Hi, I’m Sarah
MY PASSION FOR LIFE AND THE RAW BEAUTY THAT SURROUNDS US HAS LED ME TO A LIFE ENRICHED BY TRAVEL AND ART. WHEN I’M NOT BEHIND THE CHAIR YOU CAN FIND ME OUT IN MOTHER NATURE EXPLORING, ALONGSIDE MY BEST FRIEND (AND DOG), TUCKER. I’M A WANDERER BY NATURE, SO NATURALLY I HAVE A DEEP LOVE FOR TRAVEL. I FIND GREAT JOY AND A SENSE OF PEACE IN EXPERIENCING PLACES UNKNOWN TO ME.
THE SIMPLE TEXTURES IN A TROPICAL PLANT, THE SOUND OF LAUGHTER FROM FACES THAT ARE DIFFERENT FROM MINE, THE BOUNTIFUL COLORS OF THE DESERT, OR A MURAL IN THE CITY THOUGHTFULLY PLACED AMONGST THE HUSTLE AND BUSTLE- ALL IGNITE A PASSION TO CREATE.
I GREW UP IN SOUTHERN OREGON WHICH IS WHERE I WENT TO COSMETOLOGY SCHOOL AND BEGAN MY CAREER AS A HAIRSTYLIST. BEFORE OPENING AND SELLING MY SALON IN PORTLAND OREGON, I SPLIT MY TIME AS A STYLIST BETWEEN SOUTHERN OREGON AND NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA. DURING THAT TIME, I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO WORK AND EXPERIENCE TWO VERY DIFFERENT AND DIVERSE LOCATIONS- FROM YOUR BEACHY, CALIFORNIA BLONDE TO THE EARTHY NORTHWEST STYLE. COMBINING THESE UNIQUE STYLES HAS ULTIMATELY LED ME TO A MORE LIVED-IN, EFFORTLESS APPROACH TO MY WORK.
MY GOAL IS TO KEEP YOU LOVING YOUR HAIR DURING EVERY STAGE OF GROW OUT - WHETHER THAT’S 8 WEEKS, 6 MONTHS OR A YEAR!
I OPENED MY SALON IN OREGON IN JUNE 2020, DURING A TIME WHEN I FELT A SAFE, PEACEFUL RETREAT TO RECHARGE AND RENEW OUR BODIES AND SPIRITS WAS MUCH NEEDED. MY HOPE WAS TO CREATE A HOME AWAY FROM HOME FOR ALL WHO VISITED AND TO BRING THE SENSE OF PEACE I’D GATHERED FROM MY TRAVELS, BOTH ABROAD AND IN OUR OWN BACKYARD THERE.
I NOW FIND MYSELF IN JOSHUA TREE, CALIFORNIA—A PLACE THAT HAS BROUGHT ME SERENITY AND PEACE THROUGHOUT MUCH OF MY ADULT LIFE AND AS A YOUNG GIRL. IT’S THE PLACE WHERE I DREAMT UP AND BIRTHED MY LAST DREAM, AND WHERE I HAVE FELT CALLED TO FOR MANY YEARS. I SOLD MY SALON IN JUNE 2024 TO BE IN A PLACE WHERE I FELT I COULD TRULY BREATHE. AS I CONNECTED MORE DEEPLY WITH MYSELF ON A SPIRITUAL AND PERSONAL LEVEL, IT BECAME CLEAR THAT IT WAS TIME TO CLOSE MY 11-YEAR CHAPTER IN PORTLAND AND HEAD SOUTH TO CALIFORNIA, WHERE I COULD CONTINUE TO GROW INTO WHO I’M MEANT TO BE—A CREATIVE WITH A HEART FOR PEOPLE AND A DESIRE TO SHARE BEAUTY THROUGH MY HEART AND HANDS.
SPIRITUALLY AND CREATIVELY MY WORLDS MESH. MY CANVAS IS HAIR, BUT IT IS THE HUMAN SOUL AND ITS DESIRE TO BE SEEN THAT DRAWS ME TO MY CRAFT. I AIM TO CREATE A FEELING IN THE BODY THAT SAYS “THERE I AM”.
YOU WILL OFTEN HEAR ME SAY, “IT’S MORE THAN JUST HAIR” BECAUSE WHEN YOU FEEL GOOD IN YOUR HAIR, SOMETHING LIKE MAGIC HAPPENS. YOUR INSIDES MATCH YOUR OUTSIDE AND THEN, THERE YOU ARE- A WALKING, BREATHING, EMBODIED SELF WITH A DASH OF EXTRA CONFIDENCE.
I LIVE FOR THE MOMENT WHEN A CLIENT FIRST SEES THEMSELVES IN THE MIRROR, THE MOMENT WHEN THEIR EYES LIGHT UP AND IT’S AS IF THEY ARE SEEING WHO THEY ARE FOR THE FIRST TIME.
XX SARAH
@SARAHANNSTYLIST
