HIGHLIGHTS • A Candid Conversation w/ Alfredo Lewis
The Hair Game
Salon Republic
4.6 • 570 Ratings
🗓️ 3 February 2025
⏱️ 13 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 | These are the highlights of the full episode. |
| 0:08.6 | Hey, hair gamers, Donovan here, producer of the Hair Game podcast. |
| 0:12.6 | Our location, Salon Republic in Westwood is open. Check that out. We have also one in Glendale |
| 0:19.1 | and a second one in Encino opening soon, so go to |
| 0:21.9 | Salonrepublic.com or our link in bio. You can book your tour for those and get dibs on your new |
| 0:26.9 | space. All right, on to our episode with Alfredo Lewis. And at the time, we all make choices. |
| 0:33.9 | I'm not making excuses for my actions but I turned to drugs you know I was |
| 0:38.8 | sure as being a gay man that I was next your three best friends that you're going |
| 0:43.7 | out with one was 18 one was 24 and one was 22 they're kids looking back on it |
| 0:48.9 | and I was a kid I was just turning 21 and I numbed myself I don't think I ever dealt with the grief I'd never |
| 0:56.4 | had a loss in my family you know gratefully and it really affected me looking back on |
| 1:02.3 | it and I was probably a functioning drug addict and alcoholic for a good seven or eight |
| 1:07.4 | years doing celebrities book two weeks in advance I started making incredible money |
| 1:13.2 | I'm very grateful um but I was a mess I was a mess I was able I had never been to education I'd |
| 1:20.1 | never been never went to a class never went to a hair show but I was working on a very prominent |
| 1:25.0 | salon in Beverly Hills and I I slowly, you know, obviously, |
| 1:29.4 | wreckage started happening eventually. |
| 1:31.1 | It caught up with me, and I started getting ran out of salon to salon. |
| 1:35.2 | And I almost quit doing hair. |
| 1:39.4 | I'm not going to name drop with you. |
| 1:42.0 | I've told the story on stage because I hate like name dropping |
| 1:44.9 | celebrities but I was doing a lot of celebrities and I had gotten sober. I went to rehab eight times |
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