News and Events
Michael Hall conducted the shoot and brought in one of his A-Team photo pros to capture all the great models. The hair models we used were not professional models at all but our regular everyday customers!Michael, who is recognized for his highly creative and provocative fantasy makeovers, brought in a well-known fashion and editorial photographer, and two talented makeup artist to work on over twenty five new looks for the new "Picture Gallery" on the salon site.
selected shots will be submitted to national and international hair and beauty magazines for publishing. When you come in for your hair services later on, you'll be able to see the salon's work in an assortment of coffee table hair magazines that are in magazine stands and salons over the USA and the world.Check out the upcoming pictures, on the site in a couple weeks, and see the high caliber of work by our awesome stylists. Enjoy!
King 5's 2009 Best of Western Washington
King 5's The Best 2009 We would like to thank ALL of our clients for participating in the King 5's "The Best" and voting for us! Because of you... we were awarded the "Top 5" award and placed number 3 for "Hair Salons". My staff and I appreciate your support very much! - Stan Parente
"Penny Wars"
Our salon just finish participating in our two month "Penny Wars". Penny Wars is a fun in salon benefit we do to collect money to donate to a worthwhile cause. We collected loose change, with the help of our wonderful customers and we carried on a friendly, but sometimes spirited competition amongst the stylist.
We picked as the recipient this year, Phoebe House. Phoebe House is a facility where woman can live with their kids. They provide housing, services, and support to Pierce County mothers and children impacted by substance abuse.
With the money raised, we were able to fulfill the residence's "Wish List" for Christmas, which in most cases were basic necessities, such as a warm coat. Some of the stylist, as they were out shopping, were able to obtain many fantastic extra items from the stores themselves who also wanted to contribute. The gifts included toys, books, clothing, kids and baby items which were wrapped and presented to the house.
Because of the money raised, the generous donations and to the awesome efforts of the individual stylist who organized it, we were able to also give them over five hundred and fifty dollars worth of gift cards as stocking stuffers.
To learn more about Phoebe House, check out their site http://www.newphoebehouse.org/
We would like to welcome our new stylist, Michael Hall to the Federal Way Salon Parente! Michael directs and produces fashion and hair shows as well as orchestrating photo shoots for editorial and fashion magazines.Earlier this year he was the guest artist for a well attended event put on for hairstylists in the local region. The show, held at the Bellevue Hilton, was an three hour extravaganza featuring well know artists who just happen to live in our area. Michael assembled his own crew of makeup artist, gorgeous models, hair and wardrobe assistants, photographers, and video crew to highlight the show with an incredible finale presentation. Michael not only designed the hair but also designed the fashions as well as the choreography the stunning models performed on stage.
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Two weeks later, he headed up another crew, as the artistic director on an overnight shoot in the San Juan Islands. He worked with swimsuit designer, Heidi Fish, who was featured four years in a row for the special edition Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. The models flew in from Los Angeles and New York to be part of this project. He designed the hair and did the photo-styling during the shoot as they shot all around the different locations on the islands. The local papers previously did a story on the upcoming shoot so when they arrived, the towns welcomed them with open arms and were very hospitable. One of Michael's suitcases full of accessories were accidentally left in Federal Way so it was arranged for a plane to fly his luggage in from there to the islands. They got the Rock Star treatment!
Michael was also recently featured in MAMI Magazine.
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Jenn Warrick helped the students of Auburn Riverside High School's fashion design program with their annual fashion show. Seventeen of the high school's fashion program's designers showcased their creations on their models for the highlight show of the school year. Jenn created styles on the models as they strutted their stuff on the catwalk and helped make the show a big hit.Jenn also has her work shown in Beauty Revolution Magazine. Beauty Revolution is a consumer magazine featuring fashion and lifestyle.
She will be traveling soon to Santa Monica to attend Goldwell's Education Academy. She will be attending intensive color classes where she will be able to explore her knowledge of advanced color techniques including formulation, applications and placements. She will be be discussing and analysing seasonal trend collections with other advanced color technicians while participating in hands-on workshops. With this unique training experience under her belt, she'll come back fully inspired and more knowledgeable which will help her achieve even greater color results for each and every one of her valued clients.
Larry and Stan, this past Labor Day, as they have been doing for a number of years, donated their time and services to team up with a group that provides services for low income children. They were part of a crew of hairstylists that cut and styled hair for about sixty kids, giving them their "back to school" haircuts. The kids all had fun and were looking forward to attending school to go show off their stylish hairstyles. Larry modestly says this is his way of giving back to the community and sharing his talents.
Larry Ramirez, of the Federal Way salon and Sigurros, Amber, Leah, Erin and Sara of the Maple Valley Salon, recently attend the Goldwell's "Trend Zoom - The Futruretec Collection" color education seminar.
At that event the Goldwell national educators revealed the new hair colours while demonstrating and presenting them on their models wearing the new formulations. This event was a hands on program for the top colorists in the area.
All of our stylists learned the latest international techniques and trends, in keeping with what's going on in global hair fashions.
Larry, Amber, Leah, Erin and Sara also attend the yearly KMS Haircutting Seminar held by one of the top national educators of KMS artistic team. Haircuts were demonstrated along with color applications and techniques to go along with creating the new looks for the year. Attendees saw how the new looks and trends in haircutting, coloring and fashions were combined to create the total look.
Sara Crane from the Maple Valley salon attended the Bumble and Bumble Academy in New York. She learned the latest razor techniques, men's hair designs and advanced methods of cutting. At the academy, stylist participate in improving their skills while learning the current trends and contemporary hair fashions. It was a wonderful opportunity to work and learn from other stylists from all over the USA.
Ashley Melchior of the Maple Valley salon, attended an extensive hair event in Las Vegas. The event was attended by 2300 stylists from 37 countries. She came away truly inspired while gaining a lot of new, useful education which she can apply to her everyday work.
At a later date, she participated in an intensive, color workshop in Santa Monica, CA where she learned advanced color formulations and 20 different color techniques. Advanced color stylists got to share many ideas and apply what they learned to become more seasoned and knowledgeable colorists.
They brings all this knowledge right back to here to Federal Way and Maple Valley.