In case you felt like reading,

I could write a fun third-person blurb about myself, but let’s keep things a bit more casual. I’m Casey Konstantynowicz, based in Oakland, CA. I’m a Gemini Sun (sorry lol), Virgo Moon, and Cancer Rising. My pronouns are They/Them/Their, I identify as Non-Binary.

I have been cutting hair since 2015. I have formal training in both scissor and straight razor cutting, having intimately trained under esteemed educators with 20+ years of experience. What excites me most about the skills I’ve built and aesthetic I’ve honed is being able to provide you the tools to go, quite literally, four+ weeks without washing and still look and feel hot as hell (as long as that’s your goal, I swear I can do other stuff, too). I mean, maybe you’ll have to brush it and keep up with the dry shampoo, but in this house we love a good lived-in look. There should be no reason you get a haircut, wake up the next morning, and feel powerless. They say all the time “your hair should fit your lifestyle” but if you ask me, I think your hair should do what you wanted before you got it cut. Plus, even if it is “dirty” or “messy”, you’ll still look GOOD.

My philosophy of hair comes from wanting to create a space where my clients feel safe to express themselves, creating styles that transcend preconceived ideas of who should be what. I want to throw out assumptions others may have made about who you are and what you are assumed to want or need. It’s all about hearing what you want and listening to what you need.

I’m very adamant about keeping those in my hands as safe as possible, this includes what products I put into your hair. Everything I use is synthetic ingredient free, including that mysterious Fragrance/Perfume/Parfum on the ingredient list. While I can’t guarantee scent free (for now), there is no reason you should have to put up with mysterious and potentially dangerous chemicals being caked onto your mane.

It wasn’t until I had the opportunity to learn how to do hair that I became truly able to understand how let down I had been by in my journey of self expression. The hair “Industry” has for so long been a place most comfortable favoring a, “tried and true” (non-diverse, conservative, corporate, exclusionary, whatever descriptors you want to insert) aesthetic. I’m here to try to throw that whole idea in the proverbial dumpster, burn it, and start all over again. I would love if you could join me :)