service and pricing options

I offer a sliding scale of pricing options so services can be accessible regardless of income level. The scale is an opportunity for us to explore our privileges and share our resources so there can be access for everyone. By being part of a broad community sharing resources, we ALL gain from each other, no matter what your resources are (for not all resources are financial, as ya know). It’s ok to have resources, and it’s ok not to have them. That’s what the scale is designed to account for! Also, I know financial reality is complex, so don’t stress. Book from the menu that best aligns with yours. No proof of income is required.

Not sure how to place yourself on the scale? Click the link to my “How-to” guide at the bottom of the page.

This experiment is evolving without perfection, as I do. Please feel free to help me grow this model together and reach out if you have any questions or suggestions. Link to book your appointment at the bottom of this page. Thank you for booking!

BASE PRICING

Base Pricing is my standard full price menu. It reflects the value of what I hope you find in getting a really special haircut that you love, as well as a nice experience for ya while it is in the making! It supports my ability to both have a sliding scale pricing model and sustainably operate my small business, including the cost of recycling my salon waste with Green Circle, who donates your hair trimmings to clean up oil spills and keeps your service 95% landfill free. Thank you for supporting all of these things when you book at this scale.

Base Haircut Pricing starts at $95 and up. Bang trims are $30. Full pricing menu when you click to book. (*Due to limited availability, bang trims are for existing clients only at this time).

COMMUNITY love PRICING

Community Love pricing is available to neighborhood residents with a generational connection to El Sereno / Boyle Heights / Lincoln Heights / and Eastern LA. If you were born here, raised here, or have lived in this community all of your life, this option is for you! It is offered, regardless of ability to pay more, in gratitude, reciprocity, and acknowledgement of the community that was here before me. It also helps offset the cost of offering lower pricing for our neighbors with fewer resources, so on top of the value of a great haircut, you are part of supporting access for others in our local community when you book. Thank you!

Community Love Pricing starts at $70 and up. Bang trims are $20. Full pricing menu when you click to book. (*Due to limited availability, bang trims are for existing clients only at this time).

Community CARE pricing

Community Care Pricing is available to low-income clients most at-risk of being impacted by displacement and marginaliation. Know that you are loved and held by your community regardless of income, because we know not all resources are financial. Thank you for booking!

**Please note that this pricepoint is not intended for those who have the choice to work at a lower wage or the choice not to work due to the support of a partner or family. In those cases, I ask you to recognize this as a choice, and to book higher on the scale. Likewise, if you are temporarily scarce due to a job loss, but retain a high degree of earning power or ability to weather hard times due to your level of education, racial privilege, or class background, etc., I ask you to choose to come when you can afford your usual scale again, and keep the sliding scale sustainable for those who do not have the same advantages.

Community Care Pricing starts at $30 and up. Bang trims are $10. Full pricing menu when you click to book. (*Due to limited availability, bang trims are for existing clients only at this time).

free haircut SUNDAYS

On the first Sunday of every month, I offer free cuts to anyone for whom there is not a comfortable option on the sliding scale range. By appointment. Contact me via email or text to reserve your space!

I would like to credit Hadassah Damien, author of www.wildfreefearlessmoney.com, for her guidance in developing a business model whose point is not to extract as much profit as possible, but rather allow me to make values-aligned choices while doing a thing that I love, with and for the people who value it, while being able to afford a life that sustains both me and our greater community.