the team
it's a vibe
Vanilla salon is a collective of passionate stylists located right in the heart of Costa Mesa.
It is our goal to have our guests leave feeling beautiful inside and out.
Let our talented team of stylists help you look and feel your best.
Stacy
In the business of hair for 30 years, Stacy is still passionate as ever. Not only is she the owner and a stylist but a mentor as well.
She takes pride in keeping herself and her team up to date on all the current hair trends.
As a master stylist there is pretty much nothing she can't do.
Specializing in color, color corrections, blondes, balayage, babylights, and sew in extensions.
She is quick, efficient, and always paying attention to detail while using the best products to keep your hair as healthy as possible during your service.
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Lisa
Working as a stylist for 14 years, Lisa has a gift for listening, and is proud of her ability to translate her client’s needs into their truest expressions of self.
While she loves working on platinum blondes, fantasy shades, live-in color & tape extensions, her passion is for cutting, from modern shags & eccentric mullets, to day to day cuts.
Professionally trained as a Kevin Murphy sessions stylist, her extensive product knowledge helps her clients to achieve salon-level hair at home.
Danielle
Danielle has been doing hair for the past ten years. Toni & Guy trained, with a background in education, she specializes in color corrections & lived-in color. Danielle is able to give her client’s their dream color, while also maintaining the health & integrity of their hair.
Rachel
Rachel is originally from the Pacific Northwest and relocated to California in 2012. For the last 8 years she has been working behind the chair as a hair stylist and spent the first two years assisting.
With a passion for connecting with her clients through hair, helping them feel calm and comfortable in her chair, Rachel has taken her creative ability in the industry and made her mark doing what she loves best.
Rachel’s specialty is her self described “Blonde perfection”. She specializes in beautiful blondes and balayage/lived in color. She loves precision hair cutting to long flowy layers and styling her perfect beach waves.
When she isn't styling hair, you can find her playing with her dogs and eating pizza or at a local thrift store searching for band t-shirts that she can’t name songs from.
Kyndal
Kyndal is hugely passionate about all things beauty-related but hair is her main jam. She is Habit Hand-Tied extension certified, as well as Brazilian Blowout!
She specializes in beachy blondes and color corrections.