On today's episode Kelly and Jeffrey discuss the Super Bowl, valentines day, Gorilla Glue in the hair and self care or as Kelly calls it 'Things You Should Just Do."

Interview with Alli Webb, DryBar

Ali Webb is an entrepreneur New York Times bestselling author and Co-Founder of DryBar and Squeeze. After spending 15 years as a professional stylist she left the industry in 2005 to start a family but decided to find a way to continue pursuing the creative side of hairstyling at a new mom pace. She began offering in home blowout services to her mom friends, which expanded into a mobile operation in 2009. In 2010, opened up the first DryBar in Brentwood, California almost 10 years later, and 100 locations across the US which is incredible. DryBar has certainly exploded nationally and is certainly a sought after brand, a couple credentials.

• 100 most creative people in business by Fast Company
• Fortune Magazine's 40 under 40 list
• Marie Claire's most fascinating women

Webb talks about starting a business, how to deal with copy cats and balancing family and work. She shares how Covid has affected DryBar and the next stage of her career which is supporting other entrepreneurs like Becket and Quill which she launched last week.

https://www.instagram.com/becketandquill/

https://becketandquill.com/

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• https://www.thetease.com/beyond-the-salon-how-nail-pros-branched-out-during-covid-closures/

Quick Takes for The Tease

• Body Wash > Bar Soap
• Must Have Product: Mascara by Saie Beauty (https://saiehello.com/)
• Streaming: The Good Doctor

Mentioned

Squeeze, Super Bowl, Puppy Bowl, Animal Planet, Tom Brady, Tampa Buccaneers, Patrick Mahomes, Gisele, NFL, The Weeknd, Klarna, Maya Rudolph, Toy Story, Kenny Duncan, Andis, Meredith Quill, Becket and Quill, Gorilla Glue, Alexandra Goodson, Fast Company, Fortune Magazine, Marie Claire, Raising the Bar, Shark Tank, Good Morning America, Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale, Nicole Miller, Cindy Raleigh, Santa Monica, Brentwood, California, Aveda, Paul Mitchell,

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Find More from Alli Webb and DryBar:

• Instagram: @alliwebb
• Instagram: @thedrybar
• Web: www.drybar.com

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Interview with Zenda Walker

Zenda Walker is an author, licensed cosmetologist, and beauty marketing executive. Originally from the Bronx, New York, she enjoys traveling, spontaneous dance parties, exploring and developing beauty trends, and chocolate desserts. Zenda is a co-founder of Bounce Mobile Fitness Club, LLC. – a fitness business specializing in rebounding workouts. Zenda resides in Los Angeles, California with her daughter Zara Olivia.

Her new book, Know your Hairitage: Zara’s Wash Day, is a semi-biographical children’s story about how hairstyles and hair texture are a link to heritage and ancestry. The book is available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble. She plans on making Hairitage a brand. This is just the first book/step in the brand.

It's wash day and Zara is not excited about wearing her hair in the same styles Mama usually creates. But once Mama takes Zara on a cultural journey to help her understand the significance of each hairstyle, wash days will never be the same! Know Your Hairitage: Zara's Wash Day is a semi-biographical story about how the hair texture and cultural styles of people of African descent are linked to a colorful and layered ancestral story.

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• Instagram: @zzenlife
• Instagram: @know_your_hairitage
• Facebook: @Know Your Hairitage
• Twitter: @knowurhairitage
• Web: www.knowyourhairitage.com

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We are approaching one year of lockdown from the coronavirus crisis, planes are falling out of the sky and former President Obama joins the world of podcast co-host. This is definitely an alternate reality.

Interview with Ted Gibson

Ted Gibson is an independent hairdresser, salon owner and celebrity stylist has created some of the most iconic looks of our generation. He has worked with models, actresses, fashion and beauty insiders and influential women who love for him to touch their tresses.

Ted shares his journey into the beauty industry from a Texas military family to NYFW to a 10 year love 'affair' with Angelina Jolie. He tells his story of brand relationships and what the brands do/don't do to support the small independent salons in this industry.

Specifically Ted wonders where the brands, organizations and groups were in 2020 as the virus and lockdowns ravaged the industry putting many salons out of business and many more stylists out of work. Who is the voice of the industry? Why were they not knocking down doors in state capitals and in DC to make sure someone was keeping the industry's best interests in mind?

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Mentioned

Renegades, President Obama, Bruce Springsteen, Michelle Obama, United Airlines, Delta Airlines, The Devil Wears Prada, Annie Hathaway, Angelina Jolie, Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Elle, Marie Claire, Vanity Fair, W, Allure, Chanel, Prada, Dolce and Gabbana, Wella Professional, Beauty Envision Awards, Zerina Akers, Black Owned Everything, Beyonce, Barbie, Dallas Cowboys, Aveda, Eugene Solomon, Rachael Barker, Renee Zellweger, Saks Fifth Avenue, Sephora, Redken, L'Oreal, Amazon, Alexa,

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Find More from Ted Gibson and Worth Up Alliance:

• Instagram: @tedgibson
• Instagram: @starring
• Web: worthupalliance.org, www.starringbytedgibson.com

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• Instagram: @readthetease
• Instagram: @KellyEhlers
• Instagram: @eljeffreycraig
• Web: TheTease.com
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Interview with Michelle Chandler, General Manager of Pravana

Michelle Chandler’s career in the professional beauty industry began in 2002 - with her experience spanning across both distribution and manufacturing. She joined PRAVANA in 2006, and as Senior Vice President of Sales and Education, and in the fall of 2017, Chandler was appointed General Manager of PRAVANA and has led the brand into its new chapter under Henkel Beauty Care.

PRAVANA has since been awarded Henkel Beauty Care’s Brand of the Year, and continues to rise even through the challenges faced in current times.

Michelle’s experience within the professional beauty industry, her understanding and compassion for the stylist and consistent drive to create products and solutions that empower and upskill them to be their best selves are just a few of ways that she inspires and leads her organization to success.

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Find More from Michelle Chandler & Pravana

• Instagram: @Pravana
• Web: www.pravana.com

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• Instagram: @readthetease
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Interview with Stephen Moody

Moody an industry icon, having worked for Vidal Sassoon for 31 years and served as the Education Director for the company. Now in his ninth year at Wella professionals, he is the North American education director this year. He is a NAHA finalist for Educator of the Year and hair cutter of the year. Steven is here to talk about the future of virtual education, which is certainly a hot button topic as we all scramble to educate online, also competition and help predict some future trends.

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Mentioned

Wella, Vidal Sassoon, PBA, NAHA, Beauty Envision Awards, Trend Vision, ITVA, Michelle Chandler, Pravana, CBS, Oprah, Meghan Markle, Diana, CBS, James Corden, West Virgina, Professional Beauty Association, Whitney Parr, Hello Salon Pro,

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Find More from Stephen Moody:

• Instagram: @hairmoody

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• Instagram: @readthetease
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Interview with Miki Wright

Miki is a stylist, salon owner, business coach and now podcaster! She’s been recognized and featured in many publications including on TheTease.com. Her podcast, Beauty SuperStars, features Black Beauty Bosses each week to tell their stories and better support the salon professional community.

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Mentioned

Ted Gibson, Wella, Stephen Moody, Grammy's, Jason Sudeikis, Zendaya, Harry Styles, Gucci, crocs, vaccine, vaccination, Billy Eilish, Sam Villa, Chicago, Spike Lee,

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Find More from Miki Wright

• Instagram: @mikiwright
• Pod: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/beauty-superstars-talk/id1543041694
• Web: https://www.beautysuperstars.com/

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• Instagram: @readthetease
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• Instagram: @eljeffreycraig
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• Email: VolumeUp@TheTease.com

An-ongoing conversation with the industry is the proposed deregulation of cos, nails, barber and other licenses at the state level. These conversations have continued to be in the spotlight during the COVID-19 pandemic as these licenses require professionals to keep and maintain health and safety regulations specific to each state, as we talked with Leslie Roste BSN, RN from BlueCo Brands on episode 6. License requirements are built by state boards and can vary in difficulty and breadth. These boards then require continuing education (CEUs) to maintain licensure.

In states all over the country our industry has to fight laws, some that are sunsetted - meaning we need to revisit them on a regular basis, and some that appear when ‘politically’ relevant for politicians because the laws are perceived as ‘overregulation and unnecessary and could work to help with funding issues, reduce the size of government or as the result of misconceptions of the industry itself” - according to PBA’s deregulation toolkit .

Here’s a list of the current bills that include some sort of deregulation that are on the table:

• Minnesota State Representatives introduced legislation that would allow anyone to cut and color hair without a license (https://p2a.co/v7R6Z2P)
• Arkansas state representatives introduced legislation which will allow anyone to shampoo, condition, dress, dry, style and flat iron, curl and arrange hair without a license or training (https://p2a.co/MiwjRsj)
• Nevada state senators introduced legislation which will add blow-drying and curling hair to the definition of shampoo technician which can be practiced after 20 hours and doesn’t require a license (https://p2a.co/5ZJa2gh)
• West Virginia State Delegate introduced a bill to prevent the Board of Barbers and Cosmetologists from regulating the use, application, or administration, by unlicensed persons whether for compensation or not of hair, nail, skin, and other beauty products that are commonly available as retail, consumer products.

Interview with Mike Van den Abbeel

Multi-location stylist, salon owner and political activist from Florida shares his views on over regulation.

Interview with Kati Rapoza

Advocacy Program Manager for the Professional Beauty Association outlines why these deregulation efforts are bad for the salon professional industry and what the association does to support stylists.

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Find More from PBA

• Instagram: @probeautyassoc
• Web: https://www.probeauty.org/

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