Three-time winner of Stylist Choice Awards’ Platform Artist and Educator of the year. Mary Rector Gable made the announcement at the Stylist Choice Awards party at the Chicago America’s Beauty Show. Mary alluded to the lonely life of a Platform Artist — describing the sacrifice it takes to choose a global lifestyle of planes and [...]

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It’s rare to find Sam actually working in his home base of NYC, but this time around, that’s exactly where he was. Two times each year, stylists from Italy head to the Big Apple to attend a class at the Redken Exchange, and it’s no surprise that the educator they choose to learn from is [...]

Sam’s Texur® Iron has become one of the hottest tools in the industry today.  The looks to be achieved are endless and what better way to get some of these hot techniques out there than to shoot the step-by-step techniques with live models for an upcoming “technique” brochure. Well, that’s just what Sam did! Two [...]

Sam headed off to the land of wine and carbs to do what he does best–teach, coach, mentor and encourage. He split his time between Rome and Milan, teaching groups of stylists new cutting and styling techniques, and this time around… READ THE BLOG AT BEHINDTHECHAIR.COM! Watch highlights from Redken Milano HERE! Watch highlights from [...]

It wasn’t all schnitzel and beer for Sam Villa when he traveled to Germany recently for another Redken 50th Anniversary celebration. Our guy worked hard to provide great education for a group of more than 1200 people from Germany, Austria and Switzerland, at what he calls…READ THE FULL STORY AT BEHINDTHECHAIR.COM!

Did you miss Sam’s webinar  on “Using Disconnection to Create Celebrity Styles,” or just want to watch again? Thanks to BehindTheChair.com, you can click the video below to watch the webinar replay now! Also remember to check out Sam’s new DVD The Bardot, available exclusively at BehindTheChair.com! Watch The Bardot preview HERE! Be patient while [...]

For those of you who know Sam and have seen his calendar, it’s exhausting to say the least! This year alone Sam has visited Amsterdam, Canada, Taiwan, Sweden, Italy, Australia and Germany, with international events scheduled later in the year for Mexico City, Mexico and Toronto, Canada! With Sam visiting and educating stylists all over [...]

Post by Lya Navarra, Sales Promotion Manager for Sam Villa Premiere Orlando 2010 was invigorating, inspiring and full of beautiful people.  Sam, along with his fellow Redken Education Artistic Directors, Chris Baran and Kris Sorbie rocked the Redken stage for two days giving their audience just what they came for…PURE EDUCATION. No music, no live [...]