Ep. 384 • Navigating Fame (And Scrutiny) in Our Industry w/ Alfredo Lewis
The Hair Game
Salon Republic
4.6 • 570 Ratings
🗓️ 10 February 2025
⏱️ 71 minutes
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@alfredo_lewis is back with us to share how he navigated the corporate world with Matrix and L'Oreal during the COVID-19 pandemic. We discuss the current state of hair education and the challenges of navigating the online negativity and bullying that comes with social media stardom.
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| 0:00.0 | And I think they're a little more willing to bring independent educators in and let them be a little more free speaking. |
| 0:06.3 | They're opening their minds. |
| 0:07.8 | And that's where I see education going because the brands have to compete with us. |
| 0:12.9 | Hello, everybody. |
| 0:14.3 | This is Leisa Carrillo. |
| 0:15.9 | I'm Blake Reed Evans. |
| 0:16.8 | This is Ashley Allen. |
| 0:17.7 | I'm Nicola Rocio. |
| 0:18.6 | Hey, it's Jamie Dana and you're listening to The Hair Game Podcast. |
| 0:25.5 | Hey, Hairgamer's Donovan here, producer of the Hair Game podcast. |
| 0:29.8 | Our location, Salon Republic in Glendale, is opening next month. |
| 0:34.0 | So go to Salonorepublic.com or our link in bio and book a tour. You can get |
| 0:40.7 | dibs on your new space. Also, we have another location in Encino opening shortly, so check that |
| 0:47.2 | out as well. All right, let's continue our conversation with Alfredo Lewis. Okay, we're back |
| 0:54.1 | with Alfredo. What's going on, buddy? |
| 0:57.7 | Not much. I mean, well, actually a lot, I guess not much. It's just like the casual thing to say. A lot's |
| 1:02.7 | wrapping up the end of the year, right? We're going into 2025. So for me, it's very exciting, |
| 1:09.3 | what the strategy is for next year, I guess I guess yeah and I don't know if I'm |
| 1:14.6 | thinking this is going to drop before the end of the year but I'm not really sure Donovan's the one |
| 1:19.2 | who holds the strings Donovan's the puppet master the almighty and powerful Oz that's exactly right |
| 1:25.7 | so on the first episode with Alfredo, we discussed his |
| 1:29.3 | backstory up until he went to New York City with Matrix, and that was kind of right before COVID. |
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