Portfolio

Her work

Every result here was created one-on-one by Esther and is shown with the client’s permission. Photographs are corrected for light and color and the backgrounds are softened; the hair color, cut, length and texture are exactly as she finished them.

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Before & after

Transformations

Drag the handle, or use the arrow keys, to compare. Each pair shows the same client, before and after Esther’s work.

After: Shoulder-length layers with warm honey balayage, blown out smooth — **Grown-out balayage to shoulder-length honey layers**Before: long hair with grown-out, uneven balayage. After: shoulder-length layers with warm honey balayage, blown out smooth. Photo courtesy of Esther Klein. Hair: Esther Klein, MAURICI®.

Before: Long hair with grown-out, uneven balayage — **Grown-out balayage to shoulder-length honey layers**Before: long hair with grown-out, uneven balayage. After: shoulder-length layers with warm honey balayage, blown out smooth. Photo courtesy of Esther Klein. Hair: Esther Klein, MAURICI®.

After: Blended beige blonde from root to ends — **Grown-out blonde to blended beige blonde**Before: long blonde with dark regrowth, sectioned for color. After: blended beige blonde from root to ends. Photo courtesy of Esther Klein. Hair: Esther Klein, MAURICI®.

Before: Long blonde with dark regrowth, sectioned for color — **Grown-out blonde to blended beige blonde**Before: long blonde with dark regrowth, sectioned for color. After: blended beige blonde from root to ends. Photo courtesy of Esther Klein. Hair: Esther Klein, MAURICI®.

After: Soft, layered blonde with movement — **Dry, frizzy blonde to soft layered blonde**Before: dry, frizzy blonde lengths. After: soft, layered blonde with movement. Photo courtesy of Esther Klein. Hair: Esther Klein, MAURICI®.

Before: Dry, frizzy blonde lengths — **Dry, frizzy blonde to soft layered blonde**Before: dry, frizzy blonde lengths. After: soft, layered blonde with movement. Photo courtesy of Esther Klein. Hair: Esther Klein, MAURICI®.

After: Smooth, polished dark brunette — **Long wavy brunette to smooth, polished brunette**Before: long, wavy dark brunette with dry ends. After: smooth, polished dark brunette. Photo courtesy of Esther Klein. Hair: Esther Klein, MAURICI®.

Before: Long, wavy dark brunette with dry ends — **Long wavy brunette to smooth, polished brunette**Before: long, wavy dark brunette with dry ends. After: smooth, polished dark brunette. Photo courtesy of Esther Klein. Hair: Esther Klein, MAURICI®.

Selected work

Color, highlights & finish

**Lived-in long blonde**Long, softly blended blonde with a natural root, in window light. Photo courtesy of Esther Klein.

**Caramel layers**Layered brunette with caramel highlights and movement. Photo courtesy of Esther Klein.

**Honey balayage in window light**Side view of long layers with honey balayage. Photo courtesy of Esther Klein.

Blended beige blonde, profileSide view of long beige blonde with face-framing brightness. Photo courtesy of Esther Klein.

**Caramel layers, side**Layered brunette with caramel highlights, side view. Photo courtesy of Esther Klein.

**Face-framing honey balayage**Side view of layered honey balayage with a bright face-framing piece. Photo courtesy of Esther Klein.

**Soft silver blend**Long hair in soft silver and ash tones, blended from root to ends. Photo courtesy of Esther Klein.

Face-framing highlights, profileShoulder-length layers with soft face-framing highlights. Photo courtesy of Esther Klein.

**Copper red**Shoulder-length copper red with a smooth finish. Photo courtesy of Esther Klein.

**Smooth light ash brown**Long, smooth light ash-brown with a clean one-length line. Photo courtesy of Esther Klein.

**Glossy black, one length**Glossy black hair cut to one length. Photo courtesy of Esther Klein.

**Glossy blunt light brown**Blunt, glossy light brown at the shoulders. Photo courtesy of Esther Klein.

**Caramel layers, back**Layered brunette with caramel highlights, back view. Photo courtesy of Esther Klein.

**Lived-in long blonde, full length**Long blonde, full-length view. Photo courtesy of Esther Klein.

**Soft silver blend, second view**Long silver-ash blend, second view. Photo courtesy of Esther Klein.

**Beige blonde, root to end**Sectioned view showing the blend from root to ends. Photo courtesy of Esther Klein.

Editorial work

Archive photographs of Esther’s editorial hair work, scanned from prints. Photographer credit and usage rights are being confirmed, so these images are shown here but are not offered for download.

Editorial hair photograph from Esther’s archive — Editorial archive. Photographer credit to be confirmed.