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SALON ZION : THE HAIRSHOW EXPERIENCE

Salon Zion has been the vision of Lenny King /Master Associate and 40 yr. veteran of the Hair fashion Industry. Lenny has traveled the Globe extensively as an educator, speaker, and trainer for some of the top hair companies in the world.

Along with his travels he has seen countless salons and has taken the best of those systems and brought them to Longwood Florida.

Female With Curly Hair Smiling – Longwood, FL – Salon Zion

His vision includes a 27-foot Color Bar. This open-air interactive bar allows guests to participate in their formulations and techniques. Completed mannequins show contemporary color placements and various formulas with red, brown, and blonde color stories. Lenny believes this is invaluable to the discovery dialogue between our stylists and their guests! It also shows the professionalism, chemistry, and artistry of our team as they create from the thousands of color opportunities! (Truly a unique experience!)

Upon receiving their custom applications, guests can relax and retire to our private processing area. This section of their experience allows them to sit with a beverage of choice and enjoy one of our relaxing massage chairs. Complimentary beverages from our menu include coffee, tea, soft drinks, hot chocolate, beer and wine and ionized water. Snacks are always available, complimentary at our coffee bar.

After completing their processing, our next experience comes in the form of “indulgence with water” A private shampoo room with relaxing music, candle lit with each team member providing a 10–15-minute reflexology shampoo, and tromp l ’oriel painting of Hawaii completes the ambiance

All our stylists receive training from Lenny every Wednesday from 11-1, this is required as well as assisting Lenny for a minimum of 6-7 months before receiving their own Design center. Personal care is always shown to our guests through each aspect of our salon experience. Our cuts are included in this experience. We at Salon Zion believe that a wet haircut is only half a haircut! Finishing the style with knowledge and being a teaching professional has helped us maintain a reputation for creating style options for our guests.

Please feel free to stop by, take a tour and receive a complimentary “Discovery Session” with Lenny or one of our other team members!

Teir pricing allows a quality service at every level or budget request.

Each stylist has a pricing based on reputation, education, and demand.

Quality products, with a 5 Star experience = a memorable time and a more beautiful version of you!!!

Sincerely

Lenny King and Team @ Salon Zion “The Hair Show Experience

A little lesson on creativity

Lenny here! A little lesson on creativity!! “People always tell me, Lenny”, You jumpstart my Heart! …. or, you are so motivating! I have often had people ask me” where do you get your inspiration?”

I will have to admit I draw inspiration from People, Nature, Art, and all things past, present, and future on our great rock called “The earth.”

As I spoke of in our last blog, I see things as Avant Guard, Contemporary and Consumer. “Take that which is common and make it interesting and you have created Art”

One of my favorite ways to exercise my creative eye is to purchase books of artists such as Klimt. Picasso, Gauguin etc. and look @ their combinations of color and brushstrokes. This has been invaluable to me in the Art of Hair color.

(Before I became a successful hairdresser, I would go to the library and spend hours looking @ the free VHS tutorials on fashion, makeup costume and design… and browse the books of the great artists, that I could not afford to purchase!)

I gained a lot of insight on Form and balance looking at books on drawing and portrait art. This also helped with make-up application and creating symmetry from everything to eyes to the nose, nose to the lips and lips to the chin. Books on perspective, and proportion were and are great tools for me.

Reading and watching tutorials @ the library motivated me to study Prostetique.3D makeup fabrication. I went into my garage and started creating, all the time I was learning and developing a skillset! This allowed me to become Fantasy Makeup Competition Champion for the entire state of Fl. 4 years in a row! I became a coach to others after I learned the tricks!

Upon meeting famed Makeup school owner Joe Blasco he commented on my work and said…” where did you learn to do this?” “In my garage I said!” “If you are @ this level in your garage, then come to my school and I will make you famous!” I already had my own business at the time and could not sacrifice the 10 weeks to attend the school!

Famous is just a word!!! Infamous is a legacy of being!!!:)

Architecture and architects also inspire me in the realm of form, balance and design.(Frank Lloyd Wright Antonio Goudi etc.) Designers who delve in Troump L’oreal give an eye to dimension(Michaelangelo, Rembrandt and his amazing study of Light and fabric etc.

Limitless opportunities to be inspired are now no longer just @ the libraries…They are @ your fingertips through the world wide web!!! Multiple genres simultaneously!!!

Instead of FB go to tutorials on your chosen interests and career loves!! Gain the knowledge!! “Go and find something ”Pinteresting”!!!:)

When you have saved the link or better yet do what I do write down favorite points and sketch YOUR interpretation.

In closing, CREATIVITY is not a spectator sport! You must be proactive to interpret what your mind’s eye has filtered! Write it, sketch it, break it, stretch it let it spark something deeper and you will see growth and advancement in all your creative manifestations!!!

For everyone act of pro activity, you learn 5 things! You do this because we are 5 sensory beings!!! So go ahead, eat, drink….and CREATE!!!

It’s what you were born to do!!!!!!

Hello, my name is Lenny King

Hello, my name is Lenny King, this is the first in a series of “Blog de Creatif”!

I have been a licensed Hairdresser since graduating Beauty School in 1981. I grew up in NY in the 60’s a time when Music Art, Fashion and all things Mod” came on the scene. The Age of Aquarius defined a culture and a Renaissance of creativity which flooded the Youth of the world with a Freedom of Expression!

As long as I remember, I have seen Life through an artists’ eye. My academic pursuits always placed me in the fine company of Musicians, artists, and all things creative.

Man Wearing Pirate Costume – Longwood, FL – Salon Zion

I don’t consider myself a “Blogger” however; I am using these pages as an opportunity to create a window into past, current and future Hair Fashion and social Trends, tips and techniques. Let’s begin with a template for developing such an eye.

We will be considering terms such as “Avant Guard” Contemporary, Consumer.

These words show the basis of how trends “trickle down”

First, we will review to understand the definition of “Avante Garde”. Avant meaning Task force, and guard as watchman, watchfulness, or the one I like Watcher’s eye.

Summed up in one word- “visionaries”. Most of your Top Designers take what they have filtered culturally through their minds eye and create a vision they see for tomorrows(future). John Paul Galliano (Christian Lacroix) May create an off shoulder, form fitting bodice with a long train and sewn in a futuristic metallic blue material.

In all my travels witnessing glamour and fashion events. I have almost never caught sight of such a dress. However, you will see the fashion shift occur like a ripple into the Contemporary market.

Contemporary- Au Courant, current, or living @ the same time. This is where you find the vision of JPG, trickling into a current interpretation. High quality retailers (Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom’s) etc. will showcase fashions best, and this is where it becomes “Trend”

Now you will see the interpretation through “Asymmetry, form fitted waists, low baby doll backs or fronts. Also, here you will catch the current color trend (usually you can back this up by selecting Pantone’s color prediction for the Year.

While the prices aren’t as high as the designer who created the Trend”, It is still in the economy of 20% of a fashion-conscious society. Let’s follow it through, shall we?

Consumer- Browser, enjoyer, purchaser…and my favorite
”End User”

While Fashion dictates everything to do with determining Hair, art, design, and Architecture etc. you can see through the creation of something Avant(future) becoming something Contemporary(present) and living out its life cycle as Consumer (Past-Present).

My favorite analogy is the description of “That Stuff” by Meryl Streep in the film” The Devil wears Prada. This a perfect descriptive end as she states” ….and that simple blue frock you chose from your pathetic closet, that you thought was YOUR choosing…. (paraphrased)!! Brilliant!

We find the same trickle down occurring with hair following fashion. Asymmetry follow, naturals follow, metallics- follow, form fitting- follow, A-line -follow, fabric cuts on the Bias- follow etc.

To develop your eye for what is Hot, what is Not, consider the template in which I shared earlier in this Blog Post. Avant Guard, Contemporary, Consumer.

The first model that shaved a part of her head 4 seasons ago to accent the John Paul Gautier Skin showing “peekaboo” collection, was seen as progressive…now 2 years later, high school girls are following a slew of artists, musicians, actors with their barbered or tailored locks…. now can you see how these trends get started?

The true Beauty of our industry is that it is constantly in a state of flux waiting for a new vision to emerge. Dual seasonality (Fall/Winter & Spring/summer) give designers many opportunities to manifest creatively from their “Mind’s Eye”

Choose any time period and look at the corresponding geo. neo, socio and politico undercurrents and you will develop your ability to be a TREND Spotter and creator!

Until next time choose any fashion/trade publication (Vogue, Glamour, Elle) and look for the minuet shifts in the Avant , the contemporary and you will be able to predict the Consumer by-product(end-user) have great creative Fun!!!