Shirley Raines Lights Up Instagram With Posts Of Herself Giving Homeless People Makeovers

Shirley Raines’ Instagram account shows us how we all can volunteer our resources to the homeless in a unique way. Not only doesn’t Raines donate time and meals to folks in need on Skid Row — L.A.’s most heavily populated area of homeless people — but she gives them makeovers. Beauty is something even in times of great deprivation can lift the spirit and her posts prove that!

Shirley Raines even brings SHOWERS to skid row with this makeshift shower tent and hose.

Shirley also provides haircuts, makeup, hair dye, manicures and more all on the street, hence her name “beauty2thestreetz”. Through her instagram profile, Raines gives the public a glimpse into her brand of charity. In one of her dozens of IG posts, Raines says “feeding, showering, doing hair is all necessary for the homeless but there is also simple human interaction. Dancing, laughing, having fun feeds the soul.” Raines returns often, servicing some of the same folks over and over again.

And Shirley Raines is not only giving men and women of all walks of life a lift in their spirits, but she’s been doing this long enough to see some of them progress into getting their own places to live. Like this woman named Toya. Shirley says Toya is one of the reasons she started doing charity makeovers. She gave Toya a pair of eyelashes after learning she suffered abused on Skid Row. Toya has her own address now and is said to be doing well.

So sweet! You can hit the flip to see more of the amazing charity work Shirley is sharing with us on IG. Let’s bring on the week with a little positivity!