With over 25 years experience in the beauty industry, Kristjan Hayden is a third generation hair stylist based in Toronto. Trained in hair at the Aveda Academy Toronto, Kristjan eventually went on to work for Aveda Canada as their creative director, leading the creative team through competition and campaign shoots, industry and fashion shows, and has taught advanced academy styling and cutting classes nationally.
Kristjan has led hair teams for fashion shows in New York and Paris for Deveaux New York, and at home in Toronto for RVNG Couture, Sally La Pointe, Joseph Altuzzara and Greta Constantine. He has also worked on teams at New York Fashion Week for Jason Wu, Betsey Johnson and Christian Siriano. Most recently, for Canada’s first ever Louis Vuitton Trunk show.
He has a prolific list of celebrity clients including Nicola Coughlan, Sandra Oh, Lauren Holly, Irina Starshenbaum, Sarah Waisglass, Gigi Gorgeous, Nina Dobrev & Joan Smalls – while frequently working on Canada’s most sought-after advertising campaigns and editorials.
Most recently, Kristjan was named Hair Artist of the Year at the 2024 CAFA Awards.
