Eric Egea, Master Stylist

Eric Egea

He began his career as an apprentice at a salon in Paris at age 15. After arriving in Birmingham, Eric’s talent created a client base that led to the founding of The Oak Street Hair Group, a full-service salon.

Oak Street is located in the same spot where Eric first launched his career in the United States more than 30 years ago. Staying connected to his own roots in the business as an apprentice, Eric is dedicated to offering the best education possible to his staff.

Lori Egea

Lori has been on the cutting edge of the hair industry for almost 30 years. She is a Master Stylist and Co-Founder of Oak Street Hair Group. After she earned her cosmetology degree in 1979, Lori began her career under the mentorship of her future husband Eric Egea. She quickly emerged as a talented stylist. Once the opportunity came along to create her own unique salon, she joined Eric and longtime associate Peter Sims to form the Oak Street Hair Group. This new salon fused energy, attitude and high design in a comfortable setting.

Lori’s ongoing training has taken her to Los Angeles, New York and Paris. She is committed to creating styles that best suit the strengths of each and every client.  At Oak Street, Lori specializes in cutting and finishing.

Scott Thomason

Scott got his start in the business in 1993. He is a partner in Oak Street Hair Group and maintains a Master Cosmetologist license. Scott has trained in color and cuts with all the major hairstyling companies in the industry.

Scott specializes in color and cuts and says fate brought him to Oak Street, a place where he can fully utilize his creative talents. He believes the worst thing a person can do for their looks is to be too predictable. That’s why his favorite hairstyles for his clients are ones that change over time.

Felicia Bell-Gray

Felicia has been a hair stylist since 1993 specializing in color correction and color enhancing. Like all the Oak Street stylists, Felicia has kept up with the latest looks and trends by continuing her education and attending hair shows with Wella and L’Oreal.

Felicia loves her work and sees a hairstyle as one of the most important ways someone can make a statement about their personality without speaking a word.

She believes when someone looks good, it’s only natural that they feel confident and secure.

Caroline Egea

Inspired by her family’s success, Caroline began her apprenticeship under Eric and Lori Egea. With more than 15 years in the business, she specializes in styling that uses natural texture and multi-dimensional color.

She has trained at the Rene Furterer Institute in Paris, Rusk Training Academy in L.A. and Wella Global Color in New York and Puerto Rico. She loves the creative, energetic and fun atmosphere at Oak Street, where she believes team effort leads to success for every client.

Kristi Friday

Kristi specializes in thermal reconditioning with Yuko products and Rusk Maintamer. Since her start in 1997, Kristi has trained at the Yuko Institute in Beverly Hills and New York City along with stops at L’Oreal, Wella and Rene’ Furterer Institute in Paris. She loves seeing the transformation of her clients who have struggled with their hair for a long time.

Kristi, who was a child when she first started coming to Oak Street as a customer with her mother, is proud to be a member of a salon with a national reputation.

Nancy Leonard

Nancy got her start in the hair business back in 1998 at Oak Street after first working as an apprentice. She specializes in coloring, perms and hair straightening.

She trained in New York, learning the Yuko straightener, a Japanese technique for very unruly hair. Nancy has also been trained in the French Hair cutting technique. She has spent time training at the Wella Studio and in the L’Oreal coloring lines.

Nancy says one of the best things about working at Oak Street is being able to help so many different people find the look that best suits them.

Lindsey Overton

Lindsey began her training to become a stylist in 2002 as an apprentice under Lori Egea. She specializes in modern cutting and styling along with foiling and coloring. Lindsey has received special training in L’Oreal Advanced Color and the French Technique of Hair Cutting.

Lindsey loves what Oak Street offers her: a professional environment with a chance to develop her skills as a stylist. Lindsey always urges her clients not to be afraid to try new looks.

Karin Perrin

Karin’s training has taken her to Paris, New York and Las Vegas since she started in the business back in 2000. Her specialty is color and cutting. She also does special event and bridal hair along with innovative and modern hairstyling.

Karin uses a french method of hairstyling and believes nothing is more rewarding than making people look their best. She chose Oak Street because she wanted to learn from two outstanding Master Stylists: Eric and Lori Egea.

Peter Sims

Peter began his career as an apprentice in 1981, after deciding his Art Major in college simply wasn’t fast paced enough. His new career allows him plenty of opportunities to be creative nonstop. When asked what influences his designs, Peter says his client’s personality, body type, facial features and hair type are all factors.

Peter says his specialty is “always listening very closely" and applying that to everything he does. He loves the diversity of personalities, taste and form at Oak Street along with the many problem solving techniques used to achieve an exquisite finale. He wants clients to walk away with improved inner and outer confidence complimented with radiance.

Jason Weekley

Jason has spent more than a decade in the hair business. He specializes in foils and cuts with special training in the French cutting technique. He always advises people not to cut corners when it comes to your hair.

Jason loves being a stylist at Oak Street because every day brings fresh challenges for his creative energy. He believes everyone should be more confident of their individual beauty and focus on the positive instead of the negative.

Yannick Egea

Continuing in the family tradition, Yannick completed his apprenticeship at Oak Street Hair Group in 2007 and currently specializes in coloring and cutting. Yannick enjoys the creative environment that Oak Street provides which offers him the opportunity to expand on his styling techniques.