Meet the Twisted Crew...
Krista Senior Stylist/Salon Owner
Years in the industry: 17 years, 14 with Twisted
Specialty: "Men's barbering, corrective coloring, long hair cutting and styling"
Krista has been a senior stylist for Twisted Banana since the doors opened in 2009, then taking ownership of Twisted Banana in October 2013 fulfilled a life-long goal of Krista's, wanting her own salon since childhood. A very experienced history in hair styling has lead Krista to accept any challenge that comes her way, striving to create a unique look for each client, especially with colors. She craves the opportunity to work on longer hair lengths and loves to enhance it with shape and movement without sacrificing length. Men's barbering has become an absolute passion for Krista over the past 7 years, and she has an extensive male clientele to prove it! 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 men's cutting and styling. Krista is currently not taking new clients, however, she would love to have the opportunity to take on the odd extensive color correction as she adores transforming unfortunate "dye jobs" and making them look expensive and beautiful.
Accepting new clients: No
Allie Senior Stylist/Social Media Manager
Years in the industry: 12 years, 9 with Twisted
Specialty: "Blonding of any kind, men's barbering and corrective colors."
Allie has been rocking the hair world for 11 years now and is still striving to learn more whenever she can. She has been especially excelling in blonding services such as balyage, foiliage, and baby lights, she would love to take on more clients who fall into this category. Don't let the blonding specialty fool you, Allie also adores creating vivd, multi-colored projects as well! Need a style that will last you for a few days? Allie is a pro at blow-out styles that will leave your hair feeling fresh, plump and healthy for that weekend away or maybe you just want to treat yourself! Allie has been following her passion for men's barbering over the past few years as well. You will see her working on her fades, tapers and beard cleanups on a daily basis. In 2017, Allie traveled to Holland, along side Krista, to attend a 3-day barbering course with the famous Schorem barbers of Rotterdam, learning the traditional art of men's cutting and styling. You will also catch her posting to and managing our social media pages in hopes to engage more with our community!
Accepting new clients: Yes
Jackie Senior Stylist
Years in the industry: 12 years, 8 with Twisted
Specialty: "Hair cutting of any kind, commercial and multi-dimensional coloring and up-do's/event hair."
Jackie joined the Twisted family in spring of 2015, and has been killin' it in the hair world ever since! Jackie loves the ability to make changes to your hair that best suits you, and your hairs' personality! She enjoys the challenge of intricate, modern haircuts to multi tonal highlights and low lights to classic men's barbering. 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 is even educating herself in the world of yoga! A visit with Jackie means good conversation, education for hair care at home and lots of giggling.
Accepting new clients: Yes
Rae Senior Stylist/Assistant Manager
Years in the industry: 7 years, 10 with Twisted
Specialty: "Vivid coloring, curly hair care and men's styling"
Rae began her employment as one of our receptionists in May 2013, and soon discovered that her ambition was to become a hairstylist. She worked hard to complete her schooling and apprenticeship hours in 2015 and today, Rae is a busy hairstylist with a dedicated clientele. Rae has developed a passion for creating wild, vivid hair colors or just anything that screams unique. She is also our go to stylist for working with curly hair as she is educated in teaching her clients how to care for and style their curly locks at home. When she isn't styling, Rae assists Krista with salon coordination on a daily basis. She helps with everything from front end managing, retail/product ordering, banking, problem solving if an issue occurs and keeping clients happy. Having a bubbly personality, Rae will for sure make you smile and feel comfortable during your visit with her.
Accepting new clients: Yes
Sarah Senior Stylist
Years in the industry: 13 years, 3 year with Twisted
Specialty: "Commercial colors, shags and precision cutting"
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, men's grooming, commercial coloring such as balyage and highlighting, but is not shy to take on bright, bold color projects. Sarah has excelled in modern shag and "wolf" cuts for those texture lovers out there as well. You will also see her taking care of hair extensions such as tape-in and fusion extensions, she certainly is a jack of all trades! 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
Randi Senior Stylist
Years in the industry: 14 years, 7 with Twisted
Specialty: "Short sassy cuts, bold colors and curly hair care"
Randi has been in the hair industry for 13 years proving to be a very passionate hairstylist and past competitor in many hair shows, taking trophy's home from most of them. Although her days of competing are over, she still strives to stay educated with the latest and greatest in hair, makeup and fashion. Randi re-joined the Twisted team in 2015, since leaving to do her own adventure in 2012 where she increased her beauty knowledge to eyelash extensions. Today, she is a Canadian representative and educator for NovaLash eyelash extensions. Randi lives and breathes beauty and has gained a very full clientele to prove it.
Accepting new clients: Yes
Chantelle Intermediate Stylist
Years in the industry: 7 years, 3 years with Twisted
Specialty: "Blonding, vivid's and medium to long hair cutting"
You might recognize this cute mug from a few years ago! Chantelle started her industry training with Twisted back in 2016 and has recently returned back home as a full-time stylist! We are thrilled to have her back on the Twisted team and look forward to continuing her education and assisting her in becoming an even more amazing hairstylist than she already is! Chantelle, has evidently excelled in blonding services such as foiling, balyage and color melting. Although blonding is her specialty, this girl is also very skilled in men's cutting such as fades and gentleman's cuts as well as long hair cutting. Chantelle recently completed her certification for "Babe" extensions, and is also looking for more clients who are interested in longer locks! If you're interested, please book a consultation with Chantelle, and she will guide you from there!
Accepting new clients: Yes
Sammy Junior Stylist
Years in the industry: 3 years, 1 with Twisted
Specialty: "Bobs, long hair cutting and balayage"
Meet our new junior stylist Sammy! Sammy has joined the Twisted team with a full year of in-salon experience and a small clientele which she is very eager to continue growing. It is very evident that she is thirsty for learning everything she possibly can from our senior hairstylists and is picking up her talents very quickly. Sammy's goal as a hairstylist to be very versatile and be the best in every aspect of hair! So far, Sammy's favorite styles and colors to work on are bobs, long hair cutting, balyages, and blonding services. You will see her taking on quite a few vivid colors as well, for those of you who love a pop of color, please don't hesitate to check Sammy out!
We are currently training her on men's barbering and short pixie cuts, so if you are someone who falls into one of those categories and are willing to give her a shot, please call and let us know! Sammy recently completed her certification with "Babe" hair extensions, and will soon be ready to offer this as a service. Stay tuned!
Accepting new clients: Yes
Currently hiring
Intermediate or Senior Hairstylist Wanted
Twisted Banana is looking for a licensed, confident intermediate/senior stylist to join our tight-knit family of bad ass hairstylists.
Must be confident in their skills and ready to take on clients immediately.
A small, already established clientele to bring to the party would be considered an asset!
We are known for and do a ton of:
Color Corrections; Vivid/"Funky" Colors;
Blonding Services/Balayage; Mens Grooming
We love to learn from each other, share knowledge and consistently strive to be better at our craft every day!
When we say tight-knit, we mean TIGHT-KNIT.
Do not let that intimidate you!
We are also lovely, inclusive humans!
Do you think you could keep up with our fast-paced, busy salon and would fit right in with our sassy and hilarious crew?
Send your resume and portfolio of current work or instagram handle to your hair page to kristadanger@gmail.com!