Ep. 383 • A Candid Conversation w/ Alfredo Lewis
The Hair Game
Salon Republic
4.6 • 570 Ratings
🗓️ 3 February 2025
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Global Ambassador and Hair Influencer @Alfredo_Lewis joins The Hair Game and delves into his rise in the industry. He shares his personal story of overcoming tragedy & addiction, the realities of social media fame, and the importance of community in rebuilding his career.
This Week's Topics:
• Navigating Public Scrutiny and Personal Growth
• Overcoming Addiction: A Personal Story
• Building a Career in the Hair Industry
• Finding Community and Support
• Rebuilding Reputation and Career
• The Journey into Education
• Transitioning to Corporate Roles
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| 0:00.0 | And at the time, we all make choices. |
| 0:02.2 | I'm not making excuses for my actions, but I turned to drugs. |
| 0:05.9 | You know, I was sure as being a gay man that I was next. |
| 0:10.5 | Your three best friends that you're going out with, one was 18, one was 24, and one was 22. |
| 0:15.3 | They're kids. |
| 0:16.5 | Looking back on it, and I was a kid, I was just turning 21. |
| 0:23.3 | Hey, I'm Ray Christopher. It's Gina Bianca. |
| 0:27.4 | Ashley Norman here. Hey, everybody. It's Gordon Miller. Welcome to the Hair Game podcast. |
| 0:56.1 | Hey, Hairgamer's Donovan here, producer of the Hair Game podcast. Our location, Salon Republic in Westwood is open. Check that out. We have also one in Glendale and a second one in Encino opening soon, so go to Salonrepublic.com or our link in bio. You can book your tour for those and get dibs on your new space. All right, on to our episode with Alfredo Lewis. Hi, Alfredo. How are you? |
| 1:01.8 | I'm good. Eric, how are you? I'm doing great. I have to be honest to the listeners. Alfredo and I have been catching up offline. And I know, it's like the behind the scenes, but that's just the reality |
| 1:08.7 | of it. Alfredo and I have known each other for a long time. |
| 1:12.5 | Alfredo, you've worked in multiple Salon Republics. You're working out, you're kind of based |
| 1:17.3 | out of Salon Republic Hollywood right now. And I've always appreciated so much our friendship |
| 1:23.2 | and hearing about all the different things and seeing you kind of, you know, explode. |
| 1:30.5 | And your career explode is almost like it's too, you know, glib of a word. |
| 1:36.1 | But I mean, your career has been such an example of the things that people can do in this industry that are extraordinary. |
| 1:48.0 | And so what I'm going to do is I'm going to introduce you for those who don't know you. |
| 1:53.0 | A lot of people know you obviously, but I'm going to introduce you for those who don't know you |
| 1:57.0 | and maybe update those who haven't been keeping up with what you're doing. |
| 2:00.9 | And then I'm going to, I want to start with kind of where you came from because I think that |
| 2:06.8 | lesson is potentially lost, especially with some of the younger people in the industry. |
| 2:13.5 | So listeners, Alfredo, he's a hair artist working out of S.R. Hollywood right now. He's an influencer, |
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