About FTG Professionals

FTG Professionals, standing for "For Textured Girls" Professionals, is an educational company dedicated to teaching stylists how to install, maintain, remove, and offer seamless extensions to clients with textured hair. Our primary focus is on textured hair! "

Seamless Extensions" refers to Micro Links, I-Tips, K-Tips, and Tape Ins. Although these extensions aren't new to the beauty industry, with advancements in textured extensions, we can also offer these installations to women with curly and coarse hair.

How FTG Pro's Differ from Others

  • Many training companies for seamless extensions focus on women with looser textures and replicating these methods on women with textured hair can sometimes be challenging. While the application skill remains the same, the technique differs for women with curly textures.

    Unlike many companies that focus on turning you into a retail customer for their tools and hair while barely teaching you the installation process, our goal is different. Our focus is on YOU as the stylist and your clients' hair, not on selling our products or hair.

    Though retail is important and the products and hair we sell are top-tier, our driving force is our passion for teaching, the integrity of clients' hair, and textured women.

    We aim to ensure that you understand the installation process and know how to monetize it effectively.

Meet Your Instructor

I am Duchess Monroe, your instructor and the owner of FTG Pro's!

I'm an Atlanta-based hairstylist and salon owner specializing in Micro Links, Itips, K-tips, and Tape-Ins for textured hair.

My Journey to FTG Pro's

After moving to Atlanta in 2017, I initially focused on Wigs, Frontals, and Closure installs. In search of a change, I took a Micro Link Course in February 2018. However, my fear of working with natural hair delayed my offering of these services until April 2018.

My transition to Micro Links was challenging due to some gaps in my training, but I persevered. As a result, my consistent natural look earned me the nickname "Blend Queen."

Even though I consider myself a quick learner, I found the process difficult to grasp due to inadequate teaching. This experience, coupled with my commitment to self-learning, inspired me to create a comprehensive course for other stylists.

Always seeking to innovate and work smarter, I decided to offer my course virtually. This enabled me to share my expertise with a wider audience and fill the knowledge gaps I experienced. My first virtual course on Micro Links was a success, carrying me through the Covid period without having to work. Stylists across the US were learning the right way to do Micro Links from home!

After mastering Micro Links, I learned I-Tips and Tape Ins and added these techniques to my virtual teaching repertoire.

In 2021, I launched "For Textured Girls University," offering three distinct courses. With the evolving industry, I added a course on K-Tips, a popular technique among textured stylists.

By 2024, "For Textured Girls University" was revamped to "FTG Professionals."

My passion for hair, teaching, and motivating other stylists prompted the creation of FTG Pro's, a platform dedicated to the advancement of stylists who wish to offer these services to their clients.