Hair’s Talent –
Multi-Ethnic Hair Salon in East Haven, CT
The first multi-ethnic hair salon in Connecticut and proud home of the GinaCurl created by Gina Rivera.
At Hair’s Talent, Gina and her expert team are your go-to source for all things healthy hair care, specializing in preserving length, understanding texture, and nurturing curls, kinks, and coils with care.
A Passion for Curls, Kinks & Coils — and Growing Healthy Hair.
We understand how important it is to maintain your growth, especially for curly girls who fight for every inch! That’s why every journey at Hair’s Talent starts with a Hair Care Prescriptive Plan tailored to your hair’s unique needs. We Truly Understand Texture.
Gina built Hair’s Talent by being a great listener and a true champion for girls with curls. Time after time, clients came in frustrated. They wanted to love and wear their natural hair, but their journeys had failed them. They tried it all — relaxers, keratin, traditional curly perms — and were left disappointed. Sodium hydroxide relaxers made their hair dry and brittle. Curly perms overprocess their strands, leaving hair limp, frizzy, or worse.
Why GinaCurl Was Born
Gina recognized something most stylists overlooked: Hair types like 4B, 4C, and mixed-race textures can be deceptive. They may look coarse, but they’re often fine, porous, and fragile. Using harsh chemicals on this hair isn’t just ineffective — it’s damaging. That’s exactly why Gina created the GinaCurl product line and technique — a gentler, healthier, and more effective way to transform and care for curly hair without compromising its health or length.
Meet Gina Rivera
Owner of Hair’s Talent & Creator of the GinaCurl
Gina Rivera is a renowned hair stylist with over 45 years of experience specializing in curly, coily, and multi-textured hair. In 1985, she opened Hair’s Talent Salon with a mission to provide expert care for clients with type 4B and 4C hair textures. Since then, Gina has been at the forefront of textured hair innovation—training her team in advanced cutting, styling, and treatment techniques specifically designed for curly hair.
In 2012, Gina introduced the GinaCurl—a revolutionary, healthy alternative to traditional relaxers. Designed to safely restructure curls while maintaining the hair’s natural look, health, and length, GinaCurl has transformed the way textured hair is treated in salons.
Continuing her dedication to textured hair care, Gina launched her own professional product line in 2020, followed by the opening of the GinaCurl Academy in 2021. Her academy educates and certifies stylists around the world in the GinaCurl technique, ensuring clients everywhere have access to this unique and effective service.
Today, clients travel from across the globe—including New Zealand, France, Holland, England, Canada, South Africa, and Sweden—to visit Hair’s Talent Salon in Connecticut. To make the GinaCurl more accessible, Gina now trains stylists internationally in the U.S., Canada, South Africa, England, and Sweden.
GinaCurl is more than just a treatment—it’s a movement for healthy, beautiful, and manageable curls.
Read the full GinaCurl Story here.
"Dear Gina, thanks for all that you do for our community. You are truly a rare beautiful diamond in the rough and if you haven't heard it enough we love and appreciate your time and dedication you have put into making this GinaCurl. It almost brings me to tears that you took the time to study our hair and mastered the art of giving us another option that makes it longer, beautiful and still with that touch of love that makes it still look natural!! You rock and honestly deserve an Oscar of the hair awards for all that you do!!! Simply Bellissimo! Thank you Gina, can't wait to meet you! From my heart directly to yours!!!"
Meet the GinaCurl Staff at Hair's Talent Salon
A passion for people and hair unite Hair Talent's amazing staff. Meet Gina's dream team - her original GinaCurl Stylists. They have worked alongside Gina for years. They are specialists and help train and certify independent hair stylists on the GinaCurl technique. They specialize in all the GinaCurl signature services and are knowledgeable on application for ALL hair textures.
Giana
Liv
Carlos
Tanayza
Can't make it to Hair's Talent Salon in East Haven CT?
Gina Rivera and the Hair's Talent Team may be able to travel to you. Learn more about how to Get a GinaCurl.