Alisha Abernathy is Color's passionate, friendly, and caring hair designer from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. As a graduate of the Beattie Tech Academy, Alisha worked behind the scenes on numerous fashion shows in Pittsburg, and is excited to bring her skills at styling updo's, coloring, cutting, and highlighting to the Color Salon team. Alisha shares that she "loves to bring out the best in her clients' hair and look" and truly loves what she does. Alisha is also the proud mother of a beautiful baby girl.

Autumn Marie Yokeley, born in Ohio and raised in California, Autumn brings to the Color Salon team her experience from Paul Mitchell's Emerald Academy, where she graduated. Achieving the highest clientele awards, Autumn is enthusiastic about sharing her love of hair styling with her clients and making them happy. She describes herself as funny, shy, and caring, and encourages others to "take what you can from your dreams and make them as real as possible."

Daisy Hui, a graduate of the Aveda Institute of Chapel Hill, discovered her passion for hairstyling in her hometown of Durham, NC, where she grew up receiving mentorship in hair design from a friend of the family.  Specializing in hair cutting, Daisy loves being able to shape and style her clients hair to perfection: “I love seeing my clients’ enthusiasm and satisfaction after I finish cutting and styling their hair. It’s one of the highlights of my job.” Daisy’s high standard for professional training is what attracted her to working at Color Salon and Spa: “I really appreciate Color’s vision to provide training opportunities that will take its hair designers to the next level.”  

Jessica Praskac, a New Jersey native, brings both her experience and talent as a hair designer to the Color Salon team. Jessica graduated from Mitchell's Academy, and her hairstyling experience traces back to high school where she first started taking cosmetology classes and fell in love with the art. Jessica specializes in helping clients obtain a multidimensional color in addition to styling and cutting their hair. She describes herself as easy going, trustworthy, honest, respectful, and a great listener. And, in the midst of being a high demand stylist, she still manages to maintain a great tan all year long.

Joanna Thomas, originally from Fort Myers, is a graduate of Sun State Academy of Hair Design in Florida. While specializing in color correction, color progression, and cuts, Joanna's passion for exceeding clients' expectations is what earned her the "Carolina Star Award for Dedication to Accommodating Clients." Joanna is described as sincere, compassionate, dedicated, and funny; above all Joanna says her most important attribute is her ability to listen to exactly what her clients' want.

Kat Florio, from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, is our new fierce, fabulous, and multi-talented hair designer. Having graduated from Boca Beauty Academy, and received trainings with Nick Arojo, Wella, Bumble and Bumble, Paul Mitchell, Primary Syn, Goldwell, and Karastace, Kat offers her clients expertise advice. While specializing in color corrections and in creating a natural color as if it were kissed by the sun, Kat is also a skilled makeup artist, lending her talents to runway shows in South Beach Fl. Kat, skilled at communication, listens carefully to the needs and desires of her clients and combines their desires with her skills to transform them into vision that is beautiful.

Melody Rickford joins Color’s team of hair designers, specializing in cutting, coloring, and highlighting. Originally from Manassas, Virginia, Melody earned her B.S. in Business Management from Liberty University and her Cosmetology license from Graham Webb in DC. While Melody brings over 12 years of hairstyling experience, her passion for the art of hair styling has been evident since she was a child. Melody is determined, friendly, loyal, direct, and open-minded. She enjoys fulfilling her client’s needs and making others feel better about themselves through offering careful listening, honest feedback, tested experience, and exceptional talent.

Laura Brewer Sweet, born in Illinois and raised in Maine, graduated from Mitchell's Hair Academy. Laura prides herself in her acute listening skills, which she uses to make people look and feel great when they leave her care. In addition to cutting and styling adults' hair, Laura also enjoys cutting children's hair. Laura's favorite quote is, "Treat others the way you want to be treated."

Trudy Gilmore invites clients to enjoy a Swedish, Deep Tissue, or Pregnancy Massage, and Reiki among her many specialties. Often described as compassionate, humorous, and intuitive, Trudy uses such thoughtful qualities to help her clients experience deep relaxation in the course of an hour massage. Originally from Muncie, Indiana, Trudy received her degree in massage therapy from the Space Coast Health Institute in Melbourne, Florida in 1999. Color Salon is pleased to add Trudy to its dedicated team.