Hometown: Raleigh, NC

Interesting fact: I was in a tornado when I was little and Kristina Weeks (another SCS employee) is my cousin

Something you may not want to know: I love Britney Spears no matter how uncool it may be

Favorite Bumble & bumble products: I think Tonic is amazing and everyone should own it! I use Brilliantine on 95% of my clients and I love the new Curl Conscious line…the whole line!

Hair muse: Blake Lively, Leighton Meester, Bridgitte Bardot, Jackie O., Julie Christie, Lauren Conrad, Whitney Port…this list could go on forever

Hair heroes: Jimmy Paul, Laurent Phillipon, Howard and Raymond McLaren, Michael Gordon, Annie Humphrey and my bosses

What inspires you: My family, Music, Art, Movies, My friends, laughter, history, thunderstorms, fashion, when my best friend Katie snaps while dancing, curly hair, my nephew Wyatt and my pet pigs Myrtle, Gertrude and Maybelle.

What gave you the desire to coif: I love getting to know people and helping them feel as fabulous as they really are!

Favorite bad hair moment: In hair school I let someone who was just as inexperienced as me cut all of my hair off. Ps my hair is curly and I looked like little orphan annie. Pps it was winter and I was pale and I looked like a chubby boy! Ppps the sun did not come out tomorrow!

Favorite hair era: I love fingerwaves from the 20’s, beehives and teased hair from the 50’s and early 60’s and I love the Marie Antoinette phase of extremely decadent wigs!

Best cut & color ever: RIGHT NOW! I just cut all my long beautiful hair off into a choppy bob with golden blonde highlights and I am in LOVE!

Prized possession: My photos, magenta cukoo clock, MAC lip conditioner with spf, my books

All time favorites:

Music: There literally isn’t anything that I wouldn’t try. I love to sing so anything that is fun…I love everything from pop to classic rock to rap to show tunes to international.
Movies: Clueless, Super Bad, Royal Tenenbaums, Kill Bill vols. 1 & 2, Princess Bride, You’ve Got Mail
Books: White Oleander, Lovely Bones, Bergdorf Blondes, Wizard of Oz
TV show: Mad Men, Gossip Girl, Saturday Night Live, The Hills, Grey’s Anatomy
Quote: “ It takes a lot of money to look this cheap” – Dolly Parton