About
Part, and whole.
Our story
Counters sorted me into one box. I've always been both.
Half Japanese, half Polish, born on the West Coast. Fifteen years in content, most recently leading AI content at Google Cloud. The Hapa Edit brings both halves together: the colors, makeup and wardrobe pieces that work on mixed-heritage women, starting with hapa women like me.
Founder Alison Jarris guides each client to the colors, makeup and wardrobe pieces that work on her, then edits it down to a short, wearable palette.
Hapa: Hawaiian for "part." Used with respect.
Work with Alison
The Edit
The Undertone Read
A free online quiz, about four minutes, that identifies your undertone: warm, cool, or neutral, read on its own terms.
Start the quizThe Palette Edit
A virtual color analysis session with Alison. You leave with a custom palette: the exact colors that work on your skin, in your life.
Book a session · 2027The Signature Aesthetic Edit
An in-person color and styling session in Los Angeles. Your undertone, contrast and features, edited into a wardrobe and beauty palette that is entirely yours.
Apply · 2027