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Jackie Sowards

Jackie Sowards

Studio in Chicago, IL

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Jackie Sowards is a Chicago hair business based at Salon Hex on West Hubbard Street. Services are by appointment only, booked by phone, text or email. The listed specialties are hair color and dry hair cutting. The site states more than 20 years of experience and work in Brooklyn, Chicago and Grand Rapids, along with freelance film and television hair work in Brooklyn. Training includes education at Headchop Studio in Brooklyn.

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About

Jackie Sowards is a Chicago hair business based at Salon Hex on West Hubbard Street. Services are by appointment only, booked by phone, text or email. The listed specialties are hair color and dry hair cutting. The site states more than 20 years of experience and work in Brooklyn, Chicago and Grand Rapids, along with freelance film and television hair work in Brooklyn. Training includes education at Headchop Studio in Brooklyn.

The site lists a range of credentials: Aveda Color Educator and In Salon Coach, Schwarzkopf and Wella Color Trainer, Davines Certification Educator, Brazilian Blowout certification and DevaCurl cutting certification. Membership in the Professional Beauty Association is listed, along with service as a NAHA awards judge and ongoing seasonal trend education with Chelsea Picktorn and Martha Ellen Mabry. Jackie also works as an independent consultant for stylists in the industry.

Every hair service begins with a personalized Davines shampoo, a conditioning treatment and a scalp massage, and finishes with a blowout or curl set under the dryer. Cutting and color are priced by the hour rather than by a fixed menu price, and the site states that prices are not based on age, sex or gender.

Event hair is a large part of the menu. Onsite and offsite bridal, bridesmaid, wedding party and flower girl services are offered, with event hair pricing based on time. Offsite bookings include a paid hotel stay and flight when needed. Special occasion blowouts, with or without hot tools, and a film and television day rate are also listed.

Jackie works by reading each client, listening closely and staying present in the appointment, blending cutting and color into one cohesive look.

Services

Final prices may vary.

Cuts for all hair types, including curly cuts, a transformation cut, split ends dusting and a separate option for new clients, with extra time added in half hour blocks.

  • Additional time per half hour $60
  • Split ends Dusting $70
  • The Cut $120
  • Curly Cut $150
  • New Client Cut $150
  • New Client Curly Cut $180
  • Transformation cut $200
  • Additional time $60/unit

A Reset, Renew and Revive treatment and a Brazilian Blowout smoothing treatment.

  • Reset/Renew/Revive Treatment $150
  • Brazilian Blowout Smoothing Treatment $310+

Bridal, bridesmaid, wedding party, flower girl and special occasion hair done at the client's chosen location, plus a film and TV day rate and added ornamentation or clip-in extensions.

  • Added Ornamentation $20
  • Clip in extensions $25
  • Flower girls $60+
  • Offsite Flower girls $60+
  • Offsite Special occasion blowout $100+
  • Special occasion blowout $100+
  • Offsite Special occasion blowout with hot tools $120+
  • Offsite Special occasion hair/bridesmaids $120+
  • Special occasion blowout with hot tools $120+
  • Special occasion hair/bridesmaids $120+
  • Offsite Wedding Party $150
  • Wedding Party $150
  • Bridal hair $180+
  • Offsite Bridal hair $180+
  • Bride including trial $300
  • Offsite Bride including trial $300
  • Film/TV Day Rate $1,000

Bridal, bridesmaid, flower girl and special occasion hair done at the salon.

  • Onsite Flower girls $40+
  • Onsite Special occasion blowout $80+
  • Onsite Special occasion blowout with hot tools $100+
  • Onsite Special occasion hair/bridesmaids $100+
  • Onsite Bridal hair $160+

A special event hair option listed without a stated price.

  • Special Event Hair Price at booking

Color services from touch ups and glosses to highlights, balayage, double process color and creative or vivid color.

  • Additional Color $20
  • Base Break $120
  • Gloss/Glaze/Tone $120
  • Touch up $120
  • Color correction $130
  • Single process $150+
  • Crystalizing Gloss & Glaze $180
  • Face frame highlight $180+
  • Touch up Bleach & Tone $300
  • Lived in highlight $350+
  • Creative/Vivid color $400+
  • Double process & Tone $400+
  • Balayage $450+

Blowouts with or without a thermal tool, and special occasion and bridal styling.

  • Best Blowout $120
  • Best Blowout w/Thermal tool $130
  • Special Occasion Style $150
  • Bridal Style $200+

Photos

  • Vivid pink, red and teal hair color result
  • Offsite event hair on a woman at a gathering
  • Bride's half-up curly hairstyle with a floral headpiece
  • Bride with an updo and couple at a wedding
  • Low side bun updo with sleek front sections
  • Short curled updo on a woman outdoors
  • Red-toned blunt bob with dark roots
  • Burgundy bangs with a flower crown and low updo
  • Collage of braided updo styles with flower pins
  • Bride's updo being finished with bridesmaid and mother at a venue
  • Bride looking in mirror, showing a flower-adorned updo in sepia
  • Outdoor wedding couple photos with bride's styled hair

Meet the team

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Highlights
  • Specializes in hair color and dry hair cutting
  • Each hair service includes a personalized Davines shampoo, conditioning treatment and scalp massage, followed by a blowout or curl set under the dryer
  • Brazilian Blowout smoothing treatment, which the site says can last up to 3 months
  • Onsite and offsite event hair for bridal parties, wedding parties and flower girls, with offsite travel covered when needed
  • Cutting and color priced hourly, and prices are not based on age, sex or gender
  • Lists a top 10 Chicago stylist mention from Refinery29
Good for
  • Color work
  • Dry hair cuts
  • Curly hair cuts
  • Brides and bridal parties
  • Flower girls
  • Special occasions
  • Film and TV days
  • Clients who book by appointment
Treats
  • Dry hair
  • Color correction
  • Curly cuts
  • Bridal hair
  • Special occasion styling
Techniques
  • Balayage
  • Double process and tone
  • Single process color
  • Lived-in highlights
  • Face frame highlights
  • Base break
  • Gloss, glaze and tone
  • Crystalizing gloss and glaze
  • Color correction
  • Curly cutting

Products & treatments

  • Davines
  • Redken Shades EQ
  • Reuzel

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