
OUR MISSION
Our intent is to ensure your overall style requires minimal effort. In addition, we are fully committed to performing all work with excellence while building long lasting relationships while getting to know you.
Our Story
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Colour Bar celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2024 and continues its unwavering mission of being Service-Oriented. We have a genuine desire to focus on meeting the needs of others. We aim to be people focused and make ourselves available, providing expert advice and hair services using a wealth of knowledge and wisdom that has been acquired through experience. Colour Bar is locally owned and operated by a passionate, licensed professional with 25 years experience in the beauty industry. “Everything we do is lead by honor, we focus on building genuine relationships with people who honor our time and value our skills.”
Every detail of how Colour Bar is operated has been intentionally curated— from the studio design to the selection of functional hair products used in the salon to provide an exceptional salon experience.
Our studio has been designed with an open and inviting concept, where our stylists can engage with you during your entire service. Our relationship with each and every client is extremely important so we guarantee our undivided attention during your visit. As a client focused studio, you can observe and interact with us as we customize your colour formula. It is our desire to focus on meeting your hair needs, by using the right tools to deliver a great outcomes.
The studio setting is designed with collaboration in mind. When you visit Colour Bar, you will often see and hear stylists sharing ideas, encouragement, and support.We are present and intentional. We are a mentoring hair salon, with a genuine desire to help build up the incoming generation of hairstylists. Apply with us if you’re looking to grow personally and professionally.
Meet the Stylist
Veva Abalos
Creative & Visionary
Hairstylist
Veva is a visionary leader, passionate about wholeness and wellbeing in all areas of life; emotional, mental, physical. She believes the continous growth and development in both the personal and professional life and creating a consitent work and life rythm. Beauty starts from within, but she also believes in entrusting professionals to help and teach one how to enhance and accent their best feature. Colour Bar & Hair Studio was inspired in January 2014 after Veva (Founder) returned home from a trip to Europe. It was there that she experienced the simple and minimalist lifestyle. She loved how time never seemed rushed. There she rediscovered an appreciation for simplicity, sophistication, and natural beauty. When you choose Colour Bar & Hair Studio, your service will never be rushed. In a busy world, we want you to enjoy being still.
Veva attended Olympian University of Cosmetology in 1999 and is a licensed cosmetologist in the state of New Mexico. In 2000, Veva completed a one-year apprenticeship with a former Aveda salon. Veva also served as licensee examiner with the New Mexico Board of Barbers and Cosmetologists from 2006-2009. In 2013, Veva completed a BSB from the University of Phoenix.
Veva's true passion is working in the studio environment, where she can share her knowledge and skill with others. Veva is well versed in all colour, but she prefers to customize cut and colour placement to fit the lifestyle of each individual. LIVED-IN COLOUR is her favorite! Veva is available for creative events, fashion shows, photo shoots and editorial styling.She is trained in advanced cutting classes with Bumble & Bumble and Eufora. Veva has also attended a KEVIN.MURPHY ACADEMY in Los Angeles and New York for advanced cutting and colour placement.
Veva is always searching for inspiration through travel, fashion, music, art, nature, and the people she interacts with on a daily basis. Veva is also dedicated to her Crossfit Training where she has gained a mindset of focus and confidence; something she applies to everything in life, even behind the chair. Crossfit has also taught her there is ALWAYS room for improvement.
Cassidy Bachman
Master Hairstylist
Cassidy Bachman joined Colour Bar in 2018. Cassidy’s work ethic, professionalism, creative approach, and genuine hospitality have granted her personal success. Cassidy has extensive knowledge, is well acquainted with a wide variety of hair cutting techniques and colour placement, specializing in natural balayage and lived-in colour and highlights to enhance natural beauty, resulting in a natural feel. She also loves creating fashion colours with an emphasis on maintaining healthy hair with a low-maintenance approach through placement and haircare to compliment the lifestyle of every client. Cassidy enjoys travel; prioritizing both leisure and professional travels to develop self. Cassidy has also been invested in the success and happiness of the team and the company earning a distinguished reputation and holds up the Colour Bar mission in build and long lasting relationships with clients, which is evident in the trust she has earned from loyal clients.
Cassidy attended Glitz School of Cosmetology in 2016. She has been a licensed Cosmetologist in the state of New Mexico since 2017; she has always had a passion for hair and was influenced by an aunt who is a professional Hairstylist and Salon Owner in AZ to pursue a career in the beauty industry. She strives to help you love your hair again by sharing classic and modern styling techniques and takes continuing education to keep her up to date on all new haircuts, hair styles, and hair colour trends. Cassidy has attended a KEVIN.MURPHY ACADEMY in New York for advanced colour placement techniques, The R+ CO Studios in Miami, FL for advanced cutting techniques and various professional development courses through out he states for Artistic Vision Development.
She strives to make a connection with every client that sits in her chair, while making them feel comfortable and beautiful. Cassidy is also an archer, and a great archer typically has a combination of physical and mental attributes that enable them to consistently perfom at a higher level, which transfer to her dilignece in the salon setting.
Contact Us
353 S. Espina Las Cruces, NM 88001
575-647-0500