Queer-owned salon · Oil Center, Lafayette

Pretty in pink. Loud about it.

A pink-walled, queer-owned salon for curls, cuts and every shade from blush to hot fuchsia. Everyone is welcome and the playlist is always good.

Pink-haired stylist in gloves shaping a client's big curls against a bubblegum-pink wall

Hiya, sugar

We painted the walls pink so you'd feel at home.

Bea opened Pastel Punk after years of being the only out stylist in salons across Acadiana. She wanted a place where a nonbinary teenager, a retired schoolteacher and a drag queen could all book Saturday morning and feel equally fussed over.

Nine years later we're five stylists, one very pink room and a reputation for curly cuts and pinks that stay pink. Pricing is by hair length and time, never by gender. And yes, there's always king cake in season.

— Bea Thibodeaux (she/they), owner

Glossy hot-pink lob seen from behind against a pale pink wall

Sample client reviews

Love notes

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My pink lasted two months. Bea gave me a gloss card and a cold-rinse routine, and it actually works.
Caitlin R.Bubblegum all over
Dom cut my curls dry, colored them pink by hand and showed me how to diffuse. I cried happy tears in the chair.
Nia J.Pink curls
As a trans guy in south Louisiana, finding Pastel Punk felt like finding family. Josie gave me the cut I'd been picturing for years.
Remy B.Affirming cut
I'm 67 and wanted a soft pink for my retirement party. They treated me like a celebrity.
Darlene H.Blush wash
Glitter roots for Mardi Gras is now a family tradition. My kids book it before I do.
Tracy L.Glitter roots
Marcus does the cleanest fade in Lafayette, and you get a pink lollipop on the way out.
Andre M.Short cut

Signature services

What we're known for

Man with vibrant pink hair and a flower against pink
01

Curly cut

Cut dry, curl by curl, then diffused.

$90
Tattooed client with pink hair against a pink backdrop
02

Blush wash

Soft rosé over light blonde.

$85
Pink hair and a pink macaron
03

Pink curls

Pink on curls and coils, applied by hand.

$190+
  • 9years in the Oil Center
  • 5stylists, all pink at heart
  • 4.9average rating
  • 600+pinks mixed a year

The team

Your stylists

Bea Thibodeaux, Owner · Color

Bea Thibodeaux

Owner · Color

Dominique Babin, Curl specialist

Dominique Babin

Curl specialist

Josie Arceneaux, Senior stylist

Josie Arceneaux

Senior stylist

Marcus Lee, Barber

Marcus Lee

Barber

Meet the team

The shop

Take the salon home

Online store teaser — products shown are samples.

Pastel Pink Depositing Mask

$28

Cold Rinse Curl Cream

$24

Glitter Root Gel

$16

Pink-Safe Shampoo

$22

Shop in the studio

Man with vibrant pink hair and a flower against pink

Our story

From one pink chair to five

In 2017 Bea rented a single chair, painted her station pink and put a pride sticker on the mirror. Her book filled in three months.

Read our story

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

Come by the Oil Center

Hours

  • Tue – Thu10a – 7p
  • Fri10a – 8p
  • Sat9a – 5p
  • Sun – MonClosed

Friday nights are for color and cocktails (mocktails too). Sunday and Monday we rest.

Come as you are. Leave pinker.

Book online, call, or DM us a photo. We answer between clients and always by the end of the day.