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“Train with the Masters”: NOT your typical workshop!

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Beauty Industry Rockstar Edward Tricomi and Precision Haircutting Authority Laara Raynier present an incredible opportunity to “Train with the Masters” at the L’Oréal Professionnel flagship Warren Tricomi Salon at The Plaza Hotel in NYC or virtually.

On September 19th 2022, stylists will have the rare opportunity to train with iconic beauty industry authority Edward Tricomi as well as education leader Laara Raynier. These two will join forces for the first time ever to present groundbreaking “Train with the Masters” workshops. Tricomi and Raynier both boast thriving businesses and over 60 years of combined experience in editorial, celebrity, and salon work. Who better to share their priceless industry secrets to success?

The fabulous L’Oréal Professionnel flagship Warren Tricomi Salon at The Plaza Hotel in NYC will be the venue for the “Train with the Masters” workshops. Participants will polish up innovative cutting and styling classes and a new form of hands-on education on live models. The workshop are available to stylists either live in New York or accessible anywhere virtually.

WHO’S WHO AT “TRAIN WITH THE MASTERS”

Celebrity stylist Edward Tricomi, co-founder of Warren Tricomi Salon Group, is legendary for his masterful cutting and styling. Tricomi is known for his 20-minute cutting technique (“Edward Scissorhands” style) and remarkable combination of speed and precision. His celebrated work can be found in publications like Vogue and Allure and on the NYFW runways. He has styled for A-listers like George Clooney, Scarlett Johansson, Mick Jagger, and many more. Learning Tricomi’s one-of-a-kind technique empowers stylists with new skills that can be used to help double their income.

Creative precision haircutting authority Laara Raynier brings her vast knowledge and expertise to “Train with the Masters” to guarantee an elite training experience. Raynier is one of the world’s most in-demand haircutting educators. Her classes ranked #1 on Google globally for private haircutting classes, workshops, and haircutting education. With her dynamic positive energy and incredible eye, Raynier uses her gifted teaching technique to transform students to create their best work.

THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS AT “TRAIN WITH THE MASTERS”

Tricomi and Raynier bring incredible fun, passion, and energy to teaching with two unique approaches that complement each other to provide the best in hands-on education. “I’m like the Rolling Stones. They have an incredible groove with a lot of heart and soul. That’s what my cutting is about. Laara is more structured like The Beatles. They have a beginning, middle, and end, with terrific harmonies. It’s a different way of looking at it. Both techniques work terrifically, and if you mix the techniques right, it’s a game-changer,” says Tricomi.

“We bring extensive amounts of experience, and we want to share what we know with stylists to give back. The workshops motivate and inspire stylists. They give them a chance to see the different ways you can go about creating a look. You’ll see how to do the most amazing styling, not just the haircut, and it adds this final dimension,” says Raynier.

“Train with the Masters” is NOT your typical workshop – it’s a once-in-a lifetime opportunity to train with true industry legends! Stylists will leave the workshops with massive confidence, incredible new technique mastery, and the secrets to taking their businesses to the next level. This is the perfect opportunity to spend some long-awaited time in New York City. For stylists excited about the workshops that can’t make it to New York, the virtual option allows you to train from anywhere!

Edward Tricomi and Laara Raynier Host Train with the Masters Event

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On September 19, 2022, stylists will have the opportunity to train with Edward Tricomi and Laara Raynier at the “Train with the Masters” workshops in New York City and virtually across the world.

With more than 60 years of combined experience in editorial, celebrity and salon work, Tricomi and Raynier will share their valuable industry secrets to success during the workshops.

The event will take place at the L’Oréal Professionnel flagship Warren Tricomi Salon at The Plaza Hotel in NYC, and will be accessible anywhere virtually.

The workshops will include cutting and styling classes as well as a new form of hands-on education on live models.

“We bring extensive amounts of experience, and we want to share what we know with stylists to give back. The workshops motivate and inspire stylists and give them a chance to see the different ways they can go about creating a look. They will see how to do the most amazing styling, not just the haircut, and it adds this final dimension,” says Raynier.

Stylists will leave the workshops with confidence, new technique mastery and the secrets to taking their businesses to the next level.

Groundbreaking “Train with the Masters” Workshop Pairs Edward Tricomi and Laara Raynier

Train With The Masters Workshop Featured on ModernSalon.com

This fall, stylists will have the rare opportunity to train with legendary beauty industry rockstar Edward Tricomi and precision haircutting authority Laara Raynier, who are collaborating for the first time ever to present a groundbreaking “Train with the Masters” workshop. Set for September 19, 2022 at the L’Oréal Professionnel flagship Warren Tricomi Salon at The Plaza Hotel in New York City, the workshop will feature a new form of hands-on education on live models, with innovative cutting and styling classes. Tricomi and Raynier will share the skills that can help double a stylist’s income. Stylists can attend either in person or virtually.

Meet the Masters

Co-founder of the Warren Tricomi Salon Group, Edward Tricomi is globally celebrated for his masterful cutting and styling. He is known for his 20-minute “Edward Scissorhands” cutting technique, a remarkable combination of speed and precision. His work has appeared on NYFW runways and in magazines including Vogue and Allure, and he has styled A-listers including George Clooney, Scarlett Johansson, and Mick Jagger. Learning Tricomi’s one-of-a-kind technique empowers stylists with new skills to significantly boost their income.

A protégé of former Sassoon Art Director Roger Thompson, Mastercutter Academy founder Laara Raynier brings her vast knowledge and expertise to offer an elite training experience. Raynier is one of the world’s most in-demand haircutting educators, with classes ranked #1 on Google globally for private haircutting classes, workshops, and haircutting education. With her dynamic positive energy and keen eye, Raynier uses her gifted teaching technique to transform students as they create their best work.

Together, Tricomi and Raynier infuse their teaching with fun, passion, and energy. Their individual, unique approaches complement each other to provide excellence in hands-on education.

“I’m like the Rolling Stones,” Tricomi explains. “They have an incredible groove with a lot of heart and soul. That’s what my cutting is about. Laara is more structured like The Beatles, with a beginning, middle, end, and terrific harmonies. When you skillfully mix the techniques, it’s a game-changer.”

Raynier adds that the duo’s separate approaches gives stylists options.

“The workshops will motivate and inspire stylists and give them a chance to see the different ways you can go about creating a look,” Raynier says. “You’ll see how to do the most amazing styling, not just the haircut, and it adds this final dimension.”

Work With Legends

Participating in a once-in-a-lifetime workshop opportunity to train with industry legends can give stylists confidence, technical mastery, and new knowledge to take their businesses to the next level. The price is $500 to watch the demonstration only, $1,000 to attend the in-salon class and private hands-on workshop with live models, and $200 to attend the event virtually from anywhere. A 10% discount is applied if you’re traveling from out of the country to attend in person.

INDUSTRY LEGENDS SPILL SECRETS TO DOUBLE YOUR INCOME

Hair Icons Edward Tricomi & Laara Raynier Teach Secrets To Double Your Income

Industry Legends Featured on Behindthechair.com

Beauty industry legends Edward Tricomi (@edwardtricomi) and Laara Raynier (@laararaynier) will join forces to give hairdressers a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to experience top hands-on education (with virtual access) on September 19, 2022. Live in New York, their “Train with the Masters” workshop will teach stylists priceless industry secrets to success, allowing them to leave with massive confidence, innovative new techniques, and the secrets to taking their businesses to the next level. This is a class you won’t want to miss!

Edward and Laara bring incredible fun, passion, and energy to teaching with two individual approaches that complement each other to provide a comprehensive learning experience. Working on opposite ends of the spectrum, Laara is a master of wet-cutting while Edward is a master of dry-cutting ensuring that attendees learn a wide range of skills from the duo.

Meet The Educators!

“I’m like the Rolling Stones”, says Edward, celebrated celebrity stylist and co-founder of the Warren Tricomi Salon Group. “They have an incredible groove with a lot of heart and soul. That’s what my cutting is about. Laara is more structured like The Beatles. They have a beginning, middle and end, with terrific harmonies. It’s a different way of looking at it. Both techniques work terrifically, and if you mix the techniques right, it’s a game-changer.”

“We bring extensive amounts of experience, and we want to share what we know with stylists to give back,” says Laara, precision haircutting authority, and protégé of Roger Thompson (Sassoon’s first world art director). The workshops motivate and inspire stylists and give them a chance to see the different ways you can go about creating a look. You’ll see how to do the most amazing styling, not just the haircut, and it adds this final dimension,” she adds.

Hosted at the L’Oréal Professionnel flagship Warren Tricomi Salon at The Plaza Hotel in NYC, the workshops will include innovative cutting and styling classes on live models with the industry legends. The workshop will be live in New York or accessible ANYWHERE virtually!

BOB QUEEN LAARA RAYNIER TALKS STYLE, HAIR & FEMINISM

Laara Raynier’s exclusive interview in Winston Wise Magazine.

You’ve been an integral part of the beauty industry for 40 years. How does it feel to be nominated and a finalist for the New York Hair & beauty Awards 2019?

It’s a great feeling to be recognized for my talent and gifts. I’ll be able to reach, inspire and share my philosophy of precision haircutting with the world. I have so much passion for teaching & transforming people, their careers and their lives, I’ve worked really hard these past 35 years – from opening Mastercutters Academy, through to being nominated makes me feel recognized and appreciated. I’m honored. There is no one who has had my training, no one teaches like me, this is my chance to make it a better business with better education

You’re behind some of the most iconic bob looks in recent years, not to mention many magazine covers and fashion shows. What inspires you as a hairstylist?

People and their hair and their energy is what inspires me. I want to bring out the best in them, to inspire them for them to see themselves the way i see them. I get inspired by faces, by beautiful women and their hair, by clothes, by shapes, by beautiful hair.

“I didn’t let the fact that i’m a powerful woman stop me going after what I wanted, so i went for it, i found they always appreciated my tunnel vision to get all they could give me”

You are among the 4% in the world who can cut a bob to precision, how did you learn this technique and what can you share about your process?

Yes only 4% of hairdressers can cut a razor sharp bob like me. I first learned my bob technique from my mentor the legendary icon Roger Thompson, (who was the first world art director of sassoons in the 60’s in London). Over the years i have perfected and refined this technique by adding flawless precision techniques, adding texturizing techniques, layeriing techniques, product, graduation different tension techniques for curly hair, and make the techniques my own .

You started Mastercutter Academy by Laara Raynier, where you teach aspiring hairdressers your techniques and how to become a hair master, tell us more about the academy…

The academy is the place to learn Laara Raynier precision haircutting, to become all you can be as a hairdresser, and aspire to greatnes to master precision cutting, to master the consultation, to learn to communicate with a cllient from a place of confidence, to take haircutting as an art form to approach each client like you’re creating a masterpiece. To teach hairdressers that expertise and confidence are the most important skills they can have. To build them up and give them the best precision skills i can, to be dedicated to their transformation and success. We are based in nyc, yet we travel all over the country and will go to salons and give them in salon training for the owners and their staff.

“Have scissors will travel”

How did you first get your break in the states?

I got my first break in the U.S. when I became Roger Thompson protege for 2 years and then worked along side him for 10 years at Barney NYC.

You have an inspiring story of breaking into the hair dressing world as a woman in a primarily male dominated industry, tell us about that experience…

I felt driven to work with only the best so I could learn the best techniques and give the best haircuts, I knew I had to train with Roger because he was the best. I didn’t let anything stop me from knowing i have what it takes to get what i want, i didn’t let the fact that i’m a powerful woman stop me going after what i wanted and at the time men had that, so i went for it, i found they always appreciated my tunnel vision to get all they could give me. I don’t ever feel that because i’m a woman im not going after something that has been a man’s domain, it doesn’t even enter my mind. Once i know what I want I just go after it. It might be a man’s world but it’s mainly female clients and only a woman can truely know what another feels and i think only a woman can really make my destiny the most memorable.

“The high energy of nyc the way it looked, the fact that my dad loved it, the Beatles, loved it, i felt if i came i could be my true self which i never felt in London”

What’s been the most memorable moment of your career to date?

When Jayne Atkinson walked down the red carpet at the Emmy’s and felt and looked the most beautiful she had ever felt in her career. I gave her an incredible make over and told me she had never looked or felt more beautiful than when she was nominated for her role in House of Cards.

You’re originally from Britain. What attracted you to New York?

The high energy of nyc the way it looked, the fact that my dad loved it, the Beatles loved it, i felt if i came i could be my true self which i never felt in London. I was fascinated with NYC since i was a small kid and i loved the builings the art deco, the empire state building i was drawn to all Mahatten represented.

What is your fashion & beauty hair prediction of 2020?

Classic bobs, bobs, bobs, layered bobs, wavy bob, curly hair, wavy hair, short feminine haircuts. short edgy bobs!

What advice do you have for budding hairdressers to break into the market?

Come train with me I’m ranked #1 worldwide for the best private classes, people come from all over the world to train with me, their most important asset to break into the business is great training and massive confidence and I can give them both.

Laara Raynier Cutting Precision Bangs on a Short Graduated Bob

3 Reasons Why Training on Live Models Makes Perfect Sense

The best, most authentic haircutting training uses live models. Here in New York City, I only use hand-picked live models at all of my haircutting workshops and private classes. Live models are THE only way to learn.

Work will all different types of hair
Is it straight? Is it wavy? Is it curly? It’s important to know how to approach all different types of hair. Knowing how to read hair is key to any type of haircut, especially short hair and bobs. Reading and understanding growth patterns is fundamental to great short haircuts. If you’re cutting hair on real people, why not train on real people!
Understanding your client’s energy and look
As soon as you meet your client, you can tell immediately their style and fashion sense.
Have the client sit in your chair and look at the haircut they’ve come in with. Is it your haircut? If so, how did it grow out? If it isn’t your haircut, what does it look like? It’s important to know what you’re working with.
Knowing how to do a proper consultation.
The consultation process builds confidence, trust, and repertoire between you and your client. Trust starts building when you make suggestions to the client on what you think will look great on them. This builds confidence, it trains your eye, and builds repertoire between you and the client.

We only use real people, hand-picked by Laara Raynier herself. Train with Mastercutter Academy.

Sign up for Laara Raynier’s 1-on-1 private classes or workshops today.

What Haircuts Are “in” For 2018

I can tell 2018 is going to be a great year ! Personally my feeling is that bangs, bobs and layers are going to be very “in” !

When I’m doing a haircut one of my favorite parts is cutting bangs! They are very poweful, they can really bring out the eyes and the cheek bones, they have a way of changing the whole face! I use my precision technique to a cut the most perfect bangs and I always use the mirror. You can never underestimate the power of using the mirror, it can be the greatest asset to making the haircut look as beautiful as it can. Another reason I love to cut bangs is the artistry involved, especially when I’m deciding on the line of the bangs and the shape!!

Not only do I feel bangs will be “in” this year, I know that “bobs” will continue to be the number one haircut. There are just so many variations on the “bob” haircut. I love to do a precision bob haircut, it’s one of my favorite haircuts ever. There is something chic about a classic precision bob haircut. The way it falls, the way it swings and the way it hugs the face! And it never goes out of style. Nowadays there are variations, like the layered bob, the lob, short edgy layered bobs and very short bobs. A bob haircut for everyone no matter their taste and age!

We have a great segment in our”Trade Secrets” workshop called “train your eye” where we show before and after photo’s of haircuts so stylists can decide what they would have done and then see what WAS done. It’s an exciting and inspiring way to train your eye to bring out the best features in a client’s face. In fact on January 21st 2018 we will be having our “Trade Secrets” workshop at the Damian West Salon here in New York City. I can’t wait!!!

Swingin’ London is really swingin’ now!

It was so incredibly inspiring being in my hometown, one of the fashion capitals of the world, London! Walking into Top Shop in the West End and feeling the fashion buzz alive and well, was just what I needed. The clothes, the customers and the way they were dressed, it was exciting because it was real wearable fashion. The colors the shapes, what’s in, what’s out. The shoes, the bags, the hats, and the customers, how they dressed and how they looked.

I couldn’t get out of there, I spent days there! I took photographs of some the staff and their fantastic haircuts. London for me, is fashion and hair heaven, a place where trends are set, where the energy and passion is all about fashion. Coats are really “in”, bright colors, lace-up platforms & boutique designers.

Men’s hair in very short crops. Highlighted hair that’s blue, pink and purple… not boring blonde! I saw more bobs than anything else. All different lengths: short bobs, chin length bobs. However the shorter ones are more fashionable.

I spent three days with my friend the incredible genius Tim Hartley ! What a total treat being with him and talking about hair with Tim is like being in hair heaven. He believes as i do that’s what most important is a great haircut. It’s the foundation and basis of shape, form, personality, style and wear ability. A great blow-dry on a great haircut is a great haircut. A great blow-dry on a bad haircut is… a bad haircut! Tim feels its its highly important for every hairdresser to have a mentor and my mentor is Tim Hartley and I’m very excited about it! Next to Roger Thompson, he’s the best hair cutter I know. And I know, because Roger was my first mentor and he trained me.