A Real Hair Color Consultation, Not a Sales Pitch in a Cape
Here’s a thing women say about stylists, over and over, in almost the same words: “I begged my hairdresser to give me some highlights or a gloss, SOMETHING to take the edge off. She never agreed.” Or the one who asked for highlights and got asked if she wanted to “cover her wisdom” instead. The single biggest complaint isn’t bad color. It’s not being heard.
So this is a consultation in the literal sense. You sit down with Kasey, without a cape or a timer or color already mixing in the back, and talk about your hair, your gray, and what’s been driving you crazy. She listens first. Then you map a plan together.
What Actually Happens
She looks at your hair, not just your inspiration photos.
How much gray you have and where it sits, your natural base, what previous color is still living on your ends, your texture, your part. Bring photos of hair you love anyway; they’re useful for talking about what “good” means to you.
You talk through all three paths.
Coverage, blending, or a full transition to silver: what each would honestly look like on your hair, on your timeline. Including the parts nobody warns you about: the maintenance rhythm, the awkward phases, the home care.
You leave with a plan.
Which path, what happens at each visit, how often you’ll come in, and an estimate of what it costs, per visit and over a year. The “where do you want to be in 12 months?” conversation, mapped out clearly, so you can think about it at home without any pressure to decide in the chair.
The Deal on the Fee
The consultation is a paid appointment, and the fee is credited in full toward your first service. That’s deliberate. It keeps the time protected (a real 30 minutes of attention rather than a rushed add-on before someone else’s foil check), and it costs you nothing if you move forward. If you don’t move forward, you’ve paid for exactly what you got: an honest expert plan you can take anywhere.
Consultation fee: $50
Who Books This
- Women staring down the cover-it-or-grow-it-out decision and tired of every friend, sister, and internet stranger voting on it.
- Long-time box-dye users who want out of the buildup but are afraid of what's under there.
- Anyone mid-transition with a skunk stripe situation and a stylist who "never agreed" to help soften it.
- Women who haven't been in a salon chair in five years and want to skip the judgment they're braced for. (There isn't any. House policy.)
- Anyone who just wants a real answer to "what would this cost me, honestly, per year?"
FAQ
No, and the structure proves it. You pay for the time, the fee credits toward a service if you book one, and the plan is yours either way. Kasey has no incentive to steer you toward the expensive option, and she’ll tell you plainly if what you’re already doing is working.
Nothing. Undecided is the normal state at booking. Most women arrive torn between two paths and leave clear. That’s the whole point.
Sometimes, if the plan is simple and the schedule allows. But don’t count on it, and don’t rush it. Blends and corrections in particular are better booked properly after the plan is set.
Photos of hair you love, a rough sense of what you spend on color now (home or salon), and your actual questions. If you’ve been coloring at home, knowing which brand and shade helps.
Of course. The consultation works the same for balayage, a color change, or a correction. Gray is simply where the studio goes deepest.
Map your plan, cover, blend, or embrace, and know exactly what it costs before you book.
Hair by Kasey Erokhin. A private one-chair studio for color, cuts, and gray done your way.
Serving
Rancho Bernardo · Poway
4S Ranch · Sabre Springs
Visit
Sola Salon Studios, Suite 15
12004 Carmel Mountain Road
San Diego, CA 92128
(917) 374-4878
Free parking
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