Kristina Hairstylist

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News to share!
I have been hard at work making my dreams come true. What started as a little day dream and a sketch is slowly turning into reality.
The last 10 years working at Salon Cyan has exceeded every expectation. I am so grateful for all of the friendships I've built and mentorship I've received. It is bittersweet to announce I will be moving on to my next adventure.
You will continue to see me working my last few weeks with the crew at Cyan before moving to my new salon when I'm ready to open the doors.
If you'd like to follow along, I will be posting updates on my new Instagram umönnun studio
With support from the team at Cyan, we will work to make all existing appointments as minimally impacted as possible. Don't fret if you have an appointment coming up, details to follow.
-Kristina

A little weft extension refresh!
I have the photos like a video, start with the end result, then scroll to see what a very overdue grow out looks like, not too bad! She was due for a colour refresh and a treatment for sure! Then what her hair looks like without her extensions, and after! I have been experimenting with using Elumen colour to add condition to the hair, and it is phenomenal. The photos don't even do it justice. Ask if an elumen colour and treatment refresh would be right for your hair!

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My guest Karen has had a pretty short Pixie cut for a few years and has been debating growing a little longer. I have been teasing her that she could pull off any of Tegan and Sara's haircuts. She doesn't like a messy style. So here is my slow morph into a slightly longer Tegan and Sara inspired cut, but keep it professional.
I do a lot of texturizing, channeling, and carved out areas to keep her style easy to maintain, and able to grow out keeping its shape. I carved out a little triangular area just above her ears to keep the pixie clean look around her ears, but still keep the appearance of growing it out just that little bit.
What do you guys think!? Should we do more Tegan and Sara inspired cuts on Karen?

When a lifelong ice queen wants to switch sides and go warm!
Let me walk you through my process.
We have natural unpigmented hairs to deal with when her hair grows out, so we did a few new blonde foils, added a deeper neutral copper lowlight, a base break to soften her base and to bring it up a smidge warmer, treatment and then toned with coppers, beige blonde and a tiny bit of pink for that ch*****ne strawberry blonde. Rather than a deep root that would require major maintenance, this look will fade softer and have a more subtle grow out and still achieves our goal!
It will look different in every type of lighting (as all colours do) but especially these tones as you can see even in this short video how differently they can appear.