Our Experienced Hairstylists
Please join us in welcoming Grace to Kristina Michele Salon. We are very excited to have her here with us.
Tina, Owner
Passion & excitement. This is what Tina feels about her profession. "I am lucky enough to have chosen a career that touches people."
As owner of Kristina Michele Salon since 2001, Tina strives, every day, to make customer service the salon's number one priority. She and her team work together to make every client feel special and know that they are giving their very best.
Tina began her training at the tender age of 16, attending beauty school and earning her license. Since then, Tina has traveled all over the country learning new techniques and perfecting her skills. She takes her work very seriously, and continues to make people look good by keeping up with changes in the art of color and haircutting.
In 1998, Tina went outside the salon and worked as the hair stylist for a national news station. From there, she went on to be the stylist for MSNBC, CBS News, CBS Sports, The Survivor finale, NBC Weather, Channel 9 News, the Jerry Lewis Telethon, and numerous talk shows. These experiences opened many news doors and increased her knowledge, her skills, and her craft.
Tina is proud of the talented people who are part of the Kristina Michele Salon team. She continues to implement innovative training programs and enjoys watching her team grow both personally and professionally. Tina is as passionate about her work now as she was when she first started. The beauty industry continues to be incredibly exciting for her and she feels fortunate to be able to serve the public.
Lori
Lori has been a stylist since 1998. Training at the Matrix Global Academy in New York, Lori has also worked with destination Matrix in Las Vegas.
Lori's goal is to make sure her clients look and feel their best, and enjoys working with clients who are interested in cutting-edge styles and hair treatment innovations. By continuing her education, she ensures that she is up-to-date on the newest styles and trends.
Lori has extensive experience with straightening and relaxing different kinds of hair textures, and has trained with the CHI straightening system. She is also certified with the latest Keratin straightening system technology break-through, which keeps hair healthy because there is no chemical alteration of the hair strand's DNA.
Tracey
Tracey has been in the hair styling industry since 1991. She has trained at Frank Anthony in Chester, NJ, at C'est LeVie in Chatham and at the Matrix Global Academy in New York.
Tracey specializes in color and cutting.
Jen
Jen has always had a passion for hair styling. As a child, she watched her two aunts, who are also hair designers.
Although Jen's first career was as a graphic designer, she followed her passion and now uses her designing skills to create artful hair styles. Jen enjoys the creative freedom of styling to design haircut and color combinations to personalize each client's look. She especially enjoys the interaction with every client.
Jen's extensive education includes the Depasquale Artistic Academy for Cosmetology, the Wella Studio for Basic Haircutting Techniques, intense hair cutting and color-formulating seminars at the Matrix Global Academy in NYC, Paul Mitchell Block Color classes, the IBS Hair Show in NYC, and Matrix Destination in Las Vegas, a 2-day intensive course focusing on cutting, texturizing, coloring, highlighting and client service techniques.
Jen specializes in blondes. She loves doing highlights, whether it's for a bold look or a few for a sun-kissed look.
Tami
A 1992 graduate of the Capri Institute, Tami was a salon owner for eight years before joining the Kristina Michele Salon team.
Tami's training includes 4 years at Martin Parsons Haircutting and the Matrix Global Academy for color and cutting. Additional training included make-up and hair styling in New York, plus microscopic hair and skin analysis, and hair re-growth in Paris. As a result of this extensive training, Tami herself has been an educator for up-and-coming stylists since 1998.
Tami is certified in microscopic hair and skin analysis. She also specializes in hair re-growth treatments, as well as bridal make-up.
Vivian
A hair and make-up stylist since 2005, Vivian loves to work with color. She has attended the Matrix Global Academy and has taken Logics color classes. She has also attended Matrix Destination in Las Vegas in June 2008.
Vivian's work for hair and make-up has been featured in numerous photography shoots for WCCC, commercials, romance novel covers and pin-ups.
Vivian will also meet all of your personal waxing needs.
Ashley
Ashley has been with Kristina Michele Salon since 2005. Ashley's commitment to pleasing her clients can be seen in the wide range of stylist education programs in which she has participated.
In addition to training under master stylist Tina, Ashley attended the Matrix Global Academy for hair coloring and hair cutting techniques in both the fall of 2007 and spring of 2008. She also attended Martin Parson updo class in the fall of 2007 and continues to attend programs to gain new skills and apply the latest trends.
Ashley creates fashionable hairstyles, and does coloring, highlights, perms, updos and other styles for any occasion. She will also meet all of your personal waxing needs.
Danielle
Since 2003, Danielle has been an important part of the Kristina Michele team. Starting as an assistant, Danielle found her passion for the styling field, attended cosmetology school in 2006, and has been trained under master stylist Tina, while she continues her education.
Danielle's training includes logics color, L'Oreal Professional products, and classes at Martin Parsons. Danielle has also gained new skills and learned innovative techniques by attending several industry trade shows including Matrix Destination in Las Vegas and the IBS show in New York City.
As a result, Danielle creates elegant updos, fashions beautiful haircuts, and develops beautiful color so all her clients can feel beautiful and look fabulous.
Men and women in need also benefit from Danielle's talents and generosity when she provides haircuts for Project Homeless Connect for Warren County.
In addition to cuts, coloring and updos, Danielle will also meet all of your personal waxing needs.
Desiree
Desiree earned a full cosmetology license from Morris County School of Technology in June 2007. In addition, her training includes the Salon Art of Business class in Philadelphia, hands-on with Martin Parsons, and dry cutting with SudzFX.
She has attended the Matrix Global Academy in New York for logics color and cutting techniques, and in October 2008 attended the hands-on training Individuality Event in Connecticut.
On an everyday basis, Desiree continues her training under Kristina Michele Salon master stylist, Tina.
Desiree has experience with cutting and coloring all types of hair and seeks to make all her clients comfortable and confident with their look.
Grace
Grace has had the drive and passion to be a hair designer since the age of seven. Grace always knew hair styling was her calling. She has been working in many salons since the age of fifteen, and has learned so many different ways to style, cut, color, and highlight hair. Highlighting hair is her speciality. Grace has attended the IBS show in NYC and cutting classes for Pureology. One of her favorite parts of the business is making people look and feel better about themselves.
