Fuelled by a passion for the beauty industry at a very young age, Kathleen began her carrer as a hairdresser when she was only 17. After completing her apprenticeship, she decided to move to France in order to work in one of the most renowned salons and to learn from the leaders of the industry. With the determination to become one of the best in her field ,she continued her studies with an advanced diploma in hairdressing and a bachelor with the specialisation of a “stylist/visagist”. After successfully completing her degree, she carried on her journey living in various cities across the globe, learning something new from every salon she worked in.

When she arrived in Hong Kong she decided it was time to pick up another skill and trained to become a make up artist. This lead the way to her working as a hair and make up artist in the film and advertising industry, as well as being a private stylist throughout her stay in the country. After the birth of her first daughter, the young family moved to Sydney/Australia where she has been living and working ever since.

A few years ago , she was first introduced to the curly girl method by a good friend and fellow hairdresser who has trained directly by the founder and creator of the curly girl method, Lorraine Massey. Fascinated by this completely new approach of curl by curl dry cutting they began working together and Kathleen acquired every bit of knowledge about the art of dry cutting,colouring and styling natural curls. In order to deepen her skills, she decided to move on and started working at “ Yeah the curls” where she was trained by the owner of Sydney’s first dedicated Curly Girl Method hair salon.  Transforming so many curly hair clients, she realised the enormous demand in this area and decided to open her own salon in order to give more curly hair clients the opportunity to find a stylist that actually knows how to approach, cut and style their hair.

This is when “ Shades of Curls “ came to life and she has been able to live out here dream and to touch the lives ( and hair ) of so many curly clients ever since.