Laurin at Second Place Co. in Encinitas's Leucadia district brings a decade of North County color experience to a micro salon inside a dual-concept space on North Coast Highway 101's Leucadia district. The salon side of Second Place Co. focuses on balayage, Brazilian smoothing treatments, and single-process color, sharing the address with a vintage-inspired clothing boutique and rotating local art exhibitions — a curated retail pairing that echoes the mix at Coast Highway Trading elsewhere on the 101. Balayage sessions use a freehand painting technique that feathers color from the mid-shaft to the ends, producing lived-in dimension without the hard demarcation lines of traditional foil highlights. Brazilian keratin smoothing treatments bond a formaldehyde-free protein complex to the hair cuticle, reducing frizz and drying time for up to twelve weeks — a maintenance-reduction approach valued by Leucadia residents browsing the boutique row that includes Charming Leucadia on Vulcan Avenue. The studio's most technical bookings combine full-head hand-painted balayage with a same-day keratin overlay, a dual-process sequence requiring precise timing to lock color pigment before the smoothing sealant cures.