Behind the Hair: Kate Davis
Wellness is a broad idea and means something different to everybody. The wellness industry includes salons like Starling Salon, but when you branch out, you’ll find other health and fitness ideas. If you keep branching, you’ll find Kate Davis climbing a mountain with her dog.
Education for Everyone: Texture by Randa Rivera
Given enough time, most artists experience the roles of both student and educator because working behind the chair inspires professionals at every level. That’s why two of Starling Salon’s veteran stylists, Hallie Kastanek and Amber Hollander, stepped into the educator role for a recent texture class.
Rules For Tipping the Owner
Oh, the controversial practice of tipping. Who do you tip? How much do you tip? Why do you tip? It seems like nobody ever has all these answers, but if the question is, “Do you tip the salon owner?” Sonia Nordmeyer has one.
Education for Everyone: Short Hair
Starling Salon isn’t the only Denver salon with gender-neutral pricing, a lot of spaces are getting with that program these days. Part of the gender-neutral and gender-affirming equation is the pixie cut.
Behind the Hair: Brianne Wilson
Oh, you don’t know Brianne? Then your hair is missing out on some intergalactic style. If your hair craves adventure, it’s time to visit the eco-friendly Starling Salon and call on Brianne. She might be your only hope.
Education for Everyone: Curly Hair
Curly-headed folk are unlikely to trust anyone with straight hair and shears, and the education most cosmetology students gain severely lacks in curly cutting, leaving many of them just as anxious. So, what’s the solution? Starling Salon.
How To Fix Your Hair After a Bad Salon Experience
Every hair professional slipped up somewhere along the road to mastering cosmetology, but that’s how they grow. With shears and color brushes in hand, they shout, “Bring us your fried ends, bring us your brassy and banded colors, bring us your unevenly cut hair, and we’ll work with you.”
Behind the Hair: Megan Brockman
What happens when you tell a theater kid to pursue a practical career? They go into hair business. Nearly as glamourous as show business, coiffing bridal updos and formulating customized hair colors for some of Denver’s luckiest patrons is almost the same thing as performing on a Broadway stage.
Behind the Hair: Hallie Kastanek
Did you know the American Dream resides in a Denver hair salon? Hallie Kastanek might be the most unlikely hair professional you’ve ever met, mostly because she’s got her s*@! together.
Behind the Hair: René Walter
Most patrons of any hair salon don’t hold a cosmetology license, and René is no exception, so why does she play such a huge role in those magnificent extensions or that sparkling autumn hair color? Because she’s the Front Desk Manager who blends curiosity and creativity into the entire hair experience.
Behind the Hair: Sonia Nordmeyer
Therapists specialize in human experience and deep feelings, which means nobody deserves a degree in hairapy more than Sonia Nordmeyer.