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Bardèche Mpolo: Roots, Craft & Vision

Bardèche Mpolo esthetician, hairstylist and entrepreneur is the founder of the BMKI haircare brand. Her passion for hairstyling began at the age of nine in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, when she created her first traditional hairstyles inspired by iconic Lingala styles: the Nyéi ya Ntaba (Bantu Knots) on one of her nieces, followed just two weeks later by the Suki ya maboko (African braids crossed into two strands) on another person. Her family and community quickly admired the precision and quality of her work the spark that revealed her vocation.

Heritage & Vocation

Craft Formed in Kinshasa

Born in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bardèche is the third of six children. She is of Congolese origin and Canadian nationality.

In 2014, she decided to formalize her skills and completed an intensive six-month training program in Esthetics and Hairstyling at CAMS/GMS in Kinshasa. In 2015, she moved to Canada, Manitoba, where she continued styling the hair of many African-diaspora families while pursuing her studies at Daniel McIntyre Collegiate Institute (2016–2019) and working as a hospital kitchen aide.

In 2021, she obtained a Make-up Artist certification from MC College and later specialized in lash and brow enhancement through Lash & Brow Lamination.

Her experience in Canada, in close contact with the African diaspora, enabled her to identify specific needs related to textured hair and transform her hairstyling experience into an entrepreneurial journey. In 2020, she developed the first signature haircare product that became the foundation of BMKI.

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