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Evolve Hair Goods and Services is touring the country to introduce salon and stylists to new products that help them tap into a whole new market. The Evolve Volumizer, available only in salons, is a unique hair integration system targeted to the 40 million women who are suffering from hair loss and thinning hair.

Learn about new markets, new products and new stylist techniques.
Evolve Hair Goods and Services is touring the country to introduce salon and stylists to new products that help them tap into a whole new market. The Evolve Volumizer, available only in salons, is a unique hair integration system targeted to the 40 million women who are suffering from hair loss and thinning hair.
Evolve provides certification training in a special three-day course. The next class is in Chicago, September 27-29 at the Marriott Suites O'Hare Airport. Anyone who contacts Evolve will be offered a special discount on the course fees.
You can call Evolve at 1-866-779-2880 to register or visit evolvinghair.com to get more class information.
Chicago September 27-28 class will cover:

Day 1: Installation techniques
Day 2: Advanced hair cutting. The Evolve haircutting system will not only improve your skill when cutting systems and extensions, it will improve your hair cutting overall.
Day 3: Communication skills and perfect business practices
“Until Evolve, salons really have not had the products needed to help women solve the growing problems of hair loss or thinning hair”, says Sue Hanson, president of Evolve Hair Goods and Services. “Now they do. It is new sales and a new market opportunity for salons to capture.”
These new consumers can become your customers when you offer them the Evolve Volumizer, the salon solution to hair loss and thinning hair. The Evolve Volumizer addresses all of the needs and wants a woman has for fuller, thicker, denser hair. It produces immediate results and requires no glue, no adhesives and no chemicals. It can also be integrated with extensions, to add length to your desired style. It can be worn for up to five weeks before being uninstalled and reinstalled. That’s repeat business.
New product will be unveiled at the Chicago class:

Evolve will be unveiling Evolve Extensions+ at their Chicago class. Evolve Extensions+ combine the ease and speed of tape-ins, with no glue or adhesives and the look and feel of a strand by strand. They are made with 100% Human Remy Cuticle Hair and have a Connection Base which lays completely flat and puts no stress on your hair. Evolve’s special Connection Points are beveled with a double rounded edge to prevent damage.
Visit evolvinghair.com for more information.

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