The Hairbrained Pro Blog

Men’s haircuts can range from shaggy, to short and cropped. But if you’re going for a classic style, The Facon could be the perfect fit. Here, Julian Perlingiero, Master Educator, shares his step-by-step instructions for creating this fundamental Sassoon shape, with ease. “This is a great shape,” says Perlingiero. In fact, he adds, it was one of the first cuts he studied when learning how to “build a square shape with a scissor over comb throughout the perimeter. It’s a core foundation cut.” Step 1: The crown. To get started on your shape, begin in the crown area. Taking horizontal sections, implement...

Gerard Scarpaci, Hairbrained Co-Founder, and Julian Perlingiero, world-class educator, understand the importance of mastering a variety of tools. “It’s important to be diverse,” confirms Julian. “I think a lot of my tool selection is based not just on the results that I want, but on the texture that’s in front of me.” And though precision and fundamental shapes will always reign supreme, understanding that different tools yield different results is valuable. “I think that there’s tons of ways to do things, as long as you do it with knowledge and control,” confirms Gerard. This is particularly true when it comes to...

Hairbrained Quick-Tips: Easy Meal Prep for Salon Success If your aim is to eat healthier, trying out some simple meal prep ideas is a great place to start. That’s because for many stylists, the biggest healthy-eating challenge has to do with making last-minute decisions about food. When you’re hungry and exhausted from a busy day spent standing on your feet, you’re less likely to make choices that nourish your body. Here, Katrina Beede Nguyen shares her quick-tips for mastering the meal-prep game, in a snap, so you can keep going strong in the salon – all week long.    Ingredients:...

Hairbrained Up-Close: Peter Gray Peter Gray is an editorial styling genius. But he didn’t grow up in the world of fashion – rather – he was born and brought up in Zimbabwe, and was groomed from an early age to take an academic path. “I went to a boarding school in South Africa,” he confirms. “We had strict rules and there was very little tolerance for any sort of variance.” Hairdressing ‘found Peter’ when he cut another students hair to save him from a lashing – and remarkably, the haircut “actually looked ok,” remembers Peter. From that departure grew a...