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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.
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Wednesday, June 12, 2019

Balayage/Highlight - Toner - Haircut Blowdry

This is my beautiful niece who hadn't had her hair colored in about six months and didn't want anything too noticeable because she was looking for a part-time job while still in high school.

I started with some foils around her face and went backward on her head so the front would be the lightest to look like she had been at the beach.  I purposely wanted them to be darker through the back and underneath of her hair.  I did some very random thick & thin pieces to make it very organic looking and yet it all blended together.  Then I toned her to take some of the warmth out of her hair but not all of it.  I love the way it turned out and so did she.  Hope she gets the job she is interviewing for.


Thursday, April 6, 2017

Base Color With Highlights & Haircut Blow-dry

These are before and after pictures that I did on my client. I started with  a base color to cover the gray and then did some highlights to give her more dimension.

Monday, October 27, 2014

My Other Passion


Many of you might not know this but along with being a hair stylist I'm also an abstract artist.  I love to paint so I wanted to share my other website with you where I sell my artwork.  It's at www.kmhartgallery.com so come visit. If you see something you like that is already sold you can contact me at hairbyharmsen@yahoo.com and I will remake it.  Thanks alot..

Here is a preview of a couple of my Original Abstract Acrylic Paintings for sale

Click Here To View My Art Website