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Meet Our Team
Gregory Chakalian
Gregory co-founded Laru Ni Hati in 1990 after graduating from New York University with degrees in Urban Planning/Economics, and working as an Urban Planner in Manhattan.
6-years of growing the business from the front desk, inspired me to attend the Aveda Institute, and work behind the chair. During the next decade I attended hands-on workshops at Vidal Sassoon Academy (Los Angeles, San Francisco, & Miami Beach, Jacques Dessange (Paris), American Crew (Denver), Redken (NYC), and Bumble and Bumble (NYC). I see each client as a puzzle and enjoy figuring out what style fits with minimum daily maintenance.
Dyan
Dyan has been part of the Laru family since 1998. During that time, she has also worked as a stylist in one of the top salons on Newbury Street in Boston. She returned to Laru in 2012.
Never one to stop learning, Dyan has trained extensively with several companies, including Bumble+bumble, Aveda, Redken, Toni&Guy and Wella.
While working in Boston, she sought out editorial work, and has had much of her work published in various magazines. She also had a chance to work with Mark Wahlberg on the movie “Ted” as well as “Made” on MTV. In addition to her film and print work, this celebrity hairstylist was also contracted to style the dancers for both the Boston Celtics and the Bruins.
Dyan is amazing at creating custom cuts and colors that no other stylist can duplicate. She also specializes in blonde hair.
Brandon
Born and raised in Northern New Mexico, this stylist came to Albuquerque with one goal; make it beautiful one head at a time! Trained at the internationally know academy Toni & Guy, Brandon can do anything from a traditional haircut to an out of this world avante garde style. His passions and specialties include, color corrections, men’s cuts, and razor cuts. Having done several fashion and hair shows he is excellent at updo’s, wedding styles and other stylings. His dedication to his clients and his profession only make him more of an asset in YOUR life. Don’t let his age fool you, this young stylist is full of inspiration, creativity and most importantly skill.
Yvette
Yvette Zamora
A stylist that gets her inspiration through travel and fashion. She keeps up with current trends and is always looking forward to bringing her creative ideas into her work space.
She has trained under celebrity stylist well attending the infamous 901 Academy located in West Hollywood L.A. As she is consistently continuing her education and perfecting her skill, which has allowed herself to specialize in advanced color services such as Balayage, foil highlighting, color melting and corrective color.
Yvette started her career as a hairstylist here in her home city Albuquerque, NM where she graduated from the Toni & Guy Hairdressing Academy. And has been apart of the Laru team since 2014.
Kristian
Kristian, born and raised in New Mexico decided to follow her dreams and became a master barber and an esthetician. Constantly improving her craft she has a passion for education and trend forecasting. Whether skin or hair, her goal is to make you feel your best.
Tazz
“Your hair is your best accessory,” muses ABQ native Tazz Borrego. Tazz’s desire for knowledge and travel has taken him to train in top salons and with top stylists across the country.
Specializing in haircutting and barbering, Tazz’s aesthetic ranges from soft, lived-in, and beautiful, to sharp, precision, and polished. His passion for doing hair is illustrated in his talent and skill and he is always inspired by his clientele to execute a haircut that perfectly suits an individual’s personal lifestyle.
Marcella
Marcella is a talented transplant to Albuquerque, New Mexico from Denver, Colorado. She is passionate about making each client look and feel their absolute best. Trained at Toni & Guy, her specialties range from color to cuts and everything in between, but she especially loves bringing life and love to all those curly heads out there. Having participated in multiple fashion shows and weddings her dedication is always to her client and is always expanding her education, as well as always aiming to educate clients on best home care practices too keep those looks slaying.
Stephen
Stephen Sanchez is a makeup artist with a passion for helping his clients feel confident and accentuating their beauty. He brings 3 years of professional makeup artistry experience to the table and has been certified through The Vanity Makeup Studio. His work has been used to promote events hosted by Meow Wolf and to promote local boutique Retrohexx. He has also collaborated with Future Fantasy Delight to create makeup looks that were featured in a promotional video for their SS19 fashion campaign.
Chelsie Atencio
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Chelsie, born in Italy raised in New Mexico worked in business straight out of high school while going to college part time. She became blessed with kids at the age of 22 and became a housewife for four years. When Chelsie was thinking about going back into the business field, her brother inspired her to go to cosmetology school per her DIYs at home beauty hacks. Chelsie graduated from Olympian in 2016 with a cosmetology degree with eyebrow threading certification , extensions certification , shear certification , and (out of school) lash certification . Chelsie specializes in men’s cuts, women’s cuts, braids, color, highlights, balayage’s, perms, relaxers, lash extensions, waxing of the face and body, and facials. Chelsie is always striving to learn new things and is always taking new educational classes.
voted best albuquerque salon
by the editors and readers of:
- Elle Magazine - top 100 salons in the USA
- Albuquerque the Magazine - Best of the City
- The Weekly Alibi - Best of Burque
- The Daily Lobo - Lo Mejor
- NM Film Industry - Go to Color Correction (Colin Farrell)
