About Us

Honey Dean is a Brand, and she is a beauty industry professional with a passion to curate and nurture the natural beauty in anyone. She provides a range of services with her craft through aesthetics, makeup, skincare, tattooing, and face painting.

Born in Chicago, IL. reared in Long Beach, CA. and Memphis, TN, Honey attended high school where she was an all-around athletic scholar participating in the honors society, drama club, art club, and playing basketball, volleyball, softball, and track & field plus more. She was also voted "Most Talented" by her peers!

She was first known as an artist with many of her drawings & paintings exhibiting in Tampa, FL, California, Chicago, Downtown Memphis art galleries, museums, on display at the Boys & Girls Club, and also in her clients' homes. She was published in the commercial appeal 4 different times as a child and won numerous awards. Because of her artistic abilities, she was deemed the first girl train conductor in Memphis, TN after winning an art contest. Her picture and award were hung in the train station, and she drove a passenger train at the age of 11.

Upon graduation, she received her associate in applied science degree. She used that degree and flourished in her medical career running a Drug Addiction Treatment facility along with Integrated Medicine and a Chiropractic clinic. She also expanded her talents into the financial field running a successful financial service company where she was a Tax Specialist & Credit Consultant. She’s currently a Public and Registered Online Notary in the state of Tennessee and helps manage a few client's businesses.

Her artistic side was illustrated further as she ventured into the acting, production design, runway modeling, and the promotional modeling scene working with 75+ marketing companies on 100+ events. She fostered many advantageous relationships along the way landing her roles in ABC’s Nashville and in several local films also co-starring in the AOF International Film Festival award-winning movie Trey. She has also been featured in music videos with various music artists.

Aside from running her successful beauty company, she gave back to her community. She was the coach of the award-winning Treadwell Middle School Sophisticated Eagletts majorette team. She also assists in educating students in cosmetology classes at various high schools in the local area.

Honey has thrived in everything she does but is now fully focused on the beauty industry. Honey has been in the beauty industry since December 2012. She decided to further her career by attending an Aesthetics school graduating as a Medical Aesthetician. Honey also pursued other licensing and certifications in SFX/PMU makeup, Tattooing, Brow Tinting, Lash Extensions, Microshading also known as Ombré Brows, Barbicide, Dermal Fillers/Fat Reduction, and Blood Borne Pathogens.

As founder of Studio Du'Jour, Honey aspires to continue her work and expand with additional medical aesthetic spa services. She currently works with models, wedding parties, celebrities, celebrities' close relatives, and anyone looking to add a little glam to their life.

Honey has been nominated for numerous awards all over. Honey won the Memphis Elegance Awards Makeup Artist of the Year 2023 and is nominated again in 2024. She also won the Midwest Legend Award in Indiana, Indianapolis 2024. She’s currently a nominee of a few other local awards in 2024.

Her work speaks for itself and has been published in various magazines including Times "Monaco", Icon Lifestyle, The Indie Post, 2Unique, he Heat and many others.

She has been published in various branding shoots including BeBe (clothing and jewelry), Target (Loreal, Maybelline, Revlon, Sally Hansen, TRESemme', and Shea Moisture), KeySmart, SlideBelts, the SisterHood Showcase, and Walmart (Creme of Nature hair products).

Her work has also been featured on popular reality TV shows including Oxygens "Prancing Elite Project", Lifetime "Bring It", ABCs "Nashville", and VH1s "Black Ink Crew'.

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