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Mar8

Spend a Day with Tabatha Coffey

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Tabatha Coffey – you must have heard her name, specially after two inspiring and jaw-dropping seasons of Tabatha’s Salon Takeover on BravoTV. If you are a professional stylist or salon owner or cosmetology student, you get a chance to pick her brain by entering a contest.

By entering the Matrix Mannequin Mania contest you have the opportunity to spend the day with Tabatha Coffey and win $25,000.

What is Matrix Mannequin Mania?

Matrix Mannequin Mania is an opportunity to express your creativity to its fullest. The Contest is a skill contest that invites the hairdresser community to create a complete makeover on a mannequin and enter it to win $25,000.

You may submit more than one mannequin as there’s no limit whatsoever. Another cool thing about this contest is that you can actually name your mannequin. Once your mannequin is ready, download this form and submit your entries via www.MatrixMannequinMania.com or by mail.

The Contest Entry Period will begin at 12:01 AM Eastern Time on April 1, 2010 and end at 11:59 PM ET on July 31, 2010. Please make sure that you go through the Contest Rules and Submission Guidelines before submitting your entry.

Matrix Mannequin Mania is open to all stylists, salon teams and students, which is great because you can enter individually and then use the same mannequin in a group collaborative effort. This contest provides an awesome opportunity to all salon owners to re-energize their staff and build teamwork.

To spend a day with Tabatha Coffey, you also have to impress the panel of judges. They include Mary Rector-Gable, Lotus Abrams, Managing Editor of American Salon, Karrie Fonte, Assistant Vice President, Matrix US Education, Jeryl Spear, Executive Editor, Beauty Launchpad and Maggie Mulhern, Beauty & Fashion Director of Modern Salon.

Matrix Mannequin Mania is super easy, fun and provides a lifetime chance to spend a day with Tabatha Coffey and win $25,000. To enter online, visit the Matrix Mannequin Mania site at: www.matrixmannequinmania.com

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Mar3

Hair Tactics Exhibition at Jersey C...

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Hair Tactics is an exhibition guest curated by Rocío Aranda-Alvarado. Jersey City Museum is currently presenting this unique hair exhibition which will be on view through August 22, 2010. The opening reception for Hair Tactics will take place tomorrow, i.e. on Friday, March 5, 2010.

Hair Tactics explores hair as subject matter and medium. Increasingly, artists have begun to use both real and synthetic human hair to create works of art. Some use synthetic hair because it is widely and inexpensively available in urban neighborhoods, others because it is laden with social and political meaning, and still others because they are exploring the human obsession with hair.

Texts written in hair, fancy hair motifs used to decorate a love letter, extravagant and multi-colored wigs, drawings featuring hair-covered bodies, and ladies with elaborate up-dos are all featured in Hair Tactics. The exhibition includes works in a wide range of mediums, including painting, sculpture, prints, photographs, video, and installation.

Hair Tactics features over 30 visual artists who would be displaying their artworks. Some of the featured artists in the exhibition include Manuel Acevedo, Amina Ahmed, Elia Alba, Asha Ganpat, Melissa Calderón, Ursula Endlicher, Chitra Ganesh, Zachary Fabri, Carson Fox, Melody Boone, Irvin Morazán, Sa’dia Rehman, Roger Tucker III, Quintín Rivera-Toro, Jayoung Yoon, and more.

The opening reception for Hair Tactics as well as Jersey City Museum’s complete line-up of new Spring 2010 exhibitions will take place on Friday, March 5, 2010, 5-8 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.

Hair Tactics is highly inspiring and a must see exhibition for everyone associated with the hair industry. For more information, visit www.jerseycitymuseum.org

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Feb24

Hair Salon Marketing is not only ab...

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Hair Salon Marketing is essential to have a successful salon business. However, it does not only mean advertising your salon through all the possible channels. Hair salon marketing can be done effectively even without spending a dime!

The basic reason for hair salon marketing is to attract clients. Every salon owner thinks of ways to get more clients and the possible ways through which they can spend more money at the salon. To achieve this objective many salon owners spend huge amount of money in advertising.

There’s nothing wrong in advertising your salon but it should be done so that it provides efficient returns. If you ask any salon owner, how they are able to attract and retain their clients, most of them would say that their USP is their service.

Its so obvious that if you are able to provide excellent service to your clients, you’ll win them for life. Also, not only will they be loyal to you but they’ll refer more people to your salon. There’s no better marketing strategy for hair salon marketing than word of mouth.

Providing the best service to your clients is an inclusive process. It starts from the moment your client enters your salon. Its very important that your receptionist greets them with a smile and makes them feel comfortable. Once they feel at ease in your salon, they’ll be more open to discussion and you can win them over by doing a consultation.

There are many more cost effective ways to successfully market your salon and services. Learn about them in detail by subscribing to Scissorboy’s online cosmetology program. The Cutting Edge Hair show is intended to give inspiration, motivation and advice to stylists/salon owners that are hungry for more.

Salons with big marketing budgets can afford advertising. If you have a small businesses with limited financial resources, make sure you learn the cost effective ways of salon marketing by subscribing to ScissorBoy. After all, hair salon marketing is not only about advertising.

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Feb19

Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Fall ‘...

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Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Fall ‘10 recently concluded at the New York City. The semi-annual event is one of the four major fashion weeks held in New York City. The event was held during February 11 – February 18, 2010.

Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Fall ’10 included some of the best stylists from the industry who demonstrated their creative skills. The event was fun as it marked an occasion for everyone involved in the hair and beauty industry to meet and share their expertise.

Here are some unique styles that were evident at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Fall ’10:

Odile Gilbert’s Blondie-inspired rock ‘n’ roll hair

Sophie Théallet works on a country-girl-becomes-a-princess theme

A swept-up, amazing moment in hair at the Christian Siriano show

Stunning J. Mendel presentation

A Brigitte Bardot-inspired, half-up hairstyle that mixed a partial French twist with soft, loose strands.

Note: The credit for all images goes to American Salon Blog
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Feb4

Shear Genius Premier Episode sees t...

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Shear Genius Season 3 premiered yesterday and saw one of the twelve stylists get eliminated. Joey Scandizzo, a stylist from Melbourne, Australia had to say goodbye on the very first episode of Shear Genius after he lost out to other stylists during the elimination challenge.

Shear Genius returned to Bravo for its third season and looked fresh and exciting. The changes were apparent from the start, with a new host – Camila Alves, new judges, and of course, new contestants. The fact that the show has gone international and picked up cutting edge stylists from every part of the world make it more fierce and challenging.

In the premier episode of Shear Genius 3, host Camila Alves greeted the 12 stylists who had gathered at Los Angeles and introduced them to new judge Jonathan Antin, and their mentor Orlando Pita. The guest judge was Monica Wise, creator and designer for LSpace Swimwear.

The challenges are just like the previous seasons, with two per episode, a Short Cut and an Elimination challenge. The elimination challenge for the premier episode of season 3 required the stylists to come up with a hairstyle that could go with swimwear.

The stylists had to make sure that their styles covered the top body portion of the models as they were supposed to wear only their bottoms. This challenge was a bit tough since none of these models had enough hair to completely cover themselves and that made the elimination challenge very fierce.

Joey Scandizzo’s style appeared disconnected as compared to that of other stylists and hence he was eliminated. Joey is a popular stylist from Australia who has made a name for himself by directing hair for the Perth Fashion Festival, styling hair for “Precinct and Cream.”

He was recently honoured as one of four finalists at this years’ prestigious Hair Expo Australian Hairdresser of the Year Awards. Joey is currently the artistic director and part owner of Rokk Ebony salon and has won accolades at several cutting competitions including Hair Expo, Wella Trend Visions and Star Search Collections.

With Joey Scandizzo eliminated, there are eleven stylists who will fight for the ultimate prize of $100,000. Stay tuned to all the updates from Shear Genius Season 3 by following Bravo’s website.

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