Pearl Van Wyngaardt studied a Somatology degree and like many other South Africans ventured off thereafter to work on a cruise liner in the field of hair and beauty for two years. Seeing the extension trend take off oversees, and realizing she was pretty good at applying herself to extension services, she returned home to start her own home business specializing in extensions. After two years of learning the trade, she rented a chair in a salon but worked independently starting the brand: Hollywood Hair. Two years later, through her own expanding belief in herself as an entrepreneur she met the perfect business partner match in Nastasha Watson.

Nastasha Watson is a business owner and entrepreneur who has completed a BSC in Human Physiology, Genetics and Psychology and has an Honours degree in Medical Genetics. She started her career working as a Clinical Cytogeneticist in Pretoria and London. Through her love for business, no doubt influenced by her parents’ entrepreneurial spirits, she left genetics to try her hand at her own company. Nastasha joined her Mom, Debbie Serradino, in opening a lifestyle centre, named Vintage Vista, which now consists of a furniture and décor store, a coffee shop, a nail salon and in-house interior design services offered by one of their 6 inhouse interior designers. This business had been running for almost 8 years when Nastasha and Debbie were introduced to Pearl and then also to the magic of Hollywood Hair.