The Brand Intensive
THE BRAND INTENSIVE
The brand identity you need — in three focused days.
Editorial-level branding for emerging brands in beauty, wellness, fashion, and lifestyle. A complete visual foundation that scales beautifully and positions you exactly where you're headed.
OUR CLIENTS
The Experience
Three days. Not rushed — refined.
We've found that three days provides the perfect balance: enough momentum to maintain creative flow, enough depth to build a complete system. No endless revisions. No drawn-out timelines. Just focused collaboration that delivers editorial-quality results without compromise.
Enquire & Apply
This offer is by application only.
We accept 4-6 Brand Intensives per quarter — working with new brands in beauty, wellness, fashion, and lifestyle who are ready to launch with polish and confidence.
If there's strong alignment, we'll share the next available dates and reserve your week with a deposit.
Pre-Work (due one week before)
Inside your portal, you'll find your onboarding checklist, intake form, and prep guide. You'll upload finalized copy — including your brand's mission, values, and key messaging — along with your approved imagery and curated Pinterest board. These materials are due one week before your intensive begins.
Day 1 — Direction & Design
We present two creative directions based on your pre-work. You'll choose one direction, and we'll refine it in real-time based on your feedback.
Day 2 — Design Refinement
You'll review your complete logo suite, color palette, and typography. We'll have a feedback call, then apply refinements to finalize your system.
Day 3 — Refinement & Delivery
Your finalized brand system is applied to three tailored mockups (packaging, stationery, or digital — depending on your business). You'll receive your complete brand guidelines and all final assets inside your portal — ready to launch.
Selected Work
The Investment
The Investment
The Investment
$3,500 for editorial-level branding. Built to scale.
A complete foundation for new brands in beauty, wellness, fashion, and lifestyle. Three focused days. Zero compromise.
What’s Included:
• Primary and secondary logo suite
• Refined color palette
• Typography hierarchy
• Three brand mockups based on your industry
• Concise brand guidelines
• 30-day post-project support for implementation questions and minor refinements
Add-ons available by request: packaging systems, social templates, Shopify styling.
Client Testimonials
Kristen’s vision is pristine when it comes to branding. She helps capture your vision in an authentic, unique and fresh way that no one else can. Her ability to create nuance and intrigue through her work is true talent and she is the only person I recommend for branding and design.
"I can't sing Kristen's praises enough. I'm so in love with our rebrand and website! She is amazingly organized and was great at keeping me on track. She is both a fantastic listener and suggester. I really appreciated how dedicated she was to understanding my goals and values – she captured my vision and brought it to life through my branding."
“My experience with Kristen and Hayda Studios was exceptional. I really appreciated how she captured my vision and brought it to life through my branding. Great communication, a strong eye for detail and refreshingly organized made it a pleasure working with her. I would highly recommend her services.”
FAQs
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You're ready if your business is defined — you know your offer, audience, and goals — and you need a visual identity that matches that clarity. The Brand Intensive is for founders who are decisive, collaborative, and ready to launch.
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Submit an application. Once we review fit, we’ll follow up with available dates and next steps to secure your booking. If accepted, your start week is entirely dedicated to you — no competing projects, no distractions.
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Yes. Every intensive begins with a focused strategy session to define your positioning, tone, and visual direction. We ensure every design decision aligns with your brand's goals and audience — giving you a strategic foundation without the months-long process.
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We typically book 2-3 months in advance and accept 4-6 intensives per quarter. If you have a specific launch date in mind, apply early — spots are limited and offered on a first-come basis.
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Yes. Based on your pre-work, we develop two creative directions before Day 1. We present both on our kickoff call, you choose one, and we refine it together. This ensures strategic alignment without spending your intensive week on discovery.
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No. You’ll need to check in once daily for feedback. Timely responses are essential to stay on schedule.
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All materials — including finalized copy (mission, values, key messaging), approved imagery, and your Pinterest board — must be uploaded to your portal one week before the start date. Without these materials, we cannot begin.
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Your project will be rescheduled to the next available opening. The prep work is non-negotiable — it's what allows us to deliver exceptional results in three days instead of three months.
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Absolutely. You’ll have one dedicated feedback window per day — structured, efficient, and collaborative. This keeps momentum strong and ensures we stay aligned as your brand takes shape.
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Our prep work makes this extremely unlikely. The two directions are built directly from your questionnaire, visual references, and brand goals. That said, if neither direction feels right, we'll identify what's missing on the call and adjust in real-time. The intensive format is designed for immediate collaboration and course-correction.
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No. A single logo won't give your business the foundation it needs to grow. The Brand Intensive delivers the complete system — logo suite, colors, typography, and guidelines — so you can launch with consistency and confidence. It's the minimum investment that actually moves the needle.
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No — the Brand Intensive focuses exclusively on brand identity. However, many clients choose to book a separate website design project afterward once their brand is finalized. We can provide guidance or custom proposals for that next step.
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Only if we designed your original identity. Otherwise, this offer is reserved for new brands.
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The Brand Intensive is your complete visual foundation — everything you need to launch professionally. Our full branding projects are more expansive, involving deeper strategy work, multiple creative directions, and comprehensive collateral systems over a longer timeline.
Both are crafted with the same attention to detail and editorial polish. The intensive is designed as Chapter 1 — a focused foundation built to scale with you.
Many clients return later for expanded brand systems, packaging, or website design as their business grows.
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Yes! A non-refundable 50% deposit is required to lock the intensive into my schedule. The remaining 50% will be due on the final day of our Intensive prior to handing over any final files.
Invoices will be sent for you to make payment via bank transfer, Zelle or Paypal.
If you need another payment plan, please always reach out so that we can discuss a plan that works for you. -
You’ll have 30 days of post-project support for small refinements or questions that come up as you begin using your new brand.
For larger updates, add-ons, or new collateral, we offer an hourly or mini-project rate that returning clients can book anytime. Many past clients have used this for social templates, packaging extensions, or campaign graphics once their brand was live.
Why Brand Intensives?
We've spent years building brand identities for Nike, Meta, Netflix, and other industry leaders. The Brand Intensive brings that same editorial polish and strategic thinking to emerging brands in beauty, wellness, fashion, and lifestyle.
You're not getting a scaled-down version. You're getting a focused one — everything a new brand needs to launch with confidence and room to grow.