Curly Hair Salon in Albuquerque
Finally, a stylist who understands how curls actually live.
Your Curls Deserve Better
Curly hair needs a stylist who understands how it lives when it’s dry. A blowout can hide the curl pattern your stylist needed to see. The wrong layering can leave you fighting your hair every morning.
We work with your curls from the start. Your stylist looks at how your hair naturally sits and what you want before making a plan that works with the way your hair actually moves.
What Ouidad-Certified Really Means
Ouidad certification is specialized training for curly hair. It focuses on how curls move, shrink, stack, and respond to shape.
That training matters in the chair. Your stylist studies how your curls live day to day, including spring, volume, texture, and how your hair behaves as it dries.
The goal is a cut that feels like your curls, only easier to wear. We work with the hair you already have and help you understand how to care for it between appointments.
How We Work With Your Curls
Your curly appointment is built around your real hair and the way you wear it every day.
Our curly hair approach includes:
- Dry curl assessment. Your stylist looks at how your curls sit naturally before deciding where shape, balance, or weight removal is needed.
- Shrinkage planning. We account for spring, fullness, movement, and how your hair will settle as it dries.
- Shape that fits your routine. Your stylist talks through your goal, styling habits, and maintenance comfort before the cut begins.
- Product guidance you can use. We’ll help you understand product choice, application, drying, and the small details that affect your final result.
Our team also brings years of professional product knowledge, along with Jacqueline’s experience creating a product line of her own. That helps us recommend what your curls need without sending you home with products you won’t use.
Curly Hair Pricing
Specialized curly work is an investment in confidence and a better day-to-day relationship with your hair. Your stylist will confirm the right plan before the service begins.
This is a starting price. Final pricing may vary based on hair length and the time needed for your service.
If you’re new to us or unsure what to book, start with our Inspired Look. Send us photos of your current hair along with inspiration photos, and we’ll follow up within 24 business hours to help guide you toward the best service and next step.
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Meet Your Stylists
Elizabeth and Leslie are both Ouidad-certified and bring years of specialized curly hair experience to every appointment.
Elizabeth Asher
Master Stylist & Color Specialist
Elizabeth is a Master Color Authority and Ouidad curly certified stylist with 40 years behind the chair. She’s known for advanced color, blonding, and healthy hair transformations. She grew up in this salon. Now she owns it alongside her mother, Jacqueline.
Leslie Baca
Senior Stylist & Color Specialist
Leslie has been with Tijeras Hair Co. for more than 11 years, known for blonding, balayage, corrective color, and precision cuts that grow out beautifully. A three-time Best Make-Up Artist winner, she is the stylist clients trust for an honest answer.
Dani Tiller
Stylist/Master Barber & Perm Specialist
Dani is a master barber and texture expert with over six years of experience, known for modern fades, perms, and fashion color for men and women. Ask her about hot colors. She loves a bold transformation, especially one you can maintain easily at home.
Products Chosen With Experience
Jacqueline’s product standards come from decades behind the chair and hands-on experience creating professional hair care products. She learned early that the right shampoo, conditioner, and styling products can change how hair behaves between visits.
A great curly cut is easier to love when you know how to care for it at home. The products you use, how you apply them, moisture, and drying technique can all change how your curls look and feel between appointments.
Before you leave, your stylist may suggest shampoo, conditioner, styling cream, gel, mousse, masks, or drying techniques based on your hair and routine. The goal is simple. Help your curls behave better after you leave the salon.
What to Expect
Your curly appointment begins with a clear plan. We’ll talk through your curl history, what has been working, what hasn’t, and what you want your curls to do more easily.
Your stylist will look at your hair dry before it’s washed or stretched. This helps us see your natural fall, volume, and shrinkage before the cut begins.
During your appointment, your stylist will cut with balance and everyday wear in mind. After the cut, we’ll style your hair and talk through products, how to apply them, drying technique, and what to do between appointments.
Before You Book
Please review our Salon Policies before your appointment. We ask for 48 hours’ notice for cancellations, rescheduling, or appointment changes. If you’re not sure which service to choose, call us, and we’ll help you find the best next step for your hair.
Common Questions
Family-owned in Albuquerque since 1980
Albuquerque’s trusted name in expert color, custom cuts, modern perms, and skin correction — and an Ouidad certified salon.
The Cut Your Curls Have Been Waiting For!
We’ll help you understand what your curls need and find the right next step for your hair.