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As visionary and owner of Archer Salon, Gari James Cuevas is the salon’s master colorist and mentor to his staff. He began his career over 30 years ago on San Francisco’s famed Maiden Lane. It was Yosh Toya and his team whose influence and philosophy guided Gari into beauty school. Yosh’s advice was, “make it fun”, so Gari obliged by traveling to New York, Miami, Las Vegas, Long Beach, and London for classes. Competing in state-wide competitions yielded two first place trophies. He finished at the top of his class, and gained the reputation for performing the fastest foil application ever to grace the halls of Miss Marty’s Beauty School.
He was immediately hired at Sherlee Rhine’s 77 Maiden Lane Salon. After a few years assisting James Bauer, he was promoted to the floor as a color specialist. According to Rhine, she had never seen anyone build so fast at such a young age. Working Sundays was a major factor in building so quickly, an aspect that he has carried over to Archer. As part of his 10-year tenure at 77 Maiden Lane, Gari served as artistic director, revamped the color program, handled media events, and consulted when 77 Maiden Lane expanded to be the largest salon west of the Mississippi designed by Steven Volpe.
After 10 years at 77 Maiden Lane, Gari joined the Joseph Cozza Salon team in the Gump’s building. During this next step of his career, he introduced balayage to their color program helping to expand and update their color repetoire. Gari attended the first hair painting class (Balayage) at Bumble and Bumble university in the Meat Packing District of New York City and later that same year attended the L’oreal Academy for balayage in SoHo. Within that same year Gari ushered in a change at Jospeh Cozza where they entire color room switched to L’Oreal. It was here that he established strong professional relationships that later help build Archer Salon.
While acting as Artistic director at Joseph Cozza, Gari attended The Academy of Art college in San Francisco. Applying fine art techniques to his coloring curriculum became his signature style. Training one’s eye to the nuances of color and shape became his passion in teaching. Approaching hair color like painting and haircutting like sculpture is fundamental to his training program today. Our reputation and continued growth at Archer is based on these principles of design. It’s what sets us apart.
Since establishing Archer in 2012, Gari has taken his time curating a diverse team of talented stylists and colorists. He also has a team of celebrity stylists/friends that travel from LA to work at Archer. This creates an environment unique in San Francisco’s salon world. Archer’s philosophy is to create a sophisticated yet intimate environment that provides the highest caliber of services in beauty. We look forward to seeing you at Archer.
Base Adjust: $80
Balayage: $350
Tint Balayage: $425
Blow Dry: $100
Blow Dry/Iron: $100
Gloss: $80
Highlight: $275
Kerastase Express Treatment: $35
Mask: $25
Partial Highlight: $275
Tint: $175
Tint/Full Highlight: $350
Tint/Balayage: $350
Gari wrapping up a two-week photo shoot at Rome’s Hotel de Russie.
A lived in Balayage. Gari also styled this model for a Levi’s Campaign shot in Palm Springs.
For Winter, Actually going brighter and cooler is a trend. Gari takes his client lighter for winter via a balayage application.
Gari's baby fine foil (baby lights) expertise was featured on the cover of 7x7 magazine, "The Best of Beauty Issue."
Dark permanent color done at home looks inky and brassy. This example of dimensional tinting is a technique to cover gray with a permanent color. The effect is a glassy finish, movement, and an un-dyed look.
Gari styles Diane Sawyer on location for interview with Tim Cook of Apple. Click INTERVIEW to view.
Was surreal to be in the tree house with Demi, Diane, and the dogs. Click on INTERVIEW to watch.
Gari styles Robin Wright for the return of AmFar to San Francisco …. Margarita takes care of her mani.
For NBC live telecast Gari brings team nemeber Gabriel Mendoza and Matthew Mctire for hair and makeup.
Gari Has taken care of Ms. Sawyer’s hair needs whenever she is in California This was the latest. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkmLFItclIk
Hotel Call at the Peninsula Beverly Hills hotel for Diane Sawyer.
In another issue of 7X7 magazine, Gari’s turned former San Francisco Ballet Soloist, Pauli Magierek, from a dark to tint to blond. This corrective process took several appointments over a few weeks.
Mushroom. This was previously a blonde hair color. In the middle of Summer this client want to tint back to what we call Mushroom, a cool as possible brunette with different tones. Watch the transformation on instagram.
“This is quite an experience. What a difference!” First time with Gari and Gabriel for a balayage to shape ….The cut was done first so the balayage by Gari was done to the shape. It’s how we do it at Archer.
Just before she off to visit family in Europe, Gari’s clients love a warm sunny golden blonde. This is achieved with a base adjust to warm up her base color and then a balayage of pieces golden blondes. See the hair in motion on Instagram.
For the oscars, Gari took JSN hair color brighter for updo’s to catch the light of the red carpet. That was achieved by using both baby light foils for the base area and then a belayed end….
This was collaborative using extensions where Gari colored to match. We did an event at the battery where each model received 1200 worth of extension where we also colored to match. View the post on Instagram.
This is a reverse balayage by adding lowlights with a balayage application. The look creates depth without one feeling dark.
Baby fine foil (baby lights)—one of Gari’s specialties as a master colorist.
This Partial highlight with a smudged root was created with using foils and balayage. To see the process and result click on Instagram.
For this client’s wedding trial, Savanna cut her hair before Gari Balayaged blonde highlights throughout. Click on INSTAGRAM to view.
Mikaela South sees Gari for her baby fine highlights. This photo was taken just after a touch up. Click on her instagram post to see the subtle grow out with no red or gold tones.
On location working with @happilygrey in Venice Beach. Gari did her styling for the shoot.
Gari’s featured model on the cover of 7x7 magazine, “The Best of Beauty” issue, transitioned from baby highlights to partial highlights, providing depth and dimension.
The heaviest of foils, these full-head baby lights include a base adjust and a gloss.
A dimensional partial highlight with balayaged ends, made this client stunning for the San Francisco Opera Gala Opening.
This is an example of a base color and balayage blonde. It mimics nature way of lightening hair and grows out very well. To book, one would book for a tint/balayage.
Gari styled all models for a Levi’s photo shoot in Palm Springs.
Gari, along with photographer and influencer, @angiesilvy, works on model and influencer @happilygrey.
In this 7x7 magazine’s feature on Jennifer Seibel Newsom, Gari created a partial highlight with a lighter face frame of blonde, lowlights for movement and dimension on the ends.
Gari’s transforms his color muse, Lisa, beginning with Creative Color #1.
Gari transforms a brassy blonde into a buttery blonde with baby fine highlights.
For a wedding day, Gari created a rich, dimensional brunette and updo.
Shape dictated the placement of blue tones to get this client ready for Coachella. Color by Gari and haircut by Savanna.
This partial highlight with a few balayage ends allows this client to go quite the distance between appointments—eight weeks or more.
A request to make this client’s color look like Cate Blanchett in Elizabeth, Gari created a red that pops.
Before the final application of this antique process that fully revealed silver and teal blue hues, this client was sent home with olaplex overnight. The two-day remodely repaired her hair and created an amazing foundation for the end result.
An art student client after a two-week process, olaplex overnight, and a meticulous application.
Since bobs have made a resurgence, Gari has made color for the bob as bright and cool as possible.
McKaelyn, stylist and colorist, is a true artist at heart. She grew up practicing art since 4 years old. It quickly became her passion and ways of expression; she grew up taking advanced and honor art programs, winning several art awards within her hometown art shows.
Then following decided to dive into the career of being a hair stylist. She started her career of hair dressing at just 18 years old.
As she says “hair is my new art, just a different canvas. I am so very grateful to have a career where I can exert my creative energy, and make other people feel the best version of themselves while doing so”.
Since then she has been at Archer Salon since Fall of 2019, quickly advancing her way up the ladder. McKaelyn focuses her hair dressing career on coloring, mens hair cutting, and long woman haircuts.
Online Instagram Portfolio: instagram.com/mckaelynsterling
Prices:
Woman’s or Medium-Long Haircut- 120$
Men’s or Scissor Short Haircut- 100$
Clipper Haircut 80$
Blow Dry- 100$
Tint (root touch up)- 150$
Gloss- 120$
Tint/ Special FX- (tint with a few highlights/ lowlights)- 200$
Partial Highlights- 275$
Tint/ Partial Highlights- 375$
Full Highlights- 300$
Tint/ Full Highlights 400$
Balayage- 350$
Tint/ Balayage- 450$
Dimensional Balayage on dark hair. Achieved by a combination of baby lights and hand painted ends.
Deep, wine red balayage on dark hair.
Color meld, created by using multiple glosses to create a gradient of dark to light, while also keeping the highlights around the face extra bright, for that instagram able “money piece”.
Traditional baby fine highlights.
Color and haircut both by McKaelyn.
Strawberry Blonde, created by dropping in a combination of both highlights and lowlights.
Baby fine highlights and balayage, finished with a base adjust and gloss.
Caramel balayage on dark hair
Goal was to go all over darker, but wanted to keep dimensional. Started with a combination of highlights and lowlights, and then glossed the hair darker. This keeps the hair rich, dark, and dimensional.
Long layered woman’s haircut to create movement and flow in the hairstyle
A-Line Bob with a modern take on styling and layers
Yewon (Yeah-won)
A new stylist in Archer Salon. Demonstrates a positive and enthusiastic attitude to create a warm and welcoming environment for clients. Passionate about bringing out clients’ full beauty potential, especially through hair coloring and styling.
Seasoned licensed stylist & cosmetologist with hands-on experience in luxury hair salons in Seoul. Started her career in 2010 and worked in prestigious salons back in Seoul. Milbon color certified in 2013. Participated in Seoul fashion week 2014 F/W and a photoshoot ‘Graphy’ hair magazine in Dec 2014. Experienced photoshoots of commercial products and Look Book in 2014-15.
In 2021, Yewon joined Archer Salon in San Francisco, she revamps the skill set of the foiling and balayage highlighting techniques and broadens her horizon of beauty design internationally.
Through various experiences of fashion photoshoots to the indoor hair salon, Inspired by the emotion that is associated with making people feel beautiful. Yewon thrives off of instant gratification when her clients are happy with how they look.
She specializes in haircutting and coloring with various skills of baby lights, balayage, gray coverage, and dimensional tint. She believes what palette someone wears should be decided by not only skin tone and eye color- it also represents who a person is, how your lifestyle is, who they want to be, and who they are becoming. Regardless of what color, she is working with the integrity of the hair is always most important.
PRICING STARTS AT
Woman’s Haircut $135
Men’s Haircut $100
Blow Dry or w/Iron $100
Tint (Root touch-up or Gray coverage ) $165
Tint+Special Effects (Tint with a few highlights/ lowlights) $210
All over color/gloss $280+
Partial Highlights $285
Partial Highlights/Tint $300
Full Highlights $365+
Tint/ Full Highlights $400
Balayage $365+
Tint/ Balayage $450
Bleach+Tone by consultation
Email: ywhair4012@gmail.com
Instagram: yewonj_hair
A set of sliced highlights and hand-painted at the end.
Traditional hand-painted balayage and glossed sun-kissed color.
Sunkissed blonde with dimensional depth.
Sliced highlights all overhead and glossed with a natural tone that creates a 'Lived-in Blonde' look.
Baby sliced highlights
Cover the gray hair and highlights & lowlights combo. Glossed natural cool blonde.
A combo of highlights and balayage and glossed warm brown and golden blonde.
Soft and subtle highlights and glossed cool brown. Colored and cut by Yewon
Highlights and balayage. Low maintenance and blended highlights. Colored and cut by Yewon
Medium Brwon Meld. Root smudged and blended to a lighter brown. This creates a soft transition to new growth hair. Color and cut by Yewon
A combination of highlights and lowlights for a dimensional look and Kick out orange tone. Glossed cool darker brown creates low-maintained hair. Also, the end of the hair still appears with a layered cut.
Colored and cut by Yewon
Covered gray hair and glazed with chocolate brown.
Medium Layered Bob
A short cut inspired by bowl cut