THE DNA SALON STYLISTS
At DNA Salon our stylists take pride in knowing the importance of each client’s individuality.
We create a holistic experience for our guests through cutting edge hair care techniques, taking into consideration your lifestyle, your uniqueness, and your right to be seen and known. Through fearlessness, heart, and artistry, we will collaborate with you to create a look that makes you feel like the best version of yourself.
ALISA MACIAS
Alisa (Co-Founder & Owner) has been caring for her clients and their hair in the Lakewood/Long Beach area for over 11 years. She loves working with all types of hair, specializing in curl care using her Level Three Devacurl training. She is also Braziliian Blowout, and Keratin Complex certified. Her intensity for learning is evident in her use of online platforms, hands on classes and in-salon exp(hair)imenting. Alisa is passionate about all things beauty, and lives a life full of love, laughter, and growth.
*FUN FACT: Alisa is an avid athlete…she’s never met a kettlebell she didn’t like.
SHELBY RANSON
Shelby’s career in Cosmetology started in 1982. She has been doing hair in the Lakewood/Long Beach area ever since. She has a passion for color, with her specialty being in dimensional color. She holds certifications in Pravana Balayage, Brazilian Blowout, and Dream Catcher Hair Extensions. She loves meeting new people and getting to know them. When she's not at work, you will find her playing her guitar, bike riding with her hubby, working out at the gym, or hanging out with her pets.
*FUN FACT: Shelby was born in England.
IRENE BAKER
Irene has been a stylist for over 3 decades. Through the years she has worked for corporate hair companies until 2013, when she was inspired to live into the freedom of independent work. After a few years at another salon, she came upon DNA Salon and made it her home. Irene specializes in all types of hair texture and loves the art of color. She has a passion for people and loves the impact of helping them find their best look. Her strengths lie in her ability to make her clients feel comfortable in her chair as they are transformed.
*FUN FACT: Irene is ambidextrous.
JAMIE ANDREWS
Jamie has been in the hair business for over 30 years. She has a zeal for hair color with an emphasis on the trending look of balayage. She has serviced the Lakewood/Long Beach area for the majority of her career. She is also Brazilian Blowout Certified. During her free time, Jamie likes to spend time with her three beautiful daughters and her grandpups at the beach. She also loves being around friends and family.
*FUN FACT: She is a lover of country music and her guilty pleasure is watching reality TV.
EMELI ALARCON
Emeli left a 17-year career in the corporate world, where her creativity felt a bit stifled. It seemed a natural transition for her to become a hairstylist since she has always loved styling her own hair as well as her friends. This passion has been alive in her since junior high school and it is still going. It is just part of her DNA! She is Brazilian Blowout certified and loves working with fashion colors. Emeli loves rocking vibrant hair colors herself! In fact, at any given moment…poof! Her mane is another color! She is an avid DIY-er, and enjoys a good true crime story in her free time. She is a passionate pet lover, who has rescued two fur babies straight from the streets directly into her home.
*FUN FACT: She LOVES Halloween and celebrates it year round with creepy home decor and fashion accessories.
TAWNYA MICHELLE
Tawnya decided to retire her career in retail management in 2018 to pursue her cosmetology dream. Since then, she has become a curly hair specialist with certifications in the Rëzo method, she is brazilian blow out certified, as well as certified in dream catchers extensions for multiple methods of installation. She has a passion for working with her clients to co-create the perfect hair art that not only looks amazing, but works well with the clients preferred maintenance level. Creating beautiful hair while keeping the hairs integrity is Tawnya’s main goal as a stylist. On her off days, she attends Cal State Fullerton to pursue a degree in psychology with hopes to one day combine both passions of cosmetology and psychology to create a therapy practice that involves getting your hair done.
*FUN FACT: Tawnya loves to travel and find fun hikes to do.