We had the good fortune of connecting with Kelsi Summerlin and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Kelsi, what are you inspired by?
My mother! I know it may sound a little cliche, but she has been my inspiration my entire life. My mother has been battling cancer for 15+ years now. I have seen her accomplish so much being a single mother, as well as fighting her own battles. She has been doing hair since before I was born, and every-time someone asked would I follow in her steps I answered no lol. Now, I actually am a hairstylist full time and I own a hair salon with my mother. Like I mentioned earlier she is my inspiration and the motivation to continue striving and accomplish all my goals!

What should our readers know about your business?
So, far the thing that I am most proud of is opening a hair salon at the age of 26. Which, is a big accomplish within my family and community. I never thought that I would be in the predicament I am in at such a young age! The journey to where I am today has been rocky. I have always known how to do hair, and even did my friends hair in school but I had a different vision for my life. Right, after graduating college I did attempt to pursue hair, but wasn’t motivated to continue so I turned to corporate America which lasted for a few years. Although, I had a 9-5 I still was doing hair on the side as well as experimenting with my own hair. The more I worked on my hair, watched videos, and did research I began to fall back in love with it which led me to where I am today! A piece of advice I would like to give out since starting my business journey is never give up on yourself and continue to strive for greatness!

Any places to eat or things to do that you can share with our readers? If they have a friend visiting town, what are some spots they could take them to?
Owe, that would be a week full of adventures! First off, me and my bestfriend live on tik tok, so we would definitely be trying out all the restaurants we send each other on tik tok lol. What would take place during that week would be a lot of eating, definitely getting cute and going out for drinks as well as taking lots of pictures. We are really down for anything that involves food & drinks! I also can’t forget all of the videos we would be making as well lol!


Shoutout is all about shouting out others who you feel deserve additional recognition and exposure. Who would you like to shoutout?
I would definitely like to give a shoutout to my family, friends, and God! They have kept me so grounded and been so supportive with my journey which has been quite a long one lol. I have attended four different colleges, to receiving 3 degrees, then working in corporate for a few years to now stepping out on my own business venture. With out my support group I would be all over the place. I am a very indecisive person and can get down easily but knowing that I have people that care about me and want to see me excel in life gives me the drive to continue pushing! I would like to give a special shoutout to my mom, who has had my back since birth and always speaks positivity into me daily!

Website: https://wigs4warriors.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kelsidnae/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stylist500/

Other: https://www.instagram.com/elisessalon/ linktr.ee/kelsidnae

Image Credits
Rick Dunn

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