Taylor Ferguson

"I don't have big hair, but I do make it!"
―Taylor Ferguson-Doyle

**Taylor Barbara Ferguson-Doyle** is two of the main characters in the novel series, *Tress It Up!* She is a fictional hair stylist and co-owns *Tress It Up*! Salon, with her younger sister, Kylie.

## Early Life

Taylor Ferguson grew up in Santa Teresa, a suburban neighborhood in California to parents, Tom Ferguson, a and wife Karen, a hairdresser. She has an younger sister named, Kylie. Her parents divorced when she was young. As a child, Taylor was fascinated by her mother's job of hairdressing. She would practice washing her doll's hair. Taylor received good grades in high school particularly A's and B's. She was also in the art club. After graduation, she attended beauty college and went to work for her mother. During her time at beauty college, she struggled with telling the difference between combs and hairclips. During finals, when she and her class took a "state board exam-like" final, Taylor failed to properly set up her SMA, her manikin doll was dripping wet, and when time was up, she didn't finish her brick lay roller set in time. She realized that both her timing and speed were not up to par.

## Personality

Taylor is kind, caring, uptight, romantic, determined, hard working, and mature.

## Family

* Tim Ferguson - Father
* Karen Stanton - Mother
* Kylie Ferguson - Sister
* Jesse K. - Cousin
* Billy Doyle - Husband
* Josh Doyle - Son
* Jessie Doyle - Daughter

## *Tress It Up*!

Taylor opened *Tress It Up*! Salon prior to the start of the series, with help of her mother, Karen. But things change when Karen suffered health problems which led to her retiring from hairdressing completely. As Karen was hospitalized for a brain hemorrhage, Taylor's estranged younger sister, Kylie (also a hairdresser) returned home to help Taylor out with home and the salon. However,

## Appearance

She has blond hair and blue-green eyes. She is 5'6. In both the first and second arcs, Taylor had long wavy hair. In the third arc, she has a hair makeover and receives a long layered hairstyle which she continued to have in the fourth arc. In the fifth arc, she has a medium-length layered hairstyle with heavy highlights.

## Talents

* Hairdressing
* Formal Up-do's
* Haircutting
* Make-Up

## Specialties in Hairdressing

* Haircutting
* Formal Up-do's
* Blowouts
* Hair Styling

## Likes

* Hairdressing
* Fashion
* Always being right

## Dislikes

* Goodbyes﻿
* Sexism
* Hypocrites
* Arguments/Fights, especially with friends or boyfriends
* Prejudice
* TV Series, *Jerseylicious*
* Sharing a room with Kylie
* Kylie being better than her

## Relationship with Family

* Tim Ferguson - Father
	+ Taylor has a good relationship with her father.
* Karen Stanton - Mother
	+ Taylor has a close relationship with her mother. It was Karen who introduced Taylor to the world of hairdressing.
* Kylie Ferguson - Sister
	+ Taylor has a love/hate relationship with her younger sister, Kylie. They had a fallout over a boyfriend, but they patch things up. They now co-own Tress It Up! salon.

## Notes

* In the beginning of the *Tress It Up*! series,Taylor has 13 years of hairdressing experience.
* She and her sister, Kylie are cousins of Jesse K., a character from *L.A. Hair Goddess*.
* She is a graduate of Pistons Beauty College, so is Kylie.
* She wore glasses in elementary school.
* Taylor is similar with Elizabeth Wakefield from *Sweet Valley High*, D.J. Tanner from *Full House*, and Joe Hackett from *Wings*.
	+ Like Elizabeth, Taylor is the level-headed, sensible sister of the main characters.
	+ Like D.J., Taylor was a straight-A student in school.
	+ Like Joe, Taylor has her own business and runs it with her sister, who drives her crazy.
* She attended Santa Teresa High School from 2004 to 2008 and Fillmore Junior High from 2001 to 2004.
* She was born in 1990.
* When she started hairdressing, she used to burn Kylie's scalp with a curling iron and pulled hair strands with a flat iron.