2012 Bonika Beauty Education Bash Report

Bash 2013

 Click on the photo to see all the photos from this exciting week-end. Video version to come!

The 2013 Second Annual Bonika Reunion and Bonika Beauty Education Bash has come and gone. We are making plans for next year. Frances London Dubose cut 10 heads of hair creating some fabulous styles, she showed 4 color techniques and 8 quick updo ideas plus a hands on razor cutting class. Sheila Tate cut two mens hair then instructed everyone in a hands on class how to create and remove a weight-line, tapering, scissor over comb and a number of other barbering techniques. Stylists attended from as far away as Canada and we provided professional models from ACT models of Alabama. It was a great week-end. I wish it could have had more attendance, but those who came really enjoyed the up close personal classes. Plans are already underway for the 2014 Bash om MLK week-end. Be sure to check the website at www.bonikareunion.com for details and sign up for the newsletter for updates.

Bonika Shears announces their first “Bonika Shears Family Reunion”

Bonika Shears announces their first “Bonika Shears Family Reunion” for education and networking among stylists who cut with Bonika Shears. The announced dates are January 8th & 9th in Duluth, GA , just northeast of Atlanta, GA.

Says Bonnie Megowan, founder of Bonika Shears, “The folks who use our shears have joked for years that they are part of our family. They call us mom and pop or auntie and uncle. It just seemed natural that we get everyone together for a group hug with a family reunion.”

The plans started out small with a selection of a date and a small hotel for the meeting. A handful of educators who were together at the Premiere Birmingham Show put together the idea for the format. Then the Family Reunion concept began to take on a life of its own. As of today’s date educators include
• Frances London Dubose, of South Carolina, called the make-over queen and the most published stylist in the US today. She will teach hands on classes in cutting.
• Dave Ray, of New York City, who has won almost every nationally, recognized beauty competition in the US and an official judge for manor competitions throughout the US. He will teach classes on color and business.
• Rhonda Brown of Ohio, lead educator for Conedco of Ohio. She will teach a foiling class.
• Nikita Smith of Illinois sought after educator presenting at major shows nationally and internationally. She will teach a hands-on cutting class.
• Sheila Tate of Georgia is the creator of “Cutting Cross Cultures.” She is both a cosmetologist and barber. She will teach a hands-on class called “Barbering for the Cosmetologist.”
• Fingaz of Ohio, television celebrity from Hair Battle Spectacular Season One
• Leah Watson of Maryland is perhaps one of the most educated cutters in the US. Her passion for cutting is evident in the styles that appear in print ads, cinema, television and commercials.
• Hosea Hicks of DC, educator, columnist and blogger
• Tomeka James of New Jersey, international educator and celebrity stylists specializing in wig making, weaving and cutting.
• Mags Kavanaugh of Florida, a trichologist with a degree from UCLA in Trichology and Cosmetic chemistry. She is one of the top nationally recognized experts in the industry of hair care with her website askmags.com.
• Naitcole Michele of Georgia is a top educator nationally appearing at hair shows throughout the US.
• Kathryn Pilczuk of Georgia is the “Ka” in Bonika. She is considered one of the first stylists who began cutting with Bonika Shears and is known for her ability to network and bring people together.

Additional educators continue to sign up for the educational network experience. There will be “look and learn” classes, hands-on classes, networking opportunities, vendor tables and more. Many of the events are free to stylists who own Bonika Shears. Details on the “Bonika Family Reunion” can be found at www.BonikaReunion.com.

Annoucment! Keratin Kutz! New collaboration with Silk2 at the Premiere Orlando Show

Bonika Shears announces a new collaboration with Silk2 at this week-end's Premiere Orlando's Show. Look for our new Keratin Kutz banner at booth 5444.

What is this new partnership about? John Searles of Silk2 is a long-time friend and colleague of Bonika Shears. We were musing about the importance of good shears in making healthy beautiful hair more beautiful with a super hair cut and in like fashion; the importance of having beautiful, healthy hair to make a hair cut by our Bonika Shears look good. It's like Peanut Butter and Jelly, so much better together.

To test our theory we brought a friend of ours from church, Mandy Sevenston who has color and heat damaged, curly hair to Bernie Key, the artistic director for Silk2. Bernie applied the "Life Changing Hyper-Keratin Conditioning" to Mandy's hair and the results were spectacular. Even though she got just a trim with Bernie's Bonika Kaleidoscope Shears, her ends which had been frayed, now looked healthy.

Come by the booth 5444 at Premiere and check out this new Hyper-keratin and the detox used with Mandy's hair. We will have other models who will get haircuts with Frances London Dubose after receiving Silk2 conditioning treatment.

We need models for hair cuts and conditioning. Let us know if you can come to the show for a "Life Changing Experience!"

Prize Wheel at the Bonika Shears Booth at Bronner Brothers Hair Show This Week-end

Come by booth 826 at the Bronner Brothers Hair Show in Atlanta this week-end and win a free prize at our prize wheel when you purchase a Bonika shear. Prizes range from a free shear, to Shark tooth or Hot razor, dryers, irons and more. Tell us you saw this on the internet and spin the wheel twice! You choose which of the two prizes you want to keep.

Don't miss Frances London Dubose who will be cutting hair at the Bronner show for the first time. This is the internationally renowned stylist from Charleston you have been hearing about for years.

Sharpening by Jay Hunter at the booth with quantitiy discounts. Special BOGO specials on Bonika Shears. See the Bonika Shears gang!

Meet Lisa Johnson, Sharpener from Charleston, SC

Lisa Johnson is the owner of Diamond Cut Sharpening, LLC in Moncks Corner, SC, just outside Charleston, SC. We wanted to feature Lisa this week because she distinguished herself at the International Salon and Spa Expo in Long Beach, CA sharpening shears for the stylists and platform artists who attended the show.

Although Lisa has only been sharpening for a short period of time her dedication to constant improvement, her innate abilities and her hard work ethic has brought about a successful business in a short period of time. She know sharpens for well known hair artists such as Frances London Dubose of Charleston, SC and Ray Parker of Hollywood, CA.

Lisa sells Bonika shears as well as combs, dryers and irons. She was trained by Bonnie Megowan with advanced training as well and uses the Scimech Scissor flathone, Twice as Sharp and the Extreme Cut equipment for sharpening. She sharpens beauty shears, barber scissors, industrial scissors, groomer scissors, knives and clipper blades.

Contact information if you are in the Charleston area and need sharpening is 843-509-7263

Bonika Snowed In

We are snowed in. The main road to the office was officially closed down. Gene measured 5 1/2" of snow in the front yard. See him in the front yard with two of the grand children. Gene is on the left, that's the snowman on the right.

The phones are rolled to our cell phone and we are able to answer emails, but I don't know when orders can be shipped. I'm sure Kenchii Scissors is having the same problem since they are in an Atlanta suburb, too.

Cabin fever is setting in so hopefully we will be in the office on Saturday and Martin Luther King's birthday. We head off to the ISSE show in LA soon. We could use a sharpener at the show if anyone is interested. Frances London Dubose will be teaching an "Upside down speed cutting" class there at the show on Monday. She is pretty awesome. We are crossing our fingers that a TV network may be filming her at the class. We could use some models for a fabulous haircut at the class. Let us know if you are interested in sharpening or modeling.

Before and After Hairstyles by Frances London Dubose

Frances will be cutting hair at classes with Bonika Shears at the Premiere Beauty Classic in Columbus, OH October 3-4, 2010 and the Premiere Birmingham Show October 17-18th. Check out her work. Let us know if you want to be a model for these shows.

Information on Frances http://www.bonika.com/frlodu.html
Information on the Ohio hair show: http://www.bonika.com/ohio.html
Information on the Birmingham hair show: http://www.bonika.com/prbi1.html

Birmingham Premiere Show

Just got back from the Premiere Show in Birmingham and am flying out tomorrow to a show in San Juan Puerto Rico. We had a blowout in our trailer on the way which was an aggravation but we dealt with it. Sales seemed to be down generally, but Frances Dubois of London hair said her sales were up and she sold a lot of Fishbone Shears and Shark Tooth Razors. Our best seller was the Bonika Baby which flew out of our booth when Danny LaPrade demonstrated it in class. That is one great little shear for slide cutting and texturizing.

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