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Styles 4 Kidz
Styles 4 Kidz

Styles 4 Kidz

Hair salon in Oak Park, IL

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Styles 4 Kidz is a nonprofit recognized as a 501(c)(3). Its work aims to give children self-assurance, pride in their culture and a sound sense of who they are, using hair care teaching and assistance. Tamekia Swint, MBA, founded the organization and serves as its executive director. Its programs serve transracial adoptive, foster, kinship, biracial and multiracial families. According to the organization, since 2010 it has served 5,225 children, supported 455 families, held 210 educational workshops and provided 4,071 hair care services. The board includes leaders in healthcare, finance, education, law, entrepreneurship and nonprofit leadership. The salon is open Tuesday through Friday from 10:00 am to 7:00 pm and Saturday from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm, and is closed Sundays and Mondays. Visits are by appointment only, and services are designed to be kid-friendly. Stylists provide haircuts, shampoo and detangling, flat iron styling, and protective styles including braids, cornrows, twists, locs, crochet sew-ins and extensions. Some clients may qualify for a scholarship, subject to available funds, by submitting a request form. For parents, the organization runs a five-level hair care workshop series, with each level priced at $75. Level 1 is a presentation covering basic care, textures, skincare, protective styles and an introduction to Dutch braiding. Levels 2 through 5 are hands-on, and several are offered both virtually and in person. The levels build in sequence: Level 2 requires Level 1, Level 3 requires Level 2, and Level 4 requires Levels 1 through 3. A separate two-hour class teaches moisturizing, styling and maintaining textured hair for pre-teens and teens aged 12 and up. Teen students should arrive with clean hair that is out of protective styles, as the instructor does not prep or style hair. Beyond the salon and classrooms, the organization offers an online training platform on a monthly subscription, with content updated annually, and a podcast on Black culture, transracial adoption and foster care. Parent Advocacy Groups bring parents and children together for advocacy, cultural learning and conversation. Sponsor-a-Kid covers hair care for youth in foster care or families facing financial hardship, and free hair care is provided to children in group home foster care. Donations may be made by check, by Zelle, through employer matching, or as in-kind gifts of hair products, extensions, tools, beads, barrettes and hair bows. Crown Circle Partner and Impact Partner giving options are also available.

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Styles 4 Kidz is a nonprofit recognized as a 501(c)(3). Its work aims to give children self-assurance, pride in their culture and a sound sense of who they are, using hair care teaching and assistance. Tamekia Swint, MBA, founded the organization and serves as its executive director. Its programs serve transracial adoptive, foster, kinship, biracial and multiracial families. According to the organization, since 2010 it has served 5,225 children, supported 455 families, held 210 educational workshops and provided 4,071 hair care services. The board includes leaders in healthcare, finance, education, law, entrepreneurship and nonprofit leadership. The salon is open Tuesday through Friday from 10:00 am to 7:00 pm and Saturday from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm, and is closed Sundays and Mondays. Visits are by appointment only, and services are designed to be kid-friendly. Stylists provide haircuts, shampoo and detangling, flat iron styling, and protective styles including braids, cornrows, twists, locs, crochet sew-ins and extensions. Some clients may qualify for a scholarship, subject to available funds, by submitting a request form. For parents, the organization runs a five-level hair care workshop series, with each level priced at $75. Level 1 is a presentation covering basic care, textures, skincare, protective styles and an introduction to Dutch braiding. Levels 2 through 5 are hands-on, and several are offered both virtually and in person. The levels build in sequence: Level 2 requires Level 1, Level 3 requires Level 2, and Level 4 requires Levels 1 through 3. A separate two-hour class teaches moisturizing, styling and maintaining textured hair for pre-teens and teens aged 12 and up. Teen students should arrive with clean hair that is out of protective styles, as the instructor does not prep or style hair. Beyond the salon and classrooms, the organization offers an online training platform on a monthly subscription, with content updated annually, and a podcast on Black culture, transracial adoption and foster care. Parent Advocacy Groups bring parents and children together for advocacy, cultural learning and conversation. Sponsor-a-Kid covers hair care for youth in foster care or families facing financial hardship, and free hair care is provided to children in group home foster care. Donations may be made by check, by Zelle, through employer matching, or as in-kind gifts of hair products, extensions, tools, beads, barrettes and hair bows. Crown Circle Partner and Impact Partner giving options are also available.

Pairs hair care education for parents with salon care and confidence support for kids, with the goal of building cultural pride and a healthy sense of identity.

Services

Final prices may vary.

Kid-friendly hair care by appointment, including shampoo and detangle, haircuts, flat iron styling, braids, cornrows, twists, locs, crochet sew-ins and extensions.

  • Braids Price at booking
  • Cornrows Price at booking
  • Extensions Price at booking
  • Flat iron style Price at booking
  • Hair cuts Price at booking
  • Locs & crochet sew-in Price at booking
  • Shampoo detangle Price at booking
  • Twists Price at booking

Hands-on and presentation-based classes for parents, from Level 1 through Level 5, plus a teen hair care class, each listed at $75 with prerequisites for the higher levels.

  • Level 2: Textured Hair Care Hands-On Workshop-CURRENTLY OFFERED VIRTUALLY ONLINE & IN PERSON (New) with Tamekia Swint $75
  • Level 2: Textured Hair Care Hands-On Workshop-CURRENTLY OFFERED VIRTUALLY ONLINE & IN PERSON with Tamekia Swint $75
  • Michigan Level 1 Workshop: Adoptive and Foster Family Textured Hair Care Price at booking
  • New Hampshire Workshop: Level 2 Textured Hair Basics with Yakarah Stylz Price at booking
  • Level 3: Hair Braiding Hands-On Workshop-CURRENTLY OFFERED VIRTUALLY ONLINE & IN PERSON $75
  • Level 4: Advanced Hair Care Workshop "Just Twists" with Yakarah Stylz $75
  • Hair Care for Pre-Teens and Teens $75
  • Level 1: Textured Hair Care Presentation $75
  • Level 2: Textured Hair Care Hands-On Workshop $75
  • Level 3: Hair Braiding Hands-On Workshop $75
  • Level 4: Advanced Hair Care Workshop Just Twists $75
  • Level 5: Advanced Hair Care Class Cornrow Updo $75
  • Level 5: Advanced Hair Care Class "Cornrow Updo" with Yakarah Stylz $75
  • Michigan Level 2 Workshop: Adoptive and Foster Family Textured Hair Care Price at booking

Groups and gatherings that connect parents and kids through advocacy, cultural learning and conversation, including a breakfast collective and a family bowling event.

  • Free to Be Breakfast Collective Price at booking
  • Rolling Back to School with S4K 2026 Price at booking
  • S4K Parent Advocacy Family Bowling Event Price at booking
  • S4K's Parent Advocacy Group Trampoline Event $15/unit
  • Rolling Back to School with S4K Price at booking

Community gatherings and fundraisers, such as galas, a 5K fun run, a locs festival, a braid camp, a back-to-school event and a trampoline event.

  • Meet the Board at U3 Coffee Price at booking
  • Portillo’s Fundraiser Price at booking
  • Shine Nationwide Gala Price at booking
  • Building Crowns 4 The Future Gala Price at booking
  • Glow-It-Up 5k Fun Run Price at booking
  • Keep It Natural Braid Camp Price at booking
  • Loc’d Life Expo – Chicago’s First Locs Festival Price at booking
  • Monthly Donor Zoom Update Price at booking

Photos

  • Stylist braiding a child's hair beside the storefront sign
  • Large group of staff and kids posing on stage at the hair show
  • Staff and young clients posing on stage after the hair show
  • Kids and a stylist walking outside beside the storefront sign
  • Salon interior with red and black styling chairs
  • Girl with puffs beside a family photo outdoors
  • Girl with braids looking in a mirror at a salon
  • Board members posing at a gala backdrop
  • Group of children and adults in matching outfits on a stage at an event
  • Stylist sectioning and combing a child's textured hair
  • Stylist working on a child's textured hair at a workshop
  • Child with cornrow updo admiring her hair in a mirror

Meet the team

Team members listed on their website. Individual roles, credentials, and current employment have not been independently verified.styles4kidz.org (opens in a new tab)

Highlights
  • Sponsor-a-Kid covers hair care for youth in foster care or families facing financial hardship
  • Free hair care services for children in group home foster care
  • Five-level parent workshop series at $75 each, with hands-on classes offered online and in person
  • Online training platform on a monthly subscription, with content updated annually
  • Podcast on Black culture, transracial adoption and foster care
  • In-kind donations of hair products, extensions and tools accepted, with gift cards used for supplies
Good for
  • Transracial adoptive families
  • Foster and kinship families
  • Biracial and multiracial families
  • Children with textured hair
  • Pre-teens and teens
  • Parents learning to care for a child's hair
  • Families seeking appointment-based salon care
Treats
  • Textured hair care
  • Protective styling
  • Detangling
  • Moisturizing and styling
  • Cultural identity and confidence
  • Hair care education for parents
Techniques
  • Braids
  • Cornrows
  • Twists
  • Locs
  • Crochet sew-ins
  • Extensions
  • Flat iron styling
  • Shampoo and detangle
  • Dutch braiding
  • Free-standing double-strand twists

Products & treatments

  • S4K Product Moisturizer, 8 oz
  • Your Hair is Your Crown paperback book

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