Alchemy Studio
Hair salon in Oakland, CA
Three working stylists, Alyssa Wade, Sonia Luque and Margaret Alper, started the salon once a studio space became free. The founders say that a healthy workplace contributes to the wellbeing of the wider community.
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Three working stylists, Alyssa Wade, Sonia Luque and Margaret Alper, started the salon once a studio space became free. The founders say that a healthy workplace contributes to the wellbeing of the wider community.
Haircuts and trims are customized by each stylist and include a professional blow dry and style. Balayage is offered as full, partial or mini treatments, and hair painting and highlighting come in full, partial, mini and face-framing versions. Prices vary by stylist, and a full price list is available on the salon's website.
Hair extensions are offered as sew-in wefts, K-tips and tape-ins, and several stylists work with them. Keratin treatments reduce frizz, curl and flyaways and leave hair smoother. They are not straightening treatments, though they relax some of the curl.
Clients can book online or contact a stylist directly by email or phone. The salon carries L'Oreal color and haircare, along with the R+Co haircare line, which the salon describes as award-winning and which is vegan, cruelty-free, gluten-free, free of parabens and sulfates, and sustainably packaged.
Services are shaped around each client and each stylist, with consultations used to match the method to the hair goal. The salon places weight on a healthy workplace as part of community wellness.
Services
Final prices may vary.
Color services such as balayage, highlighting, hair painting and haircolor, plus haircuts and trims with a blow dry and style, blowouts, hair extensions and keratin treatments.
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Balayage Price at booking
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Blowouts Price at booking
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Haircolor Price at booking
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Haircuts and Trims Price at booking
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Haircuts + Trims Price at booking
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Hair Extensions Price at booking
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Hair Painting Price at booking
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Highlighting Price at booking
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Keratin Treatments Price at booking
Photos
Meet the team
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Alex Orcutt
Stylist
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Alyssa Wade
Co-Founder
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Angel McCoy
Senior Stylist
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Heather Jassem
Senior Stylist
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Izzy Marsilio
Junior Stylist
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Madalynn Hoskins
Stylist
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Margaret Alper
Co-Founder
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Sonia Luque
Stylist
Team members listed on their website. Individual roles, credentials, and current employment have not been independently verified.alchemystudiooakl… (opens in a new tab)
- Highlights
- Lived-in blondes and balayage in full, partial and mini applications
- Sew-in weft, K-tip and tape-in extensions
- Keratin treatments that reduce frizz and flyaways while keeping some curl
- Haircolor products free of ammonia, PPD, resorcinol, formaldehyde and parabens
- R+Co haircare, which the salon calls award-winning
- Online booking or direct contact with a stylist
- Good for
- Lived-in blondes
- Balayage
- Hair extensions
- Clients wanting a major transformation
- All hair types and genders
- Clients who want a consultation before choosing a method
- Treats
- Frizz
- Flyaways
- Corrective color
- Bold color
- Complete hair transformations
- Techniques
- Balayage
- Highlighting
- Hair painting
- Face-framing color
- Sew-in wefts
- K-tip extensions
- Tape-in extensions
- Hand-tied wefts
- Keratin treatments
- Blowouts
Products & treatments
- L'Oreal
- R+Co
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