Life Salon Spa - An Urban AVEDA Retreat - Halifax, Nova Scotia
Hair Artists: Halifax, Spring Garden Road
Name: Amy Bryden- Maternity Leave
"I love building relationships with my guests".
Location: Halifax - Spring Garden Road
Year(s): 8
Artistry Level: Avant Garde
Elemental Nature: Fire - Pitta
Training: Hair Design Centre
Experience: Experience Aveda, Hair Colour Systems and Solutions, Pure Form, Men's Cutting, Creating Texture, 4Mat, Collection Cutting, Pure Extension Specialist, Master Cutting.
Interests: Relaxing at the cottage, running, renovating my house, hanging out with Tchai.
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Name: Andrew Quinn - Chapman
" I am not afraid... I was born to do this". - Joan of Arc
Location: Halifax - Spring Garden Road
Year(s): 1
Artistry Level: Savvy Artist
Elemental Nature: Fire - Pitta
Training: Hair Design Centre
Experience: Hair Colour Systems & Solutions, Pure Foiling, Colour Magic, Placement vs Technique, Creative Formulations, Inspirational Colour.
Interests: Spending time with friends and family, taking my dog for a walk along the beach and dining out for a nice dinner with some wine. Love the luxury things in life and spending money.
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Name: Ann Watkins
"What lies before us and what lies behind us are small matters compared to what lies within us".
Location: Halifax - Spring Garden Road
Year(s): 6
Artistry Level: Savvy Artist
Elemental Nature: Infinity/Air - Vata
Training: Hair Design Centre
Experience: Martin Parson's Updo Design Seminar, Timothy Howard Cut and Colour Course, Expanding the Rules, Hair Colour Systems and Solutions, Creating Great Reds and Blondes, Behind the Scenes, Full Spectrum Deep, Wahl- Clipper Course, Colour Magic, Trends Look & Learn.
Interests: Music, Singer/Songwriter 2 Albums: "Believe in Yourself" & "Emerald Angel"
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Name: Carrie Hoyt
" I like my money where I can see it, hanging in my closet".
Location: Halifax - Spring Garden Road
Year(s): 1
Artistry Level: Creative Designer
Elemental Nature: Water/Earth - Kapha
Training: Hair Design Centre
Experience: Hair Colour Systems and Solutions, KMS California cutting and styling.
Interests: Shoes, shoes and more shoes.
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Name: Connie Mayes
"Other hairstylists are my biggest inspiration. I love going to shows and seeing really unwearable things and trying to incorporate it into a wearable style".
Location: Halifax - Spring Garden Road
Year(s): 5
Artistry Level: Savvy Artist
Elemental Nature: Infinity/Air
Training: Hair Design Center
Experience: Experience Aveda, Aveda Front Line and Client Care, Face to Face Makeup, Aveda Collections, Men's Start to Finish, Advanced Foil Placement, Creating Great Reds and Blondes, Ruth Roche Advanced Cutting Class in Miami at Master Jam 2007, Colour Deep, Pure Design Esssentials, Lupe Ross Colour Magic, Allan Ruiz Editorial Styling, Scissors vs Razors, Placement vs Technique.
Interests: Travel, camping, music, and laughing.
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Name: Devin Knezacek
Location: Halifax - Spring Garden Road
Year(s): 1
Artistry Level: New Talent
Elemental Nature: Infinity/Air - Vata
Training: Hair Design Centre
Experience: Productivity, Hair Colour Systems & Solutions, Hair Colour Magic, Smooth Infusion Smoothing System.
Interests: Writing, reading, painting, drawing, cats, sleeping, video games and online culture.
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Name: Donna Awino - Maternity Leave
"Knowing that I'm working with a company that is driven to help others and give back, really gets me excited".
Location: Halifax - Spring Garden Road
Year(s): 4
Artistry Level: Savvy Artist
Elemental Nature: Infinity/Air - Vata
Training: Hair Design Centre
Experience: Behind the Scenes, Cutting Collection Spring 2008, Mens Start to Finish, Upstyling, Full Spectrum Deep, Advanced Foil Placement, Pureform, Great Blondes and Reds, Extentions, Braids and Cornrows.
Interests: Getting to know my Guests and meeting new Guests, running, long drives, swimming, fishing, going to see local bands perform.
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Name: Gina Coates
"I love cutting hair the most, it gives me a chance to be creative".
Location: Halifax - Spring Garden Road
Year(s): 2
Artistry Level: Advanced Technician
Elemental Nature: Water/Earth - Kapha
Training: Hair Design Centre
Experience: Hair Colour Systems and Solutions, Men's Start to Finish, Behind the Scenes, Pivot Point Cutting, Updo class, Pureform, Creating Great Reds and Blonds, Scissors vs Razors, Placement vs Technique.
Interests: Reading, camping, spending time with family and friends.
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Name: Gloria Wiseman
"I love that Aveda is so natural and that it gives back to the earth".
Location: Halifax - Spring Garden Road
Year(s): 27
Artistry Level: Avant Garde
Elemental Nature: Water/Earth - Kapha
Training: Academy of Cosmetology, Nursing 10 years Experience
Experience: Experience Aveda, Aveda Color, Advanced training in Cutting, Perming, Customer Service, Salon Management, Creating Texture, Men's Start to Finish, Advanced Foil Placement, Creating Great Blondes.
Interests: Swimming, working out, reading, writing, walking and taking time to smell the roses. Cooking, gardening indoors and outdoors. Spending time with my hansome cat-Ginger-Jake.
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Name: Heather MacDonald
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams". -Eleanor Roosevelt
Location: Halifax - Spring Garden Road
Year(s): 1
Artistry Level: New Talent
Elemental Nature: Fire - Pitta
Training: Hair Design Centre
Experience: Trends Look & Learn, Inspirational Colour.
Interests: Shopping, shoes, movies, dessert.
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Name: Irene Hart
"I want my guests to leave with a memorable experience, a new look, great feeling and sense of well being".
Location: Halifax - Spring Garden Road
Year(s): 17
Artistry Level: Signature Artist
Elemental Nature: Infinity/Air - Vata
Training: Nova Scotia Community College
Experience: Pureformance Hair, Hair Colour Systems and Solutions, Full Spectrum Deep, PURE Hair Extensions, Principle Base Design in NYC, Ruth Roche Cutiing Class in NYC, Aveda Make-up Apllication, Placement vs Technique, Pure Foiling.
Interests: Running, hiking, walking, health and wellness, animals, spending time with family, laughing and having fun.
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Name: Julia Bayuk
"Build your ship, fly to the sky, reach to the stars and make your dreams come true".
Location: Halifax - Spring Garden Road
Year(s): 2
Artistry Level: Savvy Artist
Elemental Nature: Infinity/Air - Vata
Training: Hair Design Centre
Experience: Hair Colour Systems & Solutions, Innovation Essentials, Distribution of Weight Men's Cutting, Productivity, Pure Form Cutting, Pure Foiling, Color Magic Essentials, Placement vs Technique, Smooth Infusion Retexturizing & Smoothing System, KeraStraight Smoothing System, ABC Cutting course at SASSOON ACADEMY(London,UK), Jewels of Earth Collection:Color with Ian Michael Black.
Interests: Creating new hair designs, creating new recipes, making new clothes, learning, swimming, enjoying life.
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Name: Kate MacAdam
"Love of beauty is taste, creation of beauty is art".
Location: Halifax - Spring Garden Road
Year(s): 3
Artistry Level: Creative Designer
Elemental Nature: Fire - Pitta
Training: Hair Design Centre
Experience: Hair Colour Systems & Solutions, Hair Colour Magic Essentials, Creating Reds & Blondes, Productivity, Hair Colour Magic.
Interests: Reading, music, traveling, meeting new people, animals, video games, my friends.
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Name: Katelyn O'Shea
Location: Halifax - Spring Garden Road
Year(s): 5
Artistry Level: Creative Designer
Elemental Nature: Water/Earth - Kapha
Training: The Private Institute of Hair Design & Aesthetics.
Experience: Trends Look & Learn, Inspirational Colour.
Interests: Traveling, snowboarding, hair, makeup.
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Name: Lindsay Alcorn
Location: Halifax - Spring Garden Road
Year(s): 1
Artistry Level: New Talent
Elemental Nature: Water/Earth - Kapha
Training: Hair Design Centre.
Experience: Hair Colour Systems and Solutions, Trends Look & Learn.
Interests: Family, music, traveling, shopping and cooking.
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Name: Peter Lawson - Owner
Location: Halifax & Dartmouth
Year(s): 17
Artistry Level: Life's Pureformer
Elemental Nature: Infinity/Air - Vata
Training: Hair Design Center, B.A Sociology, Geology
Experience: Distributor Specialist Hair Color, Aveda Portfolio Trends, Pureform, Seeds of Preparation, Learning Garden, Advanced Hair Cutting with Antoinette Binders NYC Spring 2004, Advanced Hair Trends Rare NYC Fall 2004, Master Jam Miami 2007, Aveda Congress 2008.
Interests: Track and field (400m, 800m), provincial record holder 300m indoor, 10 time provincial champion 400m, ranked 1st for age group in Canada, my baby girl Madison "Missy Pissy".
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Name: Rosslyn MacKay
"Today you are you, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is youer than you". -Dr.Seuss
Location: Halifax - Spring Garden Road
Year(s): 5
Artistry Level: Advanced Technician
Elemental Nature: Infinity/Air - Vata
Training: Anthropology/Sociology- Dalhousie, Intro to Drawing & Sewing Techniques- NSCAD
Experience: Hair Colour Systems and Solutions, Pureform, Full Spectrum Deep, Editorial Styling, Scissors vs Razors.
Interests: Crafting, cooking, art, healthy living, documentaries, reading, sustainable living and environment, my cat and being creative.
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Name: Taylor McNulty
"I'm not interested in money, I just want to be wonderful". Marilyn Monroe
Location: Halifax - Spring Garden Road
Year(s): 5
Artistry Level: Advanced Technician
Elemental Nature: Infinity/Air - Vata
Training: Academy of Cosmetology- Hairstyling & Esthetics
Experience: Hair Colour Systems & Solutions, Colour Magic Essentials, Pure Foiling, Productivity, Bridal Makeup, Trends Look & Learn, Inspirational Colour.
Interests: Tattoos, music, reading, shopping.
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Name: Trina Christopher
"I love knowing that I've helped someone feel better about
themselves after I've done their hair".

Location: Halifax - Spring Garden Road
Year(s): 6
Artistry Level: Savvy Artist
Elemental Nature: Infinity/Air - Vata
Training: Bathurst Hair Academy
Experience: Colour Magic, Behind the Scenes, Placement vs Technique, Trends Look & Learn, Inspirational Colour.
Interests: Reading, running, figure skating, dancing, music, camping.
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