Ep. 256 • Sam Villa!
The Hair Game
Salon Republic
4.6 • 570 Ratings
🗓️ 1 August 2022
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Legendary platform artist & educator @samvillahair joined us at ISSE 2022 and shared his journey towards hair. We also discuss how he has kept evolving in the digital age and how teaching continues to drive his passion for the industry.
This Week's Topics:
• Creating his education & tools company
• Growing up in the barbershop with his dad; going to beauty school
• How he kept evolving in the digital age
• Upgrading your client's experience & raising prices
• The important of embracing change and keeping up with trends
• Being purposeful in choosing collabs and opportunities
• His Hair Horror Story
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| 0:00.0 | So we're sitting there and I'm on the edge of my seat watching these guys just cut this hair |
| 0:05.0 | and my dad sit sit back sit back. I go, dad, dad, I want to do that someday. He goes what? I want to be |
| 0:10.5 | up there and do that. He goes, look at me, son. That's all ego and no money. He goes, if you choose |
| 0:16.6 | to do that, prove to me you can do it, stay humble and make money. |
| 0:22.9 | Hello and welcome. |
| 0:25.8 | I'm Candy Shaw, aka the Bali Lama. |
| 0:26.8 | I'm Cassandra Platinum. |
| 0:28.2 | Hi, I'm Samantha Harmon. |
| 0:28.9 | What's up, guys? |
| 0:31.5 | I'm Rit Siva, and you're listening to The Hair Game Podcast. |
| 0:37.4 | Hey, everybody, Donovan here, editor of the Hair Game podcast. I'm filling in for Eric on the |
| 0:39.6 | intro and outro this week. He is under the weather. Let's start by letting you know that Salon |
| 0:45.6 | Republic is opening a new location in Huntington Beach. We are going to be opening it this winter. |
| 0:52.9 | So if you are interested, go to salonrepublic.com |
| 0:57.0 | and you can book a virtual tour. We'll give you the rundown. |
| 1:00.0 | Also, it is Podlude Giveaway. |
| 1:04.0 | We will be giving away a Sam Via light professional Ionic hair dryer. |
| 1:09.0 | And the winner is |
| 1:11.3 | Megan Hudgin. |
| 1:14.6 | Congratulations, Megan Hudgin. |
| 1:16.8 | Go ahead and DM us at the Hair Game Podcast. |
| 1:19.6 | Let us know that you heard your name, and we will send you that hair dryer. |
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