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SEARCHNorth Carolina-based hairstylist Tyler Plemmons wants you to know one thing: Positivity and perseverance will get you everywhere. This MODERN SALON Artist Connective Member and 2018 MODERN SALON 100 Honoree is known for beautiful balayage, gorgeous vivids, and soft pastel hair color.
"Nothing in life, or even in hair, is perfect." --Tyler Plemmons
Tyler Plemmons
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North Carolina-based hairstylist Tyler Plemmons wants you to know one thing: Positivity and perseverance will get you everywhere. Everyone experiences those periods when it feels like it's taking forever to get where you want to be. Plemmons, speaking from experience, will always keep pushing. When the going gets tough, he knows how to pick himself back up with a positive outlook.
This MODERN SALON Artist Connective Member and 2018 MODERN SALON 100 Honoree is known for beautiful balayage, gorgeous vivids, and soft pastel hair color. Give Tyler a follow for scroll-stopping looks on your IG feed, and learn more about him below.
Name: Tyler Plemmons
Salon: Tyler Art Studio
Location: Asheville, North Carolina
Years in the Industry: 14
Specialty: Vivids, balayage
Instagram:@tyler.art
MODERN SALON 100: 2018
Tyler Plemmons is known for his beautifully vibrant color work.
Tyler Plemmons
Funny, outgoing, smart.
Learn from your own two hands, not anyone else's.
The get-up is tough, but if you keep hustling, you'll get to where you want to be.
Hustling and never giving up on my dreams.
Not learning social media to start getting new clientele.
Thinking I could do it, and I did it.
Nothing in life, or even in hair, is perfect.
Balayage and more vibrant colors.
"Toxic" by Britney Spears.
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