What a great show we had in St. Louis! We were so busy in the booth with a demo stage with seating. It’s a real benefit for people to swing by the booth and sit down for a while. We have so much information to share and it’s amazing to have so many venues to share it in. In addition to the booth with seating we had four classrooms that Laurie Edwards and I taught. One of the best things about Product Club is being able to work with our team. Kristen, Kevin, Laurie and I were firing on all cylinders all weekend. Offering variations on all of our techniques and evolving them to suit different needs is my goal for each show. Can’t wait till next year!
State St. Louis
Posted by arogers on May 15th, 2012
St Louis
Posted by laemia10@yahoo.com on May 9th, 2012
St Louis
The show started with slammed booth and lots of great questions. This was my busiest show yet. We had a amazing team that pulled together to do the classes, booth and orders.
I will come prepared for next year to bring new ideas and good information to the stylists . Everyone was eager to learn and had real issues for topic. Between the color assistant and Tech track we pretty much ran out of all our products. Easy pack up for this show.
I look forward to next year….
San Jose BGS April
Posted by laemia10@yahoo.com on May 9th, 2012
San Jose BSG April 22
San Jose is a great place to have a show. I enjoy the people, the class and conversations. I had a class where there was so much good hair talk going on, and problem solving! Great questions and the whole room was participating in the discussion! Thanks for making it a enjoyable weekend.
Discover Show STL
Posted by goldsizzorz@yahoo.com on May 8th, 2012
Kristen Linares
PC Educator St. Louis
This weekend was a great learning experience. As always I had a great time with the Product Club education team! Kevin did a great job setting up the booth and motivating us! Adrienne and Laurie really helped me understand what it means to be a color educator. They are both amazing and have so much wisdom to share. I am inspired not only by their hair color abilities but also by their ability to balance their career while also being a great mothers. I hope to have a fraction of their talent and patience as I advance in my career.
This show was insanely packed with stylist eager to learn and inspired to stock up on their professional tools. We were a bit overwhelmed by all the attention, however very excited that so many people were stocking up on our educational DVDs and tools. The Foil Assistant flew off the shelves.http://productclub.com/whats_new/product-club-foil-assistant I wish I had a picture of some of the astonished faces I seen! I think the Assistant is one of the greatest tools we have. It’s going to be one of those things in the future that we look back and say, “How the h*%! did I ever work without this?!”
Our classes were packed…
and so was our booth…. Goodtimes <3
State Beauty Supply put together a great show! Thanks!
IBS
Posted by ghgaray@mac.com on May 7th, 2012
Had a ball at IBS, nyc this year. Used a lot of the new longer Product Club foil for recreating balayage looks with foil.
IBS in NYC
Posted by amanda_jade@me.com on May 6th, 2012
This year’s International Beauty Show in NYC was a great time, as expected!
The demo booth for Product Club was a hit with Gabriel, Shawn, and myself rotating the demo stage with our adaptations of techniques from the Art of Highlighting DVD’s. Mary, Alyssa, Eric, and Kevin kept us going in the booth, too!
Melissa Johnson and Adrienne Rogers, two of the best artists in our industry, brought relatable and fashion forward techniques to the eager minds at IBS 2012.
Of course, NYC itself was a great place to stay and I’m looking forward to next year’s show!
Amanda Lenz
Kristen Linares DISCOVER SHOW 2012 ST. LOUIS MAY 6th and 7th
Posted by goldsizzorz@yahoo.com on May 4th, 2012
A natural born artist and girly girl who loves the beauty industry. She is a 3rd generation hair & makeup artist from Tampa Bay who strives to perfect images, inform the misunderstood, and teach all a thing or two about their beauty regimen. She is becoming one of YouTube’s most popular beauty Vloggers! You can find a new tutorial from Kristen every Friday!
As the owner of Thirteenth and Washington, located in St. Louis, MO Kristen has created an upscale environment to accommodate editorial stylist, photographers, and educational events. Teaching is one of her greatest passions and she has a very natural way of empowering her students to feel confident in their technique. Having been exposed to the world of high fashion helped develop her taste for classic looks to Avant garde. New York Fashion week has been one of Kristen’s greatest experiences as an artist. “There’s certain energy when you are a creative person in New York. It’s as if you know you’re going to be a person who will accomplish great things for having been there!”” she says.
Kristen wants to help other artist understand how simple it is to become a visionary and see color in the same way she can. Product Club has been such a great way for her to share her ambition and knowledge.
www.KristenLinares.com www.ThirteenthandWashington.com
http://www.youtube.com/user/kristenlinares/featured
DISCOVER SHOW 2012 – ST. LOUIS – MAY 6th and 7th
The America’s Center St. Louis,MO
701 Convention Plaza
St Louis,MO
Sunday, May 6th ’12
8:30 AM- 6:00 PM
What’s in for Spring/Summer 2012?
I’ve been loving the Ombre, however I feel there has been less contrast between the base and ends. There’s a bit of sparkle connecting the bright bold ends with the rich base. I love using Product Club’s switchback set technique to create soft connection that doesn’t over power the look. Spring/ Summer 2012 is all about healthy, shiney, & soft-yet bright color.
Who/What inspires you?
I am inspired by music videos, movies, and TV. The world is such a real place and all too serious at times. I love to kick back and let fantasy inspire me to create whimsical haircolor that is wearable & unique. Also, I am inspired by the hair itself. I like to work with the hair not against it. I love when deep rich color has faded off the ends from a summer of sun and creates a soft Ombre. It makes it easy to maintain the health of the hair while adding in some sets of color.
Laurie Edwards St.Louis Discover Show May 6-7 2012
Posted by goldsizzorz@yahoo.com on May 2nd, 2012
Laurie Edwards
Laurie has been in the beauty industry for 13+ years. Over the last decade, Laurie has developed her career with Cutler Salon in NYC and currently holds the position of Color Director of Education. Laurie is responsible for growing a strong education team within the Soho salon. She coaches and educates Cutler colorists while continuing to build her own clientele. She teaches Cutler color seminars to stylists nationwide and also teaches for Product Club. Her passion for creating beautiful color is the core of her success with students and clients.
Laurie has been featured in Allure magazine for 2007 “ Rising Star in New York”, Allure Guide to Gorgeous Hair and Allure Spa Directory New York City. She was also interviewed for Oprah Magazine and worked on television show “So You Want To Be a Super Model” makeover episode.
DISCOVER SHOW 2012 – ST. LOUIS – MAY 6th and 7th
The America’s Center St. Louis,MO
701 Convention Plaza
St Louis,MO
Sunday, May 6th ’12
8:30 AM- 6:00 PM
What will you be teaching in your class?
The class is featuring techniques and tools inspired from The Art of Highlighting collection, and my experiences with my everyday client. Ombre coloring technique called Skylighting, which adds depth back into hair color will be a focus for us. Enhancing and richening the “natural” color to previously highlighted hair is who this concept gravitates to. We also will be addressing clients that want multi colors within their hair style, and the how and why of placements. I have been focusing on working off a plethora of diagonals partings within a head shape. This has created really nice movement throughout the shape. I wanted to add tools to doing color on short hair as well as long. I spend time on how we can stay inspired, how we find and create this for ourselves and other Artist. Where do you look, what are the resources you use to keep that inspirational eye moving and keep your clients loving what your creating. I feel hair is a soft, moveable canvas and incorporating some interest in what we are doing is huge now and always. We as Artists are looking to create hair that looks healthy, beautiful and yet sets us apart from the average stylist.
What’s in for Spring/Summer 2012?
Hair color is moving in all directions, but shiny healthy hair is what our clients want. The heavy bang is really fun, along with utilizing natural curl and movement in the hair. I’m loving the intense Ombre color, and also adding in soft subtle highlights to this look. These extremes are taking the simple highlight to the next level.
Who inspires you?
I find that I’m inspired by classic looks like Alexander Wang, Micheal Kors, yet mostly by independent clothing designers in our own areas. These Artists have the new styles with a lot of personal detail and hard work that I appreciate!
IBS NYC
Posted by arogers on April 30th, 2012
Teaching Chevron Panels
This past weekend was the IBS show in NYC. I love doing this show and every year I look forward to it. I debuted some new techniques that are variations on techniques from all of our previous DVD collections. I worked with both Beyond Basic Foiling and The Art of Highlighting collections to come up with my content. One of our favorite things at Product Club is the fact that our techniques can be changed up so easily. It creates a truly diverse repertoire if you’re open to mixing it up.
As usual the New York crowd was very welcoming to me and asked really great questions. It’s hilarious to see as the years go by how many people record the classes with their phones and their iPads. What did we do without all the technology?
I was Über excited about the content I was speaking about, and as usual embarrassed myself with my manic enthusiasm. I actually feel very lucky to be as excited about what I do – I wonder if other fields get this juiced about their jobs? (not likely huh!)
Well thanks again to the team for all their support. The Product Club team and also a shout out to my gang at Hush Salon Philadelphia. I had a lot of help from them getting everything done and am super grateful.
Melissa Johnson IBS New York April 22-24th 2012
Posted by goldsizzorz@yahoo.com on April 21st, 2012
Melissa Johnson
Melissa’s passion for the industry and eagerness to share knowledge with fellow salon professionals shows in the classes she facilitates. Constantly striving to grow her own learning experiences and raise the bar of the professional salon community, Melissa prides herself on working with stylists in new and innovative ways. Having worked backstage at New York Fashion week with designers like Diane Von Furstenberg, Thuy and others, she brings fashion fresh off the runway to your salon. Melissa facilitates fun, fashion forward techniques in an salon friendly way that will help you grow your business and work. As an American Board Certified Haircolorist and Redken Certified Haircolorist, and a Redken Certified Designer, she loves creating programs in design and color to fit all ranges of stylists. http://productclub.com/education/artists/melissa_johnson
What will you be teaching in your class? www.ibsnewyork.com IBS New York April 22-24th 2012
I will be teaching up to 5 great add on color techniques all based off the Art of Highlighting DVDs. Mini-panels-based off of crescent panels volume 3, New “moonlighting” technique based off of a combination of Switchback sets and Raylights from volumes 2 and 3, and a variation of Reversible herringbone for short hair, with a fringe secret twist, called Fringe Flash. All of the techniques are creative thinking and can be intermixed in many ways. We will also be sharing ideas on how to inspire your own creativity.
What’s in for Spring/Summer 2012?
Soft colors, newer variations on the Ombre’ techniques. Strawberry and Copper Blondes are a beautiful twist on blondes. Of course bright blondes are always a summer favorite.
Who inspires you?
I have been finding inspiration in so many places, most recently I was super inspired by Teresa Mockler and Brent Borreson from Redken. They shared some amazing insight on how to find inspiration anywhere. I went the the Metropolitan Museum of Art and found some cool ideas that were actually got me thinking out of the box and ended up creating the techniques we will be doing in the classes at IBS.