Meet the Team
Aurelio Salon has been part of the Howell community since 2006. Behind every color correction, curly cut, and blowout is a stylist who has spent years, in most cases decades, learning to do it well. Most of our team has been here fifteen years or longer. Here’s who you’ll be sitting with.
Daisy
Owner · Master Colorist · Extension Specialist
With 46 years of experience in the beauty industry and 20 years at Aurelio Salon, Daisy brings a lifetime of passion, artistry, and dedication to everything she does. As the owner of Aurelio Salon, a Master Colorist, and an Extension Specialist, she has built her career around creating transformations that make people feel confident, beautiful, and truly themselves.
Her work has been recognized well beyond Howell. Daisy has been featured in Modern Salon, Estetica, and Beauty Launchpad, and her corrective color work has appeared in Launchpad and Modern Salon. She was also named Perfectress Stylist of the Month for her work with hair extensions. If you want to see what corrective color actually looks like, her black cherry transformation is a good place to start.
Daisy is known for taking on just about any hair challenge. From dramatic color transformations and dimensional blonding to curly transformations, extensions, and GK smoothing services, she brings decades of experience and an artistic eye to every guest. Her passion and commitment to excellence have helped Aurelio Salon become a recognized name in the community, earning the salon five Best of New Jersey honors.
For Daisy, hair is about transformation, and transformation has the power to change how someone feels about themselves. She believes that every guest deserves to leave the salon happier, more confident, and excited about their hair. Whether she’s creating a complete color transformation, enhancing natural curls, or helping a guest achieve their dream look, Daisy loves seeing the moment when a client looks in the mirror and realizes just how much their transformation has changed them.
Even after 46 years behind the chair, Daisy continues to hone her skills and educate herself. She believes that staying passionate, continuing to learn, and evolving with the industry are essential to being the best stylist she can be. She also shares what she knows: her advice on getting the most out of long hair and on Goldwell Colorance gloss and demi-permanent color is on the blog.
When you can make someone feel beautiful, you’re not just changing their hair, you’re changing their day.
Daisy’s Specialties
- Curly haircuts and transformations
- Color corrections
- Gray blending transitions
- Blonding and highlighting services
- Keratin treatments
- Dimensional hair color
- Fashion color transformations
Beyond the Chair
When she’s not behind the chair or running the salon, Daisy loves enjoying the things that make life special. She enjoys going on walks, traveling, spending time at the beach, and most importantly being with her family and her seven grandchildren. She also loves to cook, including her famous secret recipe lasagna that has become a family favorite. And even during her downtime, Daisy’s passion for hair never really stops. She enjoys continuing to hone her skills, learn new techniques, and stay inspired by the ever changing beauty industry.
Natalie
Master Colorist · Master Stylist · Educator
With 26 years of experience in the beauty industry and over 20 years at Aurelio Salon, Natalie has built a reputation for exceptional color, artistry, and mentorship. As a Master Colorist, Master Stylist, and Educator, she combines technical expertise with a creative eye to deliver customized results that enhance each client’s individuality.
Passionate about sharing her knowledge, Natalie became an educator to inspire and guide the next generation of stylists. She loves helping others develop their skills, build confidence behind the chair, and discover their own creative voice.
For Natalie, color is more than a formula. It’s an art form. She carefully layers tones, depth, and dimension to create color that looks natural, vibrant, and full of movement. Her favorite moment is watching a client leave the salon and seeing the sunlight reveal every detail of the work she has created.
Listen to the hair. It will tell you where it wants to go.
That’s what she often reminds newer stylists, and it reflects her belief that great hair isn’t forced. It’s created by understanding texture, movement, and the unique qualities of every guest’s hair. From subtle enhancements to dramatic transformations, Natalie creates color that is tailored specifically to each guest’s features, lifestyle, and hair goals.
Natalie’s Specialties
- Curly haircuts and transformations
- Color corrections
- Gray blending transitions
- Blonding and highlighting services
- Keratin treatments
- Dimensional hair color
- Fashion color transformations
Beyond the Chair
Outside the salon, Natalie enjoys painting, creating art, and spending time with her children. Whether she’s working with paint or hair color, she is always exploring new ways to refine her craft and express her artistic vision. Natalie believes every head of hair tells a story, and her job is to listen, interpret, and bring that vision to life through color, shape, and movement.
Kim
Master Stylist · Extension Specialist
With 24 years of experience in the beauty industry and 20 years at Aurelio Salon, Kim brings an incredible depth of knowledge, precision, and experience to every guest who sits in her chair. As a Master Stylist and Extension Specialist, she is passionate about creating beautiful, customized results that complement each guest’s features, lifestyle, and individual hair goals.
Known for her calm personality and meticulous attention to detail, Kim takes pride in getting every element just right. From dimensional color and beautiful blonding to precision cuts, luxury blowouts, and customized extensions, she combines technical expertise with an eye for polished, effortless beauty.
For Kim, beautiful hair begins with the details. She believes that the best results come from understanding the individual behind the hair. Every cut, color, extension placement, and finishing touch is thoughtfully customized to create a look that feels natural, beautiful, and easy to maintain.
With decades of experience behind the chair, Kim understands that beautiful hair isn’t just about following a trend. It’s about creating a style that works for the person wearing it.
It’s the little details that turn beautiful hair into exceptional hair.
Kim’s Specialties
- Color services
- Blonding and highlighting
- Hair extensions
- Precision haircuts
- Luxury blowouts
- Customized transformations
Beyond the Chair
Outside the salon, Kim’s favorite role is being a mom to her two children. She enjoys spending quality time with her family, making memories, and appreciating the moments away from the busy salon environment. Kim also finds inspiration in the little things: fashion, beauty, and the ever changing world of hair.
Dulce
Senior Stylist · Curly Specialist
With 17 years of experience at Aurelio Salon, Dulce brings knowledge, creativity, and a thoughtful approach to every guest experience. Known for her calm presence, kind heart, and attention to detail, she takes the time to truly understand each guest’s hair, lifestyle, and vision before creating a customized look.
Specializing in curly hair, precision haircuts, and formal styling, Dulce loves helping guests embrace their natural texture while also creating elegant looks for weddings and special occasions. Whether she’s enhancing curls, designing a polished updo, or creating a beautifully tailored haircut, her goal is always to deliver results that feel personal, polished, and true to each guest.
For Dulce, beautiful hair begins with listening. Before beginning a service, she believes in asking all the right questions, sometimes what feels like 21 questions, to fully understand what a guest is envisioning. From their hair history and daily routine to the details of their inspiration, Dulce carefully pieces everything together to create a look that fits their needs, personality, and lifestyle.
She believes communication is one of the most important parts of the salon experience. By taking the time to understand exactly what a guest wants, she can turn their vision into a result that feels authentic, beautiful, and uniquely theirs.
The best results begin with understanding the vision and bringing it to life.
Dulce’s Specialties
- Curly haircuts and transformations
- Color corrections
- Gray blending transitions
- Blonding and highlighting services
- Keratin treatments
- Dimensional hair color
- Precision haircuts
Beyond the Chair
Outside the salon, Dulce enjoys expressing her creativity through drawing and sketching. Her artistic eye extends beyond hair, allowing her to explore different forms of creativity and find inspiration in the details around her. Most importantly, she loves spending quality time with her son and family. Whether she’s creating, relaxing, or making memories with the people she loves, family remains a meaningful part of her life.
Jenna
Senior Stylist
With 22 years of experience in the beauty industry and 17 years at Aurelio Salon, Jenna has built a reputation for precision, creativity, and versatility behind the chair. As a Senior Stylist, she specializes in precision haircuts, corrective color, and formal styling, with a special passion for bridal hair and creating beautiful looks for life’s most memorable occasions.
Known for embracing a challenge, Jenna loves transforming her clients’ ideas into reality through customized services designed to fit their unique vision. Whether she’s correcting color, crafting an elegant updo, or creating a fresh new haircut, her favorite moment is the mirror reveal and seeing her clients light up with confidence and excitement when they see the finished result. Her transformation of a client from fully gray to a rich brunette is a good example of what that looks like.
For Jenna, no two heads of hair are the same. She loves the puzzle solving aspect of hairstyling, finding creative solutions, refining details, and helping clients achieve results they may not have thought were possible. She believes that patience and communication are what turn a good service into an exceptional one. As someone who thrives on creativity, she embraces every opportunity to think outside the box and create looks that are uniquely tailored to each guest.
The best transformations happen when creativity meets confidence.
Jenna’s Specialties
- Color corrections
- Gray blending transitions
- Blonding and highlighting services
- Keratin treatments
- Dimensional hair color
- Fashion color transformations
- Precision haircuts
Beyond the Chair
When she’s not fixing hair, Jenna is busy capturing memories through a camera lens, making memories with her kids, and trying to keep her garden alive. Creativity doesn’t stop when she leaves the salon. It just finds a new outlet.
Sitora
Stylist
With 8 years of experience in the beauty industry and 3 years at Aurelio Salon, Sitora brings creativity, passion, and a love for learning to every guest who sits in her chair. From beautiful blonding and dimensional highlights to elegant bridal updos and smoothing services, she loves creating looks that make her guests feel confident and refreshed.
Sitora’s passion for hairstyling started long before her career. As a child, she loved doing the hair of her family members and even styling her dolls. Today, that childhood passion has grown into a career that she truly loves, and she considers hairdressing to be an important part of who she is.
For Sitora, hair is about transformation, not just on the outside, but in the way a person feels. She loves getting to know each guest and creating a look that makes them feel confident, beautiful, and like the best version of themselves. Whether she’s creating bright dimensional blonding, a beautiful bridal updo, or a smooth polished finish, Sitora puts passion and creativity into every service.
She also believes that being a great stylist means never stopping learning. She enjoys educating herself, discovering new techniques, and continuing to grow her skills so she can always bring something new to her guests.
When you love what you do, it becomes a part of who you are.
Sitora’s Specialties
- Color corrections
- Gray blending transitions
- Blonding and highlighting services
- Keratin treatments
- Dimensional hair color
- Bridal and wedding updos
- Precision haircuts
Beyond the Chair
Outside of the salon, Sitora loves spending time with her baby and making memories with her family. She is naturally curious and enjoys learning new things, both personally and professionally. And when she’s not learning or working, there’s a good chance she’s browsing Amazon for her next find.
Come See Us
Every one of our stylists does bridal and formal styling, so whoever you book with can take you from trial to wedding day. Beyond that, every appointment starts with a conversation. Tell us what you want, what hasn’t worked before, and what your mornings actually look like, and we’ll build something you can live with day to day.
New to the salon? Take a look at our new client deals, and ask us about the rewards program while you’re in the chair. You can also see recent work in our gallery or read about the Maria Nila products we use and carry.
Book an appointment online, or reach us at 2448 Highway 9, Howell, NJ 07731 · (732) 303-0052.