Ashleigh just gets it!
Ashleigh has been doing "my blonde" since 2009. I no longer live in Austin, and in all the cities that I have lived since (including ostensibly good cities for hair like Portland and San Francisco), I have yet to find "my Ashleigh" - or anyone who can work the blonde with anywhere near her level of mastery. If I know I am visiting Austin soon-ish, I will wait until way longer than I should to cut or color my hair because I'd rather wait for her to do it than get another "pretty good but I don't love it" result.
With Ashleigh, it's not "almost." I walk away completely satisfied, because the end result matches my vision every time. I have dramatically changed my hairstyle several times over the years under her guidance and I don't trust anyone else.
She's been in the hair game for ages, along with a rich second career in music, and a third side hustle in writing. She has a great ear for listening, and stories for daaays about her travel and living experiences (ask her about making albums, cross-country touring, "merch girl" ing for other bands, her year in an RV) that make an otherwise long afternoon of double-bleach-process-and-a-cut disappear enjoyably.
(pictured: my bestt-ever blonde bob a la Ashleigh)