In The Chair With: Gabrielle Henderson

By India Espy-Jones ·Updated May 7, 2025“I was convinced I wanted to be a nurse until I was a senior in high school,” Celebrity hairstylist and scalp expert Gabrielle Henderson tells ESSENCE. But, following her older sister’s dream posed two small issues: “blood makes me faint and I’m a major germaphobe,” she says. “[So] I had to think about what else I was good at.” That’s when she recalled her mother letting her do her own hair for