Why I Waited 4 Years to Launch My 3D Hair Paint Kit

Four years ago, I had an idea. Take the 3D hair art technique I'd spent a decade building my brand around, and turn it into something people could create with their own hands. I ordered hundreds of kits to make it real.

Then I sat on them. For four years.

What I Was Actually Protecting

It wasn't about losing money on inventory. It was bigger than that.

I've spent a decade building this brand, from nothing into something Ms. Lauryn Hill collects, something I've made custom pieces for Chance the Rapper, Issa Rae, Burna Boy, and Quavo. I was the featured artist at the BET Her Awards. I was part of Walmart's Black and Unlimited campaign.

I was afraid of two things. First, that turning my technique into a kit would cheapen what I'd built, that the value of my originals and the value of a decade of work would somehow shrink the moment I put a DIY version into the world. Second, I wanted to protect the technique itself. It's mine. It took years to develop, and handing any version of it to the world felt like a risk I wasn't ready to take. So I let fear turn into analysis paralysis, and the kits stayed in storage.

The Moment That Changed Things

Here's what finally moved me. I started seeing the exact method I'd kept so close to my heart, the paint, the hair, the whole approach, show up all over the internet. Not one competitor. Everywhere.

That was the moment I realized something. I wasn't protecting my art by staying quiet. I was just watching the space I'd created get filled by other people while I stood on the sidelines of my own idea.

I believe God gave me this idea four years ago for a reason. What He has for me is for me, but I still have to walk through the door myself. Sitting on it wasn't faith. It was fear wearing a responsible-looking outfit.

Stepping Into Leadership

So I made a decision. It was time to get back into my confidence and actually show up as the leader in this space, the person who started it, not someone reacting to everyone else building around it.

I launched the kit. Not a quiet, hedged version. The real one, hair piece included.

Designed So Anyone Could Do It

Protecting my technique didn't mean making it hard to access. If anything, it meant the opposite. Once I decided to share it, I wanted it done right: a kit that's beginner-friendly, easy to assemble, no painting experience required. If someone's going to experience my technique for the first time, I wanted that experience to feel approachable, not intimidating.

Going All-In

Once it was live, I made a second decision that scared me almost as much as the first. I went hair-only. No stripped-down version without it. If someone's picking up a MasterPEACE kit, they're getting a simplified version of my technique, one I designed myself so beginners could actually create something real with it, not a diluted guess at what I do.

Protecting the value of my art was never about keeping the technique to myself forever. It was about making sure that when people finally experienced it, it was mine, a version I designed and stand behind, simplified enough for anyone to actually create.

What's In the Kit Today

The Pink and Burgundy MasterPEACE Paint Kits include a pre-sketched 12" x 16" canvas, a full acrylic paint set, brushes, a palette, an apron, easy-to-follow instructions, and the 3D hair piece, which attaches to the finished canvas with no special skill required. No painting experience needed. Just a simplified version of the technique, made for you to create yourself.

I also offer a Men's Design MasterPEACE kit for anyone who wants the painting experience without the hair element. The 3D hair version for that design is something I'm working toward.

See the MasterPEACE Paint Kits →

FAQ

Is the 3D hair piece hard to attach?
No. It's designed to attach easily once your canvas is painted, with no special tools or experience required. Making this beginner-friendly was one of the most important parts of designing the kit.

How is this different from a regular paint and sip kit?
Most paint and sip kits stop at the canvas. This one adds a real, textured 3D hair element, a simplified version of the technique behind my original artwork, the pieces collected by Ms. Lauryn Hill and created for artists like Chance the Rapper and Issa Rae.

Why did you wait so long to launch this?
Honestly, fear and analysis paralysis. I wanted to protect both my technique and a decade of brand-building, and I was afraid a DIY version would cheapen either one. What actually changed my mind was realizing the technique was already spreading with or without me, and it was time to step into leadership in a space I started.