AVEDA releases an education calendar twice a year and every time it comes out, I’m like a kid on Christmas morning. I love advanced education. It is my favorite walking into a class not knowing what mental treasures I will end up leaving with. The most recent calendar was released this past December. I knew I wanted to take creative formulations with Jeffrey Scott. I had already taken one of his classes. Ashka Salon Spa had Jeffrey Scott come in to teach a Pure Blonding class in 2014. Even though I was still in cosmetology school, I was able to sit in on the class. I learned so much in pure blonding and I didn’t truly grasp just how much until after I graduated from school. Seeing Jeffrey’s name on the new education calendar was enough to get me pumped up.

Creative Formulations – Think Outside of the Box

We started class with the AVEDA mission and a warm up exercise to wake up our brains. The exercise was to get us “thinking out of the box”. Creative Formulations was about thinking about different ways to use AVEDA hair color other than the general rules they give you. What always really impresses me about Jeffrey Scott is how much background information he knows about AVEDA and their products. He was able to give us a chemical breakdown of two of the different color lines. This gave us background information on why certains things could and could not be mixed together.

Swatch Boards with Creative Formulations

Throughout the day Jeffrey broke down different ways to formulate certain colors. My favorite part about the class was making our own swatch board to take home with us. He provided us with 20 swatches, velcro tabs, thick poster board and labels.

I took this class with 3 of the other stylists at Ashka Salon Spa. It’s always nice attending class with people you know. I love going on our lunch break and being able to discuss what we’ve already been taught in the class. It is great to recap and see how others are feeling about the class. I am a strong believer that if you can reiterate a concept, you then truly understand it.

I always get so excited after taking a class. I can never wait to get back in the salon and try some of the things I had learned during the day.

Until Next Time,

Josie 🙂