About Us
Our Team
Erinn Pearson
Owner and Head Stylist
Cut Erinn has spent the past 30+ years developing an expertise in the advanced care of healthy hair and scalp. As Owner and Head Stylist at Simply Erinn’s Unisex Hair Salon, she’s passionate about providing highly experienced and individualized services to people with all hair textures. Erinn brings a wealth of knowledge and continuous study to the salon culture at Simply Erinn’s. She prides herself on providing lasting solutions for conditions facing many of her clients including thinning and overactive sebaceous glands (amongst a host of others).
Erinn is passionate about training the next generation of stylists. She continuously works with newly-graduated stylists out of local schools to teach them how to be professionals within the industry.
Beyond the salon, Erinn is committed to all aspects of women’s health, including her important work with the “Cut it Out” project offering a front-line defense against domestic violence. In addition, Simply Erinn’s Unisex Hair Salon hosts monthly Community Conversations for Women of Color called “Sister to Sister,” which are led by professional healthcare practitioners of color.
Erinn is a lifelong resident of Cambridge, Massachusetts, where she has formed tight relationships with her clients and the community and received many awards and accolades.
Accolades
- Licensed Master Barber since 1990
- Licensed Cosmetologist since 1999
- Simply Erinn’s Unisex Hair Salon was recognized as “The Best Ethnic Salon” in the Improper Boston in July 2009
- Boston Globe recognized her and her stylists for their efforts in Domestic Violence Awareness/Abuse Prevention in December 2009
- Recognized as an outstanding business owner by the Baystate Banner in 2015
- Chosen as one of Cambridge YWCA’s “Outstanding Women” in October 2015
- Is a graduate of the StreetWise MBA curriculum and a 2015 finalist for the “Thrive” award for business owners demonstrating an outstanding commitment to community
- Winner of the national “Barbershop: The Next Cut Challenge” a $20,000 makeover sponsored by Warner Brother in 2016.
- Recipient of BICA Growth Builders Award October 2022
- Recipient of Black Biz Ball Kuumba Award 2023
- Recipient of GBOS Lifetime Achievement Award November 2024
- Recipient of numerous cutting, color, and Trichology certifications, including Vidal Sassoon Academy, Dudley University, Influance, Rezo Cut & Rezo Lites, Cado Cut, Dreamcatchers.
