Kristjan Hayden
Hair Stylist & Creative Director
With over 25 years experience in the beauty industry, Kristjan Hayden is a third generation hair stylist, currently based in Toronto, Canada. Trained in hair at the AVEDA Academy in Toronto, Kristjan went on to work for Aveda Canada as their Creative Director, leading the creative team through competition and campaign shoots, industry and fashion shows, and taught advanced academy styling and cutting classes nationally. Prior to that role, he was also the Creative Director for Civello Salons. Kristjan's latest role is for Collective Beauty Brands in a creative director role, and has had a key role in the development of a new hair product line launching in 2022.
Kristjan's print and editorial work has appeared in multiple publications over the years including Vogue Japan, Vogue Runway, Fashion, Flare, Elle, Dressed To Kill, Glow, Chatelaine, Canadian Living, Today's Parent and The Globe and Mail. Kristjan also has an extensive advertising client list including NIKE Intl, Joe Fresh, Winners, IKEA, Marshall's, Greta Constantine, Cover Girl, Dynamite, Tip Top & L'Oreal Paris.
Kristjan is also no stranger to on camera work have been featured as a beauty expert for many years on CBC's Steven and Chris and CBC's The Goods, and a hair expert on makeover series Rags To Red Carpet and most recently CTV's The Marilyn Denis Show.
His work has also led him to lead hair teams for fashion shows in New York and Paris for Deveaux New York, and here in Toronto for RVNG Couture, Sally La Pointe, Joseph Altuzzara and Greta Constantine. He has also worked on teams at NYFW for Jason Wu, Betsey Johnson and Christian Siriano.
His celebrity clients have included the likes of Gigi Gorgeous, Kieynan Lonsdale, Sarah Rafferty, Jennifer TIlly, Shoreh Aghdashloo, Whitney Port, Rebecca Minkoff, Olivia Wilde, Kristin Scott Thomas, Catherine Bell, Kia Nurse, Joan Smalls, Margaret Atwood, Amanda Bruegel, Greta Gerwhig, Chelsea Clinton, Maye Musk, Nina Dobrev and Ian Somerhelder.
Over the past year Kristjan has co-directed self produced work with creative partners May Truong and Armand Digdoyo with a mandate of creating work representing queer positive people and models/talent of colour. Their aesthetic is described as "authentic to what we want to be creating" and "...sticking to a fundamental principle of just making sure it's work we sincerely like, and the kind of work we want to see".
When asked about this past year Hayden replies, "It feels like for the first time in my career I'm not trying to fit in or seek approval- just embracing that what I like is not always going to be what someone else likes, being ok with that…trusting myself and the people I'm collaborating with, and still putting it out there."