Amanda Santos – Artichoks Color Studio

Amanda is amazing. I found her years ago when the stylist I had gone to a few times left the salon (which was ok because I wasn’t thrilled) and they randomly reassigned me Amanda and I’m so glad they did! I even moved from the Quincy area to Everett and still went to her. However, once our schedules didn’t match up and the distance seemed too far, I tried other colorists and man, did I have bad hair for the next 2.5 years.
I am a highlighted blonde and blonde is a VERY hard color to do! You really have to have an understanding for how to make it look natural or you can mess it up good! The last colorist I went to (who shall remain nameless…) did a «full head» with no toner and it basically looked like I had spaghetti strands sticking out of my head. At that point I realized that distance was merely a detail next to good color so I (very luckily) was able to track Amanda down again.
She is awesome — especially if you want good (natural looking) blonde color. She did a complete corrective highlight and I didn’t almost drop dead from the cost. She gives a good cut too, which is sometimes really hard to find someone to do both well. All around you should try her, she rocks!