Carla Gentile owner of Steam Salon and Steam Creams and Oils, began her hairdressing career at Vidal Sassoon Salon in Chicago and London.

Carla’s interest in the beauty industry was fueled by the audacity of fashion in the early eighties. “It was such an experimental time and people were not afraid to change their hairstyle and hair color frequently”. This often lead to trying to mend the over worked tresses of her friends and clients.

At the same Carla became interested in the teachings of Horst Rechelbacher of Aveda and his introduction of Aromatherapy and the ideas of natural products to the US market. Carla attended numerous lectures by Horst and was inspired from that day on to promote healthy hair and natural products.

Carla’s passion for sharing education and creativity lead to her involvement in “In Salon” Seminars for better product manufacturers including, Clairol, Revlon and Aveda. She participated in creating new looks for each of these industry-leading companies at trade shows throughout the country. Recently, Carla has been quoted in beauty magazines such as, New Beauty and Real Simple as the Hair Expert for Carita Le Cheveu. You will also see Carla’s name on the advisory board credits for Launch Pad Magazine.

Carla has fulfilled her creative expression through editorial work and fashion shows. Her work has been seen on the runways of LA’s most talented designers including Louis Verdad, Sue Wong, Ashley Paige, Jared Gold, Jasmine Shokrian, Tree, Eduardo Lucero, Anthony Franko and more. Also, adding Michele K, Tarina Tarantino, DuWop, Hard Candy and Urban Decay to her list of advertorial.

While owning Steam Salon in Los Angeles specializing in Hair Treatments, Carla has always focused on showing her clients how to maintain healthy hair. She created The Steam Treatment using an aromatherapy oil mixture she mixed up in the back room of the salon. Now 8 years later she has taken the oils a step further. Working with a chemist in California she added the right amounts of anti oxidants to the oils to help boost the healing power of the treatment. Now clients can receive The Steam Treatment in the salon and purchase the same scalp oils to use at home.