Matthew Reece Hair

My bio:
Licensed in California since 1997, I built my career in the San Diego area, where I trained under master stylist Lawrence Da Luz (NYC) and continued my education through the Abba Haircutting Academy. My technical foundation traces back to the Vidal Sassoon tradition through the academy’s precision cutting curriculum, developed by Abba co-founder and former Vidal Sassoon Educational Director Alan Benfield Bush. This training emphasized architectural haircutting, geometry, balance, and precision design.

Throughout my career, I’ve also worked alongside respected industry professionals, including Carmel Panvino, a former L’Oréal educator whose background included work with the Elizabeth Arden salon on Rodeo Drive.

From 2009 to 2012, I was consistently ranked among the Top 10 hairstylists on Yelp in La Jolla, California, one of Southern California’s most competitive salon markets. My work has always focused on creating personalized, fashionable haircuts and colors with strong technical foundations.

In 2015, I relocated to Atlanta to earn a bachelor’s degree in Data Analytics, graduating summa cm laude. While technology became another professional passion, haircutting has remained both an art and a craft that I’ve continued to value throughout my career.