Mia is the BEST! Skilled & experienced with an artistic eye as well as professional and warm. I'm so happy I found her. I met Mia at her cute Oakland space for a consultation, and from the get, I felt her confidence and experience come through. She was easy to talk to and was able to hold my vision while offering her professional advice. I've thick black/brown Asian hair that's peppered with some gray and not interested in a demarcation or High maintenance root touch ups so Mia did a beautiful job giving me some balayage pieces and made everything a cool navy blue which will blend nicely with my silver hair as it fades out. Now I've a base that... read full review
March 2024
I grew my grey out during the pandemic but realized I was not ready to go full blown grey. Since then, I've been searching for a colorist that could help me blend my grey into something beautiful - so I didn't have to color my hair every few weeks. After much searching (and some bizarre results with others including pink hair and bleached hair which just broke off), I found Mia. She is a freaking hair color whisperer! I have gotten so many compliments on my hair. But most of all, I feel great! We now have a good foundation and I am excited to see what creative ideas Mia has in store for me next. I've only been to see Mia twice, but we connected right away.... read full review
September 2023
1. If I am lucky, Mia will be doing my hair until I'm 80. 2. If I'm super lucky, my hair will be the beautiful copper color that Mia has been doing for the past 6 months until I'm 80. 3. If I'm the luckiest person alive, Mia will still be the same joyful, loving, caring, kind person that she is now when I'm 80! No joke, I (pretty randomly) went to Mia for a consultation and was like, hey, I want to change my hair to this very specific color. She was over the moon about it, and happened to have a cancellation that afternoon. I came back a few hours later and she's been doing my hair ever since. Talk about luck! Mia makes me feel so welcome... read full review
Mia is the BEST! Skilled & experienced with an artistic eye as well as professional and warm. I'm so happy I found her. I met Mia at her cute Oakland space for a consultation, and from the get, I felt her confidence and experience come through. She was easy to talk to and was able to hold my vision while offering her professional advice. I've thick black/brown Asian hair that's peppered with some gray and not interested in a demarcation or High maintenance root touch ups so Mia did a beautiful job giving me some balayage pieces and made everything a cool navy blue which will blend nicely with my silver hair as it fades out. Now I've a base that... read full review
I grew my grey out during the pandemic but realized I was not ready to go full blown grey. Since then, I've been searching for a colorist that could help me blend my grey into something beautiful - so I didn't have to color my hair every few weeks. After much searching (and some bizarre results with others including pink hair and bleached hair which just broke off), I found Mia. She is a freaking hair color whisperer! I have gotten so many compliments on my hair. But most of all, I feel great! We now have a good foundation and I am excited to see what creative ideas Mia has in store for me next. I've only been to see Mia twice, but we connected right away.... read full review
1. If I am lucky, Mia will be doing my hair until I'm 80. 2. If I'm super lucky, my hair will be the beautiful copper color that Mia has been doing for the past 6 months until I'm 80. 3. If I'm the luckiest person alive, Mia will still be the same joyful, loving, caring, kind person that she is now when I'm 80! No joke, I (pretty randomly) went to Mia for a consultation and was like, hey, I want to change my hair to this very specific color. She was over the moon about it, and happened to have a cancellation that afternoon. I came back a few hours later and she's been doing my hair ever since. Talk about luck! Mia makes me feel so welcome... read full review