Krista has been a senior stylist for Twisted Banana since the doors opened in 2009, and has been the studio owner for the past 11 years. Krista has been a well diverse hairstylist over the years having a wide variety clientele. She loves extensive color corrections as transforming unfortunate "dye jobs" and making them look expensive and beautiful is quite rewarding. Barbering has been a strong passion for her as well, over half her clientele come for clean cuts, fades and beard trims. In 2017, Krista traveled, alongside Allie, to Holland to attend a 3-day barbering course with the famous Schorem barbers of Rotterdam learning the traditional art of hair cutting and styling. Krista recently sparked a renewed interest in hair extensions as she and Randi attended the BABE Mastery Extension course in hopes to offer new techniques of hair care to her clientele. Krista, as the owner, is a very go-go-go individual as well as a busy hairstylist behind the chair, therefore, is not taking on new clients for the foreseeable future. 

Accepting new clients? No

Allie has been a busy senior stylist at Twisted for 10 years now! Although she has proved to be a diverse stylist, she has a particular love for all blonding services such as balyage, foiliage, baby lighting and lived-in looks, and she would love to take on more clients who fall into this category. On the opposite spectrum, Allie also adores a good neon/pop color project such as bold, bright, multi-colored looks including any color of the rainbow.  Barbering has been a large part of her experience as well. You will see her working on her fades, tapers, and beard cleanups on a daily basis.  In 2017, Allie traveled to Holland, alongside Krista, to attend a 3-day barbering course with the famous Schorem barbers of Rotterdam, learning the traditional art of cutting and styling. You will also catch her teaching and assisting our younger stylists on a daily basis ensuring that they are becoming confident and knowledgeable hairstylists!

Accepting new clients? Yes

Randi has been in the industry for 15 years, and anyone who knows her will say she absolutely loves anything beauty related, and she is always willing to learn something new. Although she doesn't offer some of these skills anymore, this girl has experience not only in hairstyling , but also eyelash extensions, micro-blading, waxing, tinting, and was even a successful hair competitor for many years. Randi is known to be very talented in curly hair care and is sure to send you home with plenty of tips and techniques for taking care of your locks. Hair loss solutions is another passion for Randi as she offers a variety of options to cater to your hairs' needs such as product recommendations and hair extensions. Randi is hoping to meet new clients who are interested in either of these 2 specialties of hers.  A curly hair appointment with Randi will include your cut, wash, style plus educating you on how to take care of your curls at home with the appropriate products. This visit will be 1-1.5 hours at $90.

Accepting new clients? New curly clients only

Jackie joined the Twisted family in spring of 2015 and has been a loyal team member ever since! Jackie loves the ability to make personalized changes to your hair that best suits you and helps increase your confidence! She enjoys the challenge of intricate, modern haircuts to classic barbering, to dimensional highlights and low lights to grey/white blending, and subtle lived-in coloring. This girl is also unbelievably talented in event hair such as up-do's and braiding. She is our go-to stylist for those wanting a fishtail or waterfall braid added to their do. In her spare time, Jackie leads an active lifestyle and has recently become a part-time yoga instructor! Along with yoga and meditation skills, Jackie also holds our team together emotionally by offering us team bonding exercises such as positivity circles and words of affirmation so we all stay tight and bonded as a team.  A visit with Jackie means good conversation, education for hair care at home and lots of giggling. 

Accepting new clients: Yes

Sarah joined the Twisted team in 2020 bringing with her a solid amount of experience as a multi-talented stylist who is ready to take on any project that comes her way. As a stylist, she loves working on precision cutting such as bobs and pixies, razor cutting such as shags and mullets, and curly hair! She enjoys creating commercial, lived-in colors such as highlights of any kind and subtle balyages. You will also see her tackling perms quite often as she loves a good set of curls to care for, her own included. She will be sure to teach you what you need to know to care for your curly locks whether they are natural or permanently textured. You will be sure to experience her bright and bubbly personality upon meeting and will enjoy time spent in her chair chatting and laughing!

Accepting new clients: Yes

Sammy has become a talented and diverse hairstylist since joining the Twisted team 3 years ago and has been successful at growing her clientele proving that her goal is to be a versatile stylist by learning everything she can. Her favorite thing to provide in haircutting is creating dimensional layers and custom looks to medium and long lengths. Give her a good butterfly cut any day! Soft foiling techniques to bold reds and coppers to neon vivids are all of interest to Sammy as she loves experimenting with all types of hair coloring. Sammy also provides hair extension services such as tape-in's, fusions, and wefts as she is also certified with BABE extensions along with Krista and Randi. A visit to Sammy's chair means a thorough consultation, inspo photo hunting together and great conversation.

Accepting new clients: Yes

Meet Jo! She is the voice you hear when you call our studio, the person replying to your emails or social media messages and of course the smiling face that welcomes you in to our studio. Joely joined the Twisted team almost 2 years ago and was immediately a core member to our studio as she has impeccable customer service skills and fit in our family like a glove. She has experience in the beauty industry as she had completed hair school and worked in a salon atmosphere previously. You never know, you may see her swapping back over to hair in the near future! On a daily basis you will see Jo taking care of our retail space, completing orders and inventory, helping the stylists and tattoo artists juggle their schedules and of course helping you when you come to visit us.  Jo is very knowledgeable in all aspects of our studio and our retail, so please don't hesitate to call and ask any questions!

Meet our junior hairstylist Samantha! Sam has been with our team for just over a year now and has been quickly growing into a successful young stylist. Her clientele so far has been diverse including all types of coloring, foiling, long cutting to barbering, Her favorite hair projects to work on, as well as what she would love to gain more opportunities for, would be alternative styles such as shags and mullets, bold color placements and multi-colored vivids. Sam is also offering tinsel extensions that are a great way to add a little extra sparkle and color to any style. Sam has a very kind and gentle personality that will surely make you feel comfortable in her chair. ​ Sam is hoping for more practice in the following types of cutting: short pixies, bobs and barbering 

Accepting new clients: Yes

Twisted recently welcomed Sara to the team as our salon apprentice. Sara finished hair school in May 2024 and she is now working at gaining her apprenticeship hours and in-salon training with us. Around the salon, you will see Sara assisting our stylists, shadowing us to learn skills, taking walk-in's and helping with daily shop duties. So far, Sara is confident with haircuts such as short barber cuts, bobs or solid form cuts, and she would love more practice with heavily layered styles such as shags. Although Sara's favorite color projects to create are those of vivid's and neon's, she would also love more opportunity to practice foiling techniques, corrective colors and lived-in looks.

If you would like to come in and give her a shot, please call and let us know and we can accommodate you accordingly! 780-464-2883

Accepting new clients: Yes