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40 AHP Indie Stylist Volume 6 Issue 2 popularity, which enabled her to work as a Redken artist and eventually a Sam Villa ambassador. A er seven years, Twylla rented a salon suite, naming it Lumos Nox Studio a er the two Harry Potter spells for igniting and extinguishing light from a wand. A er fi ve years of growing the salon suite, Twylla had nearly a dozen people working in the small 10-by-15-foot space. She needed to grow the business. In January 2020, Twylla opened a much larger salon version of Lumos Nox. But not even three months later, the pandemic caused Twylla to slow down. "I felt like I made the wrong decision when everything collapsed, but I tried to keep my head up and keep pushing through," Twylla says. Of course, in that moment of darkness, Twylla turned on the lights. ey started a TikTok account and found rapid success as a creator. Just as things were looking up, Twylla lost their husband to a heart attack. is period of darkness was much more challenging to navigate, and Twylla took time to refl ect. "I felt lost, I felt alone, I felt confused," Twylla says. "I wanted guests to come [to Lumos Nox] and feel at home and at ease as their most true selves. Our goal was to help them achieve their outward goals with the help of our hands and knowledge. I leaned into that mission when things were dark for me." Not too long a er this loss, Twylla's presence on Instagram came to a sudden halt when their account was mistakenly disabled. Despite this roadblock, Twylla took it as a sign to pivot away from the online platforms that 40 AHP Indie Stylist Volume 6 Issue 2