Sam Villa Blog

Ocean City, Maryland was the scene again this year for Salon Centric’s Fall Show.  And once again it was also bike week! Hairdressers and bikers – a good combo, and there were plenty of hairdressers who came into town for both events! Redken stage headliners were the ever talented Patrick Fitzwater and Jayson Morgan.  These [...]

By: Jackey Bell Crystal Focus Salon Coaching Step One: “Make the connection!” Referrals are the number one most effective way to build your clientele!  There are TWO WAYS you can track a new client as a referral, one way is if YOU pass out a business card or referral promotion card to someone you meet, [...]

“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 [...]

August, 2010 (New York, NY) – Sam Villa, founding partner of the Sam Villa® brand and Education Artistic Director for Redken 5th Avenue, designs tools for stylists aspiring to be the best…at the top of their game!  This October, Busy Scissors© Video Game for Nintendo Wii and DS, the first virtual hairstyling simulation game from [...]

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 [...]

Did you know that 60% of American women claim to have fine hair? Here is a simple Hot Tip that I found that works for achieving more volume in fine hair. Blow dry the hair about 80% dry before applying your styling product–this will give you maximum hold and volume. My favorite product to use [...]

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!

But that did not stop the 2400 attendees who showed up for this annual show on the beach! Record-breaking temperatures and high humidity bathed us all but we came to rock the beach and we did just that! Headlining the Redken stage were Redken Artists Leah Freeman and Francesco Villa who utilized Sam Villa products [...]

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 [...]