Los Angeles - October 04, 2004

Sunshine on My Shoulders

Healing Haircut

Sometimes a haircut is just a haircut.

Other times it’s a ritual of sorts. You know. The post-breakup chop, the just-quit-my-job straight perm, and — a classic — the check-out-my-new-boobs shag.

But to hairstylist Natasha Sunshine, a haircut is always a significant moment. Symbolic of a spiritual unburdening, you might say. Which is why she left Privé to start giving Healing Haircuts from her peaceful home salon.

What is a healing haircut, you ask? It’s a cut, combined with massage, reiki, and acupressure that’s equal parts calming meditation and beautification. Sunshine (yes, that’s her real middle name; her parents were hippies) first asks clients what they’d like to let go of and to mentally identify that eschewing with the cutting away of hair. Next comes the “healing” portion of the process, and we swear you can feel your scalp and neck absorbing the heat from her hands (a feature of reiki). Then, of course, the cutting begins.

Not that it’s an afterthought. Sunshine, who worked at Warren-Tricomi in New York before moving to Privé, has tended to the tresses of Eva Herzigova, Ivanka Trump, Molly Sims, Adrien Brody, Jessica Simpson, and Donna Karan. She’s an ace with the scissors and one of the best thermal-reconditioners in town. She also does color, updos, and perms.

Or even the just-ran-into-my-ex body wave.

Natasha Sunshine (310-998-8491).