NYC Top Colorist and Lead Creative Color Director Nicole Saavedra.
Interview with: Master Colorist, Nicole Saavedra
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by: John Catania | The Insider
With an incredible eye for detail, accuracy, and her trademark pinpoint execution,
Nicole Saavedra has a unique ability to give her clients their desired look.
Whether through a picture from a magazine or a personal visual creation, she consistently exceeds clients’ expectations.
She believes that hair is reminiscent of a designer’s walking label, where all can see her work for what it is. This is truly the ultimate statement of a master.
Nicole gives us an inside look at her move out of the big city.
We caught up with her in North Carolina, where she resides today with her family.
Although she is one of the world’s top colorists, she explains to us that she now prefers the quieter life as opposed to the hustle and bustle of Manhattan. Loving the pace and the atmosphere, when asked if she’s ever considered moving back, her response was that she was actually thinking of buying more property and building a walk-through garden… so much for Madison Avenue!
Working out of her salon in Cary, N.C., Nicole has had the unique privilege of introducing New York City hair coloring quality and styles to the main street. While Cary has had the good fortune of acquiring a world-class hair colorist.
When asked what is the biggest difference with her new location, Nicole mentions that today she has to cut her clients’ hair instead of having a stylist do it for her. Not that it’s something she dislikes, but it is the only way that she can get a final result that she feels is worthy of her name. "The New York Metropolitan area has top-quality stylists that can do the cut and let you focus on coloring," she said.
When asked if she was working on picking up the southern accent. Her response was: “Not only do I feel that it would be difficult for me but it is unimportant. All women want to look their best and that is true no matter where you are.
I would be at home anywhere in the world.”
When we last visited Nicole a few years back, we noticed that she was finishing up with a well-known client. This is why we asked her if she missed the notoriety of catering to the rich and famous. Her reply was: “Absolutely not, everyone who sits on my chair, is at that time, the most important person in the world to me.”
We also asked the following:
Question: What is your favorite hair coloring technique?
Answer: Dimensional look of highlights and lowlights.
Q: Least favorite?
A: Balayage, for the most part, it’s imprecise and messy. I spend a great deal of time correcting botched balayage.
Q: How do you stay up to date on the latest trends?
A: I don’t. I create them. Class and sophistication will always be trending and in style.
Q: Where do you draw your inspiration?
A: The individual, when I look at someone I can see what would fit them best. I can see the end result at a glance.
Q: What do you love the most about being a colorist?
A: The ability to change someone’s overall appearance very quickly and compliment a client’s natural beauty and style.
Q: Coming from the busy New York City fashion world, what does a typical day look like for you now?
A: Very busy, hands full of color.
Q: How would describe your style?
A: Classic and unique.
Q: Staying put for a while?
A: For sure.
Q: The final words are?
A: You are beautiful. Let me show the world.
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