Emerson Salon – Capitol Hill Seattle

Get To Know D’Arcy

• Favorite Movies – I love horror and zombie movies. Some of my favorites are from the 70′s and early 80′s. To name them: Suspiria by Dario Argento, The Fog the original directed by John Carpenter, Dawn of the Dead (original and remake by George A. Romero), Resident Evil, House of a Thousand Corpses by Rob Zombie, Amityville Horror the original, and Looker with Albert Finney and Susan Dey.
• Favorite Music – Bjork, Tori Amos, Madonna, B-52′s, the Verve, the early Beatles, the Sundays, Cher, Beyonce, Bat for Lashes, M.I.A., Britney, Christina Aguilera, Pink, Leona Lewis, Johnny Cash, Banjo /Bluegrass, Beastie Boys, Glorious Melle Mel and the Furious Five, Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Janet Jackson,Kelly Clarkson, Wicked, Little Shop of Horrors, Garbage, Pat Benatar, Bob Marley’s “Catch a Fire” album, Foxy Brown, Blondie, Gwen Stefani, Tegan & Sara
• Favorite Restaurant – I love Piecora’s pizza. It is casual and simple. No snobs here. I used to live next door and no pizza in town compares.
• Where you can find me on a Friday night – Right now I am doing hair until 8pm! And then I would either head home, snuggle in with watching the Ghost Whisperer, dinner warming in the oven with my cat Sassy meowing for her kibble,…. OR! headed over to friends’ house up on Capitol Hill for a snack, a drink and maybe some Wii. Very exciting!
• What I love most about being a stylist – I love doing hair because I think connections with people are very important for the soul and every time I make someone feel good after being in my chair I feel a little lift. Whether my clients need a haircut or a genune listening ear they know they can count on me for both. My dream is to build a rapport with my clients that is unique, because I truly absorb their wishes, ideas, concerns and needs. My technical skills are based in precision so I have the ability to translate my clients’ consultation into an attractive and practical cut designed just for them and their features. I have an opportunity to be creative and methodical in my job and executing a well planned hair service is highly satsfying to me. I think humor is important, bringing a little levity to the sometimes serious or stressful experience getting a haircut/hair color. Bottom line: I love it when a client trusts in me and leaves with a big smile on his or her face.
• Favorite Hairstyle – I love natural blonds with sun kissed ends where there hair is in brushed out waves with high shine, parted in the middle, and maybe some editorial like punk hair color pieces spewing out of the crown. Think Vogue haute couture spread. I love anything that contrasts conservative with “out there”.
• Favorite Hair Product – Easy Rider Kevin Murphy: Controls frizz/flyaways, give control to a blow out, good when flat ironing blunt bangs. It also works wonders for men’s curly/gray hair for style control.
• Favorite Coffeeshop – I’ve been known to hit up Cafe Press on 12th or Bauhaus on Pine. I love the cozy decors.

D’Arcy’s Bio

D’Arcy Harrison became a Seattle transplant from the Rhode Island area over eight years ago. Originally she arrived for fringe theatre, but for more than five years she has been living and working as a hairstylist. Her experience includes having worked at SEVEN Salon, Harper’s Hair Studio and Headlines Salon.

She specializes in individual consultation, precision cutting, texturizing/thinning, foiling/highlights, and formal updos.

D’Arcy’s philosophy of hair includes the belief that form must be in harmony with function and therefore, must be in line with the clients’ needs and wishes. “I love doing hair and talking with people. It brings me joy to make people feel good about their hair.” D’Arcy looks forward to sassing you up soon!

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