April Divah Styles Biography
April Divah Styles whose real name is April Sims is an American entrepreneur, business mogul, and motivator. She has experienced hardship in her life, which has made her conscious of time and the decisions she makes concerning money. Sims has learned resiliency which has held her business for the past ten years.
April Divah Styles Age, Family, Husband, and Girlfriends
April was born on 17th April 1984. Her background was not that to admire as many people may think. She was born poor with no certainty of seeing the next meal. April had a mother addicted to drugs and an alcoholic father, who later passed on.
She became a victim of sexual abuse at a young age. Despite the challenges, April opted not to be defined by circumstances. She worked her way to becoming the person she is today.
Her relationships have not been admirable just like her journey to success. She was married to Damon Hardrick but the relationship ended in divorce. She also dated and had relationships with women, which all ended up toxic, She has 4 children some biological and others adopted.
April Divah Styles Business
Growing up, April was fascinated by beauty and makeup. It inspired her to see African American women investing in beauty and some succeeding in the business. Seeing this, April purposed to venture into the business. She worked at various salons learning hairstyles women loved.
In 2004, she launched April Divah Styles Hair Salon. For the 18 years she has been in business, April has experienced ups and downs that have made her a professional businesswoman. The salon translated to three other salons in different areas of Baltimore. She also invested in snapbacks as an addition to her brand.
Although April Divah Styles is successful in her business, she credits her success to her upbringing. She grew up a girl in the hood and always knew how to get things done in the hood way. She was into selling drugs because her first husband was a drug dealer. With the drug money, she operated her salon.
The business, however, fell and her car was repossessed when her husband was arrested and jailed. She became depressed and bitter about life but all this changed when her daughter found her crying. She stopped being a pessimist and embraced optimism.
Things went in her favor when a man approached her with a business deal. For every hair sold, April was supposed to get a commission of $10. With the drug-selling skills she had, Divah got into the business. In three months, Divah had made the man more than $100,000. Another man, Tyron, came offering her $25 for selling hair. She got into it while still with the other man.
Business was good and everything was working in her favor until she started another business in Salon in Atlanta. Tyron was the money behind her business. Before the business in Atlanta took off, Tyron died from a heart attack. The second day after his death, April’s shop was robbed of everything including the ATM Machine.
Once more in her life, April Divah Styleswas stripped-off everything. In an interview with James Jones, April confessed that God stripped her off everything to teach her how to live on her own. Since the incident, she started rebuilding. And surely, she made her dreams a reality. Now she is her own boss and helps other women to stand on their own. April is big on Instagram as a celebrity and an entrepreneur running Divah Glam Brand, Divah Glam Spa, and Divah Glam Nail Spa.
Challenges still followed her in success. In 2018, April was found in a controversial police report. She was a target of rogue police officers. Pretending to be authentic ones, they pulled her over, asked for her address then broke into her home knowing she was not there.
The police were accused of stealing money and a Chanel handbag. The report also noted that Sim’s home had 390 grams of heroin, plastic bags, a cutting agent, and a digital scale. Her attorney defended claiming there was no mention of the Chanel bag. Her case was dropped.
April Divah Styles Net Worth
April Divah Styleshas succeeded in her business. She is a major influence on black women in the United States. She grew up poor but now she is worth approximately $7 million. April is also big on Instagram. Her personal page has close to 500k followers all inspired by her sense of fashion and beauty. Her height of 5 feet and 9 inches is a major complement to her passion for fashion. She is also big on spending.
She spends a big part of her money educating her daughter. The rest is spent on high fashion, traveling, and investing in her business. Keeping her Instagram fans updated with her personal and business life has kept them engaged with her content. She has similar attributes to other successful women like Supa Cent, Britni Ricard, and real estate attorney Cristyl Kimbrough.
