AirTouch · Blonde Specialist · CK Studio Salon

Eliza. Blonde without the brassy.

"The Blonde Perfectionist."

Senior stylist and the studio's blonde specialist. Eliza's clients are the ones who've spent years jumping salons to find someone who can lift them clean — without the orange, without the breakage, without the flat panel-look.

Rating★★★★★ · 5.0 (180+)
SpecialtyBlonde · Precision Cuts · Balayage
Years15+
BookingMangomint · Direct
Eliza Contanu portrait at CK Studio Salon
About

Eliza.

Eliza specializes in high-precision hair artistry, utilizing the advanced AirTouch technique to create flawless, seamless transitions without harsh lines. Her focus is entirely on maintaining hair integrity while achieving clean, high-end results tailored to each client.

Beyond her advanced color work, Eliza is a specialist in precision haircutting. Her expertise ranges from sharp pixies and blunt, one-length cuts to long layers and lived-in textures.

Years15+
FocusBlonde · Precision Cuts · Balayage
StudioCK Studio Salon
BookingMangomint · Direct
Specialties

Three things I do every day.

Signature service

Modern Highlights

Modern highlights ditch the traditional, striped "foil look" of the past for a much softer, highly customized finish. Using ultra-fine sections and strategic placement, this technique blends brightness seamlessly into your natural base color right from the root.

Specialty

Precision Haircuts

Expert haircutting tailored to your individual style, including sharp pixies, long layers, blunt one-length cuts, and lived-in textures. Full cut-and-color transformations are available in a single appointment.

Signature

AirTouch

A precise, high-end technique that uses air to separate finer strands for an incredibly seamless blend. This method delivers maximum brightness at the ends, and a soft, diffused grow-out with absolutely no harsh lines.

Recent transformations

Eliza's recent work.

No filters. No retouching beyond color correction for natural light. Every transformation came out of Eliza's chair at CK Studio.

The full team

If Eliza is booked — here's the rest of us.

Consistency is the benchmark at CK Studio Salon. Shared technical protocols allow for seamless transitions between specialists, ensuring expert results and a unified level of quality for every appointment.

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Eliza FAQ

Booking questions, answered.

Book online or call (773) 455-3335. Consultations are highly recommended and can be scheduled online to confirm goals, techniques, and exact pricing before booking a service.
AirTouch is a precise, high-end technique that uses air from a blow-dryer—instead of traditional teasing or weaving—to separate your hair strands before applying color. By blowing away the shorter, finer baby hairs and only lightening the longer, stronger strands, it creates an incredibly seamless, soft-focus blend.

The Most Seamless Blend Possible — completely eliminates harsh lines, stark stripes, or obvious spots where the highlights begin.
Flawless, Ultra-Soft Grow-Out — because the transition from your natural root to the brightness is so diffused, your hair grows out beautifully, letting you go months between touch-ups.
Prioritizes Hair Health — by separating out the delicate new growth and baby hairs, only the healthy, mature hair strands are lightened.
You are the ideal candidate if:

You have plenty of baby hairs or natural layers — the technique relies entirely on air to separate your hair. It will not work on ultra-blunt, one-length hair with zero new growth.
Your hair is a Level 7 or lighter — while it can be done on darker bases, the sweet spot for that signature, ultra-bright AirTouch blonde is a natural dark blonde or light brown starting canvas.
You want maximum brightness with a low-maintenance grow-out — if you want to be incredibly blonde but hate the harsh, striped regrowth lines of traditional foils, this is for you.
Areas We Serve

Hair salon serving Chicago's North Shore.

CK Studio is based in Skokie — minutes from Evanston, Wilmette, and the North Shore. Clients drive in from across Chicagoland for our color and extension specialty.

Ready when you are

Book with Eliza.

Book online direct in 60 seconds, or call to confirm goal, technique, and pricing first.