Romi Cortier. Hairstylist and Fine Artist. Cortier translates his painter's eye for color and precision to his clients' hair, coupled with his expertise amassed in the salons of Europe and the US. When he is not working on location, Cortier welcomes his private clients at Romi Cortier Design, his chic, jewel-box salon on Larchmont Boulevard.
Trained both in London and his home city of Seattle, Cortier demonstrated early on in his career an innate creativity that found him not only styling his own rapidly expanding clientele, but as acting salon Artistic Director, styling wigs at the Seattle Opera, organizing photo shoots, and traveling the country cutting and styling at major hair shows. Cortier studied interior design at UCLA and is certified as a Scientific Feng Shui consultant taught by Dr. Simona Mainini Ph. D, author of Feng Shui for Architecture and UCLA instructor for over a decade. Romi’s series of DIY Interior Design projects on YouTube have over 300,000 views.
Cortier, and his hair styling work, have been featured in Glamour, People, ENJOY LIFE, Glam Couture, InStyle, the LA Times, and can be seen on The Hollywood Reporter, Access Hollywood, and the Style Network. Cortier is also a contributing writer for RealSelf.com.
"I think allowing myself all those forms of expression inspired me to be a better stylist because I learned to approach it as an art," explains Cortier. "Hair coloring, for example, I picked up very quickly because of my background as an oil painter."
Cortier continues, "For me, it's an intuitive process, a feeling that comes from listening and understanding. In a color consultation, for example, I use my color swatches and let my eye tell me what's right. Certain colors will bring out different tones in the skin and eyes, and adding these different colors can dramatically change your face's palette.
To book an appointment with Romi, please call (323) 462-1089.
