
conscious development | be you, i'll help


Current residencies:
→ Whistle Salon in the East Village
for Conscious Beauty sessions on Fridays & Saturdays
→ Shampoo Avenue B in West Village
for regular salon services on Wednesdays
NeW stuff:
→ NYC Salon Directory coming soon!
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Michelle Hammel | me/her | neuroqueer; bisexual dyke vibe; holistic; audacious witch; indie artist; chronic entrepreneur; coach. Master Stylist | Redken Certified Colorist & Design Master Healer | HIGH'R Healing Herbalist, Light/Energy Worker, Psychic Medium, Mental Health Peer Support Facilitator & Mentor, Yogi in Recovery Artist | Market Haus Art & stonerqueer.com Resident Artist, Co-founder and Coach These forced combined with confidence and stability = magic
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Sessions & Rates
designer Cut
revival cut
rebrand cut
quick bop
color project
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30m | barbering, short hair, dry cut maintenance or precision haircut for existing guests within an 8 weeks of last service.
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60m | consult/check-in, haircut & shaping, "trim" or curly cut maintenance for existing guests within 12 weeks of last service.
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75m | affirming transformation consult, haircut & design, healthy-hearty cut with or without major changes for new & existing guests.
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15m | A quick cleanup or detail session—bang trim, neckline, beard, or a little extra time when needed. Add to an existing appointment or book solo if we've seen each other recently.
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2hr | balayage, fashion colors, projects, color blocking, color correction for new and existing guests **free session required
Michelle
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$200/hr | New Guest Sessions
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$180/hr | Legacy Rate (after 3 sessions)
CB STYLISTS
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$180/hr | New Guest Sessions
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$162/hr | Legacy Rate (after 3 sessions)
↪ Every session includes tax & tip
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no upselling
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no double book
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no masking
just beauty.
What is a Conscious Beauty session?
Conscious Beauty is my deeper, mindful approach to beauty work—where technical work meets lifestyle care, healing, and energy support. In these sessions, we go beyond the cut: we look at your nervous system, daily rhythms, sensory needs, and the emotional weight you’re carrying. It’s a slower pace, more presence, and more hands-on guidance so your hair, body, and life stay in sync. "Regular" studio sessions give you my signature high-standard, low-maintenance look & feel. Conscious Beauty gives you all of that plus the extra layers—energetic work, grounded conversation, and a level of care designed for folks who need more support than a standard appointment can hold. We cater to communities who often don't feel in line with societies traditional beauty standards and lifestyles.
People who work with me crave:
↪ low-maintenance + high-standards ↪ beauty + balance, inside + out ↪ depth + strategy, not surface-level fixes ↪ honesty, clarity, and authenticity ↪ showing up curious + change ↪ structure + creativity and chaos ↪ going off-script, rebels at heart ↪ seeing our work together as an investment ↪ their outside to reflect what they’re building inside ↪ is this you? call me, babe

"high
standards,
low maintenance"
we believe in principles-based learning which makes sessions an experience where guests get to learn about their specific needs and also the basic understandings of how everything works. this allows fresh homies to own the tools to take care of their body with the utmost respect with the least-amount of high quality resources. we also prefer to provide tested and approved resources so guests don't have to rely on marketplace manipulation.
beau·ty / noun /ˈbyü-tē/
beau·ti·ful / adjective /ˈbyo͞odəfəl/
: delighting the senses or mind; full acceptance of who we are; constant refinement of becoming a better human. : pleasing the senses or mind aesthetically. : the quality or group of qualities in a person or thing that gives pleasure to the senses or the mind; loveliness : possessing qualities that give great pleasure or satisfaction to see, hear, think about, etc. : humane, helpful, patient, resilient, kind, loving, joyful, peaceful, attractive to look at, pleasing

















































