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Cover-story red
All-over red formulated to your undertone and the light you live in.
$195Vol. 14 · Kansas CityThe Spring Issue
The red issue · Crossroads, Kansas City
This season's cover: red.
Cherry, copper, garnet and the rare true auburn. A color house in a former print shop where every shade gets the cover-story treatment.
Signature services
What we're known for
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Copper glow
Warm copper built in layers so it fades to gold, not orange.
$175
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Copper balayage
Hand-painted copper ribbons through brunette hair.
$245Letter from the editor
Red is the hardest color to get right.
It fades first, stains everything and never looks the same in two lights. That's exactly why Ruby Kincaid built a whole color house around it, in a 1920s print shop on Baltimore Avenue where the presses used to run red ink.
Our six colorists specialise in warm tones: copper that glows, cherry that stays, auburn that reads natural. We keep a printed swatch book of every formula, because a good red deserves an archive.
— Ruby Kincaid, editor-in-chief & founder
Recognition · sample
- KC Magazine · Best Color Salon 2025
- The Pitch · Best of Kansas City
- Crossroads Community Association · Member
- Salon Craft Journal · Redhead Report
- Midwest Beauty Awards · Colorist of the Year Finalist
The work
The archive
Sample client reviews
Letters to the editor
Placeholder reviews for this design — your real Google reviews appear here.
Ruby's auburn is the first red I've had that looks natural in daylight and dramatic at night.
I fade fast. The gloss reprints every six weeks keep me on the front page.
Marisa's copper balayage got me stopped twice on the way to my car.
Tobias took my curls to cherry red without losing a single ringlet.
They showed me the swatch book with my formula in it. That's when I knew I'd never go anywhere else.
- 12years in the Crossroads
- 6colorists
- 340red formulas archived
- 4.9average rating
The team
The masthead
Ruby Kincaid
Founder · Editor-in-chief
Marisa Delgado
Senior colorist
Tobias Grant
Vivid colorist
Hannah Cole
Colorist
The shop
Take the salon home
Online store teaser — products shown are samples.
Red Ink Depositing Conditioner
$34
Copper Glaze
$32
Color-Lock Mask
$38
Shine Press Serum
$36
Visit
Find us in Crossroads Arts District
- 1824 Baltimore Avenue
Kansas City, MO
Free parking on Baltimore after 6p; garage on 19th Street during the day - (816) 555-0131
- Text us
- [email protected]
- @vermilionquarterly
Hours
- Tue – Thu10a – 8p
- Fri – Sat9a – 6p
- Sun – MonClosed
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