Kris - Co-Owner

 Maria knows talent and made Kris her first assistant at ARIA and then invited her to become her business partner years later. Sitting in Kris’ chair to get my hair highlighted, a term popped into my head…”buttoned down” as in someone who has it all under control…not the typical every day buttoned down oxford but a stylish tailored one with mother of pearl buttons -- all business with just the right touch of bling. Classic without being stuffy or fussy, conservative but modern – that’s Kris’s style – you only better, the best you. When she colors and highlights your hair, the color is natural and the highlights “sliced” in so it looks like the sun dappled it of it’s own accord. Kris is the uncommon stylist—a college grad with a degree from Berkeley in Fashion and another from Pace in Business, she’s got a business brain and a artist’s soul. Knowing what she wanted to do with her talents was something Kris had figured out at the tender age of 12 with her uber-stylish mom and successful businessman father. Now the mother of two stylish teens who think it’s pretty cool that their mother has worked on high fashion photo shoots, Kris is a successful stylist and shrewd businesswoman herself. ... People trust Kris for her honesty and her opinion ... This detailed-oriented Gemini prides herself on being on top of the latest trends as well as classic style. She’s open-minded and traditional at the same time. She knows motherhood is not defined like it once was, women are demanding more, wanting to be beautiful, powerful and sexy as part of being a whole woman and a great mom. Her cuts are personalized and consistent. Picky, picky, picky is how Kris describes herself. her clients may have another word for it -- exacting. She has vision and the know-how to make it happen. And she’s not happy until the client is happy. Kris must be doing something right because her clients keep coming back time and time again, some from even far, far away – she inspires that kind of loyalty. People trust Kris for her honesty and her opinion. She’s also picky about products and buys all the lines for the salon, negotiating great deals that she can pass on to ARIA’s satisfied and fashion forward clientele..

Kris has a great head on her shoulders and a great head a hair on top of it!