Ep. 286 • The Life (or Lack Thereof) of a Session Stylist w/ Kendall Dorsey

The Hair Game

Salon Republic

Fashion & Beauty, Arts, Business

4.9 • 571 Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2023

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

@kendalldorsey1 continues to share his incredible journey this week. He reveals a huge mistake he made early that nearly ruined his career path, as well as the unfortunate realities of session work. We also get into the planning aspects of an editorial shoot... how much is prepared ahead of time?

This week's topics:

• Assisting for a celebrity stylist

• His drive and hunger for success due to his background

• The money realities of session work

• The lifestyle of a session stylist

• The preparation & artistry that goes into the look for a shoot

• People inspiring him in the hair and fashion industry

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0:00.0	There's been times and I'm like, I'm going to go back into the hair salon.
0:03.1	Like, I need money. And then you get a phone call and it's opportunity and you're like, and it's just, it becomes a cycle. And then you just get used to the cycle. Hey, I'm Ray Christopher. It's Gina Bianca. Ashley Norman here. Hey, everybody. It's Gordon Miller. Welcome to the Hairbrain conversations. I mean, one of my favorites,
0:22.7	the Hair Game Podcast. Hey, listener. I'm Eric Taylor, and I'm back in the seat at Hair Game
0:31.4	Podcast headquarters. So, first it was COVID that had me out from doing the intros and the outros.
0:40.3	It was a mild case of COVID, but you could hear it in my voice.
0:43.3	And then I was out of town.
0:45.3	Then I had jury duty.
0:47.3	And it just seemed to go on and on.
0:49.3	I think Donovan filled in for three or four weeks. So, and by the way, Donovan, you did a
0:57.2	fantastic job. I think I speak for all the listeners when I say you did a fantastic job.
1:02.1	Donovan has a very commercially sound voice, not like me. I am just from the streets, maybe.
1:10.5	And Donovan has a commercially sound voice I don't know if
1:14.4	hair game podcast listeners know this or not but Donovan is actually a professional
1:20.5	singer Donovan has a YouTube account and before I just blurt it out there I'm gonna just I'm gonna tease it
1:30.6	and then I'll talk to Donovan after this whether it's okay for me to mention it but he's a
1:36.7	phenomenal professionally quality professional quality singer so who knew maybe you Maybe you did, maybe you did. In other news,
1:47.9	Huntington Beach, we're opening Salon Republic and Huntington Beach is opening in April.
1:53.2	And it's a beautiful location right across from the beach. Go to salonrepublic.com for more
1:58.8	information on that. Also coming soon, two new ways for you
2:04.2	the listeners to consume our episodes. Soon, you may not just be listeners, but you might be viewers
2:11.3	because we're going to put out video versions of our podcast going forward. They'll be on the
2:16.4	YouTube channel, the Hairgame YouTube channel for you to watch.
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