the rising mane
about the project
hair color specialist / hair salon
luxurious, radiant, feminine
brand visuals & marketing materials
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services
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The very talented dimensional hair color specialist, Tiffany, came to me ready to take her brand to the next level after opening a salon suite earlier this year.
She came to me with this incredible story behind the meaning of her business name — tying in her rising zodiac sign, Leo. The emotional tie to her Rising Leo (known for leadership, positive energy, dark features and great hair) led us to incorporating that into her visual branding.
I wanted this brand to feel luxurious, minimalist and radiant with strong feminine energy, similar to the amazing experience clients have when visiting Tiffany.
This font and weight are very intentional. The typeface has a little contrast in the weight, but not so much that it feels overwhelming. The tilt of the “i” and “m” brings the perfect amount of interest while still feeling refined.
Tiffany truly makes her clients feel like they are the most important person while they are in her chair by not booking other clients during that time. I represent this with a tilted “i” to emphasize the brand’s core values of building relationships and providing personalized, individual experiences. The “m” was also tilted to evoke movement similar to hair and the lion’s mane.
Drawn by yours truly, the custom line art of the female looking up with a long flowing mane represents the “rising” element of the brand name. It also ties in the Leo aspect in subtle way as it is based on an image of a lion that inspired me during the creative process.
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I created a tonal, minimalistic business card that the brand could use to provide clients, share with other businesses and put around the salon.
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As an added bonus, I designed social media templates for Instagram Stories. Since the client was already familiar with Canva, I applied her brand colors, fonts and overall aesthetic to create very practical social media templates for the hair salon that she could use weekly.
Social Media Templates
