Michelle Ridgeway

Michelle is a stylist of 7 years, who has extensively trained with Presley Poe for over 6 years. She’s known for making you feel safe, seen, and heard with self-affirming services. Around the salon you’ll hear her affectionately called the Silent Ninja, for her ability to create big energy hair during a relaxing and calm experience. When Michelle is not in the salon, you’ll find her hiking, camping, or enjoying concerts and music festivals!

Michelle is a multi-versed stylist who can support the boldest hues or create beautiful lived in color for all people, all textures and all bodies. Her focus on crafting self-affirming experiences, vivid hair color, extensions, mullets, shags and textured haircuts!

What to Expect

A self- affirming experience for all people, textures, and bodies that leaves you feeling heard, seen, and safe.

When you arrive at Gold Studio for your appointment with Michelle, your luxury service will include:

The Consultation

This conversation with Michelle will have you feeling safe, seen, and heard. You’ll immediately notice her calming energy as you discuss your goals, what the aftercare for your desired look will be, and create a plan of action to achieve your dream hair.

If you’re receiving a color service, Michelle will explain her hourly + product pricing structure which ensures every treatment or step needed to achieve your goal is included.

Elevated Shampoo Experience

Enjoy our luxury shampoo lounge (you’re going to love the built-in lower back support) while your hair is detoxified, hydrated, and your scalp is renewed.

If you have curly hair, this experience includes:

Curl Steam Bath: a demi-permanent moisturizing treatment specifically designed for curly textures to penetrate deep into the hair shaft and last so much longer than a traditional topical treatment.
Invigorating Scalp Treatment: A gentle and effective process that removes plaque, encourages healthy hair growth, and removes product build up to reveal shiny, healthy hair.

Natural Color & Vivids:

As a multi-versed stylist, you can have high expectations of your finished look. If you’re here for a vivid service, Michelle will custom craft your bold hues whether you want them to fade quickly so you can try a new color soon, or last for months and maintain the same color.

Whether you’re seeing Michelle for natural/lived-in color, or a bold vivid look you can expect your service to give back to you through the fading process, looking beautiful every step of the way.

Style & Finishing

Your color service (and haircut if you’ve chosen to include a shampoo & blow dry) will be finished with a blow dry & style that includes education on how to recreate the look at home.

Home Care Breakdown

Leaving the salon with beautiful hair is only half of what you need to have success at home, which is why Michelle will send you home with the appropriate care & styling products for your needs. At Gold Studio we offer an array of results focused luxury products for all hair types and textures.

We kindly ask that no photos be taken of our retail products, as our exclusive lines are only available to be purchased within Gold Studio.

Exclusive Booking Opportunity

Because Michelle’s guest list is so full, you’ll be given the opportunity to prebook up to a year’s worth of visits. This ensures a spot is available for you in the future!

“Michelle is literally a vivid hair Goddess! Always leaves my hair feeling healthy, strong and magical. Michelle has been doing my hair since 2018, since then has started doing my mom’s and sister’s hair too! The studio is a safe and caring place! Thank you Michelle and everyone at Gold Studios!”

— Martha G. R.

How to Book:

Haircut only:

A consultation is not required for haircut only services. Please use my online booking link to schedule!

Please note when booking that “Haircut” refers to a dry cut only. If you would also like a shampoo and blowout please schedule both “Haircut” and “Shampoo w/ blowdry/style.”

Color:

An in person consultation is required before scheduling your color service so that we can discuss a plan of action and book an appropriate appointment to reach your goals.

Please Fill out the consultation form (you will not receive a response), and also book a consultation through my online booking link. We’ll schedule your color service at your in person consultation.

PLEASE READ our salon policies prior to booking a visit. These policies are put in place to respect you, our stylists, and other guests. To ensure you understand the financial investment of the services you book, please read the descriptions of services thoroughly prior to scheduling.