Hair Design for Cuts, Color, and Special Events

Necole works as a hairstylist, color specialist and creative hair designer, with training in California and Austin, TX. She takes on weddings, photo shoots and special events alongside everyday cutting and coloring appointments.

The studio sits at Studio 124 inside Sola Salons, 111 Seaboard Ave. Suite 100, Raleigh, North Carolina 27604. Appointments can be booked online through Vagaro, or you can call the studio Monday to Friday between 9 AM and 5 PM.

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Necole Marlow is a hairstylist, color specialist, and creative hair designer based in Raleigh, North Carolina. Her studio work centers on haircuts, color, highlights, retouch, partial highlights, toners, and treatments, with a clear emphasis on the health and conditioning of the hair before any chemical service is applied. The overall approach blends precision technique with a relaxed, spa-like atmosphere, so clients feel looked after rather than processed.

The name behind the chair carries a simple set of roles: wife, mother, hairstylist, and coffee lover. That framing gives the studio its tone. Sessions are personal and unhurried, shaped around real schedules and the many competing responsibilities of a busy household. Conversations happen over a cup, the consultation feels like a chat, and the finished style is meant to work just as well on a school run as it does on a special evening.

Training shaped the craft. Necole studied in California and in Austin, Texas, absorbing different regional techniques and modern color traditions along the way. That background shows in the range of services offered, from classic cutting and blow dry styling to bangs, trims, updos, and smooth-outs. Beyond the chair, she takes on weddings, photo shoots, and special events, where styling has to hold up under cameras, movement, and long hours.

Color work is the signature of the studio. Highlights, lowlights, retouch, toners, and partial color placements are handled with careful attention to where light naturally falls on the head. Every visit begins with a consultation, because the best result depends on hair history, previous box color, and the condition of the strands. Balancing brightness with tone keeps the finished color believable, dimensional, and easy to maintain between appointments.

Healthy hair is treated as the foundation of good design. Conditioning treatments and deep care are recommended alongside color services, and for many clients they are the difference between a chemical result that fades quickly and one that keeps its shape. The care plan that follows a highlight or retouch is as considered as the color itself, and it reflects a belief that longevity matters more than a dramatic first impression in the mirror.

The studio is located inside a salon setting at Studio 124, within Sola Salons on Seaboard Avenue in Raleigh. The space was chosen for its calm, welcoming character, with soft lighting, generous spacing, and rounded details that make the room feel more like a retreat than a workstation. Booking can be arranged online, and consultations are scheduled ahead of service so there is never a rushed decision made in the chair.

Everyday services sit alongside the creative work. Women and children are both welcome, and a good portion of the clientele books routine trims, blow dry styling, and updos for ordinary weeks. Repetition is valued here; the goal is a signature cut and color that the client can reproduce at home with minimal effort. That means clean lines, sensible lengths, and styling that fits a real morning routine rather than an idealized one.

Creative styling carries the studio into a different mode. Weddings, photo shoots, and special events demand a look that reads well from a distance and survives a long day. Updos, smooth-outs, and event styling are built to hold their shape while still looking effortless in motion. Working on set or at a celebration also sharpens the eye for proportion and finish, experience that quietly informs the everyday appointments back in the studio.

The visual identity follows the same idea. A muted palette of deep slate and sage tones against warm cream backgrounds, airy sans-serif type, softly rounded cards and photo frames, and flat color-block transitions between sections all reinforce a sense of calm. Nothing shouts. Spacing is generous and unhurried, borders are thin and quiet, and the overall impression is a wellness-oriented space where attention to detail and softness of experience are treated as one and the same practice.