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Curl salon · Pearl District, San Antonio

Every curl, in perfect proportion.

Shape cuts measured to your face, honey-lit color and hydration rituals that make curls glow — from a six-artist curl salon at the Pearl.

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  • 1.618our favorite number
  • 6curl artists
  • 3,800curl cuts a year

The idea

Curls look best when the shape fits the face.

Elena studied architecture before she studied hair. She still thinks in proportions: where the volume should sit, how long the longest curl should fall, what the shape does to your cheekbones.

Every cut here starts with that conversation, and every color is painted to catch San Antonio’s golden-hour light.

— Elena Cavazos, founder

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Signature services

What we're known for

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The Golden Ratio cut

Face-mapping consult, dry sculpt, hydration wash and define.

$145
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Honey-lit curls

Golden, hand-painted ribbons that follow each spiral.

$230+
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Golden hydration ritual

Warm oil scalp massage, steam and honey-protein mask.

$60
  • 1.618our favorite number
  • 6curl artists
  • 3,800curl cuts a year
  • 4.9average rating

The team

The ratio team

Elena Cavazos, Founder · Curl Architect

Elena Cavazos

Founder · Curl Architect

Bianca Ortiz, Curl Colorist

Bianca Ortiz

Curl Colorist

Mateo Salinas, Curl Stylist

Mateo Salinas

Curl Stylist

Naomi Pierce, Texture Stylist

Naomi Pierce

Texture Stylist

Meet the team

Sample client reviews

Sample glowing reviews

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Elena measured my face like an architect and cut a shape that makes my cheekbones exist. I don’t know how else to say it.
Valeria R.The Golden Ratio cut
Honey-lit curls by Bianca. At sunset my hair is literally golden.
Andrea M.Honey-lit curls
Naomi talked me through my big chop and made it feel like a celebration.
Jasmine T.Big-chop session
Isabel did curly quinceañera hair for my daughter and eight damas. Every single curl held.
Lourdes G.Quinceañera styling
Mateo gave me curls I didn’t know I had. My barber had been buzzing them for 20 years.
Ricardo P.Men’s curls
The hydration ritual is the best 45 minutes in San Antonio.
Camila S.Golden hydration ritual
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Our story

From blueprints to ringlets

Elena spent four years in architecture school learning proportion, light and the golden ratio.

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Every face has its own proportions. We cut the curls to match them, so the volume sits where the light finds it and the shape holds for months.

The shop

Golden-hour essentials

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Golden Hour Curl Oil

$38

Honey Whip Defining Cream

$34

Amber Mist Refresher

$26

Silk Pillowcase (Gold)

$58

Ratio Diffuser Bowl

$45

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Recognition · sample

  • San Antonio Magazine · Best Curl Salon
  • Express-News · Readers’ Choice
  • The Curl Report · Top 50
  • Pearl Merchants · Featured
  • Lone Star Living · Style Pick
  • NaturallyCurly · Salon Spotlight

Visit

Visit us at the Pearl

Hours

  • Tue – Fri9a – 7p
  • Sat8a – 4p
  • Sun – MonClosed

We’re next to the Pearl farmers market — Saturday parking fills early.

Find your golden shape.

Call, text or book online — we'll take it from there.

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