The small full-day spa she owned was struggling in the throes of a seemingly unending recession. Her mother and salon co-owner, the Rev. Josephine Pinkard, had died in December.
"The night before I remember saying, 'Lord, what am I going to do?' I needed something," she said.
The next morning a friend called, shouting that radio host Steve Harvey was saying Pinkard's name on the air. She came to find her Laurel facility, Essential Essence Salon & Day Spa, was one of four salons across the country that had been nominated for a Hoodie Award in the best nail...
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