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Your Educator - Judy Garcia

Judy Garcia is a licensed Advanced Practice Esthetician, a C.I.D.E.S.C.O. Diplomaté, and AIE Certified Clinical Aesthetician. She is a former salon owner and adjunct instructor for Ridgewater College where she taught an advanced esthetic certificate program for three years. Judy has worked as a freelance esthetics educator and skincare product sales representative and has more than 38 years of experience in the professional beauty industry. She has traveled throughout the United States, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Korea, and Canada teaching advanced aesthetics classes to aestheticians, cosmetologists, and medical professionals. Judy spent two and half years training with dermatologist Dr. James E. Fulton co-developer of Retin-A. Judy is the Salon and Spa Professional Associations Education Coordinator and the developer of the CORE continuing education program at SSPA where she has become an expert on infection control.

Lunch on your own.

This class is designed to help you achieve consistent results every time you do a color service. You will be able to identify which techniques are needed to achieve specific results based on universal principles that will never change. We will review undertones, levels, hair structure, texture and density. We will spend time creating and reviewing our universal tool, the color wheel, as well as how to choose colors, and how to place them in the hair to get a perfect and consistent result.

As a licensed stylist in MN for over 15 years Whitney is passionate about this industry.  She is committed to not only taking education herself but delivering it to other stylists so that they can elevate their skills to become more confident behind the chair.  As a Platform Artist for brand industry leader, SexyHair, Whitney is always learning the most cutting-edge techniques to be able to pass on to her fellow stylists.  Bridal styling and braiding are her specialties and her past and current students and clients can certainly attest to that.  When she’s not behind the chair sharing techniques in salons or placing on a bride’s veil, you can find her spending time with her family or drinking way too much coffee while listening to podcasts!