Mbhairdesigns, Tampa

When it comes to hairstyling, Meghan Bechard is always ready to hit the books. After graduating from the Redken Salon Professional Academy, she moved on to study color at L'Oreal and Wella academies, hair extensions at Balmain Paris International, and agrarian scissor husbandry at Bumble and bumble. While absorbing technical know-how from experts, she jetted between Miami and New York City, where she noted the fashion-forward hairdos of each metropolis, learned to do them herself, and shared the inspiration with her clients via her blog.

Today, she works as a full-blown professional stylist who specializes in color and hair extensions, stocking her salon with L'Oreal Professional, Redken, and Wella products. For most of her hair-extension services, she augments volume and length with So.Cap's real human hair. Her expertise and more than seven years of experience has lured celebrity clients such as So You Think You Can Dance's Mia Michaels and One Tree Hill's Lisa Goldstein.