The self-proclaimed crone of Ketér Salon, Rebecca recently let her own hair go grey. She loves change. She says, “Visual change can move me in a direction. Sometimes you need to shake things up externally to match the change internally.”

Rebecca is in the process of writing a book, “Not a Simple Cut: Tales of a Hairdresser." It all began in a small town where she was running a fruit stand. Sitting on a bail of hay one day, she asked herself: Do I choose beauty? The allure of beauty has led her to where she is today. The book is a tribute to the clients who have changed her life.

 

Rebecca says, “Hair is my art. I love working within the perimeters of a client wishes and hair—figuring that out is part of the job. The people part is what you learn as you are doing it. If you stay in the business long you've figured that part out.”

 

Ten years into her career as a stylist she really started feeling her own groove, and feeling how creative it is and what a form of intimacy it is. She didn't expect that—it has been very healing.

 

While in India she realized why she was doing what she was doing. A memory surfaced of her sister putting makeup on her when she was 13 and feeling ugly. Her sister, who she adored, said “now don’t you look beautiful.” She provides that to clients.

 

She loves working with people willing to see themselves differently. And gets a lot of gratification out of helping them look different.

 

“Hair is part of our expression but it is just hair. I love taking people through the change process. We evolve, our hair evolves. Nothing is static.”

 

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