Meet The Team
About our establishment
Hair Story by Serap, nestled in the heart of Ashburn, is a charming boutique salon renowned for providing their valued clients with an exceptional experience.
Hair Story by Serap, nestled in the heart of Ashburn, is a charming boutique salon renowned for providing their valued clients with an exceptional experience.
Serap
Owner, Master Stylist
Serap has been a professional hairstylist in Loudoun County for over 17 years. After working with many amazing local hair salons, she has recently opened her own in 2018 – Hair Story by Serap. She specializes in coloring techniques, highlights, lowlights, color correction, grey coverage, women’s and men’s haircuts, styling, and special occasion hairdressing. Serap highly values her clients and is dedicated to meeting their client’s needs. She loves seeing the smiles on her clients’ faces once their hair is done. If you book an appointment with her, you will enjoy her easy-going and friendly personality, all the while her attention to do exactly what you are looking for. She loves talking to her clients, and learning about them, just as much as sharing stories of her own. She’s a very proud grandmother of two, and rest assured you’ll hear about them.
Cihat
Owner, Business Manager
Originally from Madison, Wisconsin, Rob attended the Aveda Institute in NYC. He began his career apprenticing and later became a top stylist for the John Dellaria Salon in Manhattan. Dividing his skills between both Avanti and Dellaria for years, We are lucky to now have him full-time in Boston. His impressive resumé includes working with a celebrity clientele including Jane Krakowski, Lady GaGa, Naya Rivera, Titus Welliver, as well as many others. Rob has also done makeup and hair for countless editorial photo shoots (including Playboy magazine), salon campaigns, and NYC Fashion Week runway shows. Additionally working as a platform artist educating fellow professionals in our business, Cihat’s passion is spreading the love of beauty.
John Dion is a marvelous man and creates some of the most exquisite, detailed, and elaborate work we’ve ever seen. With conversation as sharp as his scissors and one of the sweetest dispositions in Boston, we can assure you that a haircut and/or color with this man will be the best part of your day. Unless perhaps it’s your birthday, in which case it will be the second best part of your day.
Merve
Top Master Stylist
So young yet so talented! Merve’s career path began on Newbury Street in 1990. Her passion for cutting and color would guide her to expansive training in London, New York, and Los Angeles. Working with only the best salons on Newbury Street, her passion continues here at Avanti Salon. Merve’s approach to a client is with great sensitivity, a good listening ear, and attention to detail. Lisa also prides herself in being Avanti Salon’s haircut educator. As an art lover and self-proclaimed foodie, Lisa loves to share her knowledge on current art exhibits and the newest hot spots.
Her talent is so magnificent it leaves her clients impressed and with lots of joy. Merve loves to stay up to date with the latest trends so she can be prepared to offer clients high-quality services! She specializes in color correction and is highly educated in a lot of different balayage techniques. Once you sit in her chair she will make you feel like the best version of yourself while building a strong client-stylist relationship you will cherish forever.
Melis
Master Stylist
Melis has been a hairstylist in the Ashburn area for almost 7 years. She specializes in Balayage, baby lights, and color transformation, to name a few. Melis’s biggest strength as a stylist is how attentive she is to her clients.
Once she understands their needs and wants, she makes recommendations that will fit best. She thrives to make her clients welcome and trust her, as she works closely with them to make the most beautiful hair transformations. She is passionate about bringing you the healthy beautiful hair you deserve. She is trained in many of the top color lines including Goldwell, Nectaya, Wella, and Shades EQ. She is also Deva Curl certified and loves working with all types of curls and textures. Some of her favorite things to do are curly cuts, precision cuts, long hair, balayage, as well as many other coloring techniques.
Cemal
Master Stylist
Serap has been a professional hairstylist in Loudoun County for over 17 years. After working with many amazing local hair salons, she has recently opened her own in 2018 – Hair Story by Serap. She specializes in coloring techniques, highlights, lowlights, color correction, grey coverage, women’s and men’s haircuts, styling, and special occasion hairdressing. Serap highly values her clients and is dedicated to meeting their client’s needs. She loves seeing the smiles on her clients’ faces once their hair is done. If you book an appointment with her, you will enjoy her easy-going and friendly personality, all the while her attention to do exactly what you are looking for. She loves talking to her clients, and learning about them, just as much as sharing stories of her own. She’s a very proud grandmother of two, and rest assured you’ll hear about them.
Irem
Master Stylist
Melis has been a hairstylist in the Ashburn area for almost 7 years. She specializes in Balayage, baby lights, and color transformation, to name a few. Melis’s biggest strength as a stylist is how attentive she is to her clients.
Once she understands their needs and wants, she makes recommendations that will fit best. She thrives to make her clients welcome and trust her, as she works closely with them to make the most beautiful hair transformations.