About Us
About Us
Killer Strands, a group of three websites dedicated to the art of home hair color and hair health, was founded by KC (a.k.a. “Killer Chemist”) Ellis, a Vidal Sassoon-trained hairstylist and color correction specialist. Killer Strands began with a blog on topics related to home hair color and hair health, and its popularity and success prompted the creation of the Killer Strands Google Group, a forum for online discussions relating to home hair color. Now, due to demand for high-quality, professional hair color, we have established the Killer Strands Store, a shop for Killer Strands-approved professional hair color and other hair care products.
Our Business
The Killer Strands Store is an online retailer, although not a brand new business. Killer Strands has been supplying home hair colorists (a.k.a. “Crib Colorists”) with professional products since its inception, in an “underground” fashion. Business has increased to the point where that is no longer practical, so to better serve our customers, we have created an online store. Our products are personally packaged by the KC Staff of assistants, and shipped from Camarillo, California, next to Malibu in the suburbs of Los Angeles.
When KC sat down one day and realized that professional hair color was not sold to the public . . YET... @ Sally's Beauty Supplies, and all Beauty Supplies across the country, they sell the EXACT SAME THING, only a far lesser quality product....she really didn't understand the separation. There is only 1 chemical process for coloring hair, there is no hair color process for the public and then another..."special"- -"exclusive"- -" tricky"- - hair color process - - - for hair stylists. That just does NOT EXIST. Its one in the same. So with knowing that, then realizing that the only difference was the "quality" of products that each gets to use, seems very close to being prejudice. These companies don't sell high quality hair color to everyone? When everyone is using the exact same process for coloring their hair?...Did NOT SEEM FAIR IN THE LEAST TO KC. That is when the store opened and her education continued.
What We Sell
Killer Strands is the one and only online store that sells EXCLUSIVELY Sulfate-Free Shampoos. KC firmly believes that Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS), Ammonium Lauryl Sulfate (ALS), Sodium Laureth Sulfate(SLES), etc.. are one of the main causes of the huge increase in Female Hair Thinning & loss that she experiences in the over 10,000 Heads of Hair that she has worked on.
Killer Strands is committed to selling only the highest quality professional hair color and hair care products, from lines that have been thoroughly tested by KC herself on all the heads she has worked on. Killer Strands also carries its own specialized hair care products, created by KC. All professional hair color is not created equal, and Killer Strands offers only the best of the best, thereby eliminating guesswork for the customer – when you order a product from Killer Strands, you can be confident that you are getting the absolute best money can buy.
Our Team
KC Ellis – Founder and CEO
KC attended the Vidal Sassoon Salons & Academies and completed a one-year apprenticeship under Lucie Doughty at the Sassoon Academy. She began her career in a salon in Malibu, and had a full-time roster of clients within nine months. While working in Malibu, she began fielding complaints about thinning and hair loss from young women, which led her to invent a hair health regimen called “10,000 Heads,” a list of dos and dont's for optimal hair health. The 14 Steps of 10,000HEADS is the backbone of KillerStrands and is the reason for all our success. If you practice those 14 steps, use THRIVEN, GLEAM, and professional Hair Color. Your Hair's HEALTH, will do a complete 180 degree turn-a-round. The success rate is close to 90% - - that is a very high number....but one we are all very confidant of.
KC was forced to retire from salon work due to a rare bone disease, at which time she founded the Killer Strands Blog. She also took up cosmetic chemistry in order to learn to make her own products and better help her clients with their hair color and hair health needs. She currently writes the Killer Strands Blog, oversees the Killer Strands Group and runs the Killer Strands Store in addition to serving private clients and making salon-quality hair care products.
Stories are coming soon.
Nikki Waters – Assistant to KC and Killer Strands Group Manager
Nikki also became involved with Killer Strands due to her desire to color her hair at home. In the summer of 2007, she jumped right into the crib colorist world and began assisting KC with the Killer Strands Blog and Google Group. She has welcomed newcomers and helped to moderate the Killer Strands Google Group since its inception. This summer, Nikki completed her biggest crib colorist project so far: using products from Killer Strands, she went from a light blonde Level 10 to a dark blonde Level 7 with ribbons. She is pleased to report that she gets regular compliments now on her hair, and even hairstylists can’t tell that she isn’t a natural “bronde.” She creates access for patient health data via her work with the electronic medical record, and has difficulty making a short list of her interests.
Betty Blackbent – Killer Strands Group Manager
Coming soon . . . .
.Adem Lowell – Killer Strands Group Manager
Adem discovered KillerStrands from his own fascination with Hair and color. After reading the entire blog from beginning to where it is. Today he is now devout following of 10,000 heads, and sharing the information with everyone who will listen. Currently he is now growing out his hair after a misguided run in with Henna, and countless box dyes. In the planning stages is to become a level 6. He still occasionally daydreams of being a redhead. Currently residing in Texas, where’s he has lived his entire life. He is also a musician playing the piano and producing music in his free time. A few of his favorite products are Thriven, Gleam, Sudzz fx Zenyth, Nyrvanna, & Whipped Creme & Honey."
