2012 NAHA Hairstylist of the Year winner interview by Leanne Cutler  Winner: Dimitrios Tsioumas Salon: mizu new york Location:New York, NY How does your winning the 2012 NAHA Hairstylist of the Year title affect your activities on a day to day basis? Does it increase opportunities? It has definitely opened up more opportunities for me [...]

2012 NAHA Master Hairstylist winner interview by Leanne Cutler Master Hairstylist Winner: Edwin Johnston Salon: Cutting Room Creative Location: Nanaimo, Canada How does your winning the 2012 NAHA Master Hairstylist of the Year title affect your activities on a day to day basis? Does it increase opportunities? It creates awareness within the salon, within my [...]

Interview by Leanne Cutler, Hair Shots 2 The World Jacqueline Sanchez, Salon Gregories, Newport Beach, California   Bright, bold colors integrated into and highlighting haircuts is the big new thing in hair fashion photography.  Are clients requesting this hair color in salons?  (They are here in Australia!) In Newport Beach, our clients are conservative. However, [...]

by Leanne Cutler, Hair Shots 2 The World Some of North America’s most successful hairdressers speak to us about business in tougher times, the problem of online product sales and the benefits of finalist status…   Eric Fisher, Eric Fisher Academy, Wichita, Kansas You are considered to be at the very top of the hairdressing [...]

Finalist’s Hair Collections for the North American Hair Awards TEXTURE category.                                     Amy Freudenberg – Maka Beauty Systems – Chandler, AZ __________________ Jasmine Gibbs – The Cutting Edge – Brooklyn, NY __________________ Jose Macias & Julian Navarro – Leonel Alta Peluqueria – Chihuahua, Mexico __________________ Liz Nevin – [...]

Finalist’s Hair Collections for the North American Hair Awards SALON TEAM category.  MAINENTRANCE Artists – New York, NY   __________________ A Michael Levine Salon Group  – Vancouver, BC, Canada   ________________  HAUS Salon – Minneapolis, MN __________________ Lunatic Fringe Salon – Salt Lake City, UT   ________________   Salon Keiji – Salt Lake CIty, UT __________________

Finalist’s Hair Collections for the North American Hair Awards Salon MBA category. Gretchen Brown & Tina Morschauser - Rejuvenation Spa – Madison, WI __________________ Kari Davis, Karla Lopez-Martinez & Carol Davis – Gila Rut Salons – San Diego, CA __________________ Bryan Nunes – Blo - Raleigh, NC   __________________ Kendall Ong & Beate Assmuth-Ong – Mane Attraction Salon- Phoenix, [...]

Finalist’s Hair Collections for the North American Hair Awards STUDENT HAIRSTYLIST category.   Nicole Higgens – Aveda Institute Denver – Denver, CO  __________________   Cameron Jones – Aveda Fredric’s Institute  – Indianapolis, IN  __________________   Cassandra Monteyro – Aveda Fredric’s Institute – West Chester, OH __________________ Quinn Sorensen – Taylor Andrews Academy – West Jordan, [...]

Interview by Leanne Cutler, Hair Shots 2 The World   Jose Julian Macias Navarro from Leonel Alta Peluqueria in Chihuahua, Mexico What is your driving motivation to do Avant Garde hairstyling?  Was there a person who inspired you? MY MOTIVATION WAS TO CREATE A FEMININE, GRAVITY-DEFYING HAIRSTYLE. THE MASTER LEONEL RODRIGUEZ , WHO IS ALSO [...]

By Leanne Cutler, Hair Shots 2 The World This year’s NAHA Avant Garde finalists give us the lowdown on their latest extreme hairstyling… they stem from all over North America … Utah, New York, Portland and Mexico … Nicholas French Matrix Artistic Director, Fifth Avenue, New York What is your driving motivation to do Avant [...]