The day was full of filming and meeting everyone, especially a new cameraman. He turned out pretty good. But meeting Rocco DiBenardo again for more B-role filming and also asking a few more questions. And having the time to interview Claudia Diesti for a full interview I am very tired. It takes a lot out of you during the process of a film,  makeup, set production, production crew, and just being able to clear your mind to fully ask the questions needed and finding an opening in a  persons soul is very, very exhausting. The time given to me today will stay in my mind forever, and having the honor of being around such talented, inquisitive, professionals is a gift money could not by.

Even though it takes a strong financial commitment for this process, I get to interview all types of professionals but this day was truly special out of all the filming I have done for THE REAL HAIR TRUTH.  The hospitality I received from Rocco was not less than 5-star.

The time they took also when my assistant was being filmed with them and giving her there own personal advice to all of her questions was truly beautiful. I see a lot of my thoughts changing about certain topics and also experiences I have had during this 2-3 year venture.  And to tell the truth everyone’s story’s of success are truly inspirational and also so individual. I am  very fortunate to be associated with these professionals, and looking into there lives for just a few hours is monumental. There thoughts, secrets, and advice they tell me is very compelling.

I am their safe guard during the process, I guess it is part psychological, and the other part being in the same industry as them we can relate to the feelings of professionalism, or what we would like to see change in the industry. Fortunately I see the real hairdressing industry through them, or is it a dream of mine?  Or is the industry just what you make it? The more I film the more questions come into my mind. Thoughts, ideas, but each filming we do I feel I need to go further to really tell the story for what it is.  To stay on the right track. Appeasement people will tell me should suffice for the film. But they don’t have to deal with the inner questions that ravage my sleep nightly.

I cannot take short minded views to the truth.  Or listen to people say, “This is how the business works Joseph, Why change it”.  I will expose the truth. I cannot express the great time I had today and the variety of filming we did for the documentary. LOT ‘S OF B-ROLE. May God bless each of these individuals I have been with. And letting me share their life for a few short hours. And thank good for a good cameraman.

Joseph Kellner

Jesse Briggs, an Internationally renowned artist, educator, salon owner, lecturer, inventor, author, and haircolor expert is known for his extensive education and high-octane charisma. Born in a small Texas town, Briggs leveraged his drive, creativity and love of the industry to take him from bleak poverty to entrepreneurial success in record time! He has taught standing-room-only crowds from Milan to New York to Los Angeles, and together with wife, Flo, he has acted as mentor to countless young stylists, colorists and future salon owners.

The International vision he developed in his travels has allowed him to easily communicate with people from all walks of life and appreciate the energy and creativity of today’s hairdressers, and his 360-degree business view has enabled him to develop a strong network of Yellow Strawberry Global Salons, with the 50-chair, multi-million dollar flagship in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Over the years, Jesse, Flo and Yellow Strawberry have garnered many impressive awards, accomplishments and accolades.

• Co-founder of Haircolor USA—the world’s largest haircolor show
• Appeared in dozens of international magazines, including Vogue, Harpers Bazaar, Elle , Allure, First for Women, Ladies’ Home Journal, Teen, People and In-Style
• Television appearances on major shows such as Extra, Inside Edition, Howard Stern, Ambush Makeover, High School Reunion and Deco Drive, as well as appearances as a beauty authority on all the major network’s affiliates and MTV
• Honored as one of the Top 75 Educators of the Century by Modern Salon magazine
• Author of The ABC of Hair Cutting and the founder of an advanced training academy in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
• Creator of the S-Wave Thermal Set™
• Creator of Style-Stars™, the first online stylist competition

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Phil Stone never really wanted to do hair. Instead, for several years, Phil lived as a starving artist in the underground comic book industry as an illustrator. He illustrated graphic comic books that were not only rejected by the editor, but absolutely abhorred by the distributor. After nearly eight years of becoming infamous through police records and overdue bar tabs across the country, Phil reluctantly crawled out of his hole of an apartment and attended a hair show in Detroit with his mother, who is still a stylist today.

Phil discovered Irvin Rusk on stage and was entranced by the way the hair fabric was manipulated into a three-dimensional animated form. Inspired by the creation of living, breathing art, Phil decided that day he was going to be a stylist. For two years, Phil went through a rigorous apprenticeship under his mother and long-time friend, quitting every Friday out of frustration, and coming back to the training every Tuesday out of determination to succeed. It was a long two years. Six months before graduation, Phil went through his RUSK training and became a RUSK Designer. It was exactly what he was looking for. To Phil, RUSK was like Andy Warhol’s Factory on a global scale.

A sharing of ideas and opinions to achieve a certain goal through art. Being the gung-ho manic depressive artist that Phil is, spiced up with ADHD, Phil dedicated himself not only to RUSK, but also to his salon and the Detroit fashion scene (if there really was one). Doing hair for local fashion designers for runway events, photo shoots, and fine art photography allowed Phil to express himself relentlessly. Within two years, Phil had worked at two salons and then built his own, only to close it a year later after becoming a full-time Education Manager and full-time International Guest Artist for RUSK.

For several years thereafter, Phil traveled the world on a full-time basis to far away places like London, Dubai, Paris, Australia, Toronto, and Paducah, Kentucky. Phil also became a New York fashion week stylist for four years, styling hair for designers such as B Michael, Sabayashi, Obedient Sons, Buckler, and Nicholai, to name a few. Tired of the snobbery and ego-maniacal facades, Phil went into doing the hair for the people he really loved, playmates for Playboy.tv, and Maxim Hometown Hotties.

Phil has always, and still does, believe in the grass-roots policy of RUSK: To not only do a fantastic haircut, but also have the passion to share it with others. Like Jackson Pollock, Phil stumbled upon his medium of expression through circumstance and found true artistic success through hair.

The fear of being stagnant and artistically dead motivates Phil to continue learning and discovering new ways to express himself through hair.

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