use your mirror

Another Ivan Zoot Marianna schools how to video, use your mirror to cut better hair. LINK HERE.  Please share and LIKE and enjoy.

Taming the electric spaghetti

Ivan Zoot shares a simple barber shop secret for untangling all those cutting tool electrical cords at your statop in the shop.  have a look at this how-to video.
LINK HERE.

Get a haircut at a school - Why

This is a recent Ivan Zoot blog post at the Empire Beauty School chain site.  I have posted on both WHY you should patronize a student clinic at a school... and I have posted HOW you should go about it for maximum satisfaction for you and the student.  Here is a link to the WHY post. LINK HERE... next I will post a link to the HOW post.  This is not to be seen as an endorsement of the EMPIRE clinics... it is a general article on patronizing ANY student clinic, just so happens I had written the original post for them. It is worth sharing for all.

Good haircut - Good lighting

Ivan Zoot shares the info you need to know on the importance of good lighting in a haircutting environment.  You can not cut what you can not see...
LINK HERE to video.  Please LIKE and share.

More great video is to come form Marianna Schools... suggest a topic if I/we can help.  We will create special content for you.

Use your hair chair

I have posted a new Ivan Zoot Marianna Schools video to youtube on tips and tricks for using your hair cutting chair to make your life easier, your work better and your career longer.  Put the miles on the chair not on the hair cutter (you).
LINK HERE for the video.

The Miley Cyrus haircut - a how-to video

Miley Cyrus' hair cut is no longer new... But plenty of clients are asking for it... and plenty of students need to know the how-to of how it was cut.  Ivan Zoot shares the simple steps to creating this web sensation style.  The undercut is the key.  The top is simple to cut.  The shape offers many stying options.  Short hair is fun and easy to wear and fun and easy to cut.  Inspiring students to be willing to make the big cut is what it is all about.  A celebrity like Miley, especially a younger celebrity in the age of long and messy Kardashian hair, is a great inspiration to student stylists.
LINK HERE to the video.

Salon Disinfection, How and Why

Leslie Roste, director of education for Barbicide and I were presenters at the Ohio Cosmetology Educators 33rd annual educational event this past weekend.  She spoke about salon disinfection and I did my men's hair program.

I was able to corner Leslie at a break and get her in front of my camera for a few sound bites on salon disinfection.  Here are links to the two videos we shot.  This video is on WHY salon disinfection is important.  This video is about HOW to do it.  The videos do not cover the amazing depth of the content of her program, but they do give the top three pitch points in each category.  Sort of a Twitter post of how and why salon disinfection is important.

Thank you Leslie for a thorough, informative and important presentation.

Thank you Ohio for inviting Marianna to present and share the programs.

The Clipper Tips sheet

Just released... the World Famous Ivan Zoot ClipperGuy Clipper Tips sheet for educator use for classroom training and information.  Use it as an efile... or print it on your own paper (I am trying to be nicer to trees) :) Here is the video that tells about it.  LINK TO VIDEO. and Here is the link ot the download of the sheet as described in the video.  LINK HERE TO DOWNLOAD.  Use it.  have fun.  Change the look of the clipper cut world, today!

Getting hands-on

Sometimes the best way to learn is to roll up our sleeves and do.  At a recent student presentation at a school we needed to do just that.

A student asked a question about a cutting technique.  I could show her, I could tell her, or I could watch her.

Watching is easier for me and better for her.  She jumped at the chance to take an idea into action and test the technique for herself.

One of the additional benefits of doing this in a class presentation is that it reinforces the idea that ALL members of the class can do it.  They know I can do it, they saw me do it.  When a peer gets up there they can relate to her skill level and easily imagine that they can do it, too.

Engaging a student in this way has worked well for me.  What do you do in classroom demo presentations to occasionally get a student more involved?

Who is your "Buddy"?

Styling Buddy is a manikin clamp that fits the back of your styling chair, any styling chair.  This is a neat-O, practical solution to a real day-to-day challenge in creating training reality.  Styling Buddy creates a natural head positioning and real range of motion.  LINK HERE to a demo video.  Check it out.  Get connected with your Marianna Schools rep to order these for your school today.