HIGHLIGHTS • The Life (or Lack Thereof) of a Session Stylist w/ Kendall Dorsey
The Hair Game
Salon Republic
4.6 • 570 Ratings
🗓️ 27 February 2023
⏱️ 12 minutes
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@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 | These are the highlights of the full episode. |
| 0:07.6 | Hey, listener. I'm Eric Taylor, and I'm back in the seat at Hair Game Podcast Headquarters. |
| 0:14.7 | So, first it was COVID that had me out from doing the intros and the outros. |
| 0:22.5 | It was a mild case of COVID, |
| 0:29.0 | but you could hear it in my voice. And then I was out of town. Then I had jury duty. And it just seemed to go on and on. I think Donovan filled in for three or four weeks. So, and by the way, |
| 0:37.1 | Donovan, you did a fantastic job. |
| 0:39.3 | I think I speak for all the listeners when I say you did a fantastic job. |
| 0:42.9 | Donovan has a very commercially sound voice, not like me. |
| 0:46.9 | I am just from the streets, maybe. |
| 0:51.1 | And Donovan has a commercially sound voice. I don't know if Hair Game podcast listeners know |
| 0:56.6 | this or not, but Donovan is actually a professional singer. Donovan has a YouTube account, |
| 1:06.3 | and before I just blurt it out there, I'm going to just, I'm going to tease it. |
| 1:11.8 | And then I'll talk to Donovan after this, whether it's okay for me to mention it. |
| 1:16.2 | But he's a phenomenal professional quality singer. |
| 1:23.5 | So who knew? |
| 1:25.3 | Maybe you did, maybe you did. |
| 1:27.3 | In other news, Huntington Beach, we're opening Salon Republic and Huntington Beach is opening in April. |
| 1:33.7 | And it's a beautiful location right across from the beach. |
| 1:37.3 | Go to SalonRepublic.com for more information on that. |
| 1:41.2 | Also coming soon, two new ways for you the listeners to consume our episodes. Soon, |
| 1:49.0 | you may not just be listeners, but you might be viewers because we're going to put out |
| 1:53.1 | video versions of our podcast going forward. They'll be on the YouTube channel, the Hair Game |
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