Cut. Colored.
Braided. One strand
at a time.

A hair studio in Portland, Maine, where every service begins with the same question: how does your hair actually move? We follow the strand from the first cut to the last pin.

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Portland, Maine Haircuts · Color · Balayage · Blowouts · Bridal styling · Extensions

What we do

Six services,
one throughline.

Every appointment starts the same way — we look at how your hair falls, then work with it rather than against it. Book the service you're after, or choose “Not sure yet” and we'll point you the right way.

01
Haircuts

Cut on dry hair as often as wet, so the shape you leave with is the shape you get at home. Layers sit where your hair falls, not where a diagram says they should.
02
Color

Full color, root touch-ups, gloss and toner. Depth at the base that opens toward the ends, so regrowth arrives soft instead of as a line.
03
Balayage

Freehand painting, section by section, so the lift follows the way your hair falls rather than sitting in neat horizontal rows.
04
Blowouts

Round brush, tension, heat — until the hair holds its own shape. Smooth and full, and still light enough to move when you turn your head.
05
Bridal styling

Planned around your dress, your veil and the room you'll be in. Rehearsed before the day, pinned to hold from first look to last dance.
06
Extensions

Matched to your tone and texture, fitted so the joins sit under your own hair, then cut in so the finish looks grown rather than attached.

Hair being blown dry with a round brush lifting the length — Round brush, section by sectionBlowouts

Stylist cutting a section of dry hair with shears in a bright salon — Dry cut, working shapeHaircuts

Color & balayage

Charcoal at the root,
light where it lifts.

Color is a gradient traveling down one strand. We build depth at the base and let it open toward the ends, so regrowth arrives soft instead of as a hard line.

Full color, roots & gloss

Full color, root touch-ups, gloss and toning — all mapped to how much light your hair will take. We work in passes rather than one flat flood, so the base stays rich and the mid-lengths keep their depth.

Balayage, painted by hand

Balayage is the strand written on directly: freehand, section by section, so the lift follows the way your hair falls instead of sitting in neat horizontal rows. Each band is placed to catch light where you actually move.

Full color
Root touch-up
Gloss
Toning
Freehand painting
Face framing

Freshly colored hair in a gradient from dark roots to light ends — Depth to light, one passColor

Hand-painted balayage bands visible on a strand of hair — Freehand, band by bandBalayage

Bridal styling

Three strands,
woven once.

Bridal work is a braid: structure you can trust on the day and take out at night. We plan the shape around your dress, your veil and the room you'll be in, then rehearse it so nothing is improvised in the chair.

Plan

We talk through your dress, your veil and the venue, then decide where the weight of the hair should sit.

Rehearse

A trial run before the day, so the shape is agreed and nothing is left to chance on the morning.

III

Hold

Pins hidden, strand smooth, worked so it holds from the first look through the last dance.

A finished braided bridal updo seen from behind — Finished shapeBridal

Hands pinning the final sections of a braided hairstyle — Pinning the last sectionsBridal

Extensions

A splice you
can't find.

Extensions add length and weight without announcing themselves. We match tone and texture to your own strand, then place the joins where your hair falls over them, so the line disappears into the whole.

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Tone match
Shade and texture are matched to your own hair before anything is fitted, in daylight rather than under salon bulbs.
Length & weight
We add enough to change the shape and no more, so movement stays natural through the length.
The blend cut
Cut and blended in after fitting, so the finish looks grown rather than attached.
Maintenance
Regular visits keep the blend honest as your own hair grows out underneath.

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Tell us what you're after and when. Send the request and we'll confirm your appointment by reply.

Cut. Colored.Braided. One strandat a time.

Six services,one throughline.

Haircuts

Color

Balayage

Blowouts