Sam Villa Blog

Wat een week! Quelle semaine! What a week! België neemt New York La Belgique prend à New York Belgium takes New York! What do 85 Redken hairdressers from Belgium do when they come to New York? They invade The Redken Exchange! And that is just what a beautiful select group of Redken stylists from Belgium [...]

im•mer•sion (noun) \ih-mur-zhun\ Definition: State of being deeply engaged or involved: absorption Immerse yourself! Dive in head first! Be focused! This intense 4-day workshop at The Redken Exchange dares you to go beyond the norm to achieve diverse results with the latest design and color trends from around the world! Sam Villa, Chris Baran, Kris [...]

Redken held their annual Cut-A-Thon in New York City on September 20, 2010 with precedes benefiting City of Hope. Despite the incumbent weather there was a terrific turnout of 341 guests who came out to support this great event.  Over 75 stylists and support staff come every year at their own expense from all over [...]

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 [...]

“Be a thinking hairdresser and finesse the shape of the hair along the way”, says Redken Artist, Carmody Homan as he begins his class with Sam, “Just Cut The Darn Thing”.  This new class at The Redken Exchange in New York City is all about technique, not the haircut. The only way to see different [...]

On September 30, 2010 Redken Fifth Avenue NYC will hold their annual cut-a-thon at their state of the art training facility, The Redken Exchange on Fifth Avenue in New York City. For minimum donation of $30 walk-ins will receive a shampoo, haircut and blow dry from one of about 75 extremely talented Redken Artists and [...]

Kris Sorbie, Redken Education Artistic Director and President of Kris Sorbie, LLC is an award winning Master Hairdresser who brings innovative trends and fashion-forward artistry to the forefront of the salon industry. Kris is much sought after around the globe to equip salon stylists with the skills and know-how to reach their full potential and [...]

Kris Sorbie, Redken Education Artistic Director and President of Kris Sorbie, LLC is an award winning Master Hairdresser who brings innovative trends and fashion-forward artistry to the forefront of the salon industry. Kris is much sought after around the globe to equip salon stylists with the skills and know-how to reach their full potential and [...]

Compression, disconnection, horseshoes, triangles and diamonds – what are we talking about here, anyway? Chris Baran and I are talking about cutting disheveled and shag-a-licious shags.   We’re talking about disengaging the mindset and applying disconnection to create looks with a sense of looseness. We’re talking about combining the ’60, ‘70’s and ‘80’s shaggy looks and [...]

Chicago, 2010, What a city and what a show! Word has it that it was the most successful show in ABS history! We came to ROCK IT! Three days of non-stop sales in the Redken arena – we had a blast and it was great to see our Chicago friends once again. Sam Villa, Kris [...]