A native New Yorker, Maria Barca landed her first hairstyling job at Antonio Soddu's The Spot. She then styled editorial and commercial shoots and was a signature stylist at first-class salons including Oscar Blandi and Jacques Dessange. She's styled A-list celebrities like Kelly Ripa, Keri Russell and Kyra Sedgwick as well as the Broadway community.
Practicing both traditional and innovative techniques, Maria's signature "dry cut" perfects hair's contour and shape bringing it to life. Maria has her family's knack for hair cutting, but brings her own creative edge and energy to the craft. After 7 years in the business, Maria realized that working with her clients was what satisfied her the most. In 2004, at the young age of 23, she opened Self Salon to bring her expertise to her very own Williamsburg neighborhood.

Danielle Desarle is a Paris-trained colorist who began her career at Frédéric Fekkai. In Paris, Danielle received intensive training which prepared her for the Manhattan floors on which she would work for the next 12 years. She's perfected the art of Balayage hair painting, a coloring technique developed by the French to create natural-looking highlights. Balayage requires no heat or foils, leaving the hair in superb condition.
A native New Yorker, Danielle has always been interested in drawing and painting and loves working with new and loyal clientele. She is passionate about transforming her clients and making them feel sexy and confident. Danielle's artful approach is customized to meet your color needs.

Jeffrey is a stylist and colorist who specializes in curly hair textures. He's a graduate of the Phoenix Academy of Beauty with 11 years of experience. Jeffrey attributes his expertise to his worldly education which includes studying under Maki's Takashi Nakori in Tokyo, Scott Cole in Arizona and Robert Cromein of Jean-Paul Mitchell in San Diego. Jeffrey mastered the art of cutting and styling curly-hair textures at Devachan, New York from Lorriane Massey, founder of Devachan and best-selling author of Curly Girl. At Self, Jeffrey not only tames unruly curls with impeccable cuts and styles, but is dedicated to educating his clients about caring for their curly tresses and above all, helping them embrace their natural texture. He is interested in martial arts, foreign languages, the culinary arts and is an avid movie buff - all around your modern renaissance man!

Delores is an easy-going and personable graduate of the highly-regarded Gary Manuel Aveda Institute in Seattle. After being maxed out of the "office life," Dolores took a leap to pursue her true passion in life - hair. In 2008, she moved to New York, where she is now freely inspired by what she sees and does and the new people she meets. Dolores brings her honed experience, knack for texture and precision cutting to our salon.

Chinatsu Ukai is originally from Osaka, Japan and speaks fluent Japanese. She's a graduate of Miss Marty's Hair Academy and Esthetics Institute in San Francisco. Since a young age, Chinatsu has been passionate about fashion, hair and makeup design. Chinatsu's love of the beauty industry is reflected in her versatile experience including styling for fashion shows and editorial shoots as well as weddings. She is certified in advance hair cutting and color by L'Oreal, updos by Acquage, hair straightening by Yuko Systems, makeup by Aveda and eyelash applications by Jane Nova Lashes, among others.
Chinatsu brings her passion for hair, makeup and wedding styling, a likeable personality and a great desire to continue to learn and grow to Self. In fact, she's currently studying for her esthetician license at Christine Valmy.