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''Randy has been cutting my hair for five years. He has taken my look to a different level and also helped me out with hair products.''Shawn Kemp
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In the past, the Black hair industry was not as advanced as the Caucasian industry. However, within the past decade, society has realized that the black hair industry is a money making industry, and that Black hair can be beautiful no matter what the texture.
We have many pioneers in the hair industry that share their techniques and solutions. Randy Holt is certainly one of them. Holt is known for eagerly sharing babering techniques with industy.
Holt went from a small Black town to a predominately White town with barely any money. He beat all the odds when he made his salon a success. Soon his outgoing personality and superior cutting skills attracted an impressive clientele of athletes like Dale Ellis. All star clients have had this to say about Holt's master barbering skills:
''Being a professional athlete, constantly in the public's eye, it is imperative that I look my best. After having my hair cut by barbers all over the country, none of them compare to Randy's cuts. He's been my personal barber for over eight years and I consider him one of the best in the business.''Dale Ellis
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Holt goes a step beyond being a barber to becoming an influential educator. According to Holt there is still a lot of fear among White stylists about cutting Black hair - - fears that really should not exist. Since most of the schools have not taken this initiative to educate their students properly, Holt believes that the pioneers must step in and teach the 'real deal,' with advance classes, seminars, video tapes, and technical books.
The solution, he insists, is for the students to be trained on how to cut Afro American hair from the beginning. ''It's got to start in the schools,'' emphasized Holt. [Randy] Holt has created an instructional video on barbering called 'Basic Tips and Techniques From Future Look Hair Design, Volume I.' This video demonstrates three basic hair cutting techniques. The first technique uses a free-hand style to create the design. The second technique is done with shears to clean the design. And, the third outlines the cut with the trimmers and describes how to create special effects.
By putting his cutting skills on video, Holt wants to create a reference tool for students on the art of cutting Afro-American hair. ''What I'm trying to do'', explained Holt, ''is put my little two cents back into the schools and share what I can.''
For more information call on Basic Tips and Techniques From Future Look Hair Design Volume I, call 1-800-397-6940 Article printed in its entirety from Shoptalk
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