This is very emotional for me, as this experience was so much more than a day at the salon. I had never been to Connie before, but I had heard her name many times. I am the mother of 2 biracial girls (half white, half black). My daughters did not genetically get "white" people hair. Both of them got all African American hair. It is beautiful, but very difficult to maintain. We've spent countless hours in ethnic salons, as nobody can understand this hair, except African Americans, right? WRONG. For years on end the procedure for this hair was a chemical relaxer. Well, I don't care what anybody tells you, no lye, or light chemicals, or whatever they promote, these relaxers are extremely brutal on the hair. My girls would have chemical burns on the outside of their ears. Now, if it does that to the skin, what is it doing to the hair? Eventually after, like I said, years of this and years on my girls dreading this (understandably so), I had ENOUGH! There had to be a better way. My oldest girl was always so self conscious about her hair, it was truly sad to watch. Well she is in high school now & this is the time in a girls life where it really starts to matter the most. One day as I sat at home thinking of her with tears in her eyes that morning, my tummy was truly sick and my heart truly sad. As I sat there, Connie's name kept coming to my mind. Now remember, I've never met her before, never been to her salon. It was as if someone was pushing me. So, I picked up the phone. I got in contact with Connie, and she agreed to see us that same day after school, once I had her locked in to an appointment, I dropped the extra information on her about my daughter being biracial & about the grade & texture she had. I must say, without missing a beat and in the most confident voice ever spoken to me, Connie replied "bring her in, I accept any challenge." So, when I break the news to my daughter that a white stylist was going to do her hair & that Connie explained to me that there was in fact different options, my daughter was skeptical. Not only skeptical, but extremely self conscious. The fear of being turned away after we got there and things of that nature took over. I finally got her to trust me & to agree, and off to Connie's we go! Once we walked into the door the anxiety was gone. Connie was vivacious, talkative, positive, and extremely compassionate. She explained in great detail what was going on with my daughters and how she COULD help! I watched each step of her process, many times with tears in my eyes because after some of the steps I could see my beautiful daughter finally start to look at herself in the mirror (something she never did before), then I began to see a smile emerging. The end results of this appointment were insane! I can't describe in words how gorgeous her hair was. It took some time to complete all that Connie did, but Connie was invested and committed to showing us that she could help. I have pictures of my daughter's hair before and after. They will blow your mind. I recommend all biracial children that have that extremely difficult hair to go see Connie as soon as possible!!!! She will sit down with you and do a consultation, and explain everything everything as well as the reasons why. It may sound crazy to some, but Connie changed my daughter for the better. She holds her head up, she smiles, she's confident now. My mom even had tears in her eyes when she saw my daughter's hair. My daughter said the next day she went to school that everybody just had to have their hands in her hair! It was amazing, what was once an embarrassment was now the talk of the town! Connie is the best by far! Please give her a try, any & everybody! You will thank me! Connie, thank you. We are so very grateful for you!!!!!! read more