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🌞April Kayganich🌛

@_thehalfrican

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🎯 LA based ✈️ NYC•ATX•SFO
✨Hairstylist and Educator
✂️+ color for all humans and textures Use the link to book 😘

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A gajillion of you asked me for this a long time ago so now I’m here to tell you that it’s coming soon: a curly hair video!

@_thehalfrican is an angel, a total pro, and a friend who graciously let us film at our last appointment together! Full video will release next month and it will (hopefully) answer all of your curl questions! 🤎💇🏽‍♀️

🎥 by @rahsallthat

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Finally adjusting to that time change and feeling all the summer feels. Just in time for more HEATWAVE separates! There’s early access in our app and in store! The big drop hits online tomorrow at 5 am (pst).

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What an amazing weekend I had with my team!

First, I just want to say, that I am so grateful to have the small but growing team that we have and I’m so proud of my girls and what they took away from this weekend!

Second, Thank you @ for creating this event and really bringing together the best artist collabs in the industry to give us all inspiration for our craft as hairstylists

Third, this is only a snippet of how amazing our time was and we cannot wait to attend next year!

Thank you!!!
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#haribrained #kmsapprovedus #goldwellapprovedus #saloneducation #worktrip #teambuilding #teambonding #education #coloring #stagework #california #palmsprings #saged

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March I miss you already

April, be nice.

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i don’t even know where to begin i’m still processing how much fun i had at @hairstorystudio with such a huge group of inspiring people! i’ll be back in August for more magic and it can come soon enough 😭 thank you to the incredibly loving team at @hairstorystudio and to all the people I got to spend time with last week 🥲❤️ being surrounded by hairdressers has been my dream my whole life and where i feel the most alive it’s really emotional to realize i am in it in this way and it just keeps getting better. i can’t wait to share with everyone all the new things coming ❤️‍🔥🫶 ALSO i have an exclusive discount right now for 25% off your first order w hairstory if you wanna try check out the link in my bio

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My Own Summer (Our Own Olive Garden)

#austin #hair #barber #barbershop #tattoo

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A pink moment we couldn’t stop thinking about 💗✨
#2 goes to this stunning look by @_thehalfrican 👏

A flawless blend of color and creativity that stood out all year 🤍✨

#jackwinnpro #jwp #jwptopten #top10

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Some love for our hairdressers, straight from those in the chair 🧡

For National Hairdresser Appreciation Day, we asked real clients to share a simple message to their stylist. What came back was a reminder that a hairdresser is so much more than hair; it’s trust, transformation, friendship, and those little moments that stay with people long after they leave the salon.

To every stylist in the Hairstory community: this is for you. You make people feel like themselves again (and sometimes even for the first time).

We see you, we appreciate you, and your clients really, really love you🫶

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fine print, circa 2000

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Hello is this thing still on 🙇🏽‍♀️

Haven’t posted in a year and a half, don’t rly know what to say, and definitely can’t sum up in 20 pictures— but basically I:

(1) Left NY after my birthday in August of 24
(2-5) Moved to London 🇬🇧🫘
(6-8) visited Austin to see two of the most amazing ppl I know tie the knot and some day 1s as a bonus 🐎 ✨
(9-14)moved to a retirement community in the middle of nowhere in Tennessee to r e a l i z e t h i n g s 💆🏽‍♀️ spend a lot of time outside 🤸🏽‍♀️and grow a lot of food 🥕🫛🥬🌽
(15 + 16) went back to brown 🧖🏽‍♀️👩🏽‍🦰 ➡️ 🧖🏽‍♀️👩🏽
(17 + 18) moved to California 🐠🌊

Thanks for being here if you’re here excited to be alive and live in a society etc

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THIS and your makeup lasting until 1 AM.

For Leila, my first Los Angeles bride of 2026, I didn’t use a drop of foundation on her skin. We focused on minimal, hydrating skin prep and strategic concealing to create my signature second-skin finish that is breathable but long-wearing.

When Leila told me she felt “so, so beautiful” and that her skin looked immaculate…that’s everything. That feeling is EXACTLY why I do what I do 🥹

My 2026 books are open for Los Angeles, OC, Ojai and beyond. Comment “BRIDE” and I’ll send over the details so we can secure your date!

#nofoundationbridalmakeup #losangelesmakeupartist #2026bride

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