Shear Karma
Hair salon in Carlsbad, CA
Shear Karma was founded in 2011 by Sharla Fagan and sits on Pio Pico Drive in Carlsbad, where hair services and holistic healing are offered side by side. The salon describes its purpose as creating good karma within clients and in the wider world, locally and globally, and its approach as a holistic take on beauty and balance centered on self care, relaxation and renewal.
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Shear Karma was founded in 2011 by Sharla Fagan and sits on Pio Pico Drive in Carlsbad, where hair services and holistic healing are offered side by side. The salon describes its purpose as creating good karma within clients and in the wider world, locally and globally, and its approach as a holistic take on beauty and balance centered on self care, relaxation and renewal.
The color menu includes face framing highlights from $80, partial foils or balayage from $160, full highlights with foils or balayage from $200, all-over color for $160 and regrowth coverage for gray or grow-out for $110, with extra charged for more than an inch of regrowth. Color prices vary with hair length and density. A haircut is $87 and includes a scalp and neck massage, a consultation and a blow-dry style of your choice, and a blowout is $57. A Curl Cult perm is $197 and a keratin treatment is $302, both varying with length and density. Tape-in hair extensions are priced individually and need a consultation before the first appointment.
Every service starts with a consultation and includes complimentary Karmic Rituals add-ons: custom-blended essential oils, soul stone healing and frequency healing with binaural beats. Scalp treatments range from Replenish and Rejuvenate at $25 with a service to Be Balanced at $127 and the Self Care Retreat at $197, which includes a facial. Intuitive massage is offered in 60, 75 and 90 minute sessions at $125, $145 and $175, and the longest one includes sound healing.
Holistic offerings include a 15 minute energy healing session for $25, a 75 minute Soul Rejuvenation session with chakra and aura clearing for $175, a four month one-on-one transformation program, Thursday guided meditation classes and small in-person gatherings. Encompass, a free full moon release, is held virtually on Zoom, and Synchronicity is a limited group gathering with a cacao ceremony for $15. The salon notes that its healing practitioners are not qualified to diagnose or treat physical medical issues. The salon also lists a space rental option and holistic healing events.
On sustainability, the salon holds California Green Business certification, recognized since April 2023, and is a Certified Green Circle Salon. A $2 eco fee on each service supports recycling and responsible disposal of salon waste, and through Green Circle Salons the salon says it recovers and repurposes up to 95% of its salon beauty waste.
A holistic approach to beauty and balance, centered on self care, relaxation and rejuvenation, with every service beginning in consultation.
The salon describes its setting as calm and welcoming, with a focus on relaxation.
Specials & promotions
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Complimentary holistic add-ons
On their website as of Oct 29, 2026 · Where we saw it
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Root Touch-Up Membership for $90/month
$90
1 Root Touch-Up Service per month and 10% off all retail products
On their website as of Oct 29, 2026 · Where we saw it
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Scalp Spa Membership for $85/month
$85
1 Be Balanced Scalp Spa Treatment with Blowout per month and 10% off all retail products
On their website as of Oct 29, 2026 · Where we saw it
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4-Month Soul Rejuvenation Package
Month 1 includes 2x weekly private healing sessions; months 2 to 4 include weekly deep healing sessions
On their website as of Oct 29, 2026 · Where we saw it
Services
Final prices may vary.
Color services cover regrowth coverage, all-over color, face framing highlights, partial foils or balayage, and full highlights, with pricing that varies by hair length and density.
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Brighten Your Aura - Face Framing Highlights $80+
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Rooting Your Inner Self $110
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Power Your Personality $160
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True Enlightenment - Partial Foils or Balayage $160+
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High Vibration - Full Highlights with Foils or Balayage $200+
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Face Framing Highlights Price at booking
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Full Highlights with Foils or Balayage Price at booking
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Partial Foils or Balayage Price at booking
Hairstyle services include haircuts in short and long lengths, blowouts, a Curl Cult perm, a keratin treatment and tape-in hair extensions.
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Blowout $57
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Haircut $87
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Curl Cult Perm $197
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Keratin Treatment $302
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Hair Extensions Price at booking
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Long Length Haircut Price at booking
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Short Length Haircut Price at booking
Scalp and hair treatments range from a quick Replenish and Rejuvenate to Be Balanced and the longer Self Care Retreat, which includes scalp analysis, a facial and a light blow-dry.
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Replenish & Rejuvenate $25
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Be Balanced $127
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Self Care Retreat $197
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Replenish and Rejuvenate Price at booking
Meditation offerings include a free virtual full moon release, a small group Synchronicity gathering with a cacao ceremony, and a Balance meditation package.
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Encompass Free
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Synchronicity $15
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Balance $55
Monthly memberships cover one root touch-up or one Be Balanced scalp spa treatment with blowout, or a monthly Reiki-infused massage, with 10% off retail products on the hair memberships.
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Scalp Spa Membership $85
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Root Touch-Up Membership $90
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Intuitive Massage Membership $95
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4-Month Soul Rejuvenation Package Price at booking
Photos
Meet the team
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April Kisselburg
Stylist
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Chrystal Higgins
Massage Therapist and Reiki Master Teacher
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Sharla Fagan
Owner/Founder, Soul Healer
Team members listed on their website. Individual roles, credentials, and current employment have not been independently verified.shearkarma.com (opens in a new tab)
- Highlights
- Exclusive Innersense Organic Beauty salon offering Innersense haircare and the Innersense Color Purity line
- Complimentary Karmic Rituals add-ons with each service, including custom essential oils and soul stones
- Keratin treatment by Cezanne, formaldehyde-free, hypoallergenic, dermatologist tested and PETA certified
- Curl Cult perm made with a vegan formula containing pea protein
- Certified California Green Business and Certified Green Circle Salon; the salon describes itself as the first and only certified hair salon in North County San Diego
- Four month one-on-one Soul Rejuvenation program with direct support from the founder
- Good for
- Color and highlights
- Gray coverage or grow-out between appointments
- Clients who want a consultation before any service
- Relaxation-focused visits
- Guided meditation and energy healing
- Clients who prefer non-toxic, vegan products
- Treats
- Hair color
- Regrowth
- Haircuts
- Scalp care
- Stress and relaxation
- Self-growth and inner balance
- Techniques
- Balayage
- Foil highlights
- Face framing highlights
- All-over color
- Keratin treatment
- Perm
- Tape-in extensions
- Scalp analysis
- Shampoo massage
- Intuitive massage
Products & treatments
- Innersense Organic Beauty
- Innersense Color Purity
- Cezanne Keratin Treatment
- Custom-blended essential oils
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