Rachel Bodt

Colorist

Rachel Bodt

Hair Colorist and Founder of Homecoming Salon

Rachel Bodt is a New York colorist and the founder of Homecoming Salon in Flatiron. Her work starts with what a client's hair naturally wants to do, from its texture to whether it lifts warm.

Credentials and experience

Selected work

  • Featured in Cosmopolitan on the baby copper hair color trend aol.com
  • Profiled by Boulevard in "How Rachel Bodt colors with kindness" (2025) joinblvd.com
  • Featured in Redken's The Break Room in "All About Bodt" redkenpro.com

About Rachel

Rachel Bodt knew she wanted to do hair by the time she was eight or nine. After high school she moved to New York City to train at the Aveda Institute, where her mentors encouraged her to make color a core focus of her work. She now has more than 15 years in the beauty industry, including editorial work that began alongside hairstylists James Pecis and Didier Malige. Today she owns Homecoming Salon in Manhattan's Flatiron neighborhood and is represented by Forward Artists as a colorist. Her approach starts with the person in her chair. She listens for what makes someone feel their best, then looks at what their hair naturally wants to do, from its texture to whether it lifts warm, and finds ways to make that part of their hair story.

In Rachel's words

I honestly love making people feel good. I love hearing what makes someone feel their best, but I also love seeing what their hair wants to do naturally and whether we can incorporate or embrace that.

From Stylist Secrets with Rachel Bodt

It could be their natural texture. It could be that their hair lifts warm, and we see whether that can become part of their hair story.

From Stylist Secrets with Rachel Bodt

To really understand your hair and texture, let it air-dry with a light product. Evergreen Style Cream forever!

From Stylist Secrets with Rachel Bodt

I think a lot of people misunderstand their own hair. They think it’s too frizzy or that it won’t do something, so they over-style it, use too much product, or go straight to a keratin treatment. I think most people are surprised by how great their natural texture can be.

From Stylist Secrets with Rachel Bodt

Every single week, I brush out my curls with my Bonne brush and slather my hair in Willow Glen Treatment Oil. I swear my curls are so thankful and happy.

From Stylist Secrets with Rachel Bodt

When it’s wash day, I’m down to one styling product, and it’s Evergreen Style Cream. I know it’s not meant specifically for this, but I swear it’s one of the best curly-hair products I’ve ever used.

From Stylist Secrets with Rachel Bodt

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