Meet Nika Walker | DFW’s FIRST & ONLY CERTIFIED Hair Sprinkle Artist

We had the good fortune of connecting with Nika Walker and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Nika, we’d love to hear more about how you thought about starting your own business?
I started Loc Love Hair Sprinkles because when I started my locs I wanted adornments but I didn’t like the typical adornments that most loc queens wear. I wanted a safe permanent adornment.

Let’s talk shop? Tell us more about your career, what can you share with our community?
As DFW’s first and only Certified Hair Sprinkle Artist, my work is all about turning confidence into something you can see sparkle. I install semi-permanent hair adornments—tiny glass beads individually installed into locs, braids, and natural hair—so my clients can literally carry their shine wherever they go. This isn’t just beauty, it’s storytelling, energy, and celebration woven into every strand. What sets my work apart is that it’s not just a style — it’s an experience. I sprinkle with intention, love, and artistry, and my clients leave feeling elevated, adorned, and seen.

I’m most proud that I am the FIRST and ONLY Certified Hair Sprinkle Artist in the Dallas Ft. Worth Metroplex and saw it grow from curious stares to booked-out appointments, salon partnerships, pop-ups, and a full-on movement. Hair sprinkling isn’t just cute — it’s symbolic. It’s softness, it’s joy, it’s luxury, it’s culture, and it’s spiritual for many of us. Watching someone look in the mirror and say, “Oh wow… this is me?” — that’s the moment I know I’m walking in purpose.

Getting here definitely wasn’t easy. I stepped into a lane that existed in the form of trial and error with no CERTIFICATIONS; which meant educating, demonstrating, and standing firm in my value of being certified and not just adorning hair using any type of materials and technique. There were moments of doubt, fear and learning to trust my Hair Sprinkle education even when others didn’t know about it yet. But I pushed through by educating my loc queens and kings, staying consistent, staying creative, building community, and remembering that pioneers are never comfortable — they’re chosen. I showed up, marketed myself fearlessly, honored my clients, and let excellence speak for me.

The biggest lessons I’ve learned are:
1. Your uniqueness is your power — don’t shrink it.
2. Community matters — real connection builds real loyalty.
3. When you protect your craft, it protects you right back.
4. Every sprinkle is deeper than beauty — it’s energy, confidence, expression, and identity.

What I want the world to know about me and Loc Love Hair Sprinkles is that this brand was built off love — love for locs, love for creative Black expression, love for standing out and showing up sparkly in a world that sometimes tries to dim us. This is bigger than beads. It’s artistry, it’s healing, it’s culture, and it’s joy made visible.

I don’t just sprinkle hair — I sprinkle spirits. I sprinkle confidence. I sprinkle celebration. And we’re just getting started !

Any places to eat or things to do that you can share with our readers? If they have a friend visiting town, what are some spots they could take them to?
A a day of relaxation at our home and catching up, during this time we would eat a meal prepared by Chef Sheena She Wins

Saturday we would head to BreakFast Brothers for a chill brunch then off to Deep Ellum
Sunday church at Pleasant Grove Community in Mesquite, TX & lunch at Bam’s Vegan
Monday Shopping at North Park Mall then Burgers at Burger Haven at the Revolving Kitchen in Fairview, TX
Tuesday Clyde Warren Park and or the Perot Museum lunch at the food trucks near by
Wednesday Legacy West for shopping and food at Vegan Vibrationz at Legacy Hall
Thursday hang out at Grand Scape to shop and eat and then later in the evening hang out at World Springs Spa
Friday get dressed up and go to my favorite restaurant in Dallas ! Kessaku, eat sushi and take in the DFW skyline.

The Shoutout series is all about recognizing that our success and where we are in life is at least somewhat thanks to the efforts, support, mentorship, love and encouragement of others. So is there someone that you want to dedicate your shoutout to?
I would like to shout out to my mentor the creator of Hair Sprinkles Amber Mimz . I’m thankful for her support and mentorship.

Lil Dee on Air who is my social media and content guru. I appreciate her love, support, encouragement and assistance provided any day or night.

Keith Walker my Husband, He is my biggest fan, my muscle and thinks outside the box when I can’t !

Marquita Bussy my classmate who allowed me to install a set of hair sprinkles on her locs to obtain my certification.

Website: https://beacons.ai/loclovehs

Instagram: LocLoveHairSprinkles

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