Monday night I had the pleasure of interviewing, Legend, Charles Gregory, for our BeautySuperStars.com "Legends and Leaders" Coaching Call! For those of you who don't know, he is the talented Hair Designer behind many of the Tyler Perry movies, including "Meet the Browns" and the upcoming "Madea Goes to Jail" as well as numerous other movies and television shows! It was an awesome call and of course he shared many of the 'behind the scenes' secrets, including how much preparation goes into working in film and television. Of course, everyone wants to find out how to be a stylist for the movies, and he didn't disappoint us! But one of the most interesting and exciting thing to hear from an obviously talented, Celebrity Stylist with more than 30 years' experience is how he really goes 'back to the basics' - all the time! Isn't that amazing!?!
He reads his Cosmetology book to refresh himself, he knows the terminology of our profession and can give you the book definitions, he's a top educator and still attends shows to know the latest trends in cut, color, fashion and style, and he works on mannequins all the time, in fact he said "they're his best friends"! He creates looks for movies on them, has them as part of his presentaion to movie execs, tries out new cut and color techniques, and even uses them to market his services to his existing and new clients! And he shares how you can, too!
You wanna know why I'm so excited to hear all of this? Because so many times, much newer stylists, with much less experience, and very few clients, resist working on a mannequin, don't want to read and learn and update their skills and somehow think that they are 'above' the basics! You'll never learn it all and as fast as fashions and styles change in this industry, you need to change and update, too! Even (well paid) pro football players (the best at what they do) go to training camp EVERY year and what do they work on first? The Basics! When was the last time you picked up your Cosmetology book or worked on a mannequin? Did you say you wanted to work in the movies? Now you know where to start!
Miki Wright
www.BeautySuperStars.com
P.S. To hear the entire Interview with Charles Gregory, it's available on CD for only $19.95, plus shipping and handling! To order, just email miki@BeautySuperStars.com or call 804-378-0144.
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