A dedicated licensed cosmetologist, Anu was among those who took a stand for the developing of professional standards for the braiding craft. She perfected several braiding techniques and created the names of several styles now worn proudly around the world, including “Casamas Braids,” “Senegalese Twists,” “Cherokee” and “Trini Braids.” She also named and popularized the Goddess Braids, which became known as Queen Latifah’s signature style. She’s worked, over the years, with Stevie Wonder, Oprah Winfrey, Angela Bassett, Q-Tip and Terry McMillan, among many others, and has helped women and men from all walks of life to look and feel their unique best.

Khamit Kinks has been featured numerous times on the cover and in the pages of Essence magazine and listed in Essence Magazine’s August 2008 as one of the top 10 Natural Hair Care Salon’s in the country. The June 1992 issue, showcasing Anu’s groundbreaking styling, prompted the highest number of information requests ever received by the publication’s Fashion and Beauty department. Anu’s work was also the subject of a New York Times front-page article and Khamit Kinks has been reported on in many national and industry publications. The salon was featured on “The View,” and “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy,” and on ABC, NY1, CNN, FOX 5 and TV Japan.

Anu has enjoyed working as a stylist for print media and for feature-length films, including Spike Lee’s “Crooklyn.” She’s also served as contributor or consultant to several book projects, including Mikki Taylor’s Self-Seduction: Your Ultimate Path to Inner and Outer Beauty, The International Hairstyle Index, celebrity makeup artist’s Sam Fine’s Fine Beauty: Beauty Basics and Beyond for African-American Women and Daring Dos: A History of Extraordinary Hair, and Diane Da Costa’s Textured Tresses: The Ultimate Guild to Maintaining and Styling Natural Hair.