The “British Hairdresser of the Year 2005” title holder and a nominee for the “British Hairdresser of the Year 2006” title — Akin Konizi — is the International Art.Director of the HOB group of salons, consisting of 11 successful salons throughout Great Britain. Whether it is a change of image, shooting, trend forecasts or consultations — the media willingly calls him an expert in all these areas. But Akin can call himself an expert in a very different field, as well — along with his partners — Clive Collins and Paul Simbler — they share the title “British Business Directors of the Year 2006”. They attained international recognition of the HOB salons network, and founded the HOB academy in 1998. 1 Comment(s)
Trent Day has been a hairdresser for 14 years, 9 of which has been with Scruples. He leads a team of 160 educators throughout the US and Canada, 5 design team members and 20 artists. As the Artistic Director for Scruples his responsibility is to carry out and set stan. dards for the company — defining them through the visual presentations of the shows, publications and education sessions performed in salons throughout the country.
Artistic Directors for Paul Mitchell the color Linda Yodice and Scott Cole were called “Haircolorists of the Year” for two years in a row. Having worked together over 15 years they surely know what it means to be a team and work together. Here are the secrets of successful - and awarded - collaboration.
Fernando Salas is a legendary hairstylist who has been in the industry for 35 years, an inspired master and developer of new beauty products and cutting tools, as well as the author of the Picasso Code - his own no guess system of hair cutting. At the height of his experience, Mr. Salas has agreed to share his views with us on the hairdressing industry.
The best advice that Wayne Grund could give an individual starting out in the beauty industry is "Education!" "When you are green you grow; when you are ripe you rot. Stay green forever. Balance your education between mastering your technical skills and business skills." Today Wayne continues building the Grund Education Team and takes existing educators to higher levels — and he calls it "one of the most rewarding things".
Michael Shaun Corby has been an innovator within the professional hair care industry for the past eighteen years. His professional experience within the entertainment industry along with his extensive training at such renowned salons as Jose Eber and Umberto´s, both of Beverly Hills, make him an invaluable asset to the Alterna Educational Program.
As Artistic Director of Farouk Int., Wadih (Woody) Michleb is responsible for introducing new collections, techniques and photo shoots to the company, on the artistic side, and training all the educators on the artistic team to go teach in the field, as well as being a platform artist also. 1 Comment(s)
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