal, The Gambia, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, to learn and gain experience in other skin treatments and healing techniques. In 1994, Chatto was the finalist for the North American Hair Styling Award and, in the year 2001, she was awarded the Booker T. Washington Award for entrepreneurship.
Chatto first introduced her skin care products in 1994, and has been a pillar in the Chicago business community since 1984. Her skin care line was well received and gained notoriety for its amazing results. For numerous years, Chatto along with both her personal chemist and dermatologist, have been researching the healing properties of Shea Butter and Black Soap as well as the best way to manufacture products from this natural ingredient. Now, Chatto is reintroducing her skin care line and introducing her hair care line to the world.
With hair loss amongst women, men, and children of all races, millions of people in the US alone are affected. With the realization that baldness is not only a male problem, Chatto has created Chatto’s 6-Plus Growth Crème Formula 1 & 2, one of a kind scalp and hair treatments which offers a solution to the ever-increasing statistics of hair loss.
What is unique about Chatto's products is not only the extensive research she puts into creating them, but, the personal care she takes with each product manufactured. She uses the natural ingredients of Shea Butter, Cocoa Butter, Natural Soap, and Natural Oils as the base for all her products. Chatto strives to offer quality products that exceed clients expectations. As she says,
"We Don't Sell Products, WE SELL RESULTS"
Her thriving business that makes Chatto an example of the endless opportunity that can be provided with her fabulous attitude, the warmth of her spirit, yet her jovial behavior and a healthy dose of hard work gives her a never ending love for humanity/human kind."
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Why did you start your business?Chatto, always had a passion for health and beauty that makes her stay abreast with the latest trends and techniques of the industry. Chatto believes that every individual carries their own personal style. Her mission is to enhance each individuals personal style. Chatto created a salon where the hairstyles will be as unique as your personality, and cater to your lifestyle.
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What makes you different than other similar businesses in your community?What makes the salon very unique is we continue to be a universal figure in the communities around Chicago. The salon sacrificies time and effort with the Yahweh Foundation by going to vocational schools in the chicagoland area to teach young adults about skin, hair, and etiquette. We also find time to visit senior and diabetic homes to help them with their skin and hair issues. We donate some of the proceeds we earn to help literacy education and save the earth programs in Ghana, West Africa.
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What do you like most about your community?What I like most about the community is the many different businesses and organizations that cater to one another.
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Come and experience the ancient healing properties of Chatto's unsurpassed products!
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