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LGBTQ+ · East Cesar Chavez, Austin, TX
Hair for every kind of you.
A queer-owned salon in East Austin where pricing is by length and time, pronouns are on file, and everyone leaves feeling like the best version of themselves.
- 11years in East Austin
- 5artists
- 0gendered prices
Welcome home
Chosen family, chosen hair.
Kin started as a two-chair studio for friends who couldn't find a salon where they felt safe. Ten years later it's a full house of artists — and the same promise.
Buzz cuts, gender-affirming cuts, wild color, soft color, curls, coils — you name it, we'll celebrate it.
— Rio Alvarez (they/them), founder
Signature services
What we're known for
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Gender-affirming transformation cut
Extra time, extra care, no rush.
$110
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Vivid color
$170+The work
Fresh from the chair
The team
Your people
Rio Alvarez
Founder · creative director
Sam Okafor
Color artist
Jules Martin
Barber & stylist
Wren Callahan
Stylist
Sample client reviews
Kind words from the chair
Placeholder reviews for this design — your real Google reviews appear here.
The first salon where nobody misgendered me. Not once. I cried a little.
Sam took me from box-dye disaster to the purple of my dreams — hair still healthy.
Priced by length, not gender. Why is that so rare? Love this place.
Best fade in East Austin, and the vibe is pure joy.
Brought my teenager for their first big chop — they walked out beaming.
- 11years in East Austin
- 5artists
- 0gendered prices
- 2chairs we started with
The shop
Take the salon home
Online store teaser — products shown are samples.
Kin Color-Safe Shampoo
$28
Rainbow Bond Mask
$34
Matte Paste
$24
Recognition · sample
- Readers’ Choice · Best in the City
- Style Weekly · Hot List
- Metro Living · Top Studios
- The Local Edit · Featured
- City Magazine · Best Of
- Salon Artisans Guild · Member
Visit
East Cesar Chavez, Austin
- 1712 E Cesar Chavez Street
Austin, TX
Street parking and bike racks out front - (512) 555-0138
- Text us
- [email protected]
- @kin.salon
Hours
- Tue – Fri10a – 8p
- Saturday9a – 6p
- Sunday11a – 4p
- MondayClosed
Come as you are. Leave glowing.
Call, text or book online — we'll take it from there.