Theo’s well-regarded aesthetic and technique have helped clients highlight their inherent beauty and transform their image.
Theo Enzo Aalto / Senior Stylist
Decatur
In Theo’s decade and a half as a stylist in Portland, Oregon’s top salons, his well-regarded aesthetic and technique have helped clients highlight their inherent beauty and transform their image — sometimes again and again. It’s no wonder he has built something of a local following: His exceptional standards, thoughtful and attentive manner, and personalized approach make him an in-demand stylist to those in the know.
Your time in Theo’s chair is relaxing, vitalizing, and revolves around you. He provides a first-class experience while honing a vision of beauty: you.
His approach is to collaborate with each client to provide custom service that reveals your most amazing self. He carefully listens to your goals and concerns, and considers hair health and characteristics, facial structure, lifestyle, and personal style.
Theo Aalto is a unique hybrid of expert stylist and color specialist. Realizing he had talent for both art forms, Theo honed his expertise under industry-leading stylists, such as Atlanta’s Jameson Shaw Salon who boasts their exclusive French layering technique, and multiple workshops with the late John Sahag who greatly focused on dry cutting and finishing, delivering an unsurpassed result. Theo then made his mark in Portland’s coveted Pearl District at Magnum Opus Salon before going independent. He’s also had the honor of being a featured educator at events hosted by the esteemed Ron Wilson of Sacramento. Theo maintains his keen sense of color and attuned aesthetic with ongoing workshops from industry pioneers such as Schwarzkopf, Goldwell, Davines, Kevin Murphy, KMS, and Joico. Continuing education and artistic exploration are vital tools for any successful stylist; his involvement in local fashion shoots, events, and art direction is an ongoing love affair.
Theo’s clients have been high-profile professionals, creatives, and local icons, many of whom work for his former city’s most innovative companies. He’s cultivated long-lasting relationships with these multitudes — and several of their friends, spouses, and co-workers as well. In a town where two degrees of separation is the norm, those on the social scene are delighted to discover they have met one of Theo’s devotees.
“My enduring creativity and professional satisfaction come from the symbiotic relationship I have with my clientele. I can’t tell you how fortunate I feel to do what it is that I do.” – Theo Enzo Aalto
Inspiration
I had the fortune to visit Paris in October, to take in the sights and sounds. Returning to Atlanta has found me inspired in hair as well as in fashion and my take on shape, color, and movement has evolved as a result of this trip. The Parisians are effortlessly chic in every way…an admired and coveted attribute.
Currently Listening To
“Grum” is my current obsession. An austere blend of house and electronic, he executes his craft with deft progression and smart vocals.
Latest Fashion Addiction
Retaining fluidity whilst fitted. Layers without bulk. And of course accessorizing with brains, not volume.
Favorite Hair Product
Moroccan oil curl control creme. It its particularly amazing for course curls (c’est moi). KMS style boost…alone or layered, it’s a must for our fine haired friends who crave volume and texture for their limp locks!
Worst Childhood Hair Memory
I can clearly recall marching myself up to the grocery store on the heels of watching Madonnas “Vogue” video to purchase hair color; I HAD TO BE white blond, I’d decided. What I failed to understand, however, was that L’Oreal Nordic Ice Blonde wasn’t going to be quite strong enough to take me into my dreams of glamour. Instead, my hair ended up roughly resembling the frizzy coat of an Irish Setter. It was another four years before I discovered how bleach worked. By then I was huge into Annie Lennox and switched out platinum to orange and back every other week. My poor hair. Well, we weren’t too far removed from the 80′s at that point, after all.
