Lauren Michelle is a New York and Los Angeles-based hairstylist, makeup artist, and educator with more than 15 years of experience. With a background in theater and performance, she treats hair as storytelling, an evolving art that empowers personal expression. Her work is grounded in precision cutting, dimensional color, and an intuitive eye for shape, texture, and movement.

Lauren loves working with all kinds of people, personalities, and personal styles, creating tailored cuts that look effortless and feel natural to wear, along with dimensional color that lives beautifully with you through to the next session. She thinks about how the character of your cut will develop, how your color will evolve, and how your hair will fit into your life between visits. Her work spans salon, editorial, and on-set environments, informed by classic beauty, vintage glamour, and the small details that make a finished look feel like it belongs to the person wearing it.

Lauren believes the best work starts with a good conversation: what you love, what you don’t, how you actually wear your hair, and how you’d like it to enhance your lifestyle. She wants the finished result to feel considered, wearable, and very much your own. For those still discovering what they want from their hair, Lauren brings the experience and curiosity to uncover what feels right and shape it into something distinctly yours.