About Us
Javier Charles
is originally from Mexico and began his training in international cosmetology in the year of 1985 primarily in beauty, cosmetology, barbering, and high fashion events.
His career began at the age of 14, where he learned techniques from legendary icons such as avant-garde hair by the great Patrick Cameron, Antonio Velvet from Spain, & Haute Coiffure by Alexandre de Paris.
Furthermore, he began presenting himself with companies such as Wella, Linange, Green Light, Eugene Perma, Vidal Sasson, Loreal, and Ericka, and other prestigious international brands. Uma, as we currently call him, has started to create innovative and unique platforms; setting authentic, natural, and progressive trends. Uma provides the world with satiny textures that are filled with art, creativity, and design. He has been influential through his style in various cities around the world.
This includes his premiere collection Fashion Walkers & Art Disc Colors in New York, San Francisco, Las Vegas, McAllen, Dallas, Atlanta, Austin, Monterrey, Guadalajara, and Mexico City. His creative graphic designs are used by different hair color and beauty companies.
He markets and promotes diverse hair colors in distinguished locations such as Italy, Germany, London, and Paris. He has also demonstrated medieval trends of haute couture and contempo-rary expressive make-up styles. Additionally, Uma Javier Charles de Henley now enters the United States of America and returns to IBS New York with defined and self-made creations.
In 2018 he designs a new portfolio for his new launch called The Creation.
The Creation
is a platform designed for innovative, classic, and modern women with unique taste. With chic and retro touches that are created from a fashionista perspective, he produces natural haircuts that result in a youthful, yet sophisticated look that matches each individual’s personality and style. Uma gives hair a new life through the use of aluminum, natural hair extensions, synthetic, and other fashionable fibers. The colors shine with our new line of formulas and mixtures that complement fashion and hair aesthetics. His masterpiece exemplifies clarity, a unique color selection, a new sense of living, and imagination. The end result complements and matches every skin tone inside our multi-cultural and multi-racial planet that we call Earth.
This is achieved through the utilization of 350 design techniques that are used for creating the most aesthetic colorimetry from our extravagant collection.
With over 35 years of experience, Illumia Designa by Uma Javier Charles de Henley is created uniquely just for you.
Please consult with the professional regarding new styles and designs for the best results.