May 17, 2017

Meet LaQuisha Moore of Qui Monroe in Plano

Local Stories

Today we’d like to introduce you to LaQuisha Moore.

LaQuisha, please share your story with us. How did you get to where you are today?
My passion has always been doing hair, even when I was making enough at a “regular” job, I have always made a point to do hair, rather part time in a salon, and at one point, out of my house! I did hair solely as a full-time job for 6 years and loved every minute of it. When I moved out of my mom’s house and ventured out on my own, doing hair alone wasn’t paying the bills, so getting a full time/salaried position was a necessity. For 4 years, I worked in a corporate office and worked my way from the bottom to upper management. The 4th year was my “ah ha” moment. I was over it, the job, the people, the office politics, and I honestly just stopped caring, but I could not pull away. I knew where my passion was and what I was supposed to be doing, but my faith wasn’t as strong as it should have been at that time. They always say “if you want to make God laugh, tell him your plans” and that saying is the absolute truth. The dreaded day came, where God literally pushed me off the ledge to fly-I was laid off from my long-term position. Just like that, I was given my walking papers, effective immediately, no notice. It was during these 4 months of downtime, in between jobs, where I conceived and birthed “Qui Monroe: The Imperfect Beauty”. At that moment, I decided no other business would be able to lay me off, they won’t be able to just throw me away, if I work for myself then I am the boss and nobody but myself can change that.

Has it been a smooth road?
It definitely has not been a smooth road. Struggles have included losing money, losing friends, being diagnosed with anxiety, losing sleep. I feel like I have lost a lot during this process, including almost losing my mind. However what I have gained has far more outweighed the things that I have lost. It was worth the wait.

So let’s switch gears a bit and go into the Qui Monroe story. Tell us more about the business.
The easiest way to describe my business is that I spend day in and day out making the average woman feel absolutely amazing. When you become a stylist, you become a therapist, a friend, a mentor, a confidant, and I’m sure there are many other names that we are referred to as. With that being said I am a stylist that specializes in healthy hair care and maintenance. I offer services for natural and relaxed clients, protective styling such as custom wig units and sew ins, and chemical services such as permanent color.

How do you think the industry will change over the next decade?
I see a lot of changed currently happening in my industry, especially in the Dallas market. It has become so saturated with non-licensed /non-certified stylist that it is scary. The biggest changes that I see is more people caring about the health of their hair instead of just finding the cheapest alternative. The hair care market is ever-evolving so I am sure with new technologies there will be a lot of amazing things to come.

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