Today we’d like to introduce you to Mikayla Weeth.
Alright, so thank you so much for sharing your story and insight with our readers. To kick things off, can you tell us a bit about how you got started?
I fell into the hair industry, and I haven’t looked back.
Before hair school, I was actually attending community college studying Multimedia Interactive Technology—graphic design, website building, and things like that. I was about two months away from graduating when I went to Great Clips for a haircut one day.
The woman who cut my hair completely changed the trajectory of my life, and I don’t even remember her name or what she looked like! We were talking about what I was studying, and somewhere in the conversation she asked if I had ever thought about doing hair. I told her, “Nope, never even considered it.” She told me she thought I’d be good at it.
Afterward, I couldn’t stop thinking about that conversation. Within a month, I was signed up and attending hair school. I never finished my other degree, but I found my forever career instead. I love making people feel happy, confident, and like their most magical selves. 🥰
I spent about half of my career at Great Clips, and I was drawn to men’s cuts and barbering from the get-go. I loved spending time with my clients, getting to know them, and giving them—and their hair—the attention they deserved. Over the nine years I’ve been in the industry, though, I realized that working for someone else didn’t always give me the freedom or the time to do that the way I wanted.
After moving from Washington to Texas, I spent a year working at Diesel Barbershop in Lakeway. I loved it—the area, the people, and the opportunity to expand my skills and use more advanced barbering techniques. But eventually, it came back to that same thing: time.
So I decided it was about time I created my own little shop.
A shop for the people. A shop full of whimsy and happiness. A place where we can take a little time to relax, breathe, and actually enjoy getting a haircut.
And that became Hair Magic Barbershop. ✨
Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
It definitely hasn’t been a smooth road. One of my biggest struggles actually came during the first half of my career: I burned myself out really badly.
I worked at Great Clips for about two years, and then for the next two years I worked there full time while simultaneously running my own little shop on the side. I worked constantly. I pushed myself so hard that eventually I worked myself into a black hole and lost almost all of my passion for doing hair.
So I stopped.
I stepped away from the hair industry entirely for about three years, and for a while I genuinely wasn’t sure if I would ever come back. Eventually, though, I decided to give hair another try—and I am so glad I did. I approached it differently the second time around. I found myself increasingly drawn to barbering, rediscovered how much I loved connecting with the person in my chair, and remembered why I fell in love with this industry in the first place.
That experience has also shaped the way I run Hair Magic today. I’ve learned that doing more isn’t always doing better. I don’t want to rush through as many people as I possibly can. I want to have the time to do good work, get to know my clients, and create an environment where both they and I can actually enjoy being there.
Opening my own barbershop has certainly come with challenges of its own—I’ve had to learn how to be a barber, receptionist, marketer, cleaner, bookkeeper, website designer, and business owner all at once! 😂 But this time, I’m building something that feels sustainable and genuinely mine.
Looking back, I’m incredibly grateful I decided to give hair another chance. If I hadn’t, I wouldn’t be here today with my little barbershop, doing something I genuinely love again. 🥰
Thanks – so what else should our readers know about your work and what you’re currently focused on?
Hair Magic Barbershop is my little one-chair barbershop in Bee Cave, Texas, where I specialize primarily in men’s haircuts and barbering. I love everything from classic cuts and scissor work to fades, skin fades, beard work, and helping someone figure out what style actually works for them.
But I think what I’m most known for—and what I’m most proud of—is the experience I’ve created around the haircut.
Hair Magic was built around something I felt was missing throughout my own career: time. I don’t want someone to feel like they’re being rushed through my chair so I can get to the next person. Most of my appointments are booked in hour-long blocks so I have time to really listen, pay attention to the details, and make the experience relaxing. A haircut can include things like a hot towel shampoo, scalp massage, and hot lather neck shave—not because a haircut needs all of those things, but because sometimes it’s really nice to have an hour where somebody takes care of you. 🥰
I also wanted Hair Magic to feel different from the stereotypical barbershop. My shop is colorful, whimsical, a little witchy, a little nerdy, and unmistakably mine. There are mushrooms and moons, fairy lights, plants, a steampunk clock, a glowing barber pole, and little bits of magic tucked everywhere. It’s professional without feeling clinical or intimidating.
More than anything, though, I want people to feel comfortable here. I have clients of different ages, personalities, hair types, and walks of life, and I want every person who sits in my chair to feel listened to and cared for. I get to know my clients. I remember their lives. I celebrate things with them. And, somewhere along the way, many of them have become my people.
I’m proud of the haircuts I create, of course, but I’m probably most proud that I’ve built a place where people genuinely seem happy to come back—not just because they need another haircut, but because they enjoy being here.
That’s Hair Magic to me: good hair, good people, and a little bit of magic. ✨
Before we go, is there anything else you can share with us?
If there’s anything I’d add, it’s just how incredibly grateful I am for the people who have helped make Hair Magic what it is.
Opening my own shop was scary. I had this very specific little dream in my head of what I wanted it to be, but ultimately a barbershop isn’t much of a barbershop without people willing to sit in the chair. 😂
The amount of support I’ve received from my clients has honestly been incredible. People followed me into this new adventure, told their friends and families about me, left kind reviews, brought me little gifts, celebrated milestones with me, and continued showing up. Some of them have trusted me with their hair for years, and I’ve gotten to watch their lives change right alongside mine.
Hair Magic may be a one-chair shop, but it has never felt like something I built completely by myself. There’s a whole little community of people behind it, and I’m incredibly proud—and incredibly grateful—to be their barber.
I hope Hair Magic continues to grow, but I never want it to grow so much that I lose that. No matter where this little shop goes from here, I want people to walk through my door and know that they’re not just another appointment on my schedule. They’re my people, and I’m genuinely happy they’re here. 🥰
Contact Info:
- Website: https://share.google/wd7TPEPPsqLnsIMDs
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mikayla.weeth
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/1JhFi76zXk/
- Yelp: https://yelp.to/cUPNuZnAvZ
