Beyond The Salon
About Me
Jessica Willson
Owner & Stylist
I am a hairstylist with over 25 years in the industry. After working in the same salon for 22 years, in 2021, I decided to go into business for myself. I now rent a space at The Artery in Ferndale and get to work alongside some of my favorite humans.
I aim to provide my clients with creative, clean, inclusive, and high-quality services. I pride myself on taking the time to find out what exactly my clients want from each appointment and making a plan to get them the healthy, happy hair of their dreams. I use Malibu C wellness treatments to ensure the canvas is prepped and ready for color or styling. I use mostly Pulp Riot color to create, with Olaplex Bond Repair and Trionics developers to keep my client's hair healthy.
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She/Her/They/Them
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Olaplex Lover
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Corrective Color
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Global Blondes
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Platinum Cards
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Babylights
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Rainbow Hair
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Inclusive
✿ Aspiring Ally
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Nerd
I am also a grad student at Wayne State University, pursuing a Ph.D. in Philosophy. I should graduate in 2024 after about a billion years of coursework, and teaching, and dissertation writing. My current dissertation plan is to try to marry my two loves; philosophy and hair. There is an obvious and problematic discrimination problem in the beauty industry, both with regard to race and gender. I'd like to use my dissertation project to explore the structural issues behind the disparity and discrimination, and some potential solutions. More to come
I live with my partner who is a recent graduate of the Department of Philosophy at Wayne, and our two doggos Wyatt and Waylon. We love games, -both board and video - but mostly only have time for one or two hobbies these days. On my rare time off, I can usually be found road (or plane) tripping to see my favorite band: Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers. I've been all over the place to see them over the last 20 years. Really though, that is about the most exciting and adventurous I get, the rest of the time I'm a homebody and a nerd :)
