ARTISTS
Artists
Have you won any awards for your work?
Published in various local publications
What is your personal mantra?
Don’t stress over the things beyond your control, instead focus on what you can control, and do the best you can.
Advanced Education:
Bellami Extension Certified
Vomor Extension Certified
What is your personal mantra?
No one is you, and that is your power
Advanced Education:
Toni & Guy stylist program
Razor Cutting
Corrective Cutting Specialist
Personal Mantra:
"Let go or be dragged"
Have you won any awards for your work?
Van Michael top 10 cut for 13 years
What is your personal mantra?
Live each day with passion. The happier you are the more beautiful you will become.
Did you receive any advanced education aside from Van Michael?
Advanced cutting course in Toronto at Vidal Sassoon with Thaddeus-Owner of Gradient
Received Advanced Education with Alexi Michael
What is your personal mantra?
Sometimes it’s the journey that teaches you a lot about your destination.
Have you won any awards for your work?
Jezebel cover published August 2019. Bee curly event (annually acknowledges by the Upper Chattahoochee River Keepers).
Did you receive any advanced education aside from Van Michael?
Allen Ruiz styling class.
What is your personal mantra?
I succeed when I treat myself and others with kindness. Life is an adventure.
Did you receive any advanced education aside from Van Michael?
Aveda Color Specialist & In-salon Educator
Peter Coppola Keratin Certified
Magic Sleek Certified
Aveda Congress 2018
What is your personal mantra?
Wake up. Kick ass. Be kind. Repeat.
Have you won any awards for your work?
Education excellence Award
NAHA Nominee - Contemporary Classic Haircutting '07
NAHA Winner - Creative Team '14
Performed in Hair Show's in NYC, Miami, Chicago, LA, Seattle, SF, London, Tokyo
Did you receive any advanced education aside from Van Michael?
Vidal Sassoon Academy
Numerous Gianni Scumaci Intensive Workshop's
What is your personal mantra?
Life is too short to have boring hair.
Jeffrey enjoys working with clients to find the best style for them and their lifestyle.
Did you receive any advanced education aside from Van Michael?
Over the years I’ve worked with wigs at Custom Wigs in Chicago, traveled to London to study men’s haircutting at Vidal Sassoon, and taken various Aveda courses in the Southeast focusing on dry-cutting.
What is your personal mantra?
Every client is my most important client.
Did you receive any advanced education aside from Van Michael?
Tony Medina
What is your personal mantra?
Measure twice, cut once.
Co-Director of Color Education
Did you receive any advanced education aside from Van Michael?
Aveda advanced education training (various classes at NYC academy)
Color workshops at the Redken exchange NYC
SoCap extension training
Joe Hill Mixology Master Class 2025
Have you won any awards for your work?
Colorist of the Year -SEHA 2023
What is your personal mantra?
Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.
-Gandhi
Did you receive any advanced education aside from Van Michael?
– Nick Arrojo razor cutting
– Creative cutting with Geno Chapman
– Aveda Styling with Gerard Scarpaci
What is your personal mantra?
Never underestimate the power of red lipstick and hair extensions!
Did you receive any advanced education aside from Van Michael?
Sassoon Academy – London
What is your personal mantra?
Shoot for the moon, you will be surrounded by stars.
Bilingual - Spanish & English
What is your personal mantra?
Balance in everything. Life and hair have a lot of similarities; it’s a journey, not a destination. If you love what you have, you’ve made it. If you want to try something new, why not!
What is your personal mantra?
The effect you have on others is the greatest currency there is.
What is your personal mantra?
Great hair doesn’t happen by chance; it happens by appointment!
Did you receive any advanced education aside from Van Michael?
Classes in new & updated trends
What is your personal mantra?
Thank God, stay positive & practice gratitude every day.
What is your personal mantra?
Make peace, be kind, be gentle.
Cut Educator at Van Michael Salon
What is your personal mantra?
“To look good, feel good and do good- that to me is luxury”-Emma Watson
Co-Director of Texture Education
Have you won any awards for your work?
Catwalk for Water 1st Place Winner
Southeast Hairdresser Award nominee
North American Hairdresser nominee
Finalist in Styling & Finishing NAHA - 2023
NAHA Best Artistic Team Award - 2014
What is your personal mantra?
Carpe Diem
Published in:
Essence Magazine 2025
Advanced Education:
Yearly Gianni Scumaci intensive workshop
Aveda Texture PureFessional
Cut Educator at Van Michael Salon
Advanced Education:
Ian Michael Black color class
What is your personal mantra?
Be Kind. Be Compassionate. Be loving.
Have you won any awards for your work?
– Hair brained color of the week award
– Nominated in catwalk for water twice
Did you receive any advanced education aside from Van Michael?
Aveda color magic, aveda deep, aveda basic balyage, aveda corrective color, aveda blondes, aveda eclipting, pravanna straightener, and coppola straightener.
What is your personal mantra?
It doesn’t always happen overnight. Patience is key.
