Stylist training update.

A couple weeks ago, we blogged about the ongoing education we provide for our stylists and this is a little update about Dave Arter's recent training in Vancouver.

Dave recently attended a 2-day Vidal Sasoon course at Zinc salon in Vancouver. The course was taught by Tricia McQuillan , recent creative director of Vidal Sasoon's London academy (super impressive). Dave picked a course called "foundations" thinking it would be a fairly stock standard fundamentals course to trot out some new styles and improve his (already impressive) repertoire but Dave was in for a surprise. Vidal Sasoon trains heavily with shaping, cutting technique and theory (think 5 point cut ala Mary Quant). Creativity was stressed heavily, something that is extremely important to foster when working in an environment where a stylists can see 8 cuts in a shift. A mountain of technical skills are useless if you can't execute them in the right way.

Bristling with new skill and training, Dave is super excited to be back at work so he can try out his new looks and techniques. Matty Conrad, our fearless leader, invites educators to our salon and sends stylists to courses like this on a regular basis often at no cost to the stylist. He feels it is important for our staff to have the best tools possible in order to create the hairstyle of your dreams. Our desire is to grow solid creative artists that know exactly how to make you look your very best. That's why you love us! After all, without education, we would be just another salon.

Want to see what Dave learned while he was away? Book an appointment!