Life’s Too Short for Bad Hair

Clark & Company brings a new vision of modern salon luxury to Dallas

Located in the heart of the Dallas Design District, Clark & Company is redefining the modern salon experience. It's where style, culture, and craftsmanship intersect.

Founded by Dallas hair industry veteran Kaycee Clark, the newly opened salon reflects a career built on technical excellence and creative intuition. After years behind the chair and mentoring talent across Dallas, Clark envisioned a space that feels intentional rather than transactional, where clients are not only styled but genuinely understood.

Clark created the salon to be elevated yet approachable, offering a setting where guests feel comfortable being themselves while trusting that they are in the hands of skilled experts.

Designed to mirror the creative energy of the Design District, Clark & Company blends clean, art-forward interiors with a relaxed, welcoming atmosphere. The thoughtfully curated space invites conversation, confidence, and personal expression from the moment guests arrive, reflected in the salon’s tagline: Come for the hair, stay for the connection.

Founded by Dallas hair industry veteran Kaycee Clark Photo by Mindy Byrd, courtesy of Clark & Company

At the core of the salon is a collective of highly trained stylists, each with expertise in specialized areas. From precision cuts and dimensional color to lived-in blondes, extensions, curly hair texture, and editorial styling, Clark & Company emphasizes stylist-client alignment, pairing every guest with the professional best suited to their hair goals, texture, and lifestyle. Each stylist brings a distinct perspective and specialty, reinforcing the salon’s belief that individualized care is essential because no two clients are the same.

Clark & Company brings a new vision of modern salon luxury to Dallas

Photo by Mindy Byrd, courtesy of Clark & Company

The salon mirrors the creative energy of the Design District.

The salon combines that expertise with leading professional product lines and advanced technology to deliver high-performance results while protecting hair health. From innovative color techniques to state-of-the-art tools that support long-term strength and shine, the focus remains on results that look exceptional in the chair and grow out beautifully over time.

Clark is nationally recognized for her work with curly hair and has received multiple awards for mastery in the category, underscoring the salon’s commitment to excellence across all hair types and textures.

As the Design District continues to evolve as one of Dallas’s most dynamic cultural corridors, Clark & Company is emerging as a sought-after destination, where expertise, creativity, and modern luxury come together — one great hair day at a time.

Clark & Company is located at 1130 Dragon St. #170. Call 214-242-9250 for an appointment or book online.

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Stretching the budget

A $100,000 salary in 2026 goes further in Dallas than it did last year

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A 2026 income study has good news for big earners in Dallas: A six-figure salary goes further than it did last year.

A Dallasite's $100,000 salary is worth $80,103 after taxes and adjusted for the local cost of living, according to the new financial analysis from SmartAsset. That's nearly 4 percent higher than last year, when the same salary had an adjusted value of $77,197.

Six-figure earners in Plano also got a slight — 2 percent — value boost to their salaries this year, the report revealed. A $100,000 salary in Plano is worth $72,653, compared to $71,372 last year.

SmartAsset used its paycheck calculator to apply federal, state and local taxes to an annual salary of $100,000 in 69 of the largest American cities. The figure was then adjusted for the local cost of living (which included average costs for housing, groceries, utilities, transportation, and miscellaneous goods and services). Cities were then ranked based on where a six-figure salary is worth the least after applicable taxes and cost of living adjustments.

Plano ranked 27th and Dallas ranked 47th in the overall ranking of U.S. cities where $100,000 is worth the least.

If the rankings were flipped and the cities were ranked based on where $100,000 goes the furthest, that places Dallas in the No. 22 spot and Plano as No. 43 nationally.

Manhattan, New York remains the No. 1 city where a six-figure salary is worth the least. A Manhattan resident's take-home pay is only worth $29,420 after taxes and adjusted for the cost of living, which is 3.10 percent lower than it was in 2025.

SmartAsset determined Manhattan has a 29.7 percent effective tax rate on six-figure salaries. Meanwhile, the effective tax rate on a $100,000 salary in Texas (based on the eight cities examined in the report) is 21.1 percent. It's worth highlighting that New York implements a statewide graduated-rate income tax from 4-10.90 percent, whereas Texas is one of only eight states that don't tax residents' income.

Oklahoma City, No. 69, is the U.S. city in the report where a $100,000 salary stretches the furthest. A six-figure salary is worth $91,868 in 2026, up from $89,989 last year.

This is the post-tax value of a $100,000 salary in other Texas cities, and their ranking in the report:

Austin (No. 53): $82,446
Lubbock (No. 59): $84,567
Houston (No. 60): $84,840
San Antonio (No. 62): $86,419
El Paso (No. 67): $90,276
Corpus Christi (No. 68): $91,110

According to the report, getting some "financial breathing room" by making six-figures really depends on where someone lives and what their lifestyle is. For residents living in the 42 states that levy some amount of income tax, their take-home pay dwindles further.

"And depending on how taxes are filed, reaching a $100,000 income may push a household from the 22 percent to 24 percent marginal tax bracket," the report's author wrote. "Meanwhile, locations with high costs across housing and everyday essentials may be less forgiving to a $100,000 income."

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Life’s Too Short for Bad Hair

Clark & Company brings a new vision of modern salon luxury to Dallas

Clark & Company brings a new vision of modern salon luxury to Dallas

Stretching the budget

A $100,000 salary in 2026 goes further in Dallas than it did last year

This is the income it takes to be middle class in Dallas-Fort Worth in 2026

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