Hey listeners, I'm Eric Taylor and this is the hair game. Craft Lookbook is happening in Hollywood,

July 13th and 14th. Education. Collaborate with me where you get to work on a model with a hair

hero during a live demonstration. Hair jam contests, demos, and carnival games.

Here's a partial list of the people who will be there doing things.

Maddie Conrad, Hair God Zito, Josh LaMonica, Charlie Gray, and Ryan Cullen from the UK,

Larissa Dahl, Hair by Miss Kelly-O, Andrew does hair, Greg from Style Artist, teaching

you how to make better videos on Instagram, Kimberly Taye Hair, stylist, Ricardo Santiago,

Stay Gold 31, Sophie Pock, Diego DJ DG-A-F, that is, don't give up.

Fern the Barber, Sugar Skulls, Buddy Porter, and more.

Hit the link in my Instagram bio, Love Eric Taylor, for tickets.

Trust me, you're not going to want to miss it.

In other news, new Salon Republic openings, Torrance in August, Escondido,

Valencia, Burbank, and Thousand Oaks all opening in September and October. Go to Salonrepublic.com

for more information or hit the link in my Instagram bio. And now, the weekly pod lute giveaway.

We're giving away Beets X by Dr. Dre earphones

so you can better listen to your favorite podcast.

That's right, the Hair Game podcast.

And the winner is Mary Sandival, hair and makeup. Mary Sandval, hair and makeup. Mary Sandball, hair, and makeup. Mary, DM me at Love Eric Taylor,

and send me your mailing address, and I'll send you the Beat's X, Dr. Dre, earphones.

I'll tell you what we'll be given away next week at the end of the episode. Now to Lala.

Why don't we start with that journey? Where are you from originally? I came from Romania. I'm originally from Romania. It was my dream to come here since I was little.

I'm coming from a post-communist country, so when I was little, we were under the communism.

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