YOUR CRAFT DESERVES TO BE ELEVATED BEYOND TECHNIQUE

As a stylist who isn't afraid to challenge industry norms, you're searching for an education that's unlike anything you've experienced in standard classes or seen recycled on your Instagram feed.

Whether you're feeling creatively depleted after years behind the chair, hitting a technical plateau despite your skills, or simply craving an approach that treats you like an artist rather than a technique robot, I've created the space where your artistic vision and technical excellence finally meet.

I’m instigating a rebellion against everything the industry told you about how to learn, how to create, and how to evolve as an artist.

This is where artists come to evolve their creative vision in hair and beyond.

Author. Dancer. Painter. Hair revolutionary.

Hey, I'm Aeleise.

I've spent my life at the intersection of art and movement. With a background in painting and dance, I discovered hair as my most powerful medium of expression.

I've worked with brands like CurlMix, TreLuxe, and Innersense Organic Beauty as an educator, editorial stylist, and platform artist. For seven+ years I was dedicated to educating both consumers and professionals globally about tight curls & natural hair.

Now I'm redefining beauty education at its core. My creative sanctuary, Nourish Atelier, is where multi-disciplinary arts collide with cosmetology theory to spark a creative rebellion. I’m here to nurture curiosity & integration over binary thinking and formulaic execution.

I’m not interested in technical mimicry and certificate chasing, I’m more interested in you becoming artistically dangerous.

The Nourish Approach

A Framework, Not A Formula

The Nourish Approach builds upon five interconnected pillars that collectively transform artistic and professional development. They work together to instigate artistic development that emphasizes both depth of mastery and breadth of perspective.

  • Artistic Vision

    Helps you see beyond technical rules to discover creative possibilities in hair. By exploring different artistic practices, you'll develop the ability to spot unique opportunities and relationships that purely technical training misses. This expands what you can imagine and create for your clients.

  • Pattern Recognition

    Develops sophisticated understanding of recurring structures in creative work. By identifying and working consciously with patterns across different artistic disciplines, you gain the ability to evolve these structures rather than being unconsciously limited by them.

  • Movement Literacy

    Cultivates kinesthetic understanding through movements primarily influenced by modern dance techniques (Horton, Graham, Dunham). These explorations connect physical awareness directly to creative expression, enhancing both artistic range and technical precision while supporting career longevity.

  • Self-Directed Learning

    Builds your capacity to guide your own artistic evolution without dependence on external validation or instruction. Through structured exploration across multiple creative languages, you develop the ability to recognize your own developmental needs and design appropriate self-learning experiences.

  • Technical Curiosity

    Fosters an exploratory mindset toward tools, techniques, and technologies across artistic disciplines. This pillar encourages experimentation, embracing productive failure, and developing adaptability through continuous technical exploration and cross-pollination of methods.

Your Path, Your Pace:

The Nourish Educational Experience

Professional Education, re-imagined. Rather than following prerequisites, certifications, and linear progression, Nourish offers a constellation of experiences you can navigate according to your unique needs.

The ecosystem, CATALYST, SPARK, GLOW, ILLUMINATE, and CURATE aren't steps on a ladder but different doorways into the same house of artistic development. Each creates a different container for exploration, varying in duration, group size, and focus.

Begin with a GLOW session to sample the philosophy, dive directly into the immersive CATALYST experience, or schedule an ILLUMINATE session for specific challenges. Move between different offerings as your needs evolve or commit to the format that resonates most deeply with your learning style.

Success is measured not by certificates but by the depth of your artistic evolution, honoring that growth isn't linear. It spirals, branches, and sometimes makes unexpected leaps.

Whether you engage with Nourish for a single workshop or several years, these transformative experiences change not just what you do with your hands, but how you see, think, and move as a hair artist.

  • CATALYST

    Deep Multidisciplinary Exploration

    EXPLORE

  • SPARK

    Focused Artistic Skill Elevation

    DISCOVER

  • GLOW

    Collective Creative Practice Space

    PEEK

  • ILLUMINATE

    One to One Guided Artistic Journey (coming soon)

    EXAMINE

  • CURATE

    The Artist Residency For Hair Stylists (coming soon)

    PERUSE

Nourish Atelier: Where Art Nurtures Growth

Nourish Atelier, located 20 minutes south of Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Airpot, is a light-filled 600 sq. ft. micro salon and working art studio. The name itself captures our essence perfectly - "Nourish" speaks to deep nurturing rather than surface-level change, while "Atelier" connects to the traditional artist's workshop where both creation and instruction happen naturally. This balance embodies its unique identity as a space where artistic vision and technical excellence grow together.