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Careers · Waikiki, Rockingham

Good enough to be booked out, tired of where you work?

Right now the studio is looking for one senior stylist, and Mikelah always wants to hear from good people at every level: juniors, apprentices, stylists still building. This page tells you honestly what working here comes with. Every conversation is confidential.

Message Mikelah, confidentially

A coffee first, not an interview. Nobody hears you asked.

What the chair comes with

  • A fed column. A studio with 271 five-star reviews, 10 years of demand and paid campaigns bringing new clients in every week. You are not rebuilding from a dead chair.
  • Certification in the Mikelah-Jayde Seamless Foil Method™. Trained by Mikelah personally, the technique she gets flown interstate to teach. Here it is part of the job.
  • A two-week, one-on-one start with Mikelah. Your first two weeks are a training and transition period with the founder herself, so you start confidently instead of being thrown on the floor.
  • Structured training, every Wednesday. The studio trains every week, rotated through the team, with extra sessions for anyone who wants more and outside educators through the year.
  • A direct line to the founder. Mikelah works the floor beside you, and she is who you answer to.
  • A three-day weekend, every week. Two late nights (Tuesday and Thursday), normal days Wednesday and Friday, and the studio closed Saturday to Monday. The roster was reshaped after listening to the team about late nights.
  • Awards entries, shoot days and content. The studio backs the work and shows it off. Being in some of it comes with the chair.

The owner you'd work with

"I'm most proud of my girls. Knowing that I have created a space for them to grow, learn and be the best that they can be, with support, even now and after. I created this so I could be around people that are like me. I wanted to go to work with my friends."Mikelah, founder

She started in this industry at 15, as the basin girl. She opened this studio 10 years ago, and now gets flown interstate to teach other hairdressers her foiling method. Teaching runs through everything here.

The clients here

"I can go to any of the other girls. When she went on maternity leave I changed my hair colours and had full confidence, and they delivered."Tiegen, client of 10 years

Tiegen · client of 10 years

This chair is for:

  • A qualified stylist who is good and knows it, and wants to keep getting better
  • Someone proud enough of her work to let it be seen
  • Someone who likes a loud, fast, team-first floor. It is organised chaos in here, and we like it that way
  • Not for someone wanting a quiet solo booth. This is a team, in each other's pockets, twelve hours at a time

Not a senior stylist yet?

Message anyway. Mikelah started in this industry at 15 as the basin girl, and this studio has trained people up from their first day in the industry; there is a new starter on the floor right now. There is not always a role open at every level, but good people get remembered, and the next opening goes to someone Mikelah already knows about.

Before you message.

Is this actually confidential?

Yes. You message Mikelah directly, nobody else sees it, and nothing happens without you. First step is a coffee or a look around the studio after hours, whatever feels safe.

What are the hours really like?

From late September: Tuesday and Thursday 9am to 9pm, Wednesday and Friday 9am to 5pm, and a three-day weekend every single week with the studio closed Saturday to Monday. Two big days, two normal days, then your life back. The late-night load was reduced after feedback from the team.

What does the trial look like?

A trial day on the floor with the team. You see us at full speed, we see you at yours, and both sides know quickly.

I'm an apprentice or junior. Is it worth messaging?

Yes. The senior chair is what is open today, but the studio trains from the ground up and openings at other levels come around. Introduce yourself and you are on the list when one does.

Can I bring my clients?

If they love you, they are welcome. But you will not be relying on them: the studio's book and campaigns feed your column.

Where are you?

Shop 5, Stargate Shopping Centre, 78 Charthouse Rd, Waikiki. Free parking right outside the door.

One chair

It goes to the right person, however long that takes.

Message Mikelah, confidentially

A coffee first, not an interview.