ABOUT LAUREN EHLERS

@hairapywithlauren

Lauren Ehlers has been a cosmetologist since early 2017. She just celebrated 5 years at West 13th Salon, awarded Top 200 Salon in America this year for the 2nd year in a row!  During her employment, she has been promoted 4 times and currently is a Designer Stylist.  Lauren is certified in a variety of services including lash extensions, brow laminations, Brazilian Blowout treatments, and her personal favorite Cinderella Hair Extensions.  She loves getting to meet and build relationships with guests in her chair. Lauren also shares her talents by training many of the new talent as they join our team.  Outside of the salon,  Lauren is a Youth Director at Relevant Life Church where she leads worship with her husband.

It’s amazing to be recognized like this. I made it a habit from the start to reweigh just before taking my client to the basin to have her color rinsed. It’s fixed so I rarely forget. This allows me to see exactly how much color I’ll need for my client’s next visit.

ABOUT KAREN MARINO

@villagesalonnj

At The Village Salon, our goal is to create an experience to remember for every client. To that end, we focus on the details that surround your visit. Whether it be continuing education for our stylists, or the products we use and sell, every thought is given to meeting your needs and expectations. Come and experience the knowledge, comfort and customer service for which The Village Salon is known. Let us create for you an experience to remember. While we have studiously avoided creating anything that could be called a “signature cut,” Village Salon strives to give all our clients the same thing: a clean, warm, modern look that works with their face shape . It’s the perfect formula, one that allows every woman to express herself easily, naturally and beautifully.

“If you want to make change stick, then ensure the team is onside before you start. This is true for any change but especially when it’s about sustainability. Before we brought on Vish, I talked to the team about the issue of color waste and how we could reduce it. Pretty much everyone was on board from the start, which is why we’ve got such low average waste costs per service and 96% reweighing stats

ABOUT ARIELLA HANSEN

@visionary4life

I am an American Board Certified Colorist, and have worked at Sage Tryall for 12 years, arriving right out of beauty school. I am an Artistic Director at the salon, and was a Top Ten finalist in the 2017 Intercoiffure Nouveau Creative, Cut, Color, and Texture Contest. On a more personal note, I am passionate about helping facilitate the inner and outer beauty in people and I am honored to have the opportunity to serve each and every guest. My heart is to truly serve others with love.

Sustainability is creativity with responsibility!

ABOUT CHARLENE LYNCH

@salon730

I learned the hairdressing trade in high school, and have been at it ever since. I’m married with four children and live in Virginia. The industry has been very good to me, and I am so excited that we are now taking recycling seriously in the industry.

Teaming up with a salon waste expert is the easiest first step towards salon sustainability. They will deal with all your trash. We also teamed up with Vish for our color waste. When it was announced I’d won a Vish Waste Warrior Award, it sparked off a huge conversation in the salon about better recycling, which I’ve championed for years

ABOUT KAREN WELCH

@sozohair1

Karen Welch is a Senior Hair Artist and Owner at SoZo HAIR by Bajon Salon & Spa. She has over 38 years of experience in the Hair Fashion Industry and is considered an expert in hair design and hair color.  She also feels the shampoo experience at a salon should be OUTSTANDING and takes pride in giving special care in that area. She is skilled with Fusion and Hot Head Extensions,  the benefits of extensions never cease to amaze her. They have come such a long way with the technology, wearing extensions, whether for length, fullness or manageability, is easier than ever before.

Prior to opening SoZo HAIR by Bajon Salon & Spa Karen worked for distributors and manufacturers such as Redken and Wella International as the Regional Director of Education teaching Wella product knowledge along with hair color theory and techniques to salons. She has many Management and Educational responsibilities at SoZo HAIR that ensure the salon is providing the very best service to every client who walks in the door.  Client service and satisfaction are her main priorities!

The thousands of dollars in waste of hair color that has been going on for so many years is now avoidable! Thanks to Vish, salons can actually see a decent profit. Yes, it’s that powerful. Vish holds us, (hair colorists), accountable and keeps our pocketbooks from bleeding money. As long as the system is used properly, it is a Godsend. I will forever be grateful to Timothy and Josh for creating this system.

ABOUT SIMON HALL

@simonhall79

Simon trained at Toni & Guy over 20 years ago whilst also working as a makeup artist, and has been at Karine Jackson for 17 years. Now a colour specialist at the salon, who is passionate about colour corrections. Simon has undertaken a year-long course for advanced colourists on the Fellowship for British Hairdressing’s Colour Project. He has educated for Organic Colour System in Europe, Sweden, and across the UK, and appeared on stage at salon international London and Pro Hair Live in Manchester.

It’s fantastic to be recognised as a Waste Warrior. It’s important to all of us at the salon that we keep colour waste to a minimum to sustain profitability. We charge for colour, so dispensing only what we need is good for our clients as well as the planet.

ABOUT KARINE JACKSON

@karinejacksonhair

Karine Jackson has run her eponymous salon in Covent Garden salon for 18 years alongside an active industry presence; in 2017 she was elected President of the Fellowship for British Hairdressing having previously served as Chancellor. Winner of London Hairdresser of the Year in 2007, she has also won the Fellowship Consumer Image of the Year in 2011, Most Wanted Hair Trend in 2015, Colour Expert and Hair Heroine in the Hair Magazine Awards 2018, been shortlisted for Most Wanted Colour Expert three times and in 2009 was shortlisted for Men’s Hairdresser of the year. Passionate about apprenticeships and recruiting young people to the industry as well as organic hairdressing, she has appeared on Woman’s Hour, The One Show and has a regular presence in the press. She was the first London salon to be awarded Certified Sustainable and as a long advocate of organic colouring and hairdressing at her west end salon, Karine has built her business around ethical values without compromising on performance or trend. Her single use plastic-free salon provides a refill service for shampoos and conditioners, offers Vegan refreshments for her clients, and uses Vegan-friendly brands including Organic Colour Systems.

We send out a lot of product and I suddenly thought, why am I buying packaging when I have all this cardboard from my stock deliveries that I send to recycling? So now I reuse it. As for Vish, it’s a no-brainer for any salon as it brings down waste while guaranteeing profit with every colour service.

ABOUT CHARLOTTE RYAN

@salon26bromley_br2

I’ve been hairdressing for 20+ years and I’m a London based stylist in our little boutique salon in Bromley. I strive to learn something new all the time and was very excited when we got our Vish system. I’m an all rounder stylist but aspire to one day be a curly/textured hair specialist.

I’m very competitive, so I always want to do better than the time before. Waste Warriors has also enabled me to become more of a role model for our apprentice; after we found out about my win, she came to me and said she wanted to become a waste warrior one day. Each millilitre counts.

ABOUT SERAPHIM WILLIAMS

@hair-by-seraphim

I started in the industry at fifteen. I have always been very lucky that from the moment I walked into a salon for the first time, I was sure that I was going to become a hairdresser. I work at Nikki Froud’s in Hampshire. Nikki took me in as an apprentice at sixteen and trained me up. I fell in love with the team and we became a really close knit group and I even went to work abroad for a year and still came back for more with an amazing team so it must be something in the water that Nikki gives us! I have worked with Vish now for two years and have worked for Nikki for 5 years.  I have found using Vish a massive help with day to day salon life and has helped me grow as a stylist and also gain a really good understanding of waste as the facts are in front of you. We will often turn Vish into a competition for the month as a team because we are just that competitive.

Understanding how much wasted product there is allowed me to take personal responsibility for product use, as Vish breaks down what I’ve used week by week and I can make improvements or see where I need to improve the following week. Comparing our stats has become a competitive part of the salon as we are all on a mission to bring down product waste.

ABOUT BECCA MCGOUGH

@becca.alchemyandi

Becca, who has worked in the industry for over 6 years, is a hairstylist with a flair for cutting and colouring. Becca’s passion for hair and creativity drives her desire to constantly level up her art, and there’s nothing more Becca loves than exploring new techniques and bringing them together to create a dream look for her clients.

“Once I had 100% reweigh, I began competing with myself because I didn’t want to get anything lower, so I’ve been striving to maintain that figure. My best advice for others is that all it takes is perseverance and as you use Vish more, the easier it gets. In the end, you’ll find it helps you to be quicker when you do your client’s hair again.