Product education and fun was had by all at the Philip Pelusi Center for Talent Development Product Demo Class!
Our amazing New Talent Designers and Guest Services! pictured left to right…Tara, Majorie, Shelby, Lauryn, Taelor, Darlene, Daechelle, Isabella, Jenna, and Kate!
The New Talent class attendees did an incredible job soaking up all the knowledge from our amazing Philip Pelusi Product Specialists for today’s class!
Thank you, Regina, Joe and Miranda for being such amazing role models and for everything you bring to this class!!! Thank you models for all your positive product vibes! Check out all the class pics…
The class trainers… Joe @ SL, Nikki Product Education Director, Miranda @ RTM and Regina @ BL!
Joe with his model and Guest Carly, Miranda and her model RTM Salon Leader Irene, Regina and her model BL Designer Carlena!
Our incredible Designer Aja styled Star Tori Spelling for an exciting event here in Pittsburgh! Actress Tori Spelling is best known for the TV series Beverly Hills 90210 and movie The House of Yes. Get the exciting scoop from Aja in her interview below! Plus an amazing photo at the event! Congratulations Aja!
Q – What was the event you styled Tori Spelling for and how did that influence the style you chose?
A – “The event was hosted by Steel City Comic Con which honored many talented older actors who have impacted the movie industry in a major way.”
Q – What was your inspiration for the look you created?
A – “The inspiration that I tried to achieve was a ‘natural glam look’. Though celebrities like to look glamorous with a full face of makeup, I wanted Tori to still look recognizable to her fans.”
Q – What products did you use to create the look?
A – “P2 by Philip Pelusi RefresHair and P2 Rivet Hairspray for styling her hair, plus airbrush makeup.”
Q – What did you enjoy most about the experience?
A – “What I enjoyed the most was the opportunity to visit Hotel Monaco and take in all the art that it offered. The art is alluring.”
Q – With this being such a landmark career experience, how do you plan on sharing this exciting experience with your own Guests?
A – “I do plan on sharing this experience with my guests, and the pleasure of doing so would be since my guests are a little older, they would appreciate the experience I had a little more than the small percentage of younger guests that I have.”
Q – Based on this experience, what words of wisdom would you like to pass on to inspire New Talent?
A – “What I could say based on my experience would be to listen to the client. Even though it may be a celebrity and you want to WOW them by doing what you think would be best, at the end of the day, they are your client at that moment, so listen to how they prefer to be styled.”
Need a product refresher? How about a product education confidence builder? Kickstart your Philip Pelusi product knowhow with these 2 min videos! One for Tela Healer and the 2nd for Tela Smooth Operator!
From the creative genius of Philip Pelusi Creative Director Jeffrey Reitz! Presenting the Duck Parade at Philip Pelusi! This cool team building exercise was Jeffrey’s brainchild to boost Designer creativity and just plain have fun, creating these unique looks of duck couture and coiffure. Everything including hair, makeup and clothing, each salon was assigned a duck to create a unique look in homage to many popular superstars of that era.
Creative Director Jeffrey Reitz and Designer Teri H. doing the ducks runway hair backstage at NYS Mercedes Benz Fashion Week
The Philip Pelusi Salon Design Teams created Duckatella Vesace, Vera Wing, Karl Duckerfeld, Christian Duckboutin, Duck Dior, Duck Gaultier, Ducky Cleopatra in honor of Beyoncé’s character as Foxxy Cleopatra in the then popular movie Austin Powers, plus a duck created in Philip’s likeness (2nd duck from the right on the top row). Check out the Philip-esque hair, spectacles, and suit!
And kudos, the images were published in American Salon Magazine and the ducks went on tour to NYC Mercedes Benz Fashion Week presented at the Tela Design Studio! That’s just ducky!
Designer and Talent Development Trainer Regina at The Block was part of salon team participants and still absolutely raves about the event.
Regina shares, “We all had a blast! Ross Park (now The Block) was inspired by Victoria Secret’s fantasyangel wings and diamonds. We were all given just a plain white lawn duck. Each salon had one and I remember meeting up a few times to work on it. It was team building because we all worked together and it got the creative juices flowing. I think there might have been some hair and craft stuff to choose from at The Philip Pelusi Center for Talent Development but I think we went to Michaels and other craft stores to get supplies. We had a lot of fun doing this project and it was hilarious presenting them.”
Behind The Scenes…
Photos and Lighting by Philip Pelusi
Hair by Jeffrey R and each Philip Pelusi Salon Team
Makeup by Jeffrey R and each Philip Pelusi Salon Team
Clothing by Jeffrey R and each Philip Pelusi Salon Team
Philip Pelusi Products ~ Almost every Philip Pelusi dry hair application styling product plus a lot of P2 Fluid for shaping and P2 Rivet and P2 Industrial for hold
Shoot location ~ Philip Pelusi Center for Talent Development
BuZZworthy is fun facts and photos about how Philip got started in the industry, his salon journey, the history of his products, with more adventures on the horizon! See ALL BuZZworthy on BuZZworthy (busystylist.com)
Our incredible Salon Group Leader and Designer Gina at Philip Pelusi Cranberry Springs styled Star Rosie O’Donnell over the weekend for an exciting event here in Pittsburgh! Actress and Comedian Rosie O’Donnell is best known for movies A League of Their Own and Sleepless in Seattle. Get the exciting scoop from Gina in her interview below! Plus all the amazing photos! Congratulations Gina!
Q – What was the event you styled Rosie O’Donnell for and how did that influence the style you chose?
A – “This event was the Steel-City Comic Con in Monroeville. I have to be honest LOL I wish I had an influence. I asked her which way her hair she liked her hair to go and then the rest happened organically.”
Q – What was your inspiration for the look you created?
A – “She is an edgy natural woman. Her hair did the talking and I followed thru.”
Q – What products did you use to create the look?
A – “I used P2 by Philip Pelusi Liquid Mousse, P2 Honey, P2 Soft Wax and P2 Rivet Spray for Friday’s event show and P2 Industrial on Saturday with the wind storm we had.”
Q – What did you enjoy most about the experience?
A – “First and foremost to meet someone that growing up my mother and I watched all of her TV shows…to see a person that you watched in movies over and over again growing up. This was such a surreal experience and to see that she has an amazing soul and so down to earth is a memory I will never forget!”
Q – With this being such a landmark career experience, how do you plan on sharing this exciting experience with your own Guests?
A – “Oh this is funny!!! Well when I got the news I had this opportunity I was telling my guests already ‘Hey you know you have a celebrity stylist doing your hair now!’. They looked at me and laughed and said oh really? I said yes, Ms. Rosie O’Donnell. They were like get out of town excited! Then said, does this mean your prices are going up again LOL!”
Q – Based on this experience, what words of wisdom would you like to pass on to inspire New Talent?
A – “The one thing I’m truly adamant about is always saying to anyone never limit yourself! Never say no I don’t do that service or no I can’t I’m nervous! You are your only roadblock. If I would have said no I would have looked back and never had this opportunity of a lifetime! Doors open for a reason take it and go on that path!”
Our incredible Designer Joe at Philip Pelusi Southland styled Star Heather Graham over the weekend for an exciting event here in Pittsburgh! Actress Heather Graham is best known for movies Boogie Nights, Austin Powers and The Hangover. Get the exciting scoop from Joe in his interview below! Plus all the amazing photos!! Congratulations Joe!
Q – What was the event you styled Heather Graham for and how did that influence the style you chose?
A – “I was fortunate enough to style Heather for three days (at the Steel-City Comic Con in Monroeville)! So we changed her look with hair and makeup all three days, nothing duplicated or repeated.”
Q – What was your inspiration for the look you created?
A – “I was inspired by her clothing and adding little nods to her past movies for a fun inclusion that fans could pick up on. The first look was a bronze smoky eye with bouncy curls to give a soft glamour look, second day was a peach belini inspiration for makeup and a fun lived in beachy wave, the third day we did a berry sangria makeup look with a beautiful blowout with a 70s twist.”
Q – What products did you use to create the look?
A – “When we blow dried I used P2 by Philip Pelusi Soft Wax mixed with Tela Beauty Organics by Philip Pelusi Cashmere, P2 BrilliantHair for shine, P2 Fluid to set the curls, and P2 Rivet to hold it in all day. Touching up we used P2 RefresHair and P2 Polish.”
Q – What did you enjoy most about the experience?
A – “It was a blast collaborating with her and creating such fun beautiful looks. She was so sweet and kind and just made it a wonderful experience!”
Q – With this being such a landmark career experience, how do you plan on sharing this exciting experience with your own Guests?
A – “Guests are so excited to hear who I got to work on that they can’t wait for me to tell them. We talk about what the occasion was and always show pictures. My excitement gets them excited!”
Q – Based on this experience, what words of wisdom would you like to pass on to inspire New Talent?
A – “Work hard, never stop learning, collaborating only heightens your creativity and be your most professional fun self. Criticism is a part of it too and learning to use it in a positive way will open any door you want! Just make sure you’re not the one locking it LOL.”
Christy and John would like to Congratulate all the New Designers who just completed their 15 week training course at the New Talent Salon in South Side. The group above, pictured with PPCTD Trainer Shannon, were the first group of New Designers to take part in the New Talent Salon Program. The attendees are:
Taelor from the Block – Northway
Darlene from The Mall at Robinson
Daechelle from Sq Hill
Jenna from Fox Chapel
Sierra from the Mall at Robinson
Isabella from Siena – St Clair
Lauryn from Cranberry Springs (not pictured)
The new program is comprised of fifteen 4 hour technical classes, onboarding discussions, consultation and product education, followed by performing in-salon services in the evenings. The entire program is overseen by Christy with the help of the PPCTD Specialized Trainers.
We wish them all the best in their promising careers with us!
