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5 Premiere Orlando Extension Classes to Increase Your Revenue and Clientele
Lately, we have been seeing extensions used for more than just lengthening and volumnizing hair. Extensions can be used to add face-framing layers, highlights or fringe, and can be rotated for wear as often as clothes in your closet, a la Kylie ...
March 31, 2016
Hotheads Hair Extensions at last year's show. (photo credit: Premiere Orlando)
Premiere Orlando
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Lately, we have been seeing extensions used for more than just lengthening and volumnizing hair. Extensions can be used to add face-framing layers, highlights or fringe, and can be rotated for wear as often as clothes in your closet, a la Kylie Jenner.
Premiere Orlando, which takes place June 4-6, 2016 at the Orlando/Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida, is right around the corner. With more than 20 classes and workshops focused on extensions, there is no excuse not to amp up your knowledge of extensions to boost your profits and diversify your clientele.
Here, we share five can’t-miss sessions in hair extension education at Premiere Orlando 2016. For a full list of classes, click here.
Theory-Master Edition, HairTalk Hair Extensions
When: Sunday and Monday 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m., Where: Room W224D
The HairTalk Education Team will show you how to provide clients with a complete transformation in under an hour using no heat or tools. They will discuss and demonstrate everything you’d want to know about utilizing these extensions in your services: application, removal and reapplication; blending and cutting; styling and maintenance; salon marketing strategies; and product offerings.
Grow Your Business in No Time!, HALOCOUTURE Extensions
When: Sunday and Monday 12:45 p.m.-2 p.m., Where: Room W308A
Experience the versatility of HALOCOUTURE Extensions and learn how to grow your business using a variety of the brand’s products including the Original Halo, Layered Halo, Ponytail, Fall and Tape-ins. Tiffany Hoover will give an in-depth look at each product and show you how you can increase your profits with minimal effort.
Pro Master Class, Donna Bella Hair Extensions
When: Sunday 2 p.m.-5 p.m., Where: Room: W207B
Master Educator Ruben Martinez will teach students how to install and blend hair extensions on clients with trickier hairstyles, such as pixie cuts and bobs. For more information, click here.
Evolve Your Business, Evolve
When: Saturday 4 p.m.-5 p.m. and Sunday 4 p.m.-5 p.m., Where: room W308A
Johnny Plant and Glenn Milliet will show attendees the newest hair restoration techniques using the Evolve Volumnizer and Evolve Extensions+. Install extensions with the ease and speed of a tape-in, without the glues or adhesives, and the look and feel of a strand by strand. Learn business practices and the latest techniques in cutting and styling.
Increase Your Profits in the Least Amount of Time, Ultratress
When: Sunday 9 a.m.-6:30 p.m. and Monday 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Where: Exhibit Floor
Tina McIntosh will show attendees how to use Ultratress’s Top of Head Hair Enhancements to deliver results that extensions alone can’t resolve. You will learn many techniques including: how to conduct consultations and price services; application and positioning to maximize volume and length; safely add highlights or lowlights; and cutting and blending.
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