Adam Federico
Adam Federico is the kind of educator who treats haircutting like composition—structure, negative space, tension, release. Based in Sacramento, he helps stylists refine modern shapes by working...
Salon Coaches and Educators Worth Your Time
Not every stylist needs a business coach. But if you’re booth renting, building a book from scratch, raising your prices, or trying to figure out why you’re booked solid but still broke, the right coach can cut years off your learning curve.
This directory features business educators who actually understand appointment-based work. No generic “entrepreneur” coaches. No MLM nonsense. Just people who’ve been behind the chair (or deep in salon operations) and can help you build a calmer, more profitable business.
We don’t take money for listings. Coaches and educators can submit themselves for inclusion. We list educators based on relevance to independent beauty pros and alignment with our point of view: pro-independent, pro-craft, anti-bullshit. Use the search above to find someone who fits your stage and style.
Adrienne Dara Stephenson
Adrienne Dara Stephenson is a Philadelphia-based colorist and educator who helps stylists stop “guessing in the color room” and start formulating with calm, repeatable logic. Known for modern...
Alison Rodriguez (aka “Alison Bella Vi”)
Alison Rodriguez is a salon-and-studio coach for beauty pros who want their business to feel less like a daily scramble and more like a system they can trust. Rooted in Metro Detroit, she built her...
Allison Webber
Allison Webber — better known online as @thegreenhairedstylist — is a vivid and blonding specialist turned educator based in Charlotte, North Carolina. She helps hairstylists who love bright,...
Alyssia Dotson / Mane Seamstress
Alyssia Dotson is the stylist and educator behind Mane Seamstress Edu, where she teaches hairstylists to see hair as a fabric—not a problem to fix. Based in Plano, Texas, she brings runway-level...
Andy Judd
Andy Judd (he/they) is a Nashville-based stylist and educator who treats hair like a mixtape — part romance, part punk show, all feeling. From their studio in East Nashville, Andy is known for...
Anh Co Tran
Anh Co Tran is a Los Angeles–based celebrity stylist and cutting educator who helps stylists build the kind of haircut that doesn’t peak on day one—it gets better on day seven. His signature...
Ann Bray
Ann Bray is a Huntsville, Alabama–based hair educator and salon founder who’s spent decades turning hairdressing into something closer to performance art—without losing the behind-the-chair...
Anna Haldane
Anna Haldane is a Perth-based colour specialist and educator who helps stylists build brunette work that looks expensive on day one—and still makes sense months later. From her chair in Wembley,...
Anthony Cole
Anthony Cole is a New York–based editorial hairstylist and educator who helps working stylists sharpen their cutting and styling instincts until the work looks intentional from every angle,...
Antonina Romanova
Antonina Romanova is a global hairstyling educator with a signature sound: high-impact volume that still looks wearable, modern, and paid-for. She teaches working stylists how to build...
Ashlee Norman
Her story starts backstage: high school theater lit the spark, and hair quickly became the real performance. From there, she leveled up fast—stepping into education early as a Bumble and bumble...
Ben Brown
Ben Brown is a haircutting educator for stylists who want to feel in control of their work—clean sections, intentional shapes, and the kind of precision that holds up on busy salon days. Based in...
Blake Reed Evans
Blake Reed Evans (he/him) is an award-winning hairstylist, salon owner, and global educator based in Tampa, Florida. He helps salon owners and stylists build color-driven, education-first businesses...
Breno Miranda
Breno Miranda is the kind of educator who makes cutting feel like a craft again—measured, intentional, and built for the way clients actually live. Based in Austin, he brings nearly two decades...
Briana Cisneros
Briana Cisneros is the kind of educator who can make a haircut feel like a song you finally learned by ear—once you get it, your hands don’t forget. Based in West Hollywood at Nine Zero One...
Britt Seva
Britt Seva is a San Francisco Bay Area–based business coach for beauty professionals who helps stylists and salon owners stop “just working behind the chair” and start building the kind of...
Bronwen Robinson
Bronwen Robinson is a cutting specialist and pro-education leader with deep New York fashion roots—helping working stylists build universal techniques that hold up on real clients, not just...
Camille Janae
Camille Janae is a Sacramento-based curl + loc specialist and educator who helps textured-hair clients—and the stylists who serve them—cut through the noise and get back to care that actually...
Christopher Aaron Smith
Christopher Aaron Smith is a Chicago-suburbs studio owner and color educator who helps independent stylists build businesses that feel as polished as their finishes—steady, intentional, and fully...
Corinna Hernandez
Corinna Hernandez is a cut specialist and educator who helps hairdressers build the kind of confidence you can feel in the mirror—steady hands, clean sections, and the freedom to create without...
Danie Wilks
Danie Wilks is an Atlanta-based hairstylist, educator, and beauty entrepreneur who helps stylists master luxury silk presses and extensions while building businesses that actually pay them well....
Daniel Mason-Jones
Daniel Mason-Jones helps beauty pros build careers that feel solid—fully booked calendars, stronger consultations, and brands that actually sound like them. Based in the Atlanta area, he’s the...
Daniel Mora Ayala
Daniel Mora Ayala is a hair colorist, extensions specialist, and educator who helps stylists create that “expensive” kind of dimension—tones that read clean in real life, not just on camera....
Daniel Roldan
Daniel Roldan is a texture-minded hair artist and educator who helps stylists turn “pretty hair” into hair that holds up under a camera, a client’s real life, and the mirror the next morning....
Debi Alley
Debi Alley is a haircutting educator and stylist based in Oakland, California, known for building shapes that don’t fall apart the moment your client leaves the chair. She helps...
DJ Muldoon
DJ Muldoon is the kind of educator hairdressers talk about in the break room years later. Based in San Diego, he’s a globally respected master cutter who helps stylists strip haircutting back to...
Douglas McCoy
Douglas McCoy is the kind of hairdresser other hairdressers watch closely. Based in Spokane, Washington, he’s spent over three decades cutting hair, building salons, and teaching stylists how to...
Drew Schaefering
Drew Schaefering is a Brooklyn-based haircutting and styling educator who helps working stylists turn “backstage” technique into repeatable, chair-friendly shapes. Currently the Creative Director...
Erik Gutierrez
Erik Gutierrez is a Southern California salon founder and blonding specialist who helps stylists make blonde look expensive—sunlit, seamless, and wearable long after the appointment. As the founder...
Gina Sicard
Gina Sicard — better known as Gina Bianca — is a Connecticut-based salon owner, educator, and straight-shooting mentor for stylists and salon owners who want to build a business that actually...
Guy Tang
Guy Tang is a Los Angeles-based color artist and educator who teaches hair pros how to build bold, wearable color that still looks clean up close—and sings on camera when the moment calls for...
Hai Tran
Hai Tran is a Wichita-based salon owner, stylist, and educator who helps hairdressers turn “I hope this lifts” into “I know exactly where this is going.” As a L’ANZA educator and traveling...
Hair for Curious Cats (Dove Palmer)
Hair for Curious Cats is Dove Palmer’s calling card for hairdressers who genuinely love the why behind the work—not just the finished photo. Based in London and teaching globally, Dove is a...
Hunter Donia
Hunter Donia is the beauty business educator behind @hairbyhunty, teaching modern hairstylists how to build booked, sustainable careers without burning out. Based in central Pennsylvania, he coaches...
Ira Pope Sage (Las Vegas Hairdresser)
Ira Pope Sage is a Las Vegas–based hairdresser and cutting educator known for turning “mystery” haircuts into something you can actually see and repeat. He’s been in the industry since...
Ivan Zoot
Ivan Zoot is the barber educator you call when you’re serious about turning the haircut chair into a real, reliable business. Based in the Chicago area, he’s a licensed cosmetologist and barber...
Ivana Spicer
Ivana Spicer is a Zagreb-based cutting educator and salon leader whose work lives where geometry meets feeling—sharp lines, sculptural silhouettes, and the kind of precision that reads like a clean...
Jacob Habib Khan
Jacob Habib Khan is an Atlanta-based hairdresser and educator who teaches stylists how to get strong, modern results without turning the craft into a vocabulary contest. As the co-founder of Fancy...
Janine Jarman
Janine Jarman is a Los Angeles–based salon founder and texture educator who helps pros bring modern, wearable curls and waves back to the menu—without the “old perm trauma” energy. She’s...
Jay Mahmood
Jay Mahmood is a precision-cutting specialist and global educator who helps hairdressers sharpen their craft until it feels calm, intentional, and repeatable. Based around the SF Bay Area through...
Jayne Matthews
Jayne Matthews is a razor-cutting educator and co-owner of Edo Salon & Gallery who teaches stylists how to create haircuts that feel like the client, not a template. Their specialty lives in the...
Jeffrey Herbetko
Jeffrey Herbetko is the co-owner and head educator energy behind Glam Hair Studio in Spring House, Pennsylvania—built for stylists who want their cutting to land clean, and their salon life to feel...
Jermaine Mendoza
Jermaine Mendoza is a Dallas-based precision haircutter and educator who helps working stylists turn “good cuts” into repeatable, teachable systems—built on mechanics, not magic. As Stylist +...
Joseph DiMaggio
Joseph DiMaggio is a New York City–born Master Session Artist who coaches hairstylists on how to move from the salon floor to the fashion runway. A former touring drummer, he first started cutting...
Joshua Ladner
Joshua Ladner is the coach for the stylist who’s talented, fully booked, and quietly exhausted by how complicated color has gotten. Based in Los Angeles, he helps independent stylists and salon...
Julian Perlingiero
Julian Perlingiero is a precision haircutting educator who helps stylists turn “I think this will work” into “I know this will land.” Based in Brooklyn, New York, he’s known for teaching...
Kascidy Badon
Kascidy Badon is a cutting specialist and educator in Austin, Texas, working out of Strangebird Salon—where the vibe is simple pricing, no gendered upcharges, and haircuts designed to fit real...
Keya Artistically Neal
Keya Artistically Neal is a color educator, speaker, and DEI consultant who helps stylists get fluent in what the industry too often treats like an elective: textured hair. After nearly three decades...
Kia Fay (The Curl Consultant)
Kia Fay is the kind of educator you want in your corner when “curly hair” stops being a category and starts being a craft. Based in San Jose, California, she built The Curl Consultant for the...
Laura Chihaia
Laura Chihaia—known across the industry as Lala—helps bridal stylists turn “I hope this holds” into calm, repeatable results. Based in Fort Lauderdale, she’s the educator behind Lala’s...
Lee Clapson
Lee Clapson is a Philadelphia-based haircutter and salon owner—the mind behind HeaD AreA—known for work that feels equal parts precision and poetry. Their lane is craft cutting (often razor-led)...
Lisa Hart-Walker
Lisa Hart-Walker is a color educator and blonding specialist who helps working stylists turn “I hope this tones right” into repeatable, confident results — built on color theory, not guesswork....
LO SHABINO
Lo Shabino is a cutting specialist and educator based in Austin, Texas, built for stylists who want their work (and their schedule) to feel more intentional. She helps haircutting-focused pros...
Lupe Voss
Lupe Voss is the kind of educator who makes hair colour feel like a craft again—not a guessing game. Based in Redlands, California, she’s spent decades helping colorists (from brand-new to deeply...
Makenna Young
Makenna Young is a Southern California hairstylist and educator who helps stylists create hair that looks like it’s been kissed by saltwater and sun—dimensional, wearable, and unmistakably...
Mario Mesaric
Mario Mesaric is the kind of cutter other cutters study. Based in Zagreb, Croatia, he co-leads ZGAT / IM.academy, where he helps hairstylists around the world rebuild their foundations in precision...
Mary Cromeans
Mary Cromeans is a San Diego-based color educator and salon owner who helps working stylists tighten their craft without losing the rhythm of real salon life. She is an International Trainer for John...
Matthew Curtis
Matthew Curtis is a UK-based session hairstylist, salon owner, and educator who helps stylists get genuinely backstage-ready—fast hands, clean sections, calm nervous systems. From his studio in...
Megan E Grimm
Megan E Grimm is an Indianapolis-area blonding specialist and bridal artist who teaches hair the way a storyteller builds a scene: with intention, texture, and a human point of view. Based in Carmel...
Natalie McKell
Natalie McKell is the kind of educator who teaches blonding like it’s an atmosphere—not a formula. Based at Dwell Salon in Orem, Utah, she’s the creator behind “Soft, Effortless Color,” a...
Nina Tulio
Nina Tulio is the kind of salon coach who talks about money the way great artists talk about rhythm: with precision, honesty, and zero fluff. Based in Santa Monica, she helps salon owners, commission...
Norman Boulton
Norman Boulton (aka THE NB) is a Highgate-based colour specialist and educator who helps stylists turn “vivid” from intimidating into addictive—in the best way. He started early (apprenticing...
Oh Seung Hwan
Oh Seung Hwan (Director Hwan) is a Korea-based cutting educator and the founder behind Hwan Archive—best known for helping stylists stop chasing trends long enough to actually own them. Their...
Robert Cromeans
Robert Cromeans is the industry’s ringmaster — a salon owner, educator, and mentor who helps hairdressers and salon owners turn artistry into a thriving, numbers-savvy business. From his home...
Roch Lemay
Roch Lemay is a Montréal-based master colourist and mentor known for turning hair colour into something you can repeat—not just admire. With over 30 years in the industry, he’s earned major...
Ryan Morgan
Ryan Morgan is a Tampa-based Redken Artist and Design Specialist who teaches stylists how to build color they can stand behind—bold when it needs to be, believable when it matters, and always...
Ryan TEAL
Ryan TEAL is a Portland-rooted haircutting educator, platform artist, and salon owner who teaches hairdressers to cut with confidence—without the mystery, without the mumbo-jumbo, and without...
Sally Lemmo
Sally Lemmo—known to most stylists as @clevelandhairboss—is a hair color and placement educator built for the real world: packed books, tight foil counts, and clients who want lived-in results...
Sally Montavon
Sally Montavon is a Summit Salon Business Center coach and shareholder who works with salon owners and teams ready to trade chaos for clarity—and build a business that actually feels good to run....
Sarah Cabral
Sarah knew early that hair was her lane; she enrolled in a vocational high school to study cosmetology and has spent nearly 20 years refining her craft. What started as a love of painting hair...
Sonna Jean Brado
Sonna Jean Brado—known online as Sonna Brado—is a Spokane-based haircutting educator who teaches stylists how to stop “just doing a haircut” and start designing one: on purpose, for a real...
Steve Vandiver
Steve Vandiver is a lifelong color artist and educator who’s spent decades turning “pretty hair” into repeatable results—especially for stylists who want their balayage brighter, their vivids...
Steven Statland
Steven Statland is an Asbury Park, New Jersey salon owner and precision-cut devotee who helps stylists build haircuts that hold up—in real life, between appointments, and on clients who don’t...
Tabitha Dueñas
Tabitha Dueñas is a Los Angeles–based colorist and educator who helps hairstylists build dimensional color that looks bold, blends clean, and grows out like it was planned that way. With a career...
Thomas Osborn
Thomas Osborn is a New York–based hairdresser, creative director, and educator who coaches stylists the way a great bandleader rehearses a set: fundamentals first, then freedom. After joining the...
Tim Dueñas
Tim Dueñas is a West Hollywood–based haircutting educator and razor specialist who helps working stylists build shapes that feel effortless—but land with intention. Think modern classics with...