Nine
stylists.
Booking goes to a name, not a slot. Below: the full nine. Each has a chair, a specialty, and a personal book. We don’t move clients between stylists for scheduling — the relationship is part of the work.
Jemma Voss
Color-only by choice. Does not cut. Most-booked colorist in the salon. Owns the babylight and the platinum-transition programs.
“Color is a long conversation. Most of my work is on grow-out — keeping the line invisible.”
— Jemma Voss
Ari Kim
Trained at Daniel Galvin London. Cut-led, with parallel color credentials. Notable client roster runs editorial-heavy.
“The cut you ask for is rarely the cut you need. The first session is mostly about finding the second one.”
— Ari Kim
Davies Park
Studio Mer's texture editor. Deva-certified Level 3. Owns our textured-hair clientele; takes color clients on referral.
“Cut on natural pattern. Dry. There's no other honest way to read a curl.”
— Davies Park
Ren Mori
Joined Studio Mer in 2020 to build the men's cut program. Half his book is now editorial men. Books quickly.
“Men's hair is the same problem as women's hair, with fewer tools. The constraint is the craft.”
— Ren Mori
Saoirse Tan
Color, with a bias toward dimensional blondes. Fekkai-trained. The default booking when Jemma is full.
“Dimension is light, not pigment. Most colorists make the mistake the other way.”
— Saoirse Tan
Mira Cole
Heads our bridal program. 60+ weddings per year, mostly San Francisco-based but travels for editorial work.
“Bridal is a single-day commission. The pressure is the deliverable.”
— Mira Cole
Theo Vance
Studio Mer's bob-and-curtain-bang specialist. Larry King London-trained. Books out 3 weeks.
“The bob is the hardest cut to do well. The architecture has to read from any angle.”
— Theo Vance
Iris Walker
The salon's red and copper specialist. Took the warm-tone book from Saoirse in 2023; runs it independently now.
“Reds are the hardest color to maintain. We talk about that before we mix anything.”
— Iris Walker
Sam Reed
Came up through our apprenticeship program. The chair to book if you want a senior cut at a junior price.
“Three years on the floor. I take notes after every cut. Nine more years and I'll have something to say.”
— Sam Reed