Pony Education Featuring Debi Alley at Mint Salon

Guest Artist Debi Alley

HANDS-ON CUTTING Bootcamp (With Look and Learn Option)

August 13 2023

$550.00 FEE (hands-on)

$100.00 fee (look and learn)

Cutting Bootcamp

Limited seats available.

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For over 20 years Debi has been dedicated to the art of hairdressing, as a stylist, educator and a mentor to future hairdressers.

Debi started her career with Vidal Sassoon where she spent 10 years as a stylist, educator, and assistant manager.  The next 14 years of her career were devoted diPietro Todd Salons + Academy where she wore many hats. As the director of haircutting education, working in the creative office organizing projects and maintaining the salon’s and school’s social media, interviewing and hiring new talent, as well as working at dPT’s multiple locations and maintaining a loyal clientele at each.

Debi is known for both creative and technical haircutting; her favorites are classic bobs and soft razor shapes.  Her clients know they can count on Debi’s attention to detail for a haircut that looks good from day one and grows out gracefully. Her belief that hair is our unique expression of individuality and her love for people have combined to turn hairstyling into an artistic and gratifying career for Debi.

Razor Basics and Hands-on With Justin Kamm

Guest Artist Justin Kamm

HANDS-ON CUTTING and Razor basics

April 30 2023

9am-2:30pm

$250.00 FEE

In this class you will learn razor fundamentals and techniques relevant to two signature haircuts. Students will be provided Cult + King Shou Sugi Ban razors and doll heads to preform their own versions of the signature cuts. Razors and products will be available for purchase.

Limited seats available.

Email info@mintsalonlodi.com to reserve your spot.

Justin has been a licensed professional working behind the chair since 2005. He specializes in haircutting, and has advanced training in haircutting techniques. His focus over the past decade has been straight razor haircutting.

Justin has 14+ years in the business, full time behind the chair. He has always made time to educate himself which allows him to provide the most comprehensive education to his students.

Federico Advanced brings tHairapy to Mint Salon!

THAIRAPY WITH ADAM FEDERICO AND NICK SHOCKEY FROM FEDERICO ADVANCED

$20.00 ENTRANCE FEE

Come join us for an evening of networking and inspiration from some of the industry’s best trained hair cutters. Adam and Nick travel the world perfecting their craft and we are lucky enough to have them come share their knowledge and passion for hair.

A night of live model demonstrations, the purpose of tHairapy is to inspire and inform while elevating the level of craftsmanship within our community of professionals. Presented by Adam Federico, in conjunction with occasional guest artists, tHairapy takes place Monday evenings and include live-model demonstrations.

Education is coming!

We have been neglecting our news feed because we have been so busy with bringing the salon to life! We are so close to being ready and welcoming everyone to our new space. 

Behind the scenes, however, I have been working hard to bring advanced education for stylists to Lodi. We have a number of classes scheduled in-house and in November we will be opening our doors to any licensed stylists looking to be inspired and continue their education in color.

Caitlin Senna will be sharing some advanced color techniques and theory with us Monday November 5th from 9:30am-1pm. Spaces are limited and tickets are only $25 so they will go quickly. The tickets can be purchased at the link below*.

Advanced Color Demo and Discussion With Caitlin Senna tickets.

Caitlin is an extremely talented artist, educator and Stylist from AJF Salon in Sacramento. She has worked with many industry greats including Zgat in Croatia. Check her out on Instagram @caitlinsenna

We welcome any stylists to attend who are passionate about education and supporting one another in our constant evolution as hair stylists. 

The vision for Mint Salon has always included sharing education with fellow stylists and supporting one another in an ever-changing, fashion-focused industry. We hope that through education we can unite our community of stylists and elevate our industry reputation in the Central Valley. 

*Must be a licensed stylist to attend classes

Custom Furniture Update

As you may know, instead of picking furniture off the floor or website of some beauty supply store, we've decided to partner with a friend (Ryan Schuppert) who builds amazing things out of steel. He started with custom motorcycles and since has branched out to include custom artwork, winches and our favorite...furniture!

Front desk sign.

Ryan's business, Cannonball Metal Works, is a small one out of Redding and everything is built by hand either by Ryan himself or one of his craftsman buddies. Mint Salon has tasked Ryan with building our 13 custom stations, a table for clients to sit and relax while their color processes, retail shelving and a show-stopper of a front desk. It's no small task considering even the drawer pulls he's designing are custom!

Custom station frames and front desk sign ready for powdercoat.

We have been getting steady updates from Ryan on his progress with our custom furniture and with each photo we get more excited to see the final product! 

Steel mirror frames ready for wood trim and mirrors.

Wood trim for mirrors.

Custom drawer pulls.

Custom processing and product table in progress.