Theresa Soares
Specializes in:
Hair Extensions
Color
Balayage & Ombre
Formal Styling
Theresa Soares is a native Bay Area hairstylist who has specialized in color and hair extensions for over thirteen years. She loves helping clients transform their hair, whether the change is anywhere from subtle to dramatic. She has fully mastered the ability to find the perfect hair extensions to complete any look, but cannot pick a favorite service; she has an incredible amount of passion for all of her specialties. Theresa has extensive experience with formal styling as well, and has been sought out for everything from formal events to wedding parties.
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Mandeep Shoker
Specializes in:
Color
Balayage & Ombre
Creative Color & Cuts
Keratin Treatments
Fabulous Blowouts!
Mandeep Kaur Shoker joined our team after 7 years of working in top salons throughout Manhattan. She began her career in the industry over 10 years ago at Beaumonde Academy of Cosmetology in Portland, Oregon. Since then, she has honed her skills at several revered establishments including Salon Medulla located in the Flat Iron district of New York. She specializes in balayage and ombre coloring, custom-formulated and detail-oriented keratin treatments, and beautiful, lightning-fast blowouts. Her favorite services also include creative colors and haircuts that perfectly complement her clients' personal sense of style. Between her expert knowledge of her craft and her incredible passion for her work, she is quickly earning her title as one of our most requested stylists.
Daren McDowell
Specializes in:
Haircutting
Color
Balayage & Ombre
Keratin Treatments
Daren McDowell first entered the industry over twenty-one years ago in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He excels at enhancing hair's natural beauty with perfectly-placed highlights and carefully sculpted haircuts, and creates every look with the finesse and efficiency of a true master. Daren maintains a steady source of inspiration through his travels and visits to art museums; he expresses his deep appreciation for art through his passion for color. His favorite service to perform is blonde highlights; from beautifully blended balayage to classic foils, he loves fine-tuning every style and shade. Although he is an excellent choice for any texture, he specializes in and adores working with curls!.
Cashmere Santana
Specializes in:
Keratin Treatments
Foil Highlights
Color
Cashmere Santana began her career at Skyline twelve years ago, and has since become an expert on chemical processes. She has keratin treatments down to a precise science and is excellent at customizing the process to each client's needs. Her extensive training has allowed her to meticulously yet efficiently complete each treatment in record time. She has learned to apply her fastidious attention to detail to color as well, making her an excellent choice for intricate foil highlights and deftly applied tints. Blondes are her favorite!
Candace Dodd
Specializes in:
Japanese Hair Straightening
Keratin Treatments
Hair Extensions
Formal Styling
Color
Candace Dodd is from Illinois and apprenticed under Patrick Evan directly. She found her passion for the artistry of hair while working for Cirque De Soleil. She has had extensive training and has mastered the art of Japanese Hair Straightening, also known as Thermal Reconditioning. Candace is a very mindful stylist who pays close attention to detail. She seems to always develop a close relationship with her clients. Through Candace's specialized talents of Keratin treatments and Japanese Hair Straightening, her clients fall in love with their hair regardless of the natural texture.
In addition to smoothing and straightening treatments, Candace excels in soft updos and formal styling techniques and has done countless weddings and is sought after for special events.
Kenny Berk
Specializes in:
Haircutting
Kenny Alan Berk conveys the art of cutting hair as fabric by combining strong technical knowledge with focus on balance, shape and overall sustainability. Following a 16 year tenure with the Vidal Sassoon Organization, Kenny joined Redken NYC, which evolved into another 20 years. With over 40 years of experience, he has provided a variety of programs from in-salon workshops to multi-manufacturer trade shows throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, South Africa, Japan, and Korea. Kenny focuses on facilitating fashion commercial haircutting and barbering. His hands-in workshops, demonstrations, Train-the-Trainer and Fuel for Design programs ensure that all salon professionals can experience the passion of the art and an understanding of its principles. He is the director of our cutting program as well, offering top-notch instruction to our developing stylists to continue the tradition of excellence.
Debra Fallon
Specializes in:
Haircutting
Debra began her hairdressing career at the Vidal Sassoon Academy in London and worked with them in Munich and San Francisco. Her 15 years of experience includes salons such as Architects & Heroes, diPietro Todd, and Cowboys & Angels here in San Francisco. Her specialty is cutting, both men and women, and her particular interest is short and mid-length hair. Soft, flowing layers on long hair are welcomed as well, whether bohemian or not. Debra has instructed apprentices, performed demos, and has participated in fashion shows as well as various photo shoots. She also likes to attend Master Classes to continue her knowledge and passion for her chosen craft.
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Kat Keegan
Specializes in:
Color
Balayage & Ombre Color
Haircutting
Kat Keegan moved to California from the East Coast and found her passion for hair while training at Paul Mitchell in Los Angeles, California. Before beauty school, Kat studied textile design and relates to hair as a fabric when creating different looks. Kat loves the positive energy a salon brings to her clients. Kat is a specialist in both precision cutting and advanced coloring techniques and is continuously pushing herself top achieve the best work possible for her discerning clientele.
Vania Avila
Specializes in:
Keratin Treatments
Color
Balayage & Ombre
Haircutting
Even as a child, Vania loved playing with hair. Her career as a stylist was such a natural progression, she can’t imagine doing anything else. Vania loves browsing magazines from the 1920s forward and derives much inspiration from the styles of that era. She also has a interest in current high fashion. “Both points of that timeline are fascinating,” she explains, “as well as all the places in between.”
Vania believes that there are no cookie-cutter solutions to hair style. “Everyone is different,” she explains. “The needs of a Wash-and-Go person are vastly different from someone with the time, willingness, and money to invest in a high-maintenance style. My job is to help clients make the right choices to compliment their lifestyle.”
For Vania, the key is “listening … really listening … and focusing wholly on one person at a time.
Adriana Santana
Specializes in:
Formal Styling
Keratin Treatments
Haircutting
Color
Adriana Santana began her training at the Cinta Aveda Institute, and has since spent over thirteen years as a stylist. She highly values starting each appointment with a thorough consultation, ensuring that she works closely with every client to create a style for their specific needs. Adriana is frequently requested to style elegant updos on brides and fashion designers for weddings and formal events. Her favorite looks to create are classic styles and strategically tousled looks that showcase perfectly messy, lived-in texture. "Model off-duty" locks are her specialty.
Olive DeWald
Specializes in:
Color
Creative Color
Balayage
Haircutting
Olive DeWald has been in the beauty industry for 17 years. She began her career as a make up artist in Chicago and made her way out to San Francisco five years ago. Olive loves styling hair And finds it to be a true art. "The most rewarding part of being a hairstylist is the interaction with my clients and making them feel beautiful."
Olive is a master with blondes. Clients looking for a style change to platnium blonde should look no further than Olive. She produces amazing results and has a very loyal following with clients from all over the bay area and beyond.
Julian Contrarez
Specializes in:
Haircutting
Color
Balayage & Ombre
HotHeads Hair Extensions
Keratin Treatments
Although Julian has been working in the professional industry for over seven years, he began learning the craft at the age of ten, when he took on the responsibility of cutting his family members' hair at home. It was always fun, but the most defining moment that made him realize his passion for hair was when he received, as he describes, "a terrible buzzcut from my mother." He now knows firsthand how devastating a bad haircut can be. "That's it," he said to himself. "I will never let this happen again!" This conviction led him to become an apprentice to his uncle, who mentored him at his salon in his hometown, Stockton. Julian accepted an additional apprenticeship in San Francisco, and has continued his education since becoming a stylist with classes in New York and Los Angeles from the world-famous Tracy Cunningham. He loves discovering new techniques and adores creating different effects in hair, from subtle to bold and everywhere in between.
Soleil Estrada
Specializes in:
Color
Balayage & Ombre
Creative Color
Keratin Treatments
Extensions
Since beginning her training at the Cinta Aveda Institute in 2011, Soleil Estrada has continuously furthered her education with additional classes from Toni & Guy and Bumble & Bumble. She has a strong background in editorial styling which she utilizes to create the most personalized and polished finish on all of her services. Creating and maintaining all kinds of fabulous blonde color is Soleil's specialty. She adores applying her imagination to creative color as well. With an excellent eye for color, she excels in providing fantastic suggestions for her clients when needed, and loves to find the perfect way to translate their ideas into reality. She is an excellent choice for sleek, smooth, and meticulously performed keratin treatments as well. Her passion for glamorous styling has inspired her to become a certified Hot Heads hair extension specialist, and loves watching her clients transform in her chair.
Britney Ketchie
Specializes in:
Color
Balayage & Ombre
Textured Haircuts
Creative Color
Britney Ketchie has been creating beautiful hairstyles in the bay area since 2006, and is one of our most requested stylists for crafting effortless and natural-looking highlights and haircuts that grow out gracefully. She is a popular choice for blondes but loves working with all colors, and has a passion for creating soft, feminine, textured haircuts as well. Her main hair philosophy is to enhance the hair's natural beauty and focus on the style's longevity, ensuring that each visit's results last as long as possible.
Tylor Johnson
Specializes in:
Color
Balayage & Ombre
Keratin Treatments
Originally from Orange County, California and having grown up by the ocean, Tylor has always been inspired by the undone, sun kissed look of a child's hair at the beach. After starting out at the age of 16 as a receptionist at a salon, she fell in love with the hair industry as a whole. Tylor went on to complete cosmetology school as well as two years of additional advanced training at Toni and Guy. She has trained at Wella Institute in LA and NYC, as well as directly under celebrity colorist Ian McCabe. Tylor believes that hair painting is the future of hair color and is the best way to recreate the look she has always been so inspired by - natural, sun kissed, and perfectly undone. She believes that natural beauty is the most unique and raw form of beauty and that is always her goal when working with clients - just an enhanced version of one's self!
Carolina Munoz
Specializes in:
Haircutting
Color
Balayage & Ombre
Creative Color
Keratin Treatments
Carolina's passion has reached opposite ends of the globe. From doing hair and makeup in Barcelona, Spain onsite for photo shoots working with multiple photographers, travelling to Shanghai, China with a dance group as the main makeup artist for the Shanghai Tourism Festival, and creating looks featured in San Joaquin Lifestyle Magazine. She loves making people feel their best while being creative. Carolina’s training consists of a Goldwell, Wella, Deva Cut, R+CO, and various artists in the industry.
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Katherine Buchignani
Specializes in:
Color
Balayage & Ombre
Creative Color
Extensions
Originally from Sebastopol, California, Katherine Buchignani was inspired by her background in painting to find the perfect outlet for her creativity within the world of hairstyling. She began her training at the Aveda Institute in 2012 and has since become a color specialist with a diverse skill set and a balanced appreciation of the practical and creative elements of hair design. She loves working with clients to help them achieve their ideal color; one of her specialties is creating colors that are natural and easy to wear, and styles that are as low maintenance and effortless as her guests desire. She has expanded her ability to create stunning transformations by becoming certified in both Great Lengths and Hot Heads hair extensions as well.
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Sara Rosenthal
Specializes in:
Color
Balayage & Ombré
Keratin Treatments
Maintamer Hair Straightening
Haircutting
Intelligent, engaging, vibrant, and focused, Sara’s interest in hair was a natural progression. Even as a child, she loved being around salons. Her passion is with the hairstyles of the 1930s and 40s, in fact, she used to work with San Francisco’s Art Deco Society. She also loves the color technique Balayage because it gives the stylist tremendous control and affords the client more color longevity. Philosophy about Hair: Sara loves working with short hair because a great cut can be so liberating. She favorsstrong,architectural lines with the shape achieved by masterful undercutting. This produces a polished look that requires less maintenance than long hair while retaining tremendous versatility.
Most important thing learned from her clients: “My clients want consistency,” Sara says, “but they also like to know about the latest trends, so I continue my education through classes and shows. This, they expect of me – as they should.” Sara also works diligently to know her clients well enough to ascertain whether or not they can handle a big change because sometimes, it’s better to ease into it. “Basically,” she explains, “I ask a lot of questions because my livelihood depends of reputation and reputation is established through successful and longtime, on-going client relationships.
Junryl Molina
Specializes in:
Color
Balayage & Ombre
Creative Color
Color Correction
Keratin Treatments
Hair Extensions
Junryl Molina is a Bay Area native who began his journey in the hair industry with the Paul Mitchell San Francisco Institute of Esthetics and Cosmetology. He is a naturally friendly outgoing personality who loves developing a strong bond with his clients. Though he has grown to become a versatile stylist with multiple specialties, he is most enthusiastic about color. He is not afraid of a challenge and loves to take on transformations, whether it is achieving a fresh bold bright color, the perfect blonde, or anywhere in between. His philosophy is to always find creative solutions tailor-made for each guest, working with each individual to make them feel beautiful. He finds great joy through his work and attributes his adventurous spirit and steadfast work ethic to his unrelenting passion for his career. Junryl has recently been acknowledged on a national level after being awarded Newcomer Stylist of the Year at the North American Hairstyling Awards, and plans to continue to showcase his work competitively out of a genuine love for growing and developing his craft.
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Vanessa Mills
Specializes in:
Keratin Treatments
Color and Color Correction
Creative Color
Vanessa Mills has been a Bay Area hairstylist for over seventeen years, starting with an extensive color training from New York educator George Milton. She enjoys taking on creative challenges and is especially talented in dealing with color corrections. Creative coloring is one of her specialties and one of her favorite services is creating multidimensional red colors. She is equally skilled at smoothing hair with keratin and Uberliss treatments, and although she loves the satisfaction of achieving a stunning hair transformation, her most cherished aspect of her work is client interaction. She is dedicated to ensuring her guests have the most comfortable and positive experience possible, and loves "making people's day!"
Tonia Lair
Specializes in:
Haircutting
Color
Balayage & Ombre
Tonia Lair began her career in 1992 with an apprenticeship in her native Normandy, France. She has since become a guru of nearly every color and cutting technique; her only difficulty is picking a favorite style, as she loves them all! Natural, effortless looks are her specialty; she exceeds in everything from sun-kissed balayage to haircuts that softly showcase any texture. Her creativity and precision allow her to create edgy shorter styles for her more daring clients as well. Although any formation is an excellent fit for Tonia's expert hands, she especially enjoys working with curly-haired clients. She thrives on the confidence that a fresh style transformation brings to her guests, and stays up to date on upcoming trends to ensure she always offers the most current techniques to craft her classic styles.
Ayla Inac
Specializes in:
Japanese Hair Straightening
Keratin Treatments
Ayla Inac is a chemical specialist who apprenticed under Patrick Evan himself. She has over ten years of experience in performing chemical straightening services, and is one of our clients' top choices for keratin treatments and thermal reconditioning. Her expertise lies in creating the sleekest and smoothest textures without compromising the hair's integrity. No matter how dramatic the transformation, she is always sure to carefully maintain the health and strength of her clients' hair.
Jeanette Farrell
Specializes in:
Color
Balayage & Ombre
Creative Color
Haircutting
Formal Stylin
Keratin Treatments
Extensions
With over 20 years (and counting) in the world of beauty, Jeannette Farrell has always maintained a commitment to helping people find, and maintain, their best style. She is passionate about continuing education to stay on top of the latest trends, and classic styles. Her greatest joy comes from making her guests feel on top of the world by enhancing their favorite and most flattering features. Whether it's a classic precision or edgy asymmetrical cut, a clean and natural looking hair color or the most vibrant fashion hues, Jeannette's wide range of specialties allows her the creative freedom to expertly craft and customize any look. She also loves styling for special occasions, and offers top-notch blow-dry services and fashion forward upstyles. No matter what her guests' needs may be, Jeannette can always find a creative way to make them feel their best!
Pam Genio-Bates
Specializes in:
Color
Creative Color
Balayage & Ombre
Haircutting
Pam Genio-Bates is a Redken-certified colorist who got her start in the hair industry over eight years ago in San Diego. She has since developed a passion for creating beautiful haircuts as well; carefully sculpted razor cuts are one of her specialties. In addition to being a versatile colorist with a particular affinity for hair painting, she is a genuine "people person" who values personalizing her clients' experiences just as much as perfecting their hairstyles.
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Cass Leung
Specializes in:
Haircutting
Color
Balayage
Formal Styling
Keratin Treatments
With over 10 years of experience under her belt, Cass Leung envisions and creates the most technical of shapes through each haircut and style. Cass utilizes her top industry training with delivering a wide range of style through her artwork. From everyday, easy to manage looks to contemporary, edgy styles; she takes great pride and pleasure in creating the absolute best possible styles for her clients.
Shawn Patrick
Specializes in:
Haircutting
Keratin Treatments
Sean Patrick comes to Patrick Evan Salon with fourteen years experience in the world of hair artistry. With extensive training from Bumble & Bumble, Aveda, Wella and Goldwell, as well as apprenticeships at some of the top salons in San Francisco, Shawn is well versed in the latest haircutting trends. He brings his skill, passion and fun to the Patrick Evan Team. His aesthetic is classic and he enjoys creating sleek, timeless looks.
Cesar Oliva
Specializes in:
Haircutting
Originally from Los Angeles, Cesar Oliva has gathered over ten years of experience in the hair industry. Having trained with Bumble & Bumble and worked with Sally Hershberger in New York, he has gathered a wide variety of cutting-edge techniques that allow him to uniquely customize his haircuts to each guest. His specialty is creating "simple, pretty hair" -- he loves turning classic styles into modern looks. He is inspired by everything from contemporary art, music, and film, bringing a wide range of creative influences to his work. His straightforward approach to hair cutting and styling lends itself to wearable, effortless, "off-duty model" hairstyles that will stay beautiful long past your salon visit; he is committed to working with each client to ensure they have what they need to maintain their look at home.
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Kelsey Verzosa
Specializes in:
Haircutting
Keratin Treatments
San Francisco native Kelsey Verzosa traveled to San Luis Obispo to begin her education in hair styling over seven years ago. After years of rigorous training from renowned Vidal Sassoon educator Kenny Berk, she graduated first in her class and now executes bespoke haircuts for every style, length, and texture. Her background in fashion design has granted her an advanced understanding of how to tailor every client's haircut to their individual needs, making her one of our most versatile stylists. Her favorite aspect of hair design is the instant gratification it creates for her guests; she loves how just one quick visit can update and refresh any look. Kelsey has continued her education by working extensively with Patrick Evan and has mastered the science of keratin treatments as well.
Gretel Perez
Specializes in:
Formal Styling
Color
Balayage & Ombre
Haircutting
As a Hair Stylist for over 10 years, Gretel Perez has worked at Patrick Evan Salon for 3 years. Her education began with Vidal Sassoon precision hair cutting as well as Wella Hair Color. She has also received extensive training from the Bumble and Bumble University in New York, Oribe, Kevin Murphy and Label M. Gretel has worked for the Aveda Institute in San Francisco as a cosmetology instructor, and continues to educate in salon training with new talent here at Patrick Evan Salon. Gretel loves the creative process and technical aspects of hair dressing as well as working with her hands to create new shapes and texture. Some of her favorite services include A-symmetrical hair cuts, natural looking highlites, and soft romantic updo's.
Hang Nguyen
Specializes in:
Haircutting
Color
Balayage
Keratin Treatments
Formal Styling
Hang Nguyen has been a valuable asset to the hair industry in San Francisco since 1995. She attentively consults with each guest to help them select the perfect color and cut to compliment everything from their natural texture, face shape, bone structure, complexion, and lifestyle. Her priority is always to craft looks that reflect each individual and reveal their beauty. Hang has contributed to editorial styling all over the world, including in Paris, Los Angeles, Chicago, Munich, and Los Angeles. She loves to create modern, simple, effortlessly sophisticated styles and does so with impeccable precision.
Lee Payne
Specializes in:
Color
Keratin Treatments
Lee Payne is a Bay Area local who has over twenty-two years of experience in the hair industry. He specializes in natural, sun-kissed color and sleek, meticulously applied keratin treatments. Steven greatly enjoys making a creative collaboration with each client to create the best end result possible.
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Max Hill
Specializes in:
Haircutting
With over 35 years of experience, Max Hill has "lived and breathed hair" from the start. After becoming a licensed barber straight out of high school, Max went on to attain his cosmetology license and receive extensive Vidal Sassoon training. He decided to move to Northern California after twenty years of running a successful salon in his hometown Huntington Beach and has since become one of our most highly sought after haircutting specialists. Max specializes in classic styles and precision cuts; some of his favorites include long layers, bobs and "wedges," big "Texas" hair, shaping natural curls, and creating expertly blended scissor-over-comb men's cuts. We recommend booking in advance if possible, as Max's loyal following can create a bit of a wait for a reservation. Above all, Max's goal is to create a "feel-good" experience for all who enter the salon; "it's not about me, it's all about you!"
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