Carinn
“Change the way you see the world and the world you see will change.”
SPECIALTIES
Color of all kinds. Curly hair . Long hair. Queen of big hair blowouts!
EXPERIENCE
At VAIN since 2004
Licensed stylist since 2000
What’s your approach with clients?
Listening, listening, listening! My strongest asset is getting a clear picture before I start. Working with ideas and enhancing them, taking lifestyle into consideration- I don’t want to give someone a style that doesn’t work with who they are.
What are your influences as a hairstylist?
Nature, whether I’m cutting or coloring. Right now I’m working with colors inspired by nature that blend together and look lived-in and cool. Japanese and European fashion magazines and architecture are also influences.
What’s your take on change?
We’re always evolving as people and our style should reflect that. We’ve all tried something new with hair and loved it… I think it’s important that we keep doing that. Change doesn’t have to be drastic- color placement or tweaking bangs can huge difference in your look and in your outlook.
Finish the sentence: in my hairstylist drawer you’ll find…
A leaf that I found last Fall with amazing color that inspires me, really big brushes for blowouts, advanced education books from Tigi (I teach and take Tigi classes), my iPod.
What’s your focus right now in hair?
Big is back! Fuller, sexier hair. 70’s influences. Longer, textured cuts and lots of curly hair on men. I’ve also been working on disconnected cuts, which combine two different cuts for maximum versatility without being overly extreme- building volume on top, hair that’s shorter underneath and looks completely professional by day but can be transformed into a fauxhawk or pompadour at night.
What’s your favorite hair of all time?
My hair in 1988- it was perfect combination of having the right hair at the right time. It was huge and I looked like a lion.
What do you like about working at VAIN?
Everything. Diversity, inspiration, sharing of skills and ideas. We’re really an artistic group at work and outside of it. There’s somebody for everybody at VAIN.
Life outside VAIN?
Hair! I study it, come up with ideas. I have a mannequin head at home that gets taken advantage of on a daily basis. Just because I’m not doing hair doesn’t mean I’m not thinking about it.
