Born in New Jersey, I grew up in Liberia, West Africa – a place where my passion for hair began. By the age of ten, I began to braid and style everyone’s hair – both family and friends. When I decided to turn this practice into a career, I moved to New York and began my journey in becoming the best. I spent five years training under many of New York best hair artist. During this time I continued to build both my client book and experience outside the salon by doing hair at NY Fashion Week for shows like Stella McCartney, Oscar de la Renta, Mugler, and Carolina Herrera. With all these experiences, under great masters of hair – I made the difficult decision to gain more independence and began to work as an independent stylist. Looking to advance my skills I decided to dive deeper into the curly world. In no time I became a senior stylist at the prestigious devachan salon both in SoHo and UWS. Knowing that I wanted to give my clients more, I made the move to open Candace Witherspoon salon. A safe space where all curl textures will be treated with love and care. I have pursued my education at DevaCurl Academy of New York, L’Oréal Academy, Ouidad Academy, and Aveda Institute. My work have been published in Allure, Instyle, Bustle, Marie Claire, New York Post, NY Times, Refinery 29, Dove | Mic, Self Magazine, Oprah Magazine, The Atlantic and Byrdie.
Team
CWS staff was hand picked by Candace herself. A group of artist placed together with one goal in mind. Making all curly hair dreams come true. Each artist has done extensive training in all knowledge of curls. We continue to learn and grow so that we are able to give the absolute best to our clients.