Look for creativity at Saturday's Hair Expo

Many people aren't effective seafood bowls to their hair styles before they mind to operate each morning, or for a evening out.

For the reason that sense, the Southeastern Hair & Fashion Show Summer time Expo at Cape Fear Community College's Schwartz Focus on Saturday can give people the chance to determine hair in a different way.


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"It's for the entire family, featuring the various art and creativeness that can be done with hair," stated Katrina Jenkins Moore, show organizer, a beautician for pretty much two decades and who owns G&K's Hair Studio at 925 S. Third St. in Wilmington.

Moore, that has organized four local hair shows since The month of january 2010, stated she needs 1,500 individuals to attend the big event. This past year, among the creative hairstyles incorporated a seafood bowl right into a model's blonde locks.

The 2010 hair show includes competitions among student and professional stylists and barbers models putting on styles as striking his or her hair and suppliers of beauty items. You will see a guest appearance by Shekinah Anderson of VH1's reality show "T.I. & Small: The Household Hustle." Bigg B of Coast 97.3 FM may be the event's host.

The experts who win the styling competition get $1,000 along with a photo shoot as the students collect a trophy.

Last This summer, barber Gerald James won your hair show competition's professional barber category by working portraits from the Terminator  particularly Arnold Schwarzenegger's half-guy, half-machine face  in to the hair styles of his models.

"Its easy. It's look foward to a puzzle," James stated of what is known in the realm of hair cutting as celebrity portrait cuts. Certainly one of five siblings who're all barbers, James has cut hair for 22 many is the owner of Hair World Barber Shop at 122 W. Fremont St. in Burgaw.

James, who also competes at hair shows in Atlanta, stated planning for that competition takes considerable time and work, planning not just your hair styles but additionally what each model will put on to accompany the theme.

He stated his win assisted him generate new customers.

"You're able to show your abilities and show you skill also it brings lots of clientele the right path, individuals who have no idea you," he stated.

Although he does not have time to compete this season, James stated he wishes to have the ability to attend the show.

"It comes down to like visiting the movies or even the runway because you're able to see different haircuts and various styles," he stated.

As the Saturday schedule includes competitions among local and out-of-town salons, barber shops and schools with cosmetology programs  including Cape Fear College, Wilmington College and Burns-Motte College  Moore can also be offering training training courses from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday at Hilton Wilmington Riverside, 301 N. Water St., giving stylists and barbers the opportunity to earn condition-licensed ongoing education hrs.

"You could learn regardless of how lengthy you have been cutting," stated James, whose 20-year-old boy is studying to become barber. "I am always learning more."

Moore, who, additionally to being employed as a stylist likewise helps at-risk children via a non-profit agency known as Word of Existence in Leland, stated she sees the show as an opportunity to bring people together in an optimistic way and also to showcase the capabilities of individuals working from our hair industry.