Gladys Faye Ausbie was born in the 1900’s and she lived to be 103.  She was Texas born in a city named Roxton.  Imagine living in the 1900’s in this small town and trying to survive as a young mother of nine children.  She not only survived but her legend as Grandma Gladys is still talked about in the Ausbie family.   Mrs. Gladys taught herself to cook, clean, care for children and bring in money to help her husband manage the household.  She was a self-taught artist, a seamstress making her children’s clothes and she learned and loved to style hair.  While she was styling hair, she started making her products for hair styling.   In those days people bought from each other and bartered for what they needed.  She experimented with natural herbs which she grew to produce her hair product.   Grandma Gladys wanted the product to be good and gentle on people’s scalp.  It needed to smell good and allow hair to look good.   She started using the product on her children and family.  Not only did their hair grow fast, but she noticed how shiny, smooth, and easy to manage their hair was.  She worked on her product until she was happy with the natural ingredients she used.  She would mix it all together until she got it just right for her final creation. People began to notice her children’s hair and she would give inquiring people her sales pitch on how healthy and easy it was to manage hair.   Mrs. Gladys also made sure her daughters all learned the trade of making the product and selling it in cute mason jars with a bow.  Business started to boom.  In those days, being a great female beautician with very little means to advertise a good product was not easy.   Despite some obstacles, Grandma Gladys became a household name in Roxton, Texas.  

All though all her daughters learned to make the hair product, only one kept Mrs. Gladys Faye legacy going.  Her daughter, Mrs. Mattie Holland, continued her mom’s tradition and passion.