oribe Archives - Samuel Cole Salon

Oribe’s Essential Curly Cutting Workshop with Gardner Edmunds

Who doesn’t LOVE natural curls! With the right cut and products natural texture can be a show stopper! Samuel Cole had the privilege of having Oribe Artist and Educator Gardner Edmunds in the salon to teach us just that!

Gardner has worked with top industry professionals and his expertise in precision-based scissor and razor cutting is highly sought after. He has travelled and taught at numerous hair shows and seminars across the country, and his clientele includes Olivia Palermo, Rebecca Minkoff, and Kelly Ripa. Our stylists watched him demo Oribe’s curly cutting technique on our very own Michelle Cogliati, master stylist and educator at Samuel Cole Salon. Look at those CURLS! Definitely a show stopper!

” I had so much fun learning from Gardner and seeing a different take on curly cutting!”
Katie Pursche – Stylist

Oribe Global Educator Kein Hoang teaches The Modern Shag

If you are in the world of hair, you likely know who Kein Hoang is! Kein is an Oribe Global Educator and Lead Stylist, Founder of UMBRELLA SALON in California, a staple at New York Fashion Week and has been featured in magazines such as Modern Salon, Salon Today and Harpers Bazaar, just to name a few. Kein is one of Samuel Cole’s long-time favorites and we are always so excited to have him share, in his unique way, what’s trending in hair. He did not let us down with his Modern Shag Class!

Back from the world of virtual, Kein was our first in-person educator for 2021! His class focused on the evolving shag haircut. Stylists watched as he broke down the sectioning patterns to take this haircut from the 70’s shag to today’s trend of layers, fringe and texture! What’s a haircut without the right products? Kein then showed our stylists the importance of product application. He finished the look with Oribe curly products and their newest setting product Tres Set. Check out the finished look!!

” I loved learning Kein’s sectioning for this haircut and how it can be customized for each client! So helpful! Kein always makes it look effortless!”
Kait Powers-Stylist

Journey To Mastery The Modern Bride

Master stylists Katie Pursche and Alley Biehl traveled to Birmingham, Alabama to attend Oribe’s Journey to Mastery, The Modern Bride class at The Collective BHM Salon.

This two day workshop was taught by Oribe Educator and Owner of Studio Six Two Four Salon in Boston, Ashley Brecken and Umbrella Salon Founder and Oribe Director of Content and Training Kein Hoang. The class took an in depth look at formal styling. They focused on how to create classic and editorial looks you see in magazines and on the red carpet. Ashley and Kein created an environment for creativity and growth, pushing the stylists to go beyond the techniques they know and challenge themselves to do it different and better!

Alley and Katie had such a great experience learning from Ashley and Kein and cannot wait to share what they learned with their team at Samuel Cole! Here is one one of the many looks they created on their models!

“This class was so amazing! I learned a ton from Ashley and Kein on technique. I LOVE to be challenged and really feel like Ashley and Kein gave me different aspects that frustrated me but also challenged me to be better!”
-Alley Biehl Stylist

Advanced Designer Erin Fogarty Returns to Samuel Cole Salon

After 3 years of living in Lake Charles, Louisiana, we are so excited to announce that Advanced Designer Erin Fogarty is coming home to Samuel Cole Salon!

Erin joined Samuel Cole as her first salon home after graduating from The Aveda Institute Chapel Hill and moved to Lake Charles, LA with her boyfriend who serves in the Armed Forces. She joined an Oribe salon to continue honing her skills and gained a ton of experience doing hair and makeup for pageant events and Mardi Gras parties. Erin will return as a member of our on-site bridal and event hair and makeup team White Dress Collective

Erin’s first day back is Monday, March 9th, and her hours behind the chair are:
Mondays 10-7
Wednesdays 9-3
Thursdays 9-9
Fridays 2:30-8
Saturdays 9-5

Give us a call to schedule an appointment with Erin! 919-845-0098

Editorial Styling Genius Dennis Lanni Leads Creative Workshop

Dennis Lanni grew up helping out in his father’s barbershop – sweeping the floor and breathing in the atmosphere and falling in love with the tools, sights and smells. This is where he first learned the importance of hair and how it made people feel.

Dennis Lanni’s passion is making hair sculptures out of everyday objects – he is inspired by wood and stones, and anything he finds while thrifting. His passion for originality drives his work in full-time styling on editorial photo shoots for celebrities and magazines – his work has been featured on the cover of several magazines including Rolling Stone, Fashion, Harper’s Bazaar, and Vogue. Notable celebrities he has styled include Jared Leto, Miley Cyrus, Amy Winehouse, Courtney Love and Zoey Deschanel. Ad Campaigns Dennis Lanni has styled include mega-brands such as Apple, Coca Cola, Nautica, French Connection, and Chloe.

His most recent work for New York Fashion Week featured Big 60’s Hair adorned with tiny white bows for Sandy Liang, and a variety of ringlets, bobs and mullets for Batsheva, including a fun blonde wig on actress-turned-model Christina Ricci. As much editorial experience as he’s had, Dennis Lanni is a well of innovative creativity that always produces fresh new ideas.

Dennis Lanni is such a smart, skilled stylist and I loved having a front row seat to his whimsical creative process. He literally goes in any direction he feels drawn to, I’m not entirely sure he knows what he’ll end up with before he begins and that’s what he loves about editorial hairstyling. It’s about doing what’s fun and looks cool or different that no one else has tried before.
Cara Harrison