My Story

Growing up in the small Finnish city of  Lahti, I always knew I wanted to work with hair, but I also knew the world outside Finland was waiting for me.

That curiosity eventually carried me from Finland to London, later to Mexico City, and eventually between Berlin and Helsinki, working across hair, film, art, and ecological design. Over the years, I worked as a hair and makeup artist in fashion and film, specializing in wigs, prosthetics, and special effects, while also studying visual arts, painting, sculpture, and later bio design.

Despite living in big cities and working in creative industries, nature always remained my strongest influence. Over time, I began questioning the beauty industry and the amount of waste and environmental damage it creates. That shift slowly pulled my work toward ecological hairdressing, material experimentation, and environmental art.

In 2021, I founded Hiukka Hyvä, the first hair recycling movement in the Nordic countries, exploring how discarded hair fibers could become new materials and environmental solutions.

Today, Studio Miila.H exists somewhere between a hair studio, art practice and material laboratory — a space where hair continues beyond beauty.

The way I cut hair reflects the same philosophy: working with the natural shape and movement of the hair rather than against it. Years of working with people and hair textures from around the world have trained my eye to understand how each hair naturally wants to fall, move, and behave. Through cutting techniques that respect the hair’s own texture, I create styles that sit naturally, require minimal effort, and still feel in control even when you wake up in the morning.