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Summary

Karyn Arizumi is a triple threat freelance stylist specializing in hair, makeup, and wardrobe. She has worked with clients such as Nike, Levis, W&K, Burton and countless others.  Originally from Washington she has lived in Colorado and Los Angeles where she snowboarded and studied her craft. Karyn now resides in Portland Oregon with her husband James Arizumi and daughter. Karyn is a nine time marathoner, a yogi, and a creative that is always searching for new adventures in fashion, art, photography and most importantly  life. 

 

Experience

Le Nalu Noir
September 2014 - Present
Owner / Stylist
Portland, Oregon
Full service, private, by appointment only Salon

 

Gold + Arrow
Stylist
September 2011 – September 2014 (3 years)
Portland, Oregon

Training from the Paul Mitchell Academy, Vidal Sassoon education, Vivienne Mackinder, and Wella Academy.  Specializing in hair cutting and color design. Using shapes, depth, and hue to mold movement in to the hair. As a stylist for 8 years working in the greater Los Angeles area working heavily with blondes it has become a noted skill to her craft. Giving common knowledge of how to style the hair to make people look and feel great is what Karyn loves about hairdressing. Today's works also include creative events such as editorial styling, catalogs, film, and fashion shows.

Karyn Arizumi
Freelance Stylist
January 2003 – Present (11 years 8 months)
I am available for styling hair, makeup, or wardrobe for commercial, editorial, high fashion, and print.

220 Salon
Stylist
September 2009 – August 2011 (2 years)
Portland, Oregon

Hairstylist, makeup artist, training at the Bumble and Bumble Academy New York, Client building relation skills, Self marketing, software usage of Salon Pro

AG Hair Cosmetics
Artistic educator
March 2005 – December 2010 (5 years 10 months)
Burnaby, British Colombia

Responsible for brand awareness, visual merchandising, and establishing relationships with retailers to generate sales. Management of cutting and product training courses for large groups. Successful budgeting and accountability for travel and training expenses.

The Parlour
Stylist
August 2005 – August 2009 (4 years 1 month)
Boulder, Colorado

Strong client building relations, color educator for salon stylists, reached education level goals, successful completion of apprenticeship, Dale Carnegie public speaking seminar completion