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Celebrating Black Artists in Beauty #WELLAEDFROMHOME February Instagram Live Series
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01.24.2022
Celebrating Black Artists in Beauty #WELLAEDFROMHOME February Instagram Live Series
This February Wella Education invites you to learn live from home with leading black artists in beauty. Please join us throughout the month on the Wella Education Instagram, to celebrate Black History Month while gaining insight into the latest artistry techniques and trends. Save the dates and learn more about the artists and their lives below.
Jared Scott has been cutting hair since the age of 13. Acquiring his first professional chair at 16, he is highly knowledgeable about the Barbering and Men’s Grooming Industry. Jared currently owns the gentlemen’s grooming salon HIS Grooming, located in Capitol Hill. Jared began his education career with American Crew and has since joined the SEB MAN team as a Top Artist. He has assisted Sebastian Top Artist Josh Wagner at many Wella Studio men’s cutting courses as a Guest Artist. Jared has also worked with celebrities such as Chance the Rapper and Benjamin Watson. He’s also worked behind the scenes on House of Cards and groomed countless Congressmen on the Hill. As a DC Barber Board Member he has a connectedness to all of the beauty disciplines. Jared is a fantastic communicator and truly lives what he teaches.
Class Description: Culture, Cutting, and Conversations. An educational experience with Jared Scott on Technique, Versatility, and Diversity.
Featured Products: EIMI Grip Cream Hair Styling and EIMI Shape Me Hair Gel
Gabrielle’s salon Frolanthropy, which opened in March of 2021—is the culmination of her eight years in the professional beauty industry. In the salon setting, she enjoys free range to be as creative as she likes while also helping people feel beautiful in their hair. Her career highlights include opening her salon suite in 2016, features in several magazine spreads, becoming a trichologist, becoming a Wella Passionista, Curl Craft artist, and NIOXIN artist. Gabrielle loves working with curly, and she often helps clients go from “hating their curls” to loving their hair. This results from her ability to help clients learn how to care for their curls. Her advice to fellow stylists is to focus on your path and journey. If you spend too much time analyzing someone else blessings, she says, you could miss out on your own. She finds inspiration in seeing other women thrive and succeed as go-getters. She finds that any time she feels there’s something she can’t do, she always finds another badass woman by her side, assuring her that she can. As an educator and stylist, Gabrielle strives to be well-rounded in her craft and has built a reputation for taking a “boring” topic and turning it into something undeniably interesting and easy to understand.
Class Description: Creating two looks on curly/coily hair that are sexy and simple to achieve, while also versatile enough to be worn day or night!
Featured Products: Eimi Stay Firm Hairspray, Sebastian Potion 9, Dark Oil, and Shaper Plus
Oliver B. Adams is known throughout the industry for his creative flair for hair, as well as his dynamic presence as a hair color educator. Affectionately known as the “Kolor King,” Oliver owns Splash Studios Inc., consisting of 5 salon and salon suite locations in Atlanta, Georgia, and Birmingham, Alabama. As a Top Artist for Clairol Professional for 20 years, he shares his passion for hair through his other love, teaching. He has been a featured platform artist at many national tradeshows that include the International Hair Color Exchange, ISSE in Los Angeles, Premiere in Orlando, Bronner Brothers in Atlanta, and IBS in New York, to name a few.
Class Description: Create beautiful hair color on curly hair! Learn how to make the infamous “Money Piece,” Pintura Highlights (Deva Color Technique), and learn the product knowledge you need to formulate the perfect tones every time.
Featured Products: COLORCHARM lightener and COLORCHARM paints
A California transplant, Akela is Houston’s newest asset to the beauty industry. Her work has graced magazine pages and fashion week runways. As a former salon owner, she has a keen eye for business and customer service paired with raw natural talent. As an educator for Wella and GHD, Akela travels the country inspiring her peers. She is also the Stylist Educator for milk + honey and is passionate about helping fellow stylist reach their ultimate potential. Although Akela is exceptional in all hair types, her first love is curly and coily hair. So much so that Akela was recently named the 2020 Beauty Envision Award Natural Texture Artist of the Year and 2021 Creative Artist of the Year!
Class Description: Meet me at the Bayou! This class will focus on unique color placement and accessorized styles inspired by Mardi Gras! Learn how to incorporate Mardi Gras favorites like beads and feathers into exciting hairstyles!
Featured Products: COLORCHARM paints, Sebastian Texturizer, and more!