MONTRELLE GREEN | OWNER, VELVET WAX & BEAUTY
Montrelle "Montie" Green is a licensed Cosmetologist, Certified Project Management Professional and owner of VELVET Wax & Beauty. With over 10 years of experience in the beauty and hair care industry, VELVET is now expanding. Velvet Wax and Beauty was founded in May 2014 as a full body waxing and sugaring studio with one goal in mind: To make men and women feel like they have “Skin so smooth, they think it’s VELVET.” VELVET now has two brick and mortar stores and a mobile waxing truck. Montie has taught over 50 certified Sugarists and teaches advanced hair removal methods, business and project management courses.
Montie loves to share insights on entrepreneurship, beauty and business with accelerating professionals. In addition to salon ownership, Montie has worked as a federal contractor in the areas of communications and management for a decade. Currently, she serves as a Project Manager for the College of Information and Cyberspace at the National Defense University; one of the nations leading institutions in cyber serving military personnel and civilians.
Montie holds a B.A. in Public Relations from Howard University and a MBA from the University of Maryland. As a former published beauty writer, she has worked with brands such as Johnson and Johnson, Essence Magazine and McDonald’s. Montie’s beauty publications have been seen on Essence.com, Styleblazer.com, and MadameNoire.com.
Montie hails from Hampton, VA and is a current member of Federal City Alumnae Chapter Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.