Nicole Brunz Hunt

Nicole Brunz Hunt is an owner and founder of RUUT Salon, where she works as a Master Stylist. She has been a professional since 2003 and has worked as a Runway Hair Dresser since 2013. She also serves as a Salon Educator.

She has worked New York Fashion Week shows since 2014, with designers including Nicole Miller, Donna Karan, Tibi and Billy Reid. Her 2015 editorial hair work for Like a Lion and Peluquerias Hairstyles International was shot in New York, and she was listed for LA Fashion Week in 2013 with Pearson Knight as lead hair dresser. Her work has been featured by Like a Lion Magazine, Styles Weekly, Pop Haircuts and other publications.

She is a graduate of the Aveda Institute in Minneapolis and attended Aveda Business College in Atlanta in 2006. She is certified in advanced haircutting through the Aveda Advanced Academy, earned in 2009. She has studied advanced work with Antoinette Beenders, Allen Ruiz, Jeffrey Scott and Pearson Knight, and has attended the Aveda Congress from 2005 to 2018, the Serious Business Conference in 2017, and the Inspiring Champions Conference in 2015.