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Jan27

Hair Shears or Clippers for haircut...

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Each one of us needs a haircut and mostly we visit a salon to get a new hairdo. While cutting hair, some stylists use professional hair shears while some use clippers.

Hair shears and clippers are a good tool to cut hair. Haircutting is fast while working with clippers and stylists use them when a client wants a simple haircut. However, when a new style has to be achieved, haircutting scissors prove to be more helpful.

The primary reason why stylists love using haircutting scissors is because it allows them more flexibility to cut hair in tight places. Hair shears also allows more dynamic range of motion and cutting angles which is not possible with clippers.

One of the common misconceptions amongst many of us is that clippers can’t be used to cut women’s hair. However, this is not the case. Just like hair shears, clippers too can be used to cut hair for men as well as women.

Ivan Zoot, popularly known as the Clipper guy had shown women’s haircut using clippers when he was featured on ScissorBoy’s online cosmetology program. Ivan had shown how a stylist can use various clipper adjustments to achieve different styles while working on different hair textures.

Haircutting scissors are still widely used by stylists for various barbering actions. The availability of different scissors like Thinning shears, Lefty scissors, Yoko scissors, etc. makes them popular over clippers. Each of these scissors is used for specific actions, like Thinning shears are used for reducing the volume.

In the end, a client would always want to feel happy about his style while stepping out of the salon. To ensure a happy client, stylists have to make sure that they use only good quality haircutting scissors or clippers and use them intelligently to achieve a desired style for the client.

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Nov11

ScissorBoy & American Associat...

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If you are still in school but still don’t know what you want to do when you graduate or are looking for a career change, the hair care industry should interest you. It is currently a multi-billion dollar industry that holds a promising future for you as a cosmetologist.

To produce better professionals and provide quality online cosmetology education, ScissorBoy has recently partnered with The American Association of Cosmetology Schools (AACS).

AACS is “America’s Voice in Hair, Skin, and Nail Education”

AACS was founded in 1924 and is dedicated to developing cosmetology, beauty and wellness as a career of choice through the professional education of beauty students, beauty educators and beauty school owners/administrators throughout the world.

A national non-profit association, AACS specializes in updating their members with information about new teaching methods, current industry events, and Washington DC updates. They organize a series of seminars, conferences and conventions throughout the year to help cosmetology school owners, instructors and students.

ScissorBoy is renowned for producing the Cutting Edge Hair Show, which is an Online TV and video education series designed for professional hairstylists, salon owners and cosmetology students. As part of the show, a new episode is released every Monday and features top stylists in salons all over the world showcasing their best and latest techniques.

The ScissorBoy Show is intended to give inspiration, motivation and advice to stylists that are hungry for more. The goal of each episode is to provide 10 minutes of high quality, easy to understand, step by step education and video instructions to stylists. ScissorBoy provides new content every week that covers all topics related to the hair industry.

AACS fosters a unique culture wherein the members act as a family, often helping each other with addressing problems facing beauty education. ScissorBoy’s online cosmetology education videos will provide quality educational content to the members of AACS. Primarily consisting of cosmetology students, this association will help in grooming better cosmetologists thereby creating value and recognition for the industry.

To know more about The American Association of Cosmetology Schools (AACS), visit their website at www.beautyschools.org

If you wish to undertake an online cosmetology education program, visit www.scissorboy.com

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Nov7

The Canadian Hairstylist of the Yea...

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Hi ScissorBoy Fans,

Hey Everyone, I have been in Canada for the last few weeks and was able to attend The Contessa awards ceremony which announced the winners for 2009 recently. The Canadian Hairstylist of the Year Awards are Canada’s longest-running and most prestigious awards honoring excellence and creativity in salons and among salon professionals across Canada.

I attended this annual gala and got a chance to meet a lot of awesome hairstylists and cosmetologists from across Canada. I am sharing my experience at the Contessas below.

Founded in 1988, the Contessas are produced by Salon Communications Inc, the owner of industry publication Salon Magazine. The standards set by Contessa winners contribute to the ongoing betterment of the Canadian beauty industry. The winners were announced on November 1, 2009 at The Sheraton Centre during the annual Contessa Gala.

More than 1200 industry professionals from across the country gathered at the Sheraton Centre Hotel to applaud the efforts of stylists in hair, makeup, nails, salon interior design, business and community service. The awards ceremony was as stylish and entertaining as ever and was hosted by hairstylist and TV personality Bill Rowley. Apart from the entertaining multimedia presentations, I also enjoyed live performances by violinist Dr. Draw and martial arts masters Team 2Xtreme. The presence of industry personalities like Kevin Murphy, Damien Carney and Anne Mincey made these awards more memorable.


Models at The Canadian Hairstylist of the Year Awards — The Contessas

You could see the excitement & appreciation amongst crowd when Chad Taylor of Vancouver’s Moods Hair Salon was announced as one of the night’s biggest winner! He took home the night’s top honor, Canadian Hairstylist of the Year, as well as British Columbia Hairstylist of the Year. This year’s awards saw a debut of Master Colorist of the Year award which recognizes Canada’s most experienced and creative color technicians. This award went to Michelle Ateb of Milica SalonSpa in Langley.

The other winners in various categories included:

Canadian Salon Team of the Year
Glam Salon Boutique, Montreal.

Elite Master Hairstylist of the Year
Tony Masciangelo from The Alcom Salon, Toronto.

Alberta Hairstylist of the Year
John Jen Hoe Chong from Blunt Salon Inc. Edmonton, Alberta.

Saskatchewan / Manitoba Hairstylist of the Year
Danille Mandap from Vault Salon & Spa, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Student / Apprentice Hairstylist of the Year
Melissa Bortoluzzi from Vault Salon & Spa, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Texture Hairstylist of the Year
Shane Snow from Salon Escape, Toronto.

Makeup Artist of the Year
Maxime Poulin from Local B. Toronto.

Session Hairstylist of the Year
Diana Dagher from Capucci Salon & Spa. Toronto.

Makeover Colorist of the Year
Michelle Ateb from Milica SalonSpa, Langley, British Columbia.

Avant Garde Hairstylist of the Year
Lina Shamoun from Artline Salon, Kitchener, Ontario.

Multicultural Hairstylist of the Year
Stacey Staley from Blonde Salon, Toronto.

Ontario Hairstylist of the Year
Robert Barbosa from Salon Escape, Toronto, Ontario.

Quebec Hairstylist of the Year
Alain Pereque from Salon Pure, Montreal, Quebec.

Atlantic Hairstylist of the Year
Marjorie Clarke from The Hair Force, Mount Pearl, Newfoundland

Nail Enhancement Artist of the Year
Jessica Marie Ellison from Yorkville Scholl of Makeup and Esthetics, Toronto.

Newcomer Hairstylist of the Year
Amanda DiCarlo from Salon Inpure II, Pointe-Claire, Quebec.

Men’s Hairstylist of the Year
Rudy Pignataro from Salon G&A, Toronto.

Salon Interior Design of the Year
Local B, Montreal, Quebec.

Nail Art Technician of the Year
Ashely Ann MacKenzie from Bio Bar, Toronto.

Salon Business Excellence
Zennkai Salon

Community Service
Zennkai Salon

I am glad that I could be a part of such a great event and meet so many hairstyling professionals under one roof. I got a chance to meet Alain Pereque who is the Quebec Hairstylist of the Year and I am glad that he will be an upcoming Featured guest on our show.


Alain Pereque & Heather Wenman

I thoroughly enjoyed being at the Contessas this year. Many congratulations to all the winners and I look forward to attend this event next year as well. In the mean time, you stay tuned to ScissorBoy for hair industry news and all the updates.

Snip Snip!

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Nov3

Continuing Cosmetology Education &#...

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The evolution of humans with time has resulted in many changes in our food, fashion and lifestyle. About a century ago, nobody knew about cosmetics, hairstyling, fashion, etc. But times are changing and so are the thoughts of individuals.

Today, hair-stylists are continuing cosmetology education to strengthen their roots. They understand that such programs are going to change lives because they are so powerfully inspiring. They teach you all the basics of hairstyling and cosmetic processes, which helps in having a better understanding of the entire process.

The online educational programs offering cosmetology education are specially beneficial for the following reasons:

  1. You can learn the techniques by watching the videos at home. This avoids traveling and saves lot of time which can be utilized more effectively for attaining more knowledge.
  2. You get to learn a lot of things by merely watching the videos. Books will never provide information about important things like client interaction, information about various hairstyling shears, or hairstyling products like gels, creams, etc.
  3. Continuing cosmetology education provides inspiration. You can listen to the success stories of popular hairstylists and learn how they made it big in this industry. This should inspire you to start your own business, if you always had the fascination of doing something on your own.

So if you are planning to make a career choice, continuing cosmetology education should not be a difficult choice at all. With all the best resources available at the click of a button, it was never this easy to master this trade.

An insightful resource to follow is the Cutting Edge Hair Show which is simply the best online cosmetology education program. It has a collection of many hairdressing and hairstyling tutorials which are helpful for any professional with any level of expertise.

Therefore, if you plan to become a cosmetologist and are unable to attend regular classes to gain training in cosmetology, visit www.scissorboy.com and subscribe to their online series.

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Mar13

Updo Hairstyles – Updos for L...

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SUBSCRIBE TO WHOLE SERIES HERE:

http://www.scissorboy.com

Updo for long hair and hairstyles can be used for all kinds of events including formal, wedding, prom, party or holiday events.

My friends at I.C.O.N. BEAUTY LAB in Los Angeles opened their doors and let us film them doing a few SIMPLE and EASY Updos to help you give your clients the look they want for holiday parties!

In part one, Abdon Vargas shows you an Updo made with Influential Styling. With Influential Styling, the stylist looks to the past for inspiration and adds a modern twist or flair to today’s hair fashions. Not only does influential styling allow you to AVOID 3 things that hairdressers RELY on and which consumers HATE, but it also gives you creative freedom when working with new styles.

In part two, expert make-up artist Jasmine Dashtizad explains how to quickly and easily transform your day look into a fabulous evening look. Jasmine’s technique allows you to layer make-up onto your existing make-up in less than 5 minutes.

Stay tuned for part 2 coming soon!

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