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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

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

Top Educators Co-Host Oribe Signature Cut Class

Coby Alcantar and Tony Caldwell are two of Oribe’s most highly sought-after educators. Each own a salon, have editorial experience in Fashion Weeks around the world, and educate hundreds of stylists every year with Oribe’s Education Team.

Coby and Tony are the perfect team to co-host a class; playing off each other nicely creating a fantastic learning environment that empowers stylists to push their creative envelope. Coby demonstrated Oribe’s Signature haircut with a razor while Tony demonstrated the same haircut with shears, speaking to the value of each tool based on the model’s hair type and the stylist’s preference.

The Signature Cut is Oribe’s amazingly transitional haircut, so it’s perfect for anyone who wants to grow out their bangs, or who feels like their long hair “drags down their face.” This cut creates strong, blended layers that frame the face while maintaining length overall. The look has texture, movement, and softness.

I loved seeing how this haircut came to life with a razor and with shears – neither one is “right” or “wrong”. I especially appreciated the freedom Coby gives us in cutting, encouraging us to trust our visual instinct as artists.”
Stylist Carmella Shehata

Oribe Global Educator Gardner Edmunds

Gardner Edmunds and stylist Katie Pursche

Oribe global educator and celebrity stylist Gardner Edmunds was on-hand at Samuel Cole Salon to share his cutting expertise in a class featuring the Unstructured Bob. This hairstyle is perfect for women with finer textures and those who want a classic textured, tousled look with minimal structure. It’s a style seen worn by Julianne Hough, Kate Hudson, and Lucy Hale.

The unstructured bob provides a great frame for eyes and cheekbones, and adds softness to the person’s overall style. During the class, Gardner emphasized creating texture and movement with a razor. Stylist were inspired by his visual, free-style approach, giving a very sexy, undone look to the bob – a traditionally a very geometric cut. This technique creates a fresh, modern take on a very classic look.

This is one of my favorite haircuts and I loved Gardner’s refreshing take on it. Using a razor gives clients the wispy ends they love without making their hair look thin. It’s the best!
Stylist Fallyn Mireault