I am a licensed stylist and I visited the store on today, November 21, 2012 to browse the store. I was looking at the quality of the wigs they had on the shelf and I picked up a lace front wig. I was touching the hair to see if the quality was to my liking as most consumers do, especially those who like to purchase weave. I placed the wig back on the counter and began to look at others. The owner, an older chinese lady, was watching me. She went to the wig and pulled it back down to fix it, as if I had messed it up. I thought ok, there was nothing wrong with the wig, maybe she's just meticulous about the store. I walked a few steps away and she stood there with her hands behind her back continuing to watch me. So I checked out another wig, and felt the quality of the hair because I wanted to judge its texture. She told me I was messing up the wigs because I was feeling it. If you are person who wears weave and wigs, you have to feel the texture of the hair before you purchase it. which is what I told her. she tried to laugh it off with a tap on my back, I guess as a peace offering or something, but I was quite upset and disappointed first because she followed me, and then she didn't want me to touch anything. But you expected me to buy?\r
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I feel these beauty supply chains have no respect for their customers, especially African-American consumers, who they frequently target. I try to limit what I buy, and buy mostly from licensed stylist supply stores such as Salon Centric or Cosmo Pros. This was one of those I stopped by because my kids were next door at the GameStop. I will never visit this facility again.
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