[K-Trendsetters] K-hairstyling is quieter, softer and built for your face

When Jeong Ok visited a busy Tokyo salon recently, she thought she had walked into a Korean shop.

K-pop was playing.

The hair designers were styled the Korean way.

She got a "hello" in Korean before the conversation switched to Japanese.

"The styling and the makeup were all K-style.

And it was a Japanese salon," said Jeong, an executive overseeing sales at Juno Hair and a 31-year veteran who still cuts hair at the brand's Seoul National University Station store.

That visit helped Juno Hair decid ...