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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

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.

Jack and Oribe Canales (celebrity hairstylist and Co-Founder of Oribe hair care)

Coby Alcantar shares the Unstructured Bob

Oribe educator Coby Alcantar presenting Unstructured Bob model

Oribe educator and owner of Little Axe Salon, Coby Alcantar was on-hand at Samuel Cole Salon to share her cutting expertise in a class focusing on the Unstructured Bob. This hairstyle is perfect for women with finer textures and those who don’t want too structured of a cut. It’s been worn by stars as diverse as Scarlett Johansson, Keira Knightly, and Jennifer Lawrence.

The unstructured bob provides a great frame for eyes and cheekbones, and adds softness without too much length. During the class, Coby emphasized creating texture and movement with a razor. Stylist were inspired by Coby’s visual, free style approach, giving a very sexy, undone look to what is traditionally a very geometric cut. This technique creates a fresh, modern take on a very classic look.

Having Coby come to the salon for a cutting class is such a treat. Her energy and passion is contagious. We get to dive deep and nerd out on hair for a few hours with one the industries finest. It is such an invaluable educational experience”, said senior stylist, Nikki Galloni-Kepley.

Popiettes and Pin Curls with Oribe’s Tony Caldwell

Tony Caldwell styling senior stylist Nikki Galloni-Kepley

Tony Caldwell demonstrating for the stylist

Oribe educator and Parlour 3 stylist Tony Caldwell visited Samuel Cole Salon for an afternoon of creative styling. Tony has worked with some of Nashville’s finest, such as the band Rascal Flatts and singer Easton Corbin. His unique perspective and creative vision has led him to a variety of clients, from business professionals to country music legends, fashion designers and photographers.

Stylist traded in their curling irons for magazine pages during the creative curl workshop.

The workshop revolved around poppiettes and pin curls. Tony wanted the stylists at Samuel Cole Salon to embrace their inner artist and creativity. “With all of the tools available to us now, we tend to forget that styling has not always been as easy”, said Caldwell. History’s hairdressing icons made their mark by being resourceful, creative, and authentic. Caldwell challenged the stylists to create a curl set without the use of a heating tool.

Stylist Erin Grogan’s model

The stylist were only allowed to use bobby pins, torn out magazine pages, and Oribe’s Crème for Style styling cream to achieve the soft, textured, editorial look.

I thought it was refreshing. The class gave me a new outlook on how to create something simple and elegant”, said stylist, Natalie Bowers.

Tony’s passion for being a true artist is contagious. I’m accustomed to utilizing heat while styling so I really liked how he showed us that we could achieve this timeless look in such a creative, almost effortless way.”, said stylist, Dustin Fann.

“On The Road” with Oribe in Nashville, TN

Samuel Cole Salon Team in Nashville

Samuel Cole Salon takes over Nashville for Oribe’s exclusive “On the Road” event. Stylists, salon managers and owners from around the country made their way to Tennessee to learn editorial and salon-friendly techniques from the Oribe Education Creative Team. The class focused on current trends of the industry including: cutting, styling, sculpting, braiding and extensions.

Seasoned stylists Louis Orozco, Coby Alcantar, Kien Hoang, Ronnie Stam, and Wella’s color expert, Mark Debolt were on hand for a morning of demos and an afternoon of hands-on training . Stylist were given the knowledge, tools, and techniques to create different looks and learn how to adapt these trends into everyday styles behind the chair.

Samuel Cole Salons senior stylists, Nikki Galloni- Kepley and Cara Harrison, were honored to be asked by Oribe’s team to assist them back stage and on stage during the demo’s.

Being backstage at the Oribe “On The Road” event was an exciting new privedge for me. It was cool getting to network with educators I had already met in the salon. I felt challenged but at-home with the hairdressing that was being created backstage and I am grateful to have been a part of such an exciting, exclusive event”, said Nikki.

Nashville was an amazing experience all around but working with Kien backstage was absolutely inspiring. Not to mention all the other amazing stylists that were there as well. I just love absorbing as much as possible and truly falling love with the medium we use to create art”. said Cara.