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Pure Alchemy Salon
Pure Alchemy Salon

Pure Alchemy Salon

Hair salon in Seattle, WA

Rated 4.9 out of 5 (204 on Google Maps) (opens in a new tab)

Pure Alchemy has been a salon in the Columbia City neighborhood for about 20 years. Colleen Owsley became the owner in 2024. The salon describes itself as a luxury boutique hair salon and says it is South Seattle's most trusted salon, and it reports more than 100 five-star Google reviews. The team says its stylists have more than 25 years of combined experience.

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Pure Alchemy has been a salon in the Columbia City neighborhood for about 20 years. Colleen Owsley became the owner in 2024. The salon describes itself as a luxury boutique hair salon and says it is South Seattle's most trusted salon, and it reports more than 100 five-star Google reviews. The team says its stylists have more than 25 years of combined experience.

Visits are by appointment only, booked through the salon's Vagaro page, and the salon is open seven days a week. Clients are greeted on arrival and offered a beverage of their choice. The salon encourages a free complimentary consultation before major color changes, vivid colors, extensions, or corrective work, and offers a free 15-minute consultation. Smoothing treatments include a free consultation that gives a personalized price estimate.

The menu is grouped into color and haircut combinations, color and highlights, haircuts and styling, styling, and treatments. Color prices are listed as starting points, with foils and balayage rising with density and the number of foils, and all-over color possibly carrying an extra charge for length and density. Vivid color lightens the hair first, then applies a shade ranging from pastels to neon. Treatments include a K-18 add-on to existing color, a detoxifying scalp treatment, and Cezanne keratin smoothing, where results are said to last several months.

The salon asks for at least 24 hours' notice to cancel or reschedule, and late cancellations or no-shows may be subject to a fee. Clients can call or text (206) 723-6064. Pure Alchemy sells R+Co products online and in the salon, and recommends checking in before visiting in person to confirm what is available.

The salon encourages a consultation before major or semi-permanent color changes, since vivid, pastel, and fashion shades fade over time and need recommended home care and professional products to last.

A landmarked historic home in Columbia City, where clients are welcomed with a drink of their choice.

Specials & promotions

  • Complimentary hair consultation

    On their website as of Oct 29, 2026 · Where we saw it

Services

Final prices may vary.

Color retouch, all-over color, foil, and balayage paired with a haircut, priced as bundles.

  • Color Retouch and Haircut $245
  • All Over Color and Haircut $260
  • Partial-Full Foil and Haircut $275
  • Partial-Full Balayage and Haircut $285

Root retouch, all-over color application, partial and full foil and balayage, and vivid color.

  • Color Retouch $140
  • All over Color Application $160
  • Partial-Full Foil $185
  • Partial-Full Balayage $195
  • Vivid Hair Color $410

A consultation to talk through a color or smoothing plan before booking the service.

  • Consultation Price at booking

Men's haircuts, haircut with styling, and related styling services.

  • Gentlemen's haircut $65
  • Haircut + Style $90
  • Styling - Wash and Blowout $85
  • Event Styling $135

Add-on and standalone treatments, including K-18, scalp treatment, and Cezanne keratin smoothing.

  • K-18 Treatment Add-On $65
  • Scalp Treatment $135
  • Keratin Smoothing Treatment (Cezanne) $350
  • Keratin Smoothing Treatment (Consultation Required) $350+
  • Smoothing Treatment Consultation Price at booking

Photos

  • Profile of a woman with a bob haircut in front of a floral mural
  • Long straight hair with a smoothing treatment and soft balayage, side view
  • Long hair with dimensional balayage color and a cut, back view
  • Shoulder-length brown wavy hair with a cut, back view in the salon
  • Long dark brown wavy hair with color, back view against a botanical mural
  • Shoulder-length copper-red layered haircut, side profile
  • Back view of hair set on colorful rollers in the salon chair
  • Long straight brown hair with highlights, back view in front of a floral mural
  • Salon front porch with blue siding and Pure Alchemy sign
  • Three women seated on the salon porch beside a sandwich board sign
  • Side profile of long blonde hair with highlights and straight layers
  • Stylists working on clients in the salon with wood floors and pendant lighting

Meet the team

Team members listed on their website. Individual roles, credentials, and current employment have not been independently verified.purealchemysalon.com (opens in a new tab)

Highlights
  • Historic landmarked home in the Columbia City neighborhood
  • Greeting and a beverage of the client's choice on arrival
  • Free complimentary consultation before major color or vivid color services
  • Vivid color service that lightens first, then applies shades from pastel to neon
  • Cezanne keratin smoothing treatment with a required consultation
  • R+Co products, which the salon says are formulated without harsh chemicals, parabens, or sulfates
Good for
  • Major color changes
  • Vivid and pastel color
  • Gray coverage and root touch-ups
  • Color corrections
  • Keratin smoothing
  • Event styling before an occasion
  • Clients who want a consultation first
Treats
  • Gray coverage
  • Root touch-ups
  • Color correction
  • Smoothing and manageability
  • Scalp cleansing
Techniques
  • Balayage
  • Foil highlighting
  • Vivid color
  • Color retouch
  • Lightening before toning
  • Cezanne keratin smoothing
  • K-18 add-on
  • Detoxifying scalp treatment
  • Shear over comb and clipper cuts
  • Hooded air dry and blow-dry finishing

Products & treatments

  • R+Co
  • Kevin Murphy
  • Leaf & Flower
  • K18
  • Davines

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