Going Grey After The Pandemic

The pandemic has given me time to truly see myself - without makeup, artificial hair color, or pretense. It has inspired me to embrace my natural grey hair in the winter and play with herbal dyes in the summer. Wearing my hair short allows for an easy grow out of natural plant dyes and frequent changing up of my hair style.

I believe that a great haircut will always out-perform artificial hair color when it comes to style. To me grey hair is just as beautiful as any other color of hair when it is sculpted into a beautiful style that embraces it’s texture and enhances facial features and bone structure. Salt and pepper hair gives natural dimension to hair, making it appear fuller, while patchy grey and white streaks may provide areas of intrigue and versatility in a hairstyle, in very similar ways to artificial highlights. Shorter hair styles show off natural color variations in greying hair. People who embrace their natural hair color with a shorter hair styles enjoy a lower maintenance lifestyle while looking more put together on a regular basis.

When you decide to embrace your grey hair, you may be surprised to discover that it works better with your skin tone than artificial color. Transitioning to your natural color can be a bit scary at first, but I am her to accompany you on the journey, and promise to help you feel beautiful all along the way. Remember your hair doesn’t define you, it is only the frame that surrounds your beautiful face. While your hair may change over time, it’s important to remember that your haircut can either enhance or distract from your natural beauty, it doesn’t define it.

Grey hair often grows in with a slightly different texture than pigmented hair. The change of texture may be a result of shrinkage, loss of elasticity, and dryness that may benefit from treatments, different styling products or a new hair style. Please ask me about ways to support your changing hair texture and what products are best for your specific hair type during your next appointment, or visit my affiliate partners to learn more about healthy and organic products that I have personally researched and tested.

Happy New Year

Happy New Year!

It’s February 1st, and I’m excited to finally be able to say “Happy New Year, And Welcome Back!”

These last 2-months have been the hardest yet, but I’m happy to still be here, and as always, eager to provide you with a safe, calm and caring environment to receive excellent hair care services.

As you make preparations to visit the salon, please keep in mind that we must both continue to exercise extreme caution when working together. As part of my social circle, you are one of many clients that I will be seeing in the coming weeks. My risk of exposure increases with each client visit and the amount of time we spend together, so please do your part to protect me, as I do my part to protect you.

Please carefully review the New Covid-19 Salon Protocols:

  1. Before your appointment, please self-assess for any Covid19 symptoms.
    If you don’t feel well, text me to get rescheduled.

  2. Please arrive on time to your appointment. If the door is locked, text me to be let inside.

  3. Only customers receiving services will be allowed inside the salon.

  4. You will be required to wear an ear-loop style face covering the entire time you are in the salon.

  5. Upon arrival, you will be asked to wash your hands.

  6. You must follow all written and verbal instructions while in the salon.

What I will be doing to protect you during your service:

  1. I will be wearing a fitted face covering during your entire service.

  2. Immediately before touching you, I will wash my hands.

  3. The service area and tools I use are disinfected between clients.

  4. Contactless checkout and online booking are available.

Thank you in advance for coming to the salon prepared, heathy, and aware of the CDC Covid-19 Prevention Protocols.
Together, let’s continue to do our very best to stop the spread of Covid-19 and keep our community safe and healthy. 

Welcome Back To The Salon

Wecome Back To The Salon!

I’m excited to welcome you back to the salon with renewed energy and a loving heart. As always, I’m here to provide you with great hair, technical excellence, and caring services. 

In order for me to feel safe while seeing you, please fill out this health questionnaire before your scheduled service. As you make preparations to visit the salon, please keep in mind that we must both exercise extreme caution when working together. As part of my social circle, you are one of many clients that I will be seeing in the coming months. My risk of exposure increases with each client visit and the amount of time we spend together. Please do your part to protect me, as I do my part to protect you.

Please carefully review the New Covid19 Salon Protocols:

  1. Before your appointment, please self-assess for any Covid19 symptoms.
    If you don’t feel well, text me to get rescheduled.

  2. Please arrive on time to your appointment, and text me to be let inside.

  3. Only customers receiving services will be allowed in the salon.

  4. You will be required to WEAR A FACE MASK with ear loops the entire time you are in the salon.

  5. Upon arrival, WASH YOUR HANDS and then come into my private room.

  6. You must follow all written and verbal instructions while in the salon.

What I will be doing to protect you during your service:

  1. I will be wearing a face mask during your entire service.

  2. Immediately before touching you, I will wash my hands.

  3. The service area and tools are always disinfected between clients.

  4. Contactless checkout and online booking are always available.

  5. To help keep you safe, I will provide verbal instructions and limit our time together.

Thank you in advance for coming to the salon prepared, heathy, and aware of the CDC Covid19 Prevention Protocols. Together, let’s continue to do our very best to stop the spread of COVID-19 and keep our community safe and healthy. 

The Safest Hair Color To Use During A Pandemic

During the first few weeks of sheltering-in-place, I spent a good amount of time thinking through how to bring truly natural and organic hair color to my clients. I started by providing a small group of clients with 100% natural, herbal hair color kits for home use. The results were fantastic. Three months later, I believe that professionally applied, herbal hair dye may be the safest and healthiest hair color option for anyone staying home or going back to the salon for hair color after the shelter-in-place orders are lifted.

The plant dyes I use (henna, cassia, indigo and amla) do not come in a box. They are ethically sourced, pure, unadulterated, organic plant leaf powders that I custom blend to create bespoke natural hair color that is professionally applied to your hair in about an hour. Because I offer an "application only" service, it will dramatically reduce your time in the salon and eliminate face-to-face time at the shampoo bowl. For these reasons alone, this service may be the safest hair color option available when the Covid-19 SIP orders are lifted. In addition to being safer from a social contact perspective, 100% herbal hair dye is free of toxins, out performs chemical color, and is restorative rather than damaging for fine and textured hair. If you want natural looking and completely non-toxic hair color, I recommend giving herbal dye a try.

Have questions? Want to learn more? Schedule a consultation to see if herbal hair dye is a good option for you.

100% Plant-Based Hair Color From The Organic Stylist

I love working with 100% pure plant pigments - free of all the nasty toxins that you find in traditional hair color. After a natural hair coloring treatment, your hair will feel soft to the touch, will have a beautiful shine, renewed strength, and a lively bounce.

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Day 12 Of The Covid-19 Mandated Non-Essential Business Closure

It is Day 12 of the “Stay Home” mandate, and the closure of all "non-essential” businesses in San Francisco.

Yesterday I broke down and had a good cry - letting my fear and anxiety bubble up to the surface. Practicing social distancing and feeling ‘non-essential’ to my community is sooo hard for me. My life's purpose has always been to create and share beauty with others in an intimate way. This feels impossible right now - as everyone is stressed and de-prioritizing the importance of beauty in our lives.

Social distancing has forced me to feel even more alone at a time when I need to feel like a part of the community and act together with my community to lower the curve of Covid-19 in California and across the United States. As a creative maker/doer, I’ve tried to self-sooth by baking, cooking and sewing, but I have repeatedly failed because I’m stressed, I don’t have the right ingredients or materials, and I don’t want to be doing those things! Failing to produce anything useful or beautiful has sucked me down into a spiral of deep sadness and feelings of despair. When will this end?!

Of course, I am doing all the “right” things to protect myself from becoming a vector for Covid-19. I’ve reduced my shopping trips to once a week, and always wear a mask when leaving my house. My home has become a sanctuary of safety and solitude.

But I miss my life as a hairdresser and confidant. I miss being a productive and creative member of society. I miss bringing a sense of beauty and wellness to my beloved clients. I miss the daily updates and sharing of mutual experiences and perspectives.

My work as a hairdresser is a personal and creative expression of love - for each and every one of you. While it may seem like a “non-essential service”, it is a way for me to express my love and appreciation for and to you. When you come to see me in the salon - I give you a piece of my heart along with your haircut or color.

How are you coping with social distancing and the “stay-home” mandate?