Kara Bout Hair

Kara Bout Hair, operating as Hair by Kara Schaudt, is a Chicago-based on-site bridal and special occasion hair stylist available for both local and destination weddings. Kara focuses on romantic and elegant bridal styles, including updos, veil and accessory placement, and color work such as glosses and red color, with a process that includes a customized bridal preview appointment and a wedding morning timeline. Kara graduated from cosmetology school at Paul Mitchell the School Chicago and has assisted and learned from Erin Graham, described as one of the top bridal specialists in Chicago; she also works full time at Scarlet & Co. in Chicago's Gold Coast. Based in Chicago, Illinois, with travel available beyond a 10-mile radius at a per-mile rate and destination weddings accommodated. Clients consistently praise Kara's punctuality handling large bridal parties, her thoroughness from consultation through styling, her color knowledge, and the lasting hold of her styles, with one reviewer noting a hairstyle survived a full wedding, sleeping, and a treadmill workout the following morning.