Samuel Cole Salon, Author at Samuel Cole Salon

Christian Ceja-Compin shares Oribe’s “Sculpted Tease”

Christian Ceja-Compin with Sculpted Tease model.

Christian Ceja-Compin, acclaimed stylist and educator, visited Samuel Cole Salon to share Oribe’s signature “Sculpted Tease”.

Christian has 15 years of hairdressing experience under his belt and spent seven of those years as a national educator for Bumble and Bumble. For the past several seasons, Christian has been assisting alongside the Oribe Education Team backstage at high-profile New York and Paris Fashion Week shows like David Hart, Calla, Rebecca Taylor, Jeremy Laing, SIR, Skaist Taylor, and Rad Hourani, as well as working extensively with J and Ford Models.
During the styling class, stylist learned how to expertly lace hair to create sky-high volume and a gorgeous foundation for any glamorous look. Samuel Cole Salon stylists built structure and bounce using a simplified roller set to maximize volume, creating a rich, current, and balanced shape.

Having Christian to the salon was such a fun experience. His talents as a stylist and educator reflect a strong passion for hairdressing and raising future stylist. I can’t wait to have him back to Samuel Cole Salon!”, said stylist and education coordinator, Cara Harrison.

Stylist, Kelsey Easley working on her model

Christian’s final look

Samuel Cole Salon Owner, Jack Ray, Featured on Salon Today’s May Cover

Jack and Joelle Ray recently visited Carmel Valley Ranch in Carmel, California for the first ever Luxury Brand Partners Education Excursion. Top Salons in the Luxury Brand Partners Network (creators of Oribe, R+Co, V76 by Vaughn and Smith & Cult) gathered for a 3 day education experience/think tank, with LBP leaders and executives. The exclusive event focused on the state of the industry as well as future trends influencing the salon industry at large.

In addition to the business education and wine tasting events, Jack Ray, was asked to appear on the May cover of Salon Today highlighting the Top 10 salon owners that attended the inaugural event.

LBP was recently recognized as the 51st most promising company in the country by Fortune magazine and has, over the past two years, been gathering the best and brightest in the industry from a talent, salon and business perspective. The Excursion also included plenty of time to network. The presentations featured a demonstration by industry legend and R+Co co-founder Howard McLaren featuring his brilliant razor cutting techniques as well as thought provoking insight into the direction and implication of social media and technology’s rapid evolution.

The most impactful and moving presentation was delivered by LBP President, Tevya Finger. Finger brilliantly wove together the story of how he applied the leadership examples/principles of Earnest Shackleton while dealing with the premature birth of his twin girls and launching his company amid the economic crisis.

Tev’s presentation was without question the most inspirational presentation I have had the honor to attend. Not only was there not a dry eye in the room but the positive energy in the room was palpable. What an amazing perspective maker. It’s a presentation that I will carry the rest of my life.” – Jack Ray

Helping Our Community

From now until July 31st, Samuel Cole Salon is joining forces with the Raleigh Rescue Mission to collect in demand items for those in need. The Raleigh Rescue Mission serves men and women battling life controlling issues, women and children needing emergency shelter, those who thirst in the summer and shiver in the winter, those that never had a chance and those who need a second chance.

The Mission is in desperate need of the following: Books, toilet paper, paper towels, napkins, deodorant, razors, shaving cream, soap, floss, mouthwash, lotion, etc. Please bring your donations to the salon at the time of your next appointment or anytime that is convenient for you. We will have a large basket in the reception area where you can place your donations.

Thank you in advance for your help. We are excited to help our community!

Wella Colorist Drew Calloway Brings The Latest Tortoiseshell Color Craze

Samuel Cole Salon Owner, Jack Ray and Wella Colorist, Drew Calloway

Wella educator and stylist Drew Calloway was at Samuel Cole Salon to share the newest coloring trend, tortoiseshell (ecaille). “To be clear, this isn’t so much a dye technique as it is a color,” Howard says. “Think of tortoiseshell and all the colors that come in it: golden blondes, chestnuts, mahogany, chocolate, honey, and all those lovely, warm tones.” It sounds delicious, sure, but the key here is that it’s multidimensional, which means many tones are being painted — not foiled, Howard notes — into the hair.

Drew was born and raised here in the Tar Heel State where he started his hair career fresh out of high school, practicing and perfecting his craft behind the chair while teaching advanced education as a National Educator for Paul Mitchell. Drew moved to fashion forward and fast paced NYC to really hone in on his skills, with a strong focus on hair color, while taking on a role as an Educator for Wella.

Drew currently works as a stylist at Laicale in the heart of SoHo, surrounded by “downtown inspiration” and is constantly striving for perfecting the next trend in hair color! He has worked in various settings from fashion photo shoots, coordinating hair for wedding parties, and backstage coloring hair for large scale hair shows, but being behind the chair and bringing smiles to clients faces while sharing the gift of knowledge is what he is most passionate about.

Drew taught me to look at color tones in a different way. Combining warm and cool tones to give clients the ultimate dimension. Encouraging us as colorist to expand our creativity results in more options for our clients.” Stylist, Ashley Eaves

Miami: Wella Creative Retreat

Co-owner of Samuel Cole Salon, Jack Ray, traveled to South Beach, Miami to attend Wella’s pre-release event for their newest innovations, Freelights and Instamatic couture color.

The event, exclusive to members of the Wella Creative Retreat Team, was held to show off their newest color technology before it is released to salons. Jack and other members of the team participated in an intimate, hands-on workshop with Wella’s top colorists and stylists.

Members of the Wella Creative Retreat Team with top Wella executives

Jack had the honor of working with numerous hair industry stylists, colorists, and business leaders over the 2 day event, including: Fabio Sementelli (VP of Education for Wella North America), Carol Protat(North American Creative Director), Stephen Moody (P&G Salon Professional Global Education Academy Dean), Sonya Dove (long time Wella master stylist, world class colorist, and co-owner of The Doves Studio), Eric Lindsey (Master Colorist and co-owner of Salon Myo & Kharisma Hair Studio and lead product ambassador for Wella Freelights), and celebrity stylists, Oscar Blandi (stylist and owner of The Oscar Blandi Salon), and Anthony Morrison ( stylist and owner of The Londoner). Also attending the event, was celebrity hairstylist and owner of Oribe Salon, Oribe Canales, who Jack has worked with on many occasions.