Our Team
Cody
Senior Stylist/ Salon Manager & Partner.
Color and Blonding Specialist.
Cody specializes in hair color, cuts and special event/ updo styling. He also manages and operates the salon. Some of his favorite coloring techniques include balayage and foilayage highlighting. Cody also has excellent skills when it comes to using lightener and blonde hair color… believe me, if you’re blonde - you know why this is important!
Cody has a bachelors degree in fine arts, which helps him creatively master his craft. Since 2006, he has fine tuned his skills as a colorist and knows his way around the color wheel!
Fun fact: Cody has a cat named Chuck who’s Instagram famous!
See some of Cody’s work @codyallenhair
Rachel
Stylist/ Assistant Manager.
Haircut + Keratin Complex Expert.
Miss Rachel Casey is a boisterous, southern belle from Louisiana who tends to be a little on the perfectionist side. Her love for cutting hair, building relationships and expressing her creativity are the very reasons why she choose this industry. After her graduation from the Douglas J. Aveda Institute of Chicago in 2012 and her advanced education at the Sassoon Academy of Santa Monica in 2014, she would go on to complete a two year apprenticeship program with one of Chicago’s top and most prestigious stylists.
She is excited to bring her experience, knowledge and horrible jokes to Lakeview, her beloved community and home of nearly a decade.
Fun fact: Rachel has a chunky cat named Lucy, who is a known escape artist!
See some of Rachel’s work @miss_rachel_casey
Kelsey
Hair Color Magician.
Meet Kelsey, a seasoned hairstylist with over five years of experience specializing in vivid colors, red heads, and lived-in balayages. Her journey began in 2018 at the Douglas J. Aveda Institute, where she spent her days dreaming about the color wheel and found her love for a post-work mango margarita. Kelsey's career took off at a top Chicago salon, where she honed her craft and spent her days letting colors fly out of her head and onto her canvas. Armed with the mission to brighten her clients' days, Kelsey strives to create meaningful authentic connections with all her guests and ensures every guest leaves her chair feeling colored, confident, and uplifted. In her personal life she has two dogs she will talk about nonstop if you let her, a passion for fashion, quick wit, and a love of trying to see how much she can get out of her Kindle Unlimited membership (not sponsored)
See some of Kelsey’s work on Instagram: @kelsey.createss
Katie
Business owner
Katie is the backbone of the business! She not only owns the salon business but she also owns and operates two Kiddie Academy day care centers in the Chicago area. A few years back Katie and a close friend had a vision to open a shop that was unique to the neighborhood, today it has grown into a thriving business where clients can come and enjoy their experience while being pampered.
Fun fact: The RK in RK Salon stands for Riley and Kennedy, her children!
Join our team!
Are you passionate about great hair?
RK Salon is always looking for new talent. Our team members are wildly creative, passionate about our craft and play well with others. They also have a strong work ethic, dedication to customer service, and never stop learning and trying new trends. Sound like you? Let’s talk!
Reach out to us at rksalonchicago@gmail.com
*Must have previous salon experience