Kristin Katakami started working in the beauty industry when she was seventeen, as a salon technician at EvelineCharles Salon and Spas in Canada. She went through an apprenticeship and industry training to obtain her license as a hair stylist, specializing as a colorist. While working in the salon, she was studying for her bachelor of science degree in chemistry. “I absolutely loved chemistry, something not a lot of people can say!” she writes.
