Kadi Lee

I think about what I knew back then, which was absolutely nothing about color and the gall that I had to be like, yeah, I'm going to be a colorist. And the first day showing up and them handing me my shampoo apron.

I think about what I knew back then, which was absolutely nothing about color and the gall that I had to be like, yeah, I'm going to be a colorist. And the first day showing up and them handing me my shampoo apron.

Maybe it's essential. I feel really lucky, but I also know that I created that luck because none of this was overnight. You know, this was all brick by brick.

Maybe it's essential. I feel really lucky, but I also know that I created that luck because none of this was overnight. You know, this was all brick by brick.

Oh, it was 2020. It was 2020. Yeah.

Oh, it was 2020. It was 2020. Yeah.

But as all good things, a lot of good things in my life, the origin starts with Serge Normand.

But as all good things, a lot of good things in my life, the origin starts with Serge Normand.

It's so vivid in my memory, too. You know, so much was happening that day with... LA in general and the city and the protests. And I mean, I remember meeting you guys and A, you were so warm and both you and H like wrapped us up in these big bear hugs. And I was like, I don't even know these people and I'm not a hugger, but let's do it, you know, because I think everyone was just so...

It's so vivid in my memory, too. You know, so much was happening that day with... LA in general and the city and the protests. And I mean, I remember meeting you guys and A, you were so warm and both you and H like wrapped us up in these big bear hugs. And I was like, I don't even know these people and I'm not a hugger, but let's do it, you know, because I think everyone was just so...

Just needed like this exhale of, okay, like it's going to be okay, but what now?

Just needed like this exhale of, okay, like it's going to be okay, but what now?

It felt like such whiplash, and it felt like, gosh, we cannot get a break, you know? Oh, I understand. Yeah, we just said, you know, what else do we have to do? And it felt like we had just conquered this big mountain, my co-founder and I, Micah, and... I just remember when we'd made the decision to close, when it just started feeling so unsafe.

It felt like such whiplash, and it felt like, gosh, we cannot get a break, you know? Oh, I understand. Yeah, we just said, you know, what else do we have to do? And it felt like we had just conquered this big mountain, my co-founder and I, Micah, and... I just remember when we'd made the decision to close, when it just started feeling so unsafe.

I mean, I literally am in a touch point business, you know, like I'm in very close contact with people. And I just remember feeling scared for my own, obviously, health and safety, but then just... The numbers running through my mind of rent and my team, how are they going to pay their bills? And then my clients, like, will they still be here when we, you know, if and when we reopen?

I mean, I literally am in a touch point business, you know, like I'm in very close contact with people. And I just remember feeling scared for my own, obviously, health and safety, but then just... The numbers running through my mind of rent and my team, how are they going to pay their bills? And then my clients, like, will they still be here when we, you know, if and when we reopen?

And when is that going to be? And it just felt... Like we're entering the unknown and it was really frightening. I mean, there's a photo that a team member took of me when everything was just starting to happen and my head is just literally in my hands.

And when is that going to be? And it just felt... Like we're entering the unknown and it was really frightening. I mean, there's a photo that a team member took of me when everything was just starting to happen and my head is just literally in my hands.

And yeah, my heart breaks when I look at it because it just, I think is every founder who has just poured their everything into launching something and then being like, Not really sure what's next. Yeah. So it was, though it was a low time, about, I want to say two months had then gone by before I met you.

And yeah, my heart breaks when I look at it because it just, I think is every founder who has just poured their everything into launching something and then being like, Not really sure what's next. Yeah. So it was, though it was a low time, about, I want to say two months had then gone by before I met you.