Emerson Salon – Capitol Hill Seattle

Rusty Jones is the Emerson Salon manager but also does tremendous cut and color for men and women.

He just received a glowing review on our Yelp (one of many!) and we thought we would give him a blog shout out! Good job Rusty and keep it up! Seattle’s hair loves you!

I discovered Emerson when i was visiting Seattle and needed a last minute blowout. Most stylists would (and have) cringed and handed me to someone else…My hair is really long, really thick, and really color treated; a nightmare to some stylists, a fun challenge to others. Rusty was available and gave me a great blowout. He was also great to hang out with.

A couple months later I moved to Seattle (from L.A.) and needed to find a good colorist. It had taken me years to find one in L.A. that i was happy with. I like to keep my waist length hair various shades of fake (it’s gone from goth black, to cherry red, to blonde-ish and now back to red)

I thought i was in for quite a challenge to find a colorist i could trust and who wouldn’t be scared off by my great abundance of somewhat abused hair. I read many reviews on yelp , planning to interview various colorists…But Rusty, the sweet guy who gave me a last minute blow out was in the back of my mind. So i went back to Emerson and Rusty colored my hair. That was about 7 months ago, and i’ve never looked back.

Rusty is THE best colorist i’ve ever had work on my hair. He has taken my hair from a damaged, very dry state to hair that feels healthy, is shiny, and can be combed through with a fine toothed comb while wet! That is a miracle for hair that is as long, color treated, and thick as mine. Really. And about the color itself. Rusty really is one of the best. What first impressed me was that during our first consultation he looked at my skin and eye coloring, as if he actually cared about the specific color he would put in my hair. Many stylists don’t do this; i’ve seen enough to know. Rusty’s one of the really good ones who knows color and actually cares about how an individual client will look with the color they want. If he thinks a color will look bad on a person, he steers them towards something he thinks more suitable. He’s done this with me. Right now he’s been doing my hair red, and i think every incarnation has been great. The man knows color, and if he can make my mass of evil hair look and feel good, i think he can do it for anyone. Highly recommended.

Also, rusty’s great to hang out with during the 2+ hours it takes to color my hair.

The salon itself has a great, non- prissy attitude and neat steampunk design. The other stylists that work there are sweet to be around and also seem to know their trade quite well. If Rusty were ever unable to do my hair, i’d definitely trust one of the others! Everyone is very friendly in a genuine way, and there isn’t any awful snobbery that i’ve experienced in other salons. It’s a nice, welcoming atmosphere; the best i’ve ever found (and that includes many high end/ punk rock los angeles salons!!!) Rusty and the other stylists at Emerson are treasures!!!