The Garnish Collective

Women-only hair loss salon · Raleigh, NC

Hair you live in. Made for your head.

Custom hair systems, mesh integration and CNC by CRLAB, designed, colored and cut on you by Mot and her team. In a private salon built only for women. Not a clinic. Not a wig shop.

About an hour · In the studio or by video · $65, put toward your new hair if you go ahead

  • Women only
  • 20+ years behind the chair
  • Mot teaches this to stylists across the US
  • CNC by CRLAB fitted here

Before they find us

The serums. The vitamins. The topper she touched all night.

Most women who sit in Mot's chair have spent years on the everyday fixes. Supplements. Minoxidil. Root sprays and fibers. A part moved a little further over every year. A topper ordered online in a shade that was nearly right.

None of that is wasted. It's how she learned what doesn't work for her.

What she usually hasn't been shown is the full picture: hair that's attached to her own, made for her head, colored and cut to look like it grew there. That's what we do.

We always suggest seeing a dermatologist first, to understand what's behind any hair loss. Then come and see us.

Black and white close-up of fine hair parted along the top of a woman's head

What we make

Five ways to full, beautiful hair

Every woman's hair and every woman's life is different, so there isn't one answer. At your consultation, Mot shows you the options that suit your hair, side by side.

  • Our favorite

    CNC by CRLAB

    A custom system made by hand in Italy from a 3D model of your head. Natural hair on an ultra-thin, breathable base, then colored, cut and fitted here.

    Best for:
    more advanced or total hair loss, medical hair loss, and anyone who wants the most natural, low-fuss result.
    Worn:
    day and night.
    Care:
    a visit once a month.
  • Mesh integration

    Your own hair is pulled through a very fine mesh and blended with new hair. Bonded in, so it doesn't come off at night.

    Best for:
    thinning all over the top, with enough hair to blend. The fastest route to a full head of hair.
    Worn:
    day and night.
    Care:
    about once a month.
  • Crown + extensions

    A custom crown where you need coverage, with extensions to bring the lengths up to match.

    Best for:
    thinning on top with longer hair you love.
    Worn:
    semi-permanent or removable.
    Care:
    every 4 to 6 weeks.
  • Temporary crown or topper

    A custom piece you put on and take off in minutes, matched and blended to your hair.

    Best for:
    mild to moderate thinning, or anyone who'd rather be in control.
    Worn:
    when you choose.
    Care:
    very little in the salon.
  • Custom wig or cranial prosthesis

    Full coverage, made or customized for you. Often a beautiful bridge while a CNC is being made.

    Best for:
    total hair loss, chemotherapy, or the months in between.
    Worn:
    when you choose.
    Care:
    washing and restyling.

How it works

From first message to finished hair

  1. 1

    Tell us about your hair. A short, private form. Two minutes. Photos are optional.

  2. 2

    Your private consultation. About an hour with Mot, in the studio or by video. Every option explained, an honest price range, and what care costs each month.

  3. 3

    Design appointment. Measurements or a scan, your color and texture matched, and a 50% deposit to order your hair.

  4. 4

    Your hair is made. Mesh can be ready within days. A CNC takes about four months, and we can fit something beautiful for you to wear while you wait.

  5. 5

    Install day. Your hair is fitted, colored and cut on you. Bring your lip gloss. We'll take your after photos.

  6. 6

    Two-week check-in, then monthly care. We fine-tune anything that isn't perfect and look after it from there.

Why Garnish

A salon, not a clinic

FeatureGarnishWig shop
Women onlyYessometimes
Made for your headYessometimes
Attached and worn day and nightYesNo
Colored and cut by a hair artistYesNo
Monthly care in the same chairYesNo
Honest prices before you commitYessometimes

Real Garnish guests

The difference, in her own hair

Back view of fine, see-through hair on top before her Garnish install
Back view of full, softly waved hair after her Garnish install
Front view of flat, fine hair with the hairline and part showing through before her Garnish install
Front view of full, voluminous styled hair after her Garnish install
New hair being blended and cut in at the Garnish chairA guest seeing her finished hair in the salon mirrorFinished hair, full and softly styled

“The only thing I regret is not doing this sooner. After years of struggling with extremely fine hair, my confidence was at an all-time low. A friend (whose extensions I never noticed!) recommended Garnish, and it changed everything. Candice and the team made the experience seamless — professional, welcoming, and so supportive.”

Garnish guest

Real Garnish guests, photographed in our salon. Every head of hair is different, and so is every result.

What we promise

What you can count on

  • You'll know the full cost before you commit, including monthly care. In writing, within a day of your consultation.

  • We color and cut it on you, so it looks like your hair.

  • If it isn't right when it arrives, we adjust it before it goes on.

  • We check in at two weeks and fine-tune anything that isn't perfect.

  • We'll tell you honestly if something isn't right for your hair.

Prices

What it costs

At your consultation you'll get an honest range for each option that suits you, and what care costs every month, in writing. The consultation is $65, and we put it toward your new hair if you go ahead.

Mot cutting and blending a guest's new hair in the salon

Meet Mot

Taught here. Done here.

Candice Motley, Mot to everyone who knows her, has spent more than twenty years behind the chair. She has her own hair loss story, which is part of why she does this work.

Stylists from across the country come to learn hair replacement from her through Confidence with Crowns, her education company. In Raleigh, she does the work herself, and every new install starts in her chair.

Garnish is a beautiful, private salon built only for women. You'll get a drink, a warm welcome and your hair done by an artist. Not a number. Not a clinic.

A custom head mold used to shape a hair system to one woman's head

Medical hair loss

Alopecia, chemotherapy and hair pulling

Many women come to us living with alopecia, during or after chemotherapy, or after years of trichotillomania. What most of them want is simple: hair that stays on, that they don't have to think about.

A CNC is made for one head only, from a 3D model, and it can be documented as a cranial prosthesis. We'll give you the paperwork to submit to your insurance, HSA or FSA. Coverage depends on your plan, so we never promise what it will pay.

If treatment is starting soon, tell us on the form. We'll find a consultation quickly and talk through what you can wear now and later.

The Garnish team in the studio

Visit us

One salon, in North Raleigh

6400 Creedmoor Rd, Suite 101, Raleigh, NC 27613
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Traveling to us?

About half of our consultations are by video, with women who travel in from across North Carolina and beyond. We'll plan your visits with you and talk through how often each option needs you in the salon.

That's the whole point of custom. Your hair is matched, blended, colored and cut on you, so it looks like it grew there. At your consultation you can see and touch the work up close.

It starts with one private hour.

Tell us a little about your hair, and we'll find a time for your consultation, in the studio or by video.

About an hour · $65, put toward your new hair if you go ahead