Darling & Dapper

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MARKIA! 🎉🥳 .ki.a

Another year of being an absolute delight, making everyone around you laugh, and casually being REALLY DAMN GOOD at what you do.

Your personality? 10/10.
Your skills? UNMATCHED.
Your ability to make a room more fun just by being in it? Frankly, a little rude to the rest of us. 😂

We’re very lucky to have you in our weird little crew. 💚

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MARKIA! We hope your day is as fabulous, hilarious, and generally excellent as you are. 🎂✨

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HOW COULD YOU NOT LOVE LOVE?! 🥹

Seriously. Look at these two. LOOK AT THEM.

We love wedding days so much. We get genuinely excited to wake up at the crack of dawn - even when it isn't our own wedding. 😂

The happy nerves. The getting-ready chaos. The little moments before everything begins. And then THAT MOMENT when they finally see each other.

We get to be a tiny part of some really big, really beautiful days, and we will never stop being grateful for that.

Soooo yeah. We love love. A lot. And we're not even a little bit sorry about it.

The Team:va

AFTER ➡️ BEFORE because we like to start with the good stuff. 👀✨

This gorgeous transformation started with a full highlight, then Maggie swapped out her client's weft extensions for about 50g of K-tips — and the difference is SO GOOD.

So what’s the difference?

A weft is a larger, continuous row of hair that’s sewn, beaded, or otherwise attached across the head. K-tips are individual strands of extension hair attached with a small keratin bond, giving your stylist a lot more freedom to place the hair exactly where it’s needed.

That means we can customize the placement, blend more seamlessly into the natural hair, and create movement that feels much more like *your* hair.

The result? More dimension, beautiful fullness, and a super natural-looking blend.

We LOVE a good extension transformation, but we love it even more when the method is customized to the person wearing it!

THINGS YOU SHOULD BLOCK:

✨ Negativity
✨ The sun
✨ That person who ALWAYS has an opinion about everything
✨ Your hair

YES, YOUR HAIR!

Color blocking is one of our favorite ways to add a little ✨something✨ to your hair - bold sections, unexpected color, maximum personality.

Some things are worth blocking. This is definitely one of them.

Hair by Chay .chay

It's SPOOKY SATURDAY - can we get a "HELL YEAH!" in chat?

Beetlejuice vibes. Halloween vibes. Fall vibes. All the vibes!

We're always sad to see this season come and go because it releases such creativity in our stylists AND our clients!

This client had light brown hair. So Michelle colored from root to tip to achieve this spooky-amazing combination!

We love an evolution. Curly styles on men have really been popular for the last year or so, and we've really enjoyed refining and redefining looks that really suit our clients.

Katy .the.hair.lady gave these short curls shape and structure so they can do what curls do best: CURL.

We love a cut that works *with* your texture instead of trying to convince it to be something it’s not. 🌀

There's something really special about a team that doesn't just SAY "we're like family."

We've all seen businesses throw that phrase around on social media while, behind the scenes, the culture is... anything but.

That's not what you'll find here.

The people you see laughing together, cheering each other on, welcoming new faces, and celebrating their clients? That's who they are when the salon doors close, too.

They support each other. They celebrate each other's wins. They respect one another, genuinely enjoy being together, and create a space where everyone—teammates and clients and friends—feels welcome.

We hope that's something you can feel the moment you walk through our doors. 🖤

BABY’S FIRST CURL CUT PERM! 🥹

Okay, maybe Chay isn’t a baby… but we are absolutely going to act like proud parents whenever one of our people hits a new milestone! It's kinda who we are.

We’ve loved watching Chay grow, experiment, find their specialties, and become such a beloved part of our little D&D crew. And judging by how excited our clients are to sit in their chair, we’re not the only ones cheering them on.

Here’s to many more firsts, .chay! We’re so happy you’re here. 🥹✨

A little blurb on curl cut perms for those who want to learn: A curl cut perm is a perm technique designed specifically with the final haircut and shape in mind — creating curls that work with the cut instead of just adding curl and hoping for the best.

It’s a little more intentional, a little more customized, and VERY fun when you want to embrace a whole new texture.

THESE BANGS ARE BANGIN’! 💥

Do the kids still say “bangin’”? Well, WE think this is still an appropriate use.

Inspired by Ella Langley and the current resurgence of the big, bouncy, full fringe, we’re starting to see a trend…

Maybe we need to put up a sign on the front door that reads: GET YOUR BANGIN' BANGS HERE. We won't... but we did consider it for a second. They're THAT good. 😂

Bangin' Bangs by .the.hair.lady

WE HATE TO BRAG… but we’re gonna. 🏆💚

Because what’s more worthy of bragging about than knowing our clients are having an actually excellent experience when they’re with us?

We’re SO excited to share that Darling & Dapper has received a 2026 Client Experience Award! 🎉

This award recognizes salons with an average client rating of over 4 out of 5 stars — and while we’re obviously thrilled about the award, what REALLY makes us happy is knowing those stars came from YOU!

The people who trust us with their hair.
The people who hang out with us for hours.
The people who tell their friends about us.
The people who leave feeling a little more like themselves than when they walked in.

We will ALWAYS brag about giving our clients the best experience we possibly can. Because great hair is wonderful, but feeling welcome, comfortable, heard, celebrated, and genuinely cared for?

THAT’S the good stuff. 🥹💚

So yes. We’re bragging AND we’re giving a HUGE thank you to every single person who took the time to leave us a review and help make this happen. We couldn’t do it without you. 🥰 YAY!