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The Napoleon Blonde team provides expert haircolor services, personalized upstyles and customized haircuts to individuals who want to be free from terrible hair days. Say bye-bye to drama salons and drab hair. Napoleon Blonde has an atmosphere that is small, cozy and welcoming… this is the salon to be in if you want the very best in a hair makeover. Owned by Michael and Laura Funkhouser, Paul Mitchell National Educators, specialize in creating the hair style of your dreams.
Come in, enjoy a glass of lemon or cucumber water or drink your choice of tea. Nibble on biscotti and chocolates. Relax under the hair steamer. Ponder your world and imagine what inspires you. Your appointment at Napoleon Blonde Studio is guaranteed to be like no other visit that you may have had at another salon. This will not be your last visit to a micro hair salon.
Salon services are by appointment only. This ensures you receive the best treatment possible. Come to your appointment solo or bring a friend for company. Have a conversation with Laura about your haircolor or Michael about a suitable cut. Share with us what excites you, your hobbies, your goals, your dreams or just choose to be still and silent in the moment that is your time in the salon. Your appointment is all about you, just describe your hair needs and then live in the moment.
Michael and Lauras skills as a salon owners, Cutting & Color Specialist, Cosmetology Instructors and Salon Builders/Coaches allow them to provide you with a specific level of expertise, vibrant energy and warm learning environment that you need in order to take your hair style to a whole new level.
Michael is a native resident to the Santa Barbara area. His wife Laura is from the Los Angeles area. They teach hair-color classes to licensed stylists and Cosmetology students in Paul Mitchell Schools at the Napoleon Blonde Studio in Santa Maria and Napoleon Blonde Studio in Santa Barbara and they also teach cutting, color or up-style classes to salons and stylists all around the Central Coast and beyond. Their classes have been held at beauty shows in Las Vegas, Nevada, Sacramento, San Francisco, San Luis Obispo, Arroyo Grande, Santa Maria, Santa Barbara, and Los Angeles California, Scottsdale Arizona, Nashville Tennessee, San Antonio and Austin Texas and Salt Lake City and St. George, Utah.
People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
-Maya Angelou.