A passion for chemistry and mathematics led Master Colorist, Jenna Rabideau to a 16-year career that combines her artistic edge and intellect. She began her studies at Ogle Beauty School, worked as the assistant to the North American Director of Hair color at Toni&Guy, and trained under The Doves who are now the creative directors of Wella International. Her expertise complimented by determination and business knowledge inspired this "creative genius" to open the doors of Halo Salon & Color Lab in 2007. Since Halo's inception, the salon has been named one of the Top 200 Salons in North America by Salon Today and a Top 100 Salon in the US by Be! Beauty Entertainment Magazine. In addition to her Master Colorist status, Jenna is also a noted editorial stylist and beauty expert. Jenna has collaborated with many designers to produce successful fashion shows and has worked on celebrity clientele such as Thom Filicia and America's Next Top Model, Whitney Thompson. She has been featured in both local and national print and broadcast media including: We TV's My Fair Wedding and Get Married, Glamour, First for Women, Daily Candy, MSNBC, WebMD, Hollywood Hair, Be! Beauty Entertainment, CBS, CW 33, NBC, ABC and many more. Jenna was named "Top 40 Under 40" this year by Fort Worth Business Press. Little known fact about Jenna: In her entire career she has never once cut a client's hair!
Heather Amaya, Salon Manager
Heather Amaya joined the Halo Salon & Color Lab team in November 2011 and her extreme organizing and people skills make one deadly combo. Heather has attended Tarrant County College working toward her Bachelor Degree in business. She previously has been a manager for high-end companies for over four years and started her own photography business in 2011 called Heather Renae Photography. "My style is edgy, young, and fresh," she says. "I love being part of the Halo team because everyone there is just like me!" Heather has worked with non-profits such as Boys and Girls Club of Collin County, The Autism Treatment Center, Boys & Girls Club of Arlington, Alzheimer's Assoc, and Henry House Foundation. She previously worked for a photography company where she handled all clients that were featured in the Fort Worth Business Press, including Mayor Betsy Price, Chief of the Fire Dept Homer Robertson, Oil and Gas Company Owners, Bill Harvey, and many board members with the Ft. Worth Stock Show Syndicate. "With my business background and starting my own photography company, I try to be the true backbone of the company." When Heather isn't working, she's engulfed in anything fashion, creative, and edgy.Erik St Don - Master Stylist, Editorial Stylist, Extensionist
Precision, perfection and contemporary classic best describes Erik St. Don's signature style. As an industry Veteran, with over 20 years experience in Dallas-Fort Worth's finest salons, Erik has created a loyal following as a Master Stylist and Extensionist. Erik is known for his friendly nature, meticulous attention to detail and a fashion forward edge. Erik's style influence is drawn from many avenues including art, architecture, multimedia and street culture. Erik stays in-tune with fresh trends as he is a well known DJ by night. Erik's Celebrity influences run the gamut from the polished look of Michael Caine mixed to the edginess of Brad Pitt. Erik was brought on in 2007 as Halo Salon & Color Lab's Creative Director where he is responsible for the overall creative vision and training programs for the salon. He has styled countless fashion shows and his Celebrity clientele includes the alternative rock band Muse. He's also been featured in many media outlets including: ABC, CW 33, Good Morning Texas, MSNBC, Be! Beauty Entertainment Magazine, Fort Worth, Texas Magazine and BehindtheChair.com. Erik says, "I love to focus my ideas on the big picture and to have a hand in everything, but I've very openminded and love to learn new techniques."Tim Newberry - Master Stylist, Men's Haircutting Expert
Known as the "Edward Scissorhands of Hair", Tim Newberry's tenure at Halo Salon & ColorLab begins from opening day in 2007 because of his passion for working with Jenna Rabideau. This 25 year industry veteran, Tim has spent the vast majority of his career with Toni&Guy where he met Jenna. He was awarded 17 "Employee of the Month" plaques from Toni&Guy in his career history. Worked directly under Guy Mascolo at the Toni&Guy Academy. Tim is also a graduate of Aladdin Beauty College in 1986. Tim styled Thom Filicia's hair for some television appearances for his local book tour. Tim was recognized for "Best Men's Haircut" by Fort Worth Weekly in 2009. His passion is to take old haircuts and put a new spin on them, modernizing the classics. His specialty is texturizing and detail cut precision, and creating new techniques like using scissors as two razors. His speciality ranges from men's haircuts, women's, dry cuts, children, and luxurious head massages! When a client sits down in his hair, he creates a style and cut that suits them taking into account their personality, career, facial structure, and their ability and time to style their own hair at home. He believes his business card is his haircut and his career has developed solely from referrals without handing out a single card. Clients often jam out to Led Zeppelin with him while sitting in his chair! He enjoys drawing, cutting things out of wood, shaping trees and shrubs, and working on his '62 Chevy pickup truck. His passion has always been fixing something that is broken and making it better than new! He enjoys spending time with his children and grandson. Tim says, "I love to make people feel good through their hair, like a psychological makeover!"Kari Shuler - High Definition Makeup Artist, Editorial Makeup Artist
Salon Director
Flawless, precise, classic and refined are just a few ways to describe Kari Shuler's extraordinary makeup application. Along with makeup for film, television, runway and theatre, Kari's speciality is high definition makeup for fashion editorial and bridal photography. She is also skilled in makeup for special effects. She has a natural and genuine talent of using a client's own features and assets to deliver a better version of themselves. With a great eye for color and contouring, Kari is not afraid to use color to enhance natural beauty. Kari is a graduate from Texas Christian University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Radio, Film & Television. To advance her skills in cosmetology, she attended Paul Mitchell The School - Dallas, formally called Cosmetology Career Center. High Definition Air Brushing training under LuAnn Mancini at Mancini Studio in Fort Worth. As a constant source for inspiration and education, she looks to books by Kevyn Aucoin for his makeup techniques. Media plays a huge roll in perfecting her craft as she draws her makeup influences from Lady GaGa, Ke$ha, and David Bowie. She has a natural creative vision and artistic style and has always styled her own makeup to experiment and perfect her technique. Kari's editorial work has been featured in American Salon, Be! Beauty Entertainment Magazine, Fort Worth, Texas Magazine, and PURE Magazine. Her television work includes We TV's My Fair Wedding with David Tutera, Good Morning Texas, The RC Project, and for newscasters on CW-33. Her celebrity clientele includes designer, Thom Filicia and America's Next Top Model, Whitney Thompson. Her experience with independent features and theatre productions has really rounded out her skill. Her passion is for Halloween, drag queens, pin-up style, anything dark and erie to bring out her unique style. Kari is also the Salon Director for Halo Salon & ColorLab.Christian Pinzon - Master Colorist
Internationally known master colorist and stylist, Christian Pinzon, is a technical perfectionist and cutting edge industry veteran. Christian moved to Miami from Venezuela and graduated from Pivot Point with his first apprenticeship under Ugo Castagna at Ugo Di Roma Salon & Day Spa. For several years Christian studied, honed and perfected his elegant and polished style. Then to explore his wild side, he enhanced his craft over six years at Wings Hair & Skin Care Center, a rock n' roll, contemporary salon. During his Miami years, Christian appeared on numerous television and makeover shows and Spanish talk shows. His reputation caught the eye of Vidal Sassoon, bringing him to Hamburg, the fashion capital of Germany, for advanced training in color and editorial work. His expertise and personality contributed to a long career with the company bringing him to Manchester, England, and Atlanta, Georgia. This experience brought him back to Miami to launch his own venture, Luna Salon. This recognition attracted Stylemakers Salon in Fort Worth, who made him an offer he couldn't refuse to relocate to Fort Worth as their Artistic Director. After two years, Christian was seeking a salon that carried the PHYTO brand of hair and styling products, which led him to Halo Salon & ColorLab. Christian says, "I love taking a trend and using my interpretation and spin in making the hair look natural, like a painting, with the same perfection."Rachael Grissel - Stylist, Halo Brides Wedding Coordinator
Rachael Grissel heads up the Halo Brides Hair & Makeup division as Wedding Coordinator in addition to being a stylist for the salon. As a graduate of Fort Worth Beauty School and experience at Salon Cheveaux in Bedford, Rachael specializes in ethnic hair and relaxers, up-do's, and styling. She has trained directly under Marcus Brocato. Her bridal work was featured on We TV's My Fair Wedding with David Tutera and she has assisted in numerous editorial shoots. Her clients rave about her calm and zen demeanor, always listening to them, giving them exactly what they want. She has impeccable taste and proficiency to her style. Jenna Rabideau recognized her natural ability and precision on up-styling, and directly trained her to enhance this expertise. Prior to her career as a stylist, Rachael owned and operated a cake design and food manufacturing business called Jireh Foods. As a cake designer, Rachael uses her talents in structural building, architecture detail, seeing the big picture and visualizing all the necessary steps to get there, and applies them to hair styling. This experience is a natural fit to being a good stylist, creating beautiful bridal up-do's, and natural coordinator for the bridal industry. Drawing inspiration from anime, video game Avatars, and the 80's era, Rachael gravitates to the odd and unusual. She loves Asian inspired looks and styles, artistic freedom, experimentation, and the creativity influence that The Romantic Era brought upon the world of beauty. Her style ranges from mainstream classics to the eccentric. She loves the iconic look and style of Linda Evangelista. She thrives on spending time with her family and working on her house and yard.Chris Ortiz - Stylist
Chris Ortiz, a clean cut, Texas guy from Arlington, loves everything plain, simple and straightforward, none of that crazy edgy stuff for him. He never knew he wanted to do hair until he figured out what he didn't want to do - a college life of studying and testing. His greatest hair mentor, the man who has cut Chris's hair for years, encouraged him to enroll in Ogle School of Cosmetology where he discovered a love for hair. He worked for Esoterica in downtown Fort Worth for a year before applying to Halo Salon & Color Lab. "The Halo Salon has such a good reputation," he says. "It's more of what I'm looking for in clientele and consistency." He is inspired by the simple things in life, but more so by the salon and it's solid clientele loyalty, making him want a career that builds relationships with clients. His favorite thing about the Halo Salon is that his best friend, JC Callado, is also an apprentice there and he loves bouncing ideas off of her and learning together.
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