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KRISTEN IS CURRENTLY NOT ACCEPTING CLIENTS.
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HISTORY & EDUCATION
A native of Volusia County, Kristen has been the owner of Idéologie since 2007. A hairstylists since 2002 – Daytona State College. Licensed as a nail specialist in 2000 and esthetician in 2001 – Cindy Lee’s Facial and Nail Institute. As an early graduate of high school, she began her education in this field at the age of 16.
BACKGROUND
While attending classes at Daytona State in cosmetology she began her career as a nail technician at Shannon’s Salon (now know as Idéologie), and The Day Spa At Pelican Bay simultaneously. Soon after her cosmetology training was complete she made the seamless transition into an exclusive position as a hairstylist. Things evolved quickly and five years later she purchased Shannon’s Salon at the age of 21. Her goal was to create an open, peaceful environment that all clients and stylists were comfortable in and felt safe. Established in 1993 Idéologie has been in the same location since its inception. The journey of creating her vision of the idle salon has been a product of desire, and accelerated by a tremendous team of powerful talent.
PERSONAL INTERESTS
Dance is Kristen’s first passion. “I learned to dance before I can remember learning anything else, ballet is part of my physiology. It’s where I find myself.” At three years old she began her love affair with classical ballet – The Volusia Academy Of Ballet with master Nobuko Walls. She has trained in a variety of styles: ballroom and latin dance – The Lawrence Dance Studio with Jerry Lawrence. “These fabulous teachers gave me structure and challenged me. They made me feel powerful in my body and cultivated a creative mind.” In recent years sailing has become a wonderful part of her life that brings so much enjoyment and compliments her love of travel. Her desire to explore and learn.
Kristen truly loves learning about people and can credit her clients as those who have given her an education and insight to living life well. One thing she carries with her is the lesson of thankfulness; and what a gift that can be to many.
⦿ Books
⦿ Ballet
⦿ Cute cats and dogs
⦿ Spicy food
⦿ Floating in beautiful water
⦿ Sailboats
⦿ Laughter
⦿ Tim
⦿ & Thankfulness
Kristen’s goal is for each person, client, stylist and friend, to feel completely comfortable and important. To listen to each person as though they are the only person she will see all day, to understand them and their needs. She wants all clients of Idéologie Salon to have confidence in the salon, their stylist and their look. To feel truly thrilled with all aspects of the experience. Truly satisfied. It is not only listening, but putting forth all effort and experience into producing what you desire, even if you cannot put that into exact words. “There are days that your stylist may be the only person to ask how your day was or to make simple/basic human contact. The freedom to transform and create is what drew me into this field. Making a real connection with someone is the good stuff. The real beauty. I don’t see it as a hair business, I know that this is a personal experience. It has significant meaning.”
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“When you go out into the woods, and you look at trees, you see all these different trees. And some of them are bent…you sort of understand that it didn’t get enough light, and so it turned that way. And you don’t get all emotional about it. You just allow it.
The minute you get near humans, you lose all that. And you are constantly saying ‘You are too this, or I’m too this That judgment mind comes in. And so I practice turning people into trees. Which means appreciating them just the way they are.”
– Ram Dass.