Emerald bob

Our people

Meet the team

Specialists who keep learning, and who genuinely love what they do.

The team

The painters

Noemi Castañeda, Founder · Color director

Noemi Castañeda

Founder · Color director

Noemi trained as a painter and still sketches every full-spectrum service before she mixes a drop. She leads the oil-slicks and corrections.

  • Full spectrum
  • Oil-slick
  • Corrections
Dev Patel, Senior colorist

Dev Patel

Senior colorist

Dev is our split-dye and neon-roots specialist, precise to the millimetre.

  • Split dye
  • Neon roots
  • Platinum
Rae Johnson, Curl & color

Rae Johnson

Curl & color

Rae puts rainbows on curls and coils by hand, then cuts them dry so every color shows.

  • Curly color
  • Curl cuts
  • Pastels
Tomoko Sato, Colorist

Tomoko Sato

Colorist

Tomoko does pastel washes and sunset melts, and runs our Thursday aftercare clinic.

  • Pastels
  • Sunset melt
  • Aftercare
Jesse Ward, Cutter

Jesse Ward

Cutter

Jesse cuts the pixies, undercuts and shags that make a vivid color look intentional.

  • Pixies
  • Undercuts
  • Shags
Paz Moreno, Festival lead

Paz Moreno

Festival lead

Paz runs our on-the-road crew: festival braids, gems and stage wigs for every big weekend in Central Texas.

  • Festival braids
  • Glitter roots
  • Wig color

Sample client reviews

Fan mail

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Noemi literally sketched my rainbow on paper before she started. It looks like a painting and grew out like a dream.
Laila F.Full spectrum
Dev's split dye is perfectly straight down the middle, even on my curls. I have no idea how.
Sasha B.Split dye
Paz's crew did glitter roots and braids for twelve of us before a festival. We were the best-looking group there.
Kenzie W.Crew glam
Oil-slick on black hair, no damage and it shimmers like a beetle wing. My favourite thing I've ever done to my hair.
Imani D.Oil-slick
Tomoko's pastel wash was the softest lavender. She also gave me a care routine that actually works.
Grace H.Pastel wash
We booked the loft for my daughter's sixteenth. Temporary streaks for everyone and nobody wanted to leave.
Monica R.Private loft party

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