Adrianne Tolentino
Owner / Senior Stylist / Educator / Mentor in North Park, San Diego
Specializing in creative hair cutting, bold hair coloring, blonding, lived-in hair color.
Adrianne is passionate about educating her clients, and believes great hair starts with understanding your needs. She takes the time to listen, understand, and offer informed and thoughtful solutions that are tailored to your goals. Known for utilizing her outstanding skills with a realistic approach, she helps her clients achieve looks that are both beautiful and maintainable. Her calm and earnest energy creates a comfortable and connected experience that keeps clients coming back not just for her talent, but for the way she makes them feel.
“Hair is a feeling of fluid motion; expressive, distinctive, and not meant to be perfect. I see it as wearable art, always flowing and ever-changing. If you try too hard to control it, you risk losing that special aspect of you. Let it go wild, and you will be free.” — AT
A licensed stylist since 1999, Adrianne’s passion for hair remains rooted in calling, craft and connection. She established The LAB A Salon in 2008 with a clear vision: to create a space in which skills and creativity thrive, clients are comfortable, and individuality is encouraged — an ethos that continue to define The LAB today.
Adrianne’s work is shaped by extensive training, ongoing education, and experience with leading industry brands including TIGI, Toni&Guy, Bumble and bumble, L’Oréal Professionnel, and Alfaparf Milano. In addition to her work behind the chair, she has shared her expertise as an educator and ambassador for multiple brands, mentoring other stylists, her team, and her clients. Her commitment to evolving with the craft shows in her expertise; from precision cutting to balayage and blonding, lived-in color to bold transformations and avant-garde styling, her philosophy is that “the best stylists never stop learning,” a philosophy that has made her one of San Diego's most sought-after stylists.
Expertise
Creative hair cutting
Bold hair coloring
Blonding
Lived-in hair color
More About Me
When I’m not working behind the chair or on the salon, you’ll usually find me with my family. Being a mom, wife, daughter, sister, and aunt are the roles and I value most. For fun my husband, kids, and I love hitting up art galleries, vintage markets, music stores, and day trips to LA. Travel is a must, but it doesn’t have to be faraway — just getting out of our zip code to experience the new and appreciate nature together makes for a fun adventure. I’m a huge plant enthusiast… and yes, I talk to the foliage. Nurturing them is my Zen. If any of this resonates, we’re going to get on great!
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