Creative Team

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Traci Duff: Co-Creator, Stylist/Colorist, Massage Therapist
Scott Faber: Co-Creator, Stylist/colorist, Yoga Instructor
Amelia Gorzycki: Stylist/Colorist
Alan Convoer: Stylist/Colorist
Cion Ortega: Stylist/Colorist
Paul Reyes: Stylist/Colorist
Justin Peranio: Stylist/Colorist
Nadine Kary: Colorist
Vanida Somers: Make-up Artist/Salon Coordinator
Donna Goss: Office Manager

Traci Duff
Co-Creator, Traci-Scott Salon
Stylist/Colorist
Massage Therapist

Traci views hair as her artistic medium. She loves her profession both for its creative outlet and the chance to enhance the lives of her clients. Traci enjoys that they leave the salon feeling refreshed, and has made it a personal goal to avoid the superficiality so pervasive throughout the industry.

She exudes a warmth and integrity that invites clients to get comfortable. Her self-described approach to hairstyling is artistically organic, natural with an edge. She works with the hair's natural tendencies, and won’t force artificial shape or texture.  Also, her color clientele recognize her innate ability to make color appear free of artificiality.

A thorough listener, Traci is dedicated to creating unaffected cuts that her clients can easily replicate at home, and is adamant about giving her clients what they want, not what she wants. 

Adding to her unique repertoire are the shoulder, neck, and scalp massages each and every client receives before a haircut with Traci . In fact, as Traci is also a Registered Massage Therapist, her clients often choose to incorporate a full body or chair massage into their scheduled services, an option made available after she recognized the need to increase rejuvenation and decrease the stress level of her clientele.

Ultimately, Traci hopes to provide each client that sits in her chair with a totally relaxing experience, an unexpected respite from a hectic lifestyle, and of course, beautiful hair...

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Scott Faber
Co-Creator, Traci-Scott Salon
Stylist/Colorist/Yoga Instructor

When clients learn that I've been in the beauty industry for more than 20 years, they sometimes ask if I am bored yet....I always respond "Never"!  

Our salon has surpassed it's sixth anniversary and Traci and I are so proud of all we've accomplished so far!

Educating and motivating the people I care about has always been incredibly important to me, and I look forward to sharing this experience with our clientele. I believe that clients are the most important reasons we have become so successful.  The hair-style is something a client has to be able to reproduce themselves.  It can look great when they leave the salon...but what happens the next day?  Our clients are crucial to our success, and I try to teach each person how to replicate what we do in the salon.  It's not only about what the latest starlet is wearing in Hollywood, it's about what works best with a client's facial structure, hair type, and daily time limits for getting ready every morning. 

My clients have become my friends over the years and my time is dedicated to each client during their scheduled appointments with me.  One client at a time is how I believe we can give the best service available to our clients.  Each haircut and hair color is tailored to my clients specific needs and enhances their inner beauty as well as their outer beauty.  Listening to the client is one of the most important qualities Traci and I share with our team. 

I've had the opportunity to  appear on local television stations as well as in an infomercial here in Houston, and while I think it's great for stylists to cultivate P.R. about themselves and their salons, I believe the best P.R. you can have are your clients.  Word of the mouth is the most valuable advertising a stylist can have. Each day brings something new and special with each client that returns to our salon.  So how could I ever be bored?...

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Amelia Gorzycki
Stylist/Colorist

Amelia is an artist in the true sense of the word; she includes the study of Fine Arts at the collegiate level among the multiple layers of training and experience she's cultivated throughout her 10 year career. Inspired by nature and all things organic, she considers her background of national and international education with Aveda and as an educator for MOP critical to her current level of expertise.

Her love of fashion and trend-spotting ability led her to pursue editorial work, and she has spent time on photo shoots throughout the United States. Additionally, her altruistic side has gotten her involved with charitable organizations like Child Advocates and Muscular Dystrophy Association, through which she is proud to give back to her community by serving children in need.

Amelia is driven to provide the ultimate in client care and service, and feels that the experience her clients have when they visit her is of paramount importance. She offers a full range of color, highlights, cutting, long hair dressing for special occasions, and is adept at color corrective services.

Amelia has known Traci and Scott for eight years and was delighted to open Traci-Scott salon with them in 2003. She finds the working atmosphere here to be the happiest she has ever known, and believes the love and support so clearly felt among the staff to be nearly tangible to the clientele, enhancing a visit to the salon from beginning to end.

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Alan Conover
Stylist/Colorist

Alan Conover has been a notable hair stylist in Houston for more than 15 years with an impressive list of repeat clients.  As his clients know already from first-hand experience, Alan was named "Best Haircut in Houston" by Lucky Magazine two years in a row.

Alan has a talent for creating clean, modern, and easy to maintain styles.  His passion for curly hair shifts to his clients as he helps them to learn to love their curls as much as he does.

As a color expert, Alan's consultation style helps him understand his client's uniqueness and personality.  He then envisions a change in that person's color/style, which will fit with his or her life experience.

Alan loves to learn new techniques and style trends.  He commits a significant amount of his time to continuing his education and has attended multiple classes in New York and Los Angeles.

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After 3 years of apprenticing under Alan Conover and Cion Ortega, Justin Peranio takes the skills that he as learned and applies his own style to deliver impeccable cuts and color. 

Justin is a graduate of the Aveda Institute of Baton Rouge where he was one of the first members of the Artistic Team.  He has worked with many theaters, organizations and fashion shows where his talent can be displayed. 

Keeping up with the latest trends by continuing to attend classes help Justin carefully evaluate styles to suit each clients lifestyle.

From vibrant to natural color or edgy to sleek cuts, Justin is sure to deliver.

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Make-up Artist/Salon Coordinator

Vanida is thrilled to rejoin the team at Traci-Scott on a full time basis (she worked with Traci and Scott during the salon’s inception, but over the past several months has been available by appointment only).

She’ll continue to act as salon coordinator while expanding the make-up line which she introduced  in the salon  in June. 

Kai Cosmetics is especially formulated for her by Colorlab, and is a luxe line of mineral based products for eyes, lips &skin.  She’s available to provide special occasion make-up applications, every day make-up applications, make-up lessons, and a unique service which involves a "cosmetic overhaul," wherein a client can bring in her entire collection of cosmetics from home, learn what to keep, what to discard, and how to make the best use of what’s left!

Vanida has extensive experience in the beauty industry, having worked for years with MAC, Aveda, and multiple other lines. She’s designed and coordinated fashion shows, done make-up for film and photo shoots, and kept on the cutting edge of what’s hot in cosmetics across the globe. Needless to say, the salon is equally thrilled to have her back!

Call for appointments/pricing.

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Donna Goss

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