NADIA ABOUWAKED Ef fusion, Montreal Finalist, Contessa 29, Quebec Hairstylist of the Year IG: @ nadiaabouwaked YOUNG GUN: I opened my own salon when I was 27 and I’ve never looked back. I kept telling myself that I would not fail, and that I have everything I need to succeed. And that I needed to believe in myself. INSPIRED MIND: The artistry of Guylaine Martel always touches a hairstylist’s emotions through colour, shape and movement. She touches us and brings us into her world. Christophe Gaillet is a true master. He masters the art of hairstyling with sensitivity
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and perfection; he makes us dream.
Odyssée Addik t, Montreal IG: @ samuel_dupuis NEW DIRECTION: I never thought of becoming a hairstylist because I wanted to be a veterinarian or singer. But I would always ask my friends to come over to my house so I could do their hair if I had seen something I liked in a magazine. All my friends told me I should become a hairstylist, and I soon realized that I liked the industry and profession much more than I originally realized. POLISHED PRO: Understanding
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the principle of how to serve
Freelance Makeup Ar tist, Montreal
a client so that he or she feels
Finalist, Contessa 29, Canadian Makeup Artist of the Year
completely happy with the
IG: @ lapetitevengeance
service. When I started, I didn’t always know how to be friendly
TEACH IN: I started teaching master classes this year, in both
REFINED SKILLS: With the avant-
and professional. What really
Canada and Europe, and it really brings a lot of great opportunities
garde looks I create, I stand
helped me was the education
for the future. I did not consider the opportunity to teach before,
out. I do a mix of everything
about the clients, and how to
but it came to me this year and I really believe that it’s a great
in makeup, but the more
be more real for the person in
way for me to travel and be free in my creativity. I hope I can gain
artistic and editorial side of the
the chair. I’d love to make my
experience in the field and push it as far as possible.
business is really my strength.
mark on social media, and work in television, too.
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