VellumHair Studio
Nº 06Autumn 2026 · Columbia, Illinois

Hair worth
the chair.

A one-chair studio for cut, color and balayage. We book one guest at a time, so you get a stylist’s full attention from consult to final mirror check.

A guest's long honey-and-chestnut balayage falling in soft waves, photographed from behind in warm window light
Lived-in honey balayage3.5 hrs
02 / The Approach

We book one guest at a time. No double-booking, no timer going off for someone else, no upsell at the register. Just a quiet room on Main Street and a stylist who listens first, then picks up the shears.

Vellum, since 2019
The studio: a single cognac leather chair facing a tall arched brass mirror, limewashed walls and morning light
03 / The studio

One chair. Your full attention.

Vellum is small on purpose: a limewashed room on Main Street with one styling chair, one arched mirror and a good playlist. You’ll never share your stylist with the next appointment.

“If you’re in my chair, you’re the only appointment I have.”

1:1Stylist to guest
15′Free consult
2 wkGloss check
04 / The Appointment

How a visit goes.

No upsell at the register and no mystery math. You’ll know the plan, the time and the price before anything is mixed.

i.

Consult

We talk through your routine, the photos you love and what your hair will realistically do.

15 minutes
ii.

Craft

Unhurried cutting and hand-painted color, section by section, with nobody waiting behind you.

Your service time
iii.

Care

You leave with a simple home plan and a complimentary gloss check two weeks later.

Included
05 / Lookbook

Recent chairs.

A few recent guests and the process behind them. Keep scrolling to move through the book.

Long honey balayage with soft loose waves
Honey balayageColor
A colorist hand-painting lightener onto a section of brunette hair
Hand-paintedProcess
A stylist point-cutting a guest's shoulder-length hair
Point-cut for movementCut
Shears, a tortoiseshell comb and brass clips on a marble tray
The kitStudio
A black styling chair and round mirror against a deep plum wall
The finishing chairStudio
06 / In their words

“First stylist who asked how I actually do my hair in the morning. It still falls right eight weeks later.”

Maren · Waterloo
07 / Visit

Pull up a chair.

New guests are always welcome. Tell us what you’re after and when you’re free, and we’ll text you two times that work.

Request an appointment

Takes about a minute. We reply within one business day.

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