What they do not teach you in cosmetology school, now in a book!

What they didn’t teach you in cosmetology school…

… now in book form.  Actually digital eBook form Marianna and ClipperGuy.

This is my book ClipperGuy Says… All Work Performed By Students Under the Supervision Of a Licensed Instructor.  This is my 52 week road map to cosmetology and barber school success.  This is NOT curriculum.  This is above and beyond.  This is the OTHER stuff that is not typically part of cosmetology school.

Here is how it works.  Read the book once all the way through.  The go back.  Read one page each week for 53 weeks, one full year… about the time it takes to go through 1,500 hours of cosmetology school.  Read the page on Friday… Think about it over the weekend.  Then DO IT on Monday… whatever the skill, concept or idea was for the week.

The book is set up in 52 pages… one for each week in a full year.  If you follow the page-by-page program for the entire year… 365 days later you will graduate READY to OWN the beauty business.  Ready to chart a course and conquer your piece of the beauty industry.

Educators use the book weekly in class.  Students use the book by themselves for a self study program.

This is the stuff you need to know to go beyond what you get in school.  Schools can buy the book in bulk form Marianna and put them in their student kits.  Contact your Marianna school rep to make that happen.  Students and educators can purchase the book individually here at THIS LINK.

 

 

ITS Academy, El Paso, TX Advanced Education class

Marianna hosted a great program with a group of excited and talented students this weekend at the ITS Academy school in El Paso, TX.  Look at all that hair on the floor!  Thank you ITS!

Regency beauty Institute - Winners!

Regency Beauty Institute, Olathe, KS has a pair of big winners recently in the Marianna Rock and Roll manikin competition.
Congrats to Velva Mays and Cortnee Ferris.
See them here showing off their big collection of Marianna prizes.
Their work is shown below, too.
Nice job!
Good luck with your beauty careers.  You are off to a great start.
Thank you for participating in our competition.

updated winners video

Marianna 2013 CEA Rock and Roll Manikin video competition... winners featured in this video.  LINK HERE to video.  Thank you to all who entered.  Congrats to all our winners.  Images of just a few of the winners are included here with this posting as a sample of the amazing work we saw form these new beauty professionals.  Great stuff!

Nice prize package!

Have a look here.  This is the prize package that Marianna is gifting to all 15 of the top selections/winners from the Cosmetology Educators of America event this month in Las Vegas.
Winning manikins were featured on display at our booth.  Winner gifts will go out in the mail just after August 1st.
Thank you all who participated... stand by for an updated winning manikin video, too!

Rock and Roll Manikin Competition Winners Video

LINK HERE to the Marianna 2013 Rock and Roll Competition winners...  manikins are on display in our CEA event trade show booth.  If you are at CEA stop by to see this great work.

ClipperGuy Up Close classes SW, USA Aug. and Sept. 2013

Marianna is excited to announce full day advanced academy clipperguy classes with Ivan Zoot through ITS academy locations in the southwest.

These classes are open to all licensed cosmetologists… not just students and alums of ITS academies.

Space is limited… first come, first served.

These are full day 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. programs… A.M.. lecture/demonsatration, P.M. hands-on workshop with Ivan.  Up close and personal, small group education… Your BEST educational value.

You will learn to master the top 5 tools of men’s haircutting… You will SEE and then DO the top 10 techniques of clipper cutting.  You will return to your shop with the skills and confidence to change your guy haircutting forever.

Classes are just $300… which includes a FULL DAY of education, a Marianna Brad 100% human hair manikin AND a new-in-box Wahl Icon professional clipper with guard set… The clipper and manikin (and the education) are ALL yours to keep after the program.

I am looking forward to seeing you there.

Dates and locations are as follows:

Contact the campus manager at your preferred location to register.

August 8, Irving, TX, 972.252.2200

August 9, Fort Worth, TX, 817.244.5406

August 25, El Paso, TX, 915.779.8000

August 26, Las Cruces, NM, 575.523.0006

September 8, Temep, AZ, 480.964.5528

September 9, Phoenix, AZ, 602.944.0001

Cowlicks? What to do?

In this NEW ClipperGuy video Ivan Zoot shares the 3 choices/options for managing clowlicks in haircuts... principles that do not change... every cowlick you ever encounter your entire career... you have just these 3 choices to manage it.  LINK to VIDEO  HERE.

The Rule of 5ths for haircutting

I have posted a new video... LINK HERE... explaining the rule of 5ths for texturixing haircuts.  This is a great principle to share with students.
If there is a haircutting concept YOU would like to see on video for use in your classroom... just ask.  Custom video is always fast, easy and fun for me to create and for your to use.
Marianna and I are happy to help.  Ask your Marianna representative or contact me through this blog.
Ivan

Rock and Roll is alive and well at these schools!

Marianna schools is excited to share the names of the schools from which the finalists in the Rock and Roll manikin competition have been submitted from...

Regency Beauty Institute in Olathe, KS,
Miller Motte Technical College in Conway, SC,
Remington College in Tampa, FL,
Vancouver School of Beauty in Vancouver, WA,
Remington College in Garland, TX,
Merrell University in Jefferson City, MO,
Remington College in Columbia, SC,
Skyline College in San Bruno, CA
Phagan’s Beauty College in Medford, OR

Congrats to the schools and their educators/coaches!
The names of the student winners and the images of their winning entries will be shared on July 20th as a part of the kickoff of the 2013 Cosmetology Educators of America event in Las Vegas.

Stay tuned for that posting!

The guy haircut to teach right NOW!

This is THE right NOW guy haircut for your students to know.  LINK HERE for the How-to video.  Modern interpretation of a classic style.

manikins everywhere!

Monday was the due date for manikins entered into the Marianna rock and roll manikin competition for display at CEA in Las Vegas next month.  The UPS guy buried our office in awesome student work.  Thank you to all who submitted... Images to come soon as we sort them through and select finalists for judging.  Thank you to ALL who participated/submitted their work.

The ClipperGuy ClipperEye camera for hair education

Yes.  Today Marianna Schools raises the bar in video hair education with the debut of the ClipperGuy ClipperEye.  You see what I see when I see what I cut, etc.  LINK HERE  to the debut video from this powerful new tool.  Imagine this camera mounted on (worn by) a student at a class... posted to the web... YOU can sit in on awesome education from the eyes of a student.  There is lots to be learned and explored with this powerful new educational tool... only fro
m Marianna Schools.

Trainer Training event Westborough, MA June 9, 2013

Marianna core education has an event coming up on June9, 2013.  Space is limited, but spots as still available as I write this.
8 credit hours for the day.  Classes include, CND nails, Barbicide salon disinfection, Sheer Desigh make-up and Ivan Zoot ClipperGuy men's cutting.
Call Marianna 800.228.9060 to reserve your spot.
Tickets are $20 w a $20 bounce back coupon redeemable at the event for product specials.
See you there!

Pack up your manikin - Take this Marianna rock and roll show on the road!

Life on the road is just a fact of life for a rockstar.  Your rockstar manikin competition entry needs to hit the road to get to Marianna to be considered for the BIG trip to Las Vegas.

Here are a few tips for packing and shipping your manikin successfully... so it arrives in all (or most) of its rock and roll glory.

Save and use the box your manikin came in.  The manikin head fits in there well and it will protect it.  Pack this box in a slightly bigger box for shipping.  It is better to pack the manikin snugly than to have too much room and have the head rocking and rolling around in a too-big box.

Do not worry about crushing the hairstyle a bit when you pack it up.  It will spring right back to life when we take it out of the box... How do you think Mick Jagger still looks so good after all these years?

Overspray your manikin... see the crush it tip above.  Spray it up good with dry, firm hold hairspray.  Then spray it again.  Then spray it again... can you tell I grew up in the 1980s?... More spray the better... This will insure the style lasts even after your manikin's pack and ship trip.

Put a few photos in the box.  Snap a few pictures of your finished style from a few angles.  Toss them in the box.  Our crew of ready rock and roll roadies will take your manikin out of the box and primp it backstage as needed so it is ready when the lights go down and the spotlights come on.

Here is a link to the competition fyler for a review of the details:

LINK HERE to the competition flyer.

Here is a link to the 5 tips for competitors video:

LINK HERE for video

Rock a manikin, Vegas style!

Marianna is announcing the Rockstar manikin competition for CEA for Las Vegas 2013.  Watch the VIDEO HERE and look at the FLYER HERE for full details on what you need to know to enter and win.  Style your best rock and roll themed Marianna manikin and you could have your work featured at the Cosmetology Educators of America show in Las Vegas this summer... and the 10 best Manikin entries will win some great prizes, too.

Are you a 5 tool player in the guy haircut game?

My latest posting in my clipperguy blog at modernsalon.com... How to be a 5 tool player in the guy haircut game  LINK HERE to blog posting.
This is a key element of my lave presentations.  Can't see me live... read me here.

Rock a Marianna manikin

Get out your Bic lighters... It is time to rock and roll.  Marianna is sponsoring a rock and roll manikin styling competition for all cosmetology and barber school students.

Get a Marianna manikin and do it up rock and roll style... color it, cut it, rock it out to best display your interpretation of rock and roll hair.

Full details and deadlines for the competition are listed in THIS LINK HERE.  Winners will be displayed at the Cosmetology Educators Of America show in Las Vegas in July.  prizes will be awarded, too.
 Winners will also be featured in this blog and on the Marianna facebook page, twitter channel, phone app and youtube channel.

Rock on!

Are you a 5 tool guy haircutter?

New blog post from me at modernsalon.com... the 5 tool guy haircutter.  Are you one?  LINK HERE

Ivan Zoot at Premiere Orlando 2013 for Marianna Industries

Premiere Orlando 2013 will be chock full of clipperguy education opportunities, thank you Marianna Industries.  Not mentioned in the promotional piece included are the 2 added classes, 1 Sunday and 1 Monday... Art of barbering and Fades, Tapers and Trends... These will be a pair of heavily technically focused guy hair cutting classes... also in room 340D... you know the 340 rooms... the barber classrooms all the way over in the top south corner where they always put the barber stuff... yes, those rooms.  All my ClipperGuy books and my three new ClipperGuy greatest hits videos will be available for purchase t the events.  There will be tons to learn, share and enjoy in sunny central FL!