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In this uplifting episode of The DayMakers podcast, host Daved Dolce speaks with Yadi — a proud Tricoci University alumna and winner of the prestigious Beauty Blitz competition. Yadi reflects on her early days as a student, what drew her to Tricoci, and how her vision for her future shaped every decision she made. From finding a school that matched her lifestyle to rising as a standout talent among her peers, Yadi’s story is one of intention, ambition, and inspiration. Whether you’re a future beauty pro or just love hearing stories of determination and success, this episode delivers heart and drive.
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Show Notes
– Yadi introduces herself as a Tricoci University alumna and shares her excitement about being on the podcast.
– Host Daved Dolce reminisces about first meeting Yadi during his early days as a director at the CNW campus.
– Yadi shares how she chose Tricoci after evaluating her career goals, lifestyle, and other beauty schools.
– She discusses the importance of flexibility in education and how Tricoci’s offerings aligned perfectly with her needs.
– As a Beauty Blitz winner, Yadi recounts her experience navigating the three rounds of the competition and what it meant to her.
– A conversation filled with pride, perseverance, and purpose — highlighting how vision and effort can lead to incredible accomplishments in the beauty industry.
Links:
YouTube: https://youtu.be/cHy9YyxjjXw
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/164S7JGSV137grJLkEZou2?si=Hn8pWMfCQ2GdnbTAxENrDQ
Transcript
We are here to make people
feel good about themselves.
We really have to feel like we
are a day maker for the guest.
You’ve made my day.
How great is that when you hear
those words from your guest.
Hey, everybody, I’m David Dolce,
and this is the Day Makers podcast.
Today we are interviewing
one of our alumni and Beauty
Blitz winners, Yadi.
Yadi, welcome.
Welcome.
I love being here.
I’m excited.
I’m so happy to have you here.
When I found out that you were part
of this, usually I kind
of know ahead of time who’s coming.
And then I heard Yadi, I’m like, I
only know one person named Yadi.
I was like, yachty.
Yay.
Yes.
That’s exciting.
I love that.
So I got the opportunity
to be a director at your campus,
as my first directing job
ever was at the CDC campus.
Yeah.
And you were there from my beginning.
I was there for the beginning.
I didn’t realize it.
No.
I think shortly after I got
there, you were transferred over
or a couple of months in.
Yeah.
You were already there when I got.
Right, right, right.
Okay.
Yeah.
Oh, that’s exciting.
Yeah.
Thank you.
So tell me about your coaching.
Why Tricoci?
And a little bit about your
journey with the campus.
Tricoci.
I think, honestly, I just kind of
envisioned how I wanted my career to
go, and I just felt like there’s so
many schools out there, so looking
at schedules, what worked best for
my lifestyle and what I wanted to
accomplish.
And Tracochi was basically the only
campus that I thought or the only
school that I thought fit what my
lifestyle was in current time.
Very cool.
Did you look at other schools then?
I did.
I looked at Truman.
Oh, okay.
Like, night and day.
Right, Right, Absolutely.
So you’re special because you’re
the first Beauty Blitz winner that
we have that we’re interviewing.
So I want you to start.
Well, we had two rounds.
Right.
Preliminaries.
And then we had the big, big.
Was it three?
It was three rounds.
The three, three round.
It was round one.
It was round two and round three.
So take me back to round one.
Okay.
How did signing up go?
I actually did not sign myself up.
A friend signed me up.
I was actually going through,
I guess, creative frustration.
And then my.
My very dear friend Destiny was like,
I think you just need an outlet.
I’m going to sign you up
for the competition.
And so thank God.
To Destiny Miles.
She signed me up because
I found my new passion.
That’s crazy.
Crazy.
It wasn’t even me.
It wasn’t even me.
So round one comes around.
Do you remember what
the category was?
What was the category?
It was Winter Wonderland.
Yes, Winter Wonderland.
So round one comes and goes,
comes and goes.
Round two.
Round two.
We had to do the video.
So that was a little nerve wracking
because I wasn’t necessarily sure
if I was putting enough content in.
Not.
I was new to content creating.
So it was kind of that weird
space of, okay, is it too
much too what not to do?
And so that was a little
more nerve wracking.
But it worked out perfectly.
I think I did have just enough in,
but I did like the reindeers outer.
So that’s what pushed me over
to texture because at first
I think I was under color.
Oh, for real?
And you switched your category?
They switched my category to texture.
I didn’t even know that.
Yeah, it was kind of exciting though,
when it came back and they
were like, yeah, you’re.
You’re in for texture.
I was like, what?
It was.
It was actually better.
So did you not even think about it
entering the first round at all?
Like you heard of it, you
didn’t think about it.
Did you kind of think about it
and somebody gave you that.
That little extra push
that you needed?
Yeah, well, no.
I actually at the time wasn’t.
I didn’t even know it was out.
I didn’t know it was a thing.
So I guess it wasn’t.
It was in the cards.
My friend signed me up and then
we were trying to do a group
effort because I think you guys
had like group categories.
And then she ended up getting sick,
so then she was out,
which then last minute, I came
in as a single person.
It’s absolutely nuts.
It’s nuts.
The whole journey was nuts.
So we got round three.
Round three, that you’re basically
in the finals now I’m in the finals.
Was this a little bit different
because now you actually see what
you’re competing against, Right.
You see all the different
schools, what they’ve done.
Did that feel any differently
than maybe doing the video?
And you had absolutely no
clue what your competition.
I had no.
Even then I didn’t see what
anybody else submitted.
I didn’t.
I was kind of just like.
I just knew I progressed.
So I was like, all right, great.
So you still didn’t see.
I didn’t see anything.
So then when I got there the day
of and seen all the blitz
and the glitz and the glam, I was
like, oh, this is a real thing.
So I was a little nervous about it
once I entered the doors and seen
all the balloons and seen how
beautiful the place was set up.
And then I, I think you guys had
us separated where one side was
your competition, who you were
up against, and then the other
side, like it was split in sides.
And when I walked up,
my side was packed.
Like everyone over there brought it.
So I wasn’t sure if
I was bringing it.
I was nervous about
that part, actually.
I was like, did you do enough?
Are you doing enough?
You know, so that was a little bit
more nerve wracking for me because
I was literally the whole time
sitting next to like a monster
looking thing and I was like, oh,
this is great.
This is great.
Everyone is bringing their A game.
So that made it exciting for me.
It was so cool to even watch
because you’re at the campus every
single day and it gets monotonous
sometimes and some people have
different attitudes and whatever.
Do you know what I mean?
And you tell them like,
please just work on this.
They don’t want to.
And then you show up at these
events, events, and you’re
like, oh my God, the things
that these people pull out.
Pull out.
Yeah, I was feeling that way.
And I.
I guess I was considered
one of the people that’s
pulling something out.
Right.
And I literally was just like
looking at everyone in my
little area and was like, wow.
So I didn’t even know so much talent
like that in this industry,
which was great to see, actually.
So.
And Tricoci.
Tricoci.
So it was great to see that everyone
was bringing out their best,
like their A game that day.
What did prepping for
this event look like?
What kind of preparation did you
do leading up to your big win?
Oh, man, my preparation was not good.
It was.
I was stressed literally.
I think the day before, the hair
that I was originally going
to use did not work out.
So like 12th hour, I’m
in the store trying to find hair.
Really?
Oh, yeah.
It was very stressful and trying
to make sure I packed everything.
Trying to build the look in real
time, trying to make sure there’s
enough texture and yeah, even when I
pulled up and unloaded all my
things, I still didn’t know if I had
everything.
So, yeah, it was.
It was a lot of stress.
Well, you had a lot of support.
Yes, I did.
From your campus.
Absolutely.
Classmates, Everybody was screaming
for you, I remember.
Yeah.
And I think by that time
of the beauty blitz, I moved on.
I ended up going to a different
campus, but I was rooting
for you because you’re one
of my original students too.
So I felt like I had the best
of both worlds.
That’s good.
So you’re standing there.
They are about to, like,
let you know who won.
They’re going, what?
They did like, third,
second into first.
So they call third.
You didn’t hear your name?
I did not.
What did you think?
I think at that moment,
I was not thinking.
I think at that actual moment,
my daughter is in frame.
So I think I was kind of, like,
saying something like, move
out the way or something.
I was in my mode, so I was kind
of, like, trying to redirect her.
And then I heard second.
And then you didn’t hear your
name, and I didn’t hear my name.
Did it start to get discouraging?
No.
Somewhere, like, you
see, it will hit me.
Like, if you pull the video
back, you see, it hits me kind
of, like, late, but not really.
When I seen the person pass me going
for a second, I do like, a squeal.
Because then it hit me, oh,
this might mean you got it.
All right.
I kind of just like, do like a.
Oh.
And then I think while that person
was grabbing their stuff, I was,
like, looking around like, okay, is
there anyone else for texture?
So I was kind of nervous.
But then I think that’s
at that point is when Ashley started
announcing first place.
And you hear your name and I hear
my name, and then now it’s like,
it hits me, oh, my God, you won.
Your look was good enough.
Whole time, I didn’t think my
look was good enough, which is
crazy, because I think at one
point you came up to me and was
like, you really didn’t know?
I was like, I really had no clue.
Like, zero.
You had the tears.
I had the tears.
It was so dang well, because, like,
the lead up to this was very
stressful for me because I didn’t
know what I was going to create.
I’m my biggest critique.
So, like, the whole time, while
everybody else is like, oh,
my God, that’s so pretty.
I was like, you could have done this.
You could have done that.
To hear that other people thought
that my work was great, even in
a moment that I didn’t necessarily
feel it was good, I think was
what caused the tears, of course.
Right?
It was like.
Cause it was like, oh,
my God, it was good.
So it goes back to life.
Like, just how you felt coming
into life and what you’re going
through to even get to school,
to get to here, to get to there.
And it’s like a full circle moment,
and it just all comes down.
And then I came down, and then
Now I’m all embarrassed because
everyone’s looking at me crying.
No, it was so genuine.
It was beautiful.
I would have cried for sure.
I.
I definitely was excited.
And at the same time, something
happened in that moment,
though, that let me know that
this is what I want to do.
Creating looks like that
is what I want to do.
So you could say this changed
the whole trajectory.
Oh, it changed my whole career.
It changed my whole career.
Like, my whole focus, all of it.
It just was like, well, that
feeling, whatever that feeling was,
I need to chase that.
Oh, that’s cool.
Which is, like, passion.
Yes.
So that’s how it was.
So I was just like, okay.
Well, I don’t even know if
there’s a thing like, what.
What lane does this fall in?
Right?
Because when we’re in school, we hear
like, oh, you could be a colorist.
You can cut.
You could specialize
in all these things.
But I never knew that this could be
a category that you could specialize
in, or this can be something
that you can really follow.
So then after that, I started
researching, of course.
And then what happened after that?
I’ve been working towards many
things to just create what.
I mean, I don’t necessarily know
what lane it falls under,
but I’ve done some editorial stuff.
So cool.
I’ve done some just regular
competition stuff that’s
been just trying to chase whatever
that falls under.
Oh, that’s so cool.
Sound excited about that stuff.
I love it.
So you brought your
trophy with, right?
I did.
Let’s see that trophy.
Wait.
Yes.
Number one.
Is this the same year that you guys
won the school spirit award, too?
We did, yeah.
Crazy.
And again, it wasn’t my campus.
And I’m jumping up and down.
I’m like, yeah, but it
is your campus.
It was.
You started there, and now
full circle it is again.
It’s part of my region.
Yeah, but Ms.
Nolita out there just showing off.
That was a big thing.
It was a big event.
So we’re getting geared up for
the next event, right?
Yes.
We’re going to be taking
our preliminary rounds.
We’re trying to pitch this
to the students.
And what’s unique is
you guys graduate.
So when the next Beauty Blitz
rolls up, there’s very few people
that saw the one before, so it’s
almost like starting all over.
Like, you guys understand
this is this.
This is this.
What advice do you have
to these students that are maybe
thinking about it or don’t even
know what this event is?
What advice do you have them
about entering the Beauty Blitz?
Competition.
I think you have to have, like,
a genuine passion for hair.
Like, if you’re.
Some people just have a natural skill
set, then there’s those people that,
like, they live, breathe, eat hair.
You know what I mean?
I feel like if you have that natural
passion for hair and you should try
the blitz, because it might
pull something out of you that
you didn’t even know you had.
Like, you.
I did not know I had it.
So, to me, it was like.
But I knew I was very
passionate about hair.
Like, I knew I wanted to learn
everything there is to learn about
hair because I was so passionate,
down to even the skin
diseases, because it’s important.
But that passion that I had
about the hair, I think was really,
like, a segue to what this is.
You get what I’m saying?
Yeah.
So it’s like.
It’s that.
So if you have the passion,
I say try it.
Try it, because it can literally
change your life, career.
Yes.
You’re the best example
to bring on for this.
It’s fantastic.
And you have not been back
to the Beauty Blitzes, have you?
I have.
I support.
I’m telling you, I.
I am so grateful for the blitz.
So you’ve seen how much it’s grown.
I’ve seen how much it’s.
That year.
Even this last one was amazing.
Yes.
I loved it.
Absolutely.
I loved it, too.
Like, oh, my gosh.
I got to be on stage,
and it was just.
It’s the incredible feeling.
I think I rode that
high for, like, weeks.
Yes.
Yeah.
Right?
The pictures over and over.
I remember I was
on the inside of the door.
Yeah.
And everyone’s rowdy.
We’re about ready to let
everybody in, and I just hear
just rumbling and the horns blowing
and all this craziness,
and we’re like, oh, my God.
Okay, let’s open the door.
We open the door.
I’m like, And I just.
Tears started rolling out of my eyes.
Seeing all the passion, seeing
all the team spirit, and all
these students united
together, rushing in, so happy.
It, like, really touched my heart.
And I’m like, this is
why I do what I do.
Absolutely.
It was.
It’s so.
And even me just watching it was
giving me, like, a burst of,
like, yes, I want to do it.
I want to.
I want to be back on this stage.
Yes.
You know what I mean?
To kind of, like,
bring it full circle.
I want to do an alumni showcase.
We keep thinking about it back.
I think you guys should do it.
We should bring, like, winners.
Absolutely.
Compete against each other.
So this is The Day Makers podcast.
You’ve obviously made some
people’s days in your career.
When was the moment that you
did realize that you have
the opportunity to actually
make somebody else’s day?
I think I’ve always kind
of known early on with
the industry in general.
Like, I’ve had days where, like,
life, life kicks your butt.
And then I will notice that
when I would go get my hair done,
I felt like a new woman.
So I knew early on that I wanted
to be a person that changes
people’s lives in that kind of way.
Like, if something bad is happening
to you, if you get your
hair done, you feel better.
And so I think for me, I knew early
on that that’s the role I wanted
to play behind the chair.
So every day I wanted
to change someone’s life.
So how do you think making somebody
else’s day, how that actually
carries out from beyond the chair,
like, into the real life as far as.
Like, I think everyone should try
to make an impact, especially now.
Like, I think it’s so important to
just even acknowledging people by
saying good morning, or just the
simplest things can really change
people’s lives, especially with
everything that’s happening right
now in the world.
I think it’s just a lot of people
that just look heavy in the world
right now and just simply.
Just whatever little thing you can do
to make a person’s day
should be, like, in the forefront
of everyone’s mind right now.
I think it would change so much.
Oh, I love that.
That is true.
It’s true.
It goes way beyond just
doing their hair.
This confidence to walk through this
crazy world that we’re living in.
Absolutely.
To feel better.
It’s not just for a day.
It’s for days until they
get to see you again.
And it’s even getting excited
to go see your stylist,
because I’m sure all your clients
get excited to see you.
How did this customer service
and this daymaker mentality help
you retain and keep your clients?
I try to treat my clients
like they are family.
Yes.
So I think everybody that genuinely
knows me knows that I really care.
Like, I care about this industry.
I care about their hair.
I care about them as people.
And those are my return clients.
And I noticed that I have
a great amount of return
clients because of that.
I bet you do.
You got the personality.
You’re sweet.
You got the whole thing.
Yeah, you are.
I just adore you.
I’m a huge fan of you.
I mean, I had tears watching you win.
It wasn’t just you really oh, my God.
I didn’t look up, so I didn’t.
I know about you.
I know about your story.
I know you’re a mom.
It’s hard to go to school, take care
of kids, enter the this competition.
Just to see you get that
for yourself, like, it
was just well deserved.
Oh, thank you.
You’re very welcome.
I want to thank you again
so much for being here with me.
It’s my pleasure to have
interviewed you today.
Full circle moments.
Just loving all these full
circle moments I’m getting
with this podcast I love.
So, again, thank you so much.
I love you, too.
We have a real good day today.
Okay.
You too.
All right.