Archives for April 2009

April 27, 2009 (RALEIGH, NC) – Bumble & bumble educator, platform artist, and runway editorial artist, Alejandro Jimenez took center stage at Samuel Cole Salon to share his expertise and inspire the design teams. Jimenez has been doing editorial hair with Bumble’s elite runway team for many years (Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show being one of the many). He serves as the Bumble Educator in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions.

Jimenez shared his favorite aspect of hairdressing – styling. “Styling is the moment in the overall experience when you can really make the color and cut come alive,” said Jimenez. He demonstrated many styling techniques using Bumble’s newest products, Gel and Gellac. “This demonstration really gave us ideas and inspiration on what we could bring back to our clients. Alejandro’s use of textures, shapes, and movement combined with different products was phenomenal. I can’t wait to incorporate some of these new techniques into my styling,” said a Samuel Cole Salon designer.

According to Jack Ray, Master Stylist and co-owner of Samuel Cole Salon along with his wife, Joelle Ray, “It was such an honor to have Alejandro in our salon sharing his passion for hairdressing with our teams. He was engaging, inspirational and had a great sense of humor. Samuel Cole Salon is an exclusive salon with Bumble & bumble which allows us the opportunity to bring industry experts, like Alejandro, right here to inspire and teach our teams. This is what helps set us apart from other salons in the area – continual and exceptional education – and a world class salon experience, of course. We are committed to it”.

April 26-30, 2009 (RALEIGH, NC) – Jack and Joelle Ray, the husband and wife owners of the award-winning Samuel Cole Salon, enhanced their business acumen and leadership skills at an intense five day seminar offered by The Summit Salon Business Center in Tampa, FL. This Redken-sponsored event is designed to provide salon owners with clear-cut guidelines to elevate their businesses to the next level through classroom time and on-site salon visits. All aspects of salon business were addressed.

“It was tremendously beneficial to incorporate on-site salon visits into their program. We were able to see first-hand how actual salons have taken these Summit guidelines and translated them into tangible increases to their customer service model and their bottom line. We have attended many courses, seminars, and classes and none have given us more concise and usable information as The Summit has provided. We came back energized and eager to implement what we learned into our salon,” said Jack Ray.

April 21, 2009 (RALEIGH, NC) – Mayor Meeker proclaimed May 10-17 Raleigh’s first Fashion Week at the Raleigh City Council meeting held on April 21st. The event will encompass three nights (May14-16). Each night will include a cocktail party and a high-end fashion show. Thursday will feature “Emerging Artist” night. Friday will feature “Formal” night. And, Saturday night will be the grand finale with Strut ’09 where fashions will be showcased from national designers, such as Alexander Julian, Mechantes, Peter Milar, and Rachel Weeks.

Joelle Ray, co-owner of Samuel Cole Salon and her Salon Directors were on hand to accept the honor of having the salon named as the official salon of Raleigh Fashion Week featuring Strut ‘09. “What a thrill to be named the exclusive salons of Raleigh’s first Fashion Week. It was an amazing experience to be the exclusive salons of Strut ’08 last year. We couldn’t wait to be a part of this event again and on such a larger scale. Our stylists get to shine and express their creativity during runway events such as this. They take this energy back to the salon and its clients. It is awesome,” said Ray.

April 16, 2009 (RALEIGH, NC) – Samuel Cole Salon Stylists created hair designs for three models from Raleigh Fashion Week featuring Strut ’09 for a photo shoot promoting breast cancer awareness for the Susan G. Komen Foundation. A boxing match was staged between a model who represented “the cure” and one that represented “the disease” with a referee model symbolizing “breast cancer research”. The photo shoot depicts “the cure” model knocking out “the disease” model with the “breast cancer research” model declaring victory. The models were dressed in corsets by Mechantes. The shoot was held at Fit 2 Box in Raleigh.

“It is awesome to be involved in Raleigh’s first Fashion Week and all of its related promotional events. Our stylists are exceptional and excel at creating the necessary look for each photo shoot,” said Joelle Ray who co-owns the salon with her husband and Master Stylist, Jack Ray.