Elite Hairstylist with over 20 years experience
located in Phoenix, Arizona
Hi! I’m Dave Fonseca better known as Davefunseeka
It is a true gift to possess the talent to make a woman feel beautiful, confident and sexy. With over twenty years working behind the chair my goal is simply to make you feel your absolute best!
I specialize in luxury hair care ranging from French haircutting, custom hair color like Lived-In Color and Balayage and healthy hair extensions using silicone free slavic hair. Conveniently located in Scottsdale Arizona I am able to offer all of my services to the Greater Phoenix Metro region.
My hairstyling career began in Kalamazoo, Michigan. I attended Chic University of Cosmetology where I graduated top of my class. From there I moved to Chicago, Illinois and began assisting Charles Ifergan at Charles Ifergan Salon. Heralded for his dry haircuts and blowouts, techniques which I continue to utilize to this day. I absorbed Charle's teachings like water to a sponge. He is partly responsible for cultivating the hairstylist I am today. Ultimately I knew a departmentalized salon was not for me and I took my education with me as I traveled around a few salons in Chicago. My dream of owning my own salon came to fruition in February of 2014.
Now that I held the keys to my destiny I embarked on a journey to train with those I considered to be the best in the industry. This led me to the amazing colorist Tracey Cunningham at Meche Salon in Beverly Hills. Tracey sets industry standards with her elite celebrity clientele which include the Kardashians, Jessica Biel, Maggie O, Shakira, JLo, and countless others.
I followed Tracey's class with shadowing Danielle White of NBR Extensions and Chrissy Rasmussen of Habit Salon both of whom are responsible for changing the landscape of the hair extension business with the introduction of hand tied hair extensions. Being able to offer such an elite service that catered to women for a multitude of reasons is one of the biggest reasons why I was so successful in Chicago. It continues to be a game changer in the hair extension market.
Lastly I studied under Academy Ramirez|Tran under the expertise of Johnny Ramirez and Anh Co Tran who are the leading experts of lived-in hair, both color and cut. Johnny’s approach to creating effortless hair color is still utilized in todays market. Learning under Anh just complimented my training with Charles Ifergan but with a fresh view on dry haircutting.
Formerly a balayage educator for The Business of Balayage, I have a strong affinity for natural looking sun-kissed highlights. I live by a philosophy of utilizing your natural hair color as much as possible. This helps to eliminate brassy tones as well as harsh grow out lines. Being able to offer my clients beautiful hand painted highlights that grow out seamlessly is one of my greatest gifts.
Other specialities include:
Air Touch Highlighting the art of uses a blow dryer to separate short and long hairs for a completely undetectable and highly transformative hair color service
Lived-In Color the art of blending your highlights in to your natural hair color for an effortless but high contrast result which can push your highlighting services out 4-6 months
Invisible/Concealed Bead Hair Extensions focus on scalp health which includes bone structure, scalp sensitivity, follicular strength and hair density to safely apply a hidden bead row using silicone free Eastern European hair
Keratin Bond Extensions/Pearl Bonds offering the most versatility of all hair extension methods. By hand selecting your color each keratin bond is custom made to you. Depending on hair growth you can expect 4-6 months of wearability. Also I have taken things one step further and can now offer Pearl Bonds that are 1/5 the size of a traditional keratin bond in those hard to reach areas like top of crown, front hair line and even in your fringe.
Keratin Smoothing Treatments using natural keratin we infuse unruly hair to be more manageable, shiny and silky. I offer two formulas to better suit your needs.
It has been said that you lease your hair from me. And I promise to treat it with the utmost care, love and respect!
On a personal note I love travel. I boarded my first flight 5 days before my 21st birthday and vowed I would spend the rest of my life experiencing as much of the world as humanly possibly. Currently my country count is at 17. My top five favorite cities thus far are Paris, Venice, Lisbon, Tokyo and Mexico City.
Living in Denver taught me to love the outdoors. I enjoy camping, hiking, cycling, skiing, swimming and gardening to name a few. When I’m not behind the chair chances are I’m wondering about with my camera. I went to photography school and absolutely refuse to put mass produced art in my home.
I also have a thirteen year old beagle mix named Zoë. She was a rescue at 9 weeks and we’ve been inseparable ever since. This is true codependency at its finest! She’s a sassy, strong wiled girl who runs my life. I guess someone has to keep me on my toes! I love volunteering with animals. While I lived in Colorado at the Wild Animal Sanctuary and my many visits to Elephant Nature Park in Thailand. I stand with all animals to put an end to all unjust cruelty they endure from humans.
I was born in New Orleans, LA and absolutely love hot weather! My entire life has been leading me to a warm climate and I’m so happy to call the Phoenix, Arizona home!
