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Back Row (left to right): Amber Barton, Angela Heise, Jordan Hughes, Isabella Brewer
Front (left to right): Emily Banks and Ann Marie Walley
The Women of
ANTONIAN SALON
It’s no surprise that Ann Marie Walley, owner, stylist, makeup artist of Antonian Salon, went into the family business. She grew up in the salon and was exposed to the beauty industry at an early age. She has been beautifying clients professionally on the Gulf Coast for close to 15 years and specializes in everything from cut and color to makeup and styling. “Making people feel and look good is what I enjoy most about my work,” she says.
Walley is the second-generation business owner of Antonian Salon. She took over when her late mother, Anna Marie Sukmann, passed in 2017 and continues the family business to create the highly
sought-after modern salon it is
today.
Jordan Hughes, being one of the salon’s top stylists,” she said. “Amber Barton, Emily Banks, and Isabella Brewer also make up the Antonian Salon Glam Squad, one of the most favored hair and makeup artist teams on the Coast.”
Walley sees her future as continuing a second generation, successful salon and the beginning of the Antonian Academy. She advises other women to follow their dreams. “You can be or do whatever you want to be!”
Learning to adapt to many different situations and obstacles was a challenge that Walley has overcome.
On the days that she is not running the salon, Walley enjoys spending time with her
“Antonian is all in the family with my husband, Kiowa Walley, being Antonian Salon’s master colorist, my sister, Angela Heise, being the nail specialist, and my cousin,
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family and being at the baseball field. She is the proud wife of Kiowa Walley and mother of two children, Gram and Hazel Walley. She also loves being active within her community and the St. James Catholic Family.
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