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Vee | Hair Stylist & Community Builder

@beherewithvee

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Hair Stylist + Community Builder
✂️ Founder @behereandbeinfinite
📍 Oakland, CA
✨ Beauty • Business • Community
↓ Come be part of what we’re building

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Yesterday I received Oakland LGBTQ+ Leadership and Service Award

Beyond grateful to be picked by @carrollforcouncil for the work that we do @behereandbeinfinite

Thank you @rowena.brownoakland looking forward to sharing more spaces together to support the vision and the growth of Oakland and our next generation 🤍

To be in the room with those that have been doing what they do for decades is inspiring and a reminder to keep going. taken in Oakland City Hall by @beherewithvee

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BEAUTY. BUSINESS. COMMUNITY. ✨💄

Ahead of Hispanic Heritage Month, Oakland entrepreneur Vee Vargas is bringing beauty professionals together for the third annual “Be Here & Be Infinite” — an event focused on education, entrepreneurship and creating opportunities for underrepresented professionals in the beauty industry.

We talked about building community, breaking barriers and a new $5,000 education stipend initiative helping the next generation of beauty professionals. 💇🏽‍♀️✨

📍 Oakland
📅 Sunday, September 13

#HispanicHeritageMonth #Oakland #BeautyIndustry #BayArea by @beherewithvee

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Beauty is more than what we see on the outside, it’s about creating opportunities that change lives! Award-winning stylist and Be Infinite founder Vee Vargas joins us alongside cosmetology student and stipend recipient Abigail Guerrero Mendoza to share how they’re transforming the beauty industry. Through paid apprenticeships, inclusive education and personalized mentorship, Be Infinite is helping individuals from marginalized communities build meaningful careers in luxury hairstyling. Their mission is a powerful reminder that everyone deserves the opportunity to learn, grow and thrive! 💇‍♀️✨

@beherewithvee
@4bby703 by @beherewithvee

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When we say the future of our industry is inclusive, accessible, and community-led, this is what it looks like in action. Hair Has No Gender was deeply honored to support the @behereandbeinfinite show, founded by @beherewithvee. This show is dedicated to creating spaces where every artist, especially students, feels seen, affirmed, and equipped to thrive.

• 62% students & 38% beauty pros, attended this year’s show, bridging the gap between learning and thriving.

• $5,000 was awarded across 10 education stipends to directly fund tools, products, and career growth.

• 10 industry panelists & 16 activations fueled real, unfiltered education.

• 7 local vendors, centering Latine, Black, Brown, and LGBTQIA+ entrepreneurs participated.

Huge love and gratitude to Vee and the entire @beherebeinfinite team for building a space that elevates our community so intentionally. We are so proud to stand with you.

Mark your calendars for round two: September 19, 2027. The work continues, and they’re just getting started. 💫✂️

#HairHasNoGender #InclusiveBeauty #QueerInBeauty by @beherewithvee

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12 days ago

HAIRCUTS FOR A FRIEND 🤎

I’m opening my chair for one afternoon to raise funds for a friend in our community.

For this day, services will be offered as a minimum donation, with the option to give more if you have the capacity.

✨ Blowout — $95+
✂️ Haircut + Blowout — $140+

1–6 PM | Only 5 appointments available
1-hour appointments

100% of service proceeds will be donated directly to our friend.

Want to give a little more? You absolutely can. Every extra dollar helps us reach our fundraising goal.

We’re also donating 50% of all retail sales from the day, so stocking up on your favorite hair care helps too.

Come get your hair done while we come together and show up for someone we care about. 🤎

1 PM • 2 PM • 3 PM • 4 PM • 5 PM

DM to book your appointment.

📍 Be Here Salon & Collective | Oakland by @beherewithvee

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Grateful for the community we are building together 💕

You have to be in the room to experience the feeling because it’s truly unexplainable.

#bayarea #community

What comes up for you when you think about this years event?? taken in Oakland, California by @beherewithvee

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17 days ago

HEY COMMUNITY
We are throwing a fundraiser for our friend @laanclacreative// @areitophotography
For anyone who’s been around @chingonascollective, you have definitely met Mónika! She’s attends every single one of our meetups and has always makes it a point to be supportive members of our community.

We are throwing a fundraiser/mercado/ raffle to sell donated items & holding a raffle to support Mónika and her family.
➡️This event will be free and open to anyone who would like to donate & volunteer.
We are open to items, food, entertainment, services, crafting, any type of activities that can contribute.
Sign up using link in bio.
Items of all types can be donated in person or shipped.
This is a community event at the end of Latin heritage month so naturally, we will make it beautiful. 🌹

➡️Mónika is a local Latina entrepreneur, owner of Areito Photography, member of Chingonas Collective, mother, wife, and friend.
She has been hospitalized since May with multiple health complications, including her second liver transplant and temporarily lost her ability to walk, talk, and breathe on her own. To explain it in one post, is simplifying what she has gone through.
She has been in communication with us and has been sending us updates and smiles. However her recovery continues to add more financial obligations. She was newly diagnosed with Myositis leading to muscle failure.
We are doing our best to relief some stress from her plate.
Thank you to our friend Mónika for bringing us together and giving us your blessing to support you.
🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷

Organizers:
Stephanie (@delacreamery // @chingonascollective)
Jesica (@marenco_taxes_more)
Vee (@beherewithvee) taken in Oakland, California by @beherewithvee

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I’ve done 11 perms in the last 6 months and I love to do them.
If you’re looking to get a perm schedule a consultation with me so we can begin your journey to curly hair 🤍 oh and of course @k18hair always seals the deal 💋 #k18results
#oaklandsalon #bestofoakland #oaklandhairstylist #perm taken in My Salon Suite by @beherewithvee

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25 days ago

Still feeling the vibes 🪄

📸 @alejandra.rgtz

Thank you again to all of our partners
@saloncentric @surfacehairhealth @keratincomplex @bumbleandbumble @mysalonsuite @pencabella_ @cutboss taken in Oakland, California by @beherewithvee

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I am beyond PROUD of @beherewithvee for creating a space where beauty entrepreneurs can be inspired, be connected, and BE Infinite!🫶🏼

This year was a success and I can’t wait to see the growth of next year and to see the impact @behereandbeinfinite continues to have in our community!

#community #fy #beautyindustry #oakland #fypage taken in Oakland, California by @beherewithvee

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WE DID IT!! 🥹💕

I’m still receiving messages, and I think we’re all still riding the high from Be Here & Be Infinite.

More than anything, I’m so happy that our intention was felt. The love, the connection, the education, the community.
THAT is what this day has always been about.

A huge thank you to our sponsors and their teams for believing in this vision and helping make this year possible. We truly could not do this without you. 🤎

@saloncentric @bebee.saloncentric
@bumblepro @sheridoss
@surfacehairhealth @becky.surface @riderje @yadi_hair_skin_nails
@keratincomplex @yolandarosengarten_kc @urfavhairfairy @mayadennyhair
@pencabella_ @viiviiannnnnna
@cutboss
@mysalonsuite
@amikapro

📸: @alejandra.rgtz
Bay Area & Central Valley , thank you for showing up for us and for one another. 🥹

SAVE THE DATE: SEPTEMBER 19, 2027
Be Here & Be Infinite ✨ taken in Oakland, California by @beherewithvee

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Still taking it all in 🥹✨

A lil recap of what we created together at Be Here & Be Infinite. The people, the energy, the beauty, the community. Oakland, we felt the love. 🤎

BE HERE. BE SEEN. BE INFINITE.

Save the date September 19, 2027 🤍

📸: @alejandra.rgtz

#behereandbeinfinite taken in Bloc15 by @beherewithvee

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