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Bradenton, Florida, United States
My name is Kelly Harmsen and I've been a licensed Cosmetologist since 1991. Born and raised in Chicago Heights, Illinois now living in Bradenton, Florida and owner of my own hair & art salon. I started at eight years old working in my Dad's hair salon and loving it. While all of the other kids were reading Dr. Seuss I was readng Vidal Sassoon. After graduating from Beauty School I started assisting at a salon that offered additional education to further my career. I became heavily involved in RUSK after attending classes with my boss to watch them cut hair. I consider Irvine Rusk to be my biggest inspiration along with my Dad. I love what I do and if you come to visit me hopefully you will too. I specialize in cutting, corrective coloring, foiling and working with curly hair. I have very naturally curly hair myself and until you live with curly hair you don't understand it. I love helping someone to love their curly hair also.

Sunday, April 10, 2011

Three Dimentional Highlights & Angled Bob

This is my client Helen after  three dimentional highlights and a haircut.











Photo Shoot at Me Too Salon

This is a picture of my model Becky which we used for our photo shootl.  The photos were taken by Studio Four Photography

Zerran Reallisse Semi-Permanent Straightner Class

Tomorrow we are having a class on Zerran Reallisse which is a semi-permanent straightner and also an alternative to the dangerous Keratin Straightners that have formaldehyde in them and are causing all kinds of health problems.  I will post more later.  I can't wait to start offering this to my clients. Watch this Video to learn more about it.

Saturday, April 2, 2011

Before & After Corrective Color


I had a woman come in to see me last month that needed a corrective color.  Her base was a dark brown, her midshaft was orange and her ends were yellow.  It was a mess.  After i fixed it the color was beautiful.  Here are the before and after photos.