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The Strands That Bind Us

Matthew Collins & Drew Schaefering

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Matthew and Drew are best friends who share a passion for tattoos, travel and hair. They’re both professional hairstylists who have worked at fashion weeks around the world, styled some of the biggest celebrities in Hollywood and had their work featured in countless magazines. But both their careers began unconventionally- they began cutting their own hair in their teens, then became college athletes who decided to follow their true passion- styling hair. Their work and adventures have taken ...
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The Strands That Bind Us – Liz Trinnear is the Los Angeles correspondent/ reporter for Canada’s number 1 entertainment talk show ETALK. A fashion aficionado and captivating chatterbox, Trinnear brings her signature style and grounded personality to ETALK. Liz has hosted the i heart radio much music video awards countless times. Hosted on red carpet…
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The Strands That Bind Us – Today on The Strands That Bind Us we speak to Sascha Breuer who is a Los Angeles-based hairstylist. The son of two hairdressers, his early education equipped him with the intuition of a seasoned stylist. After relocating to London from his native Germany, Breuer’s career took off and he collaborated with leading photograp…
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The Strands That Bind Us – Today on the Strands That Bind Us, we speak with hairdresser, session stylist and educator Leonardo Mannetti. After growing up in Italy, Leo left for the United States and found his way to Dallas and a serendipitous connection with his first salon home, eventually landing in New York.Being a hairdresser in New York in the…
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The Strands That Bind Us – Today on the Strands That Bind Us, we get an inside look at what it’s like for one of Brooklyn’s most sought after wig specialists, Shevy. Her work is not only remarkably beautiful and intricate, but she caters to a wide array of clientele seeking beautiful hair for religious, health, or practical reasons.Listen in as she…
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The Strands That Bind Us – We speak today with Gerard Scarpaci, hairdresser, educator and cofounder of Hairbrained on the importance of education and exposure to ideas and approaches outside of ourselves in a growing community. This is Gerard's hair story... ~ Follow Matthew Collins: https://www.instagram.com/matthewstylist/ Follow Drew Schaefering…
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The Strands That Bind Us – We sit down with long time and best friend of Drew’s, Gerad Ewing and gain insight into the process and timeline leading up to his decision to get hair transplants. A commonly taboo conversation to have among men, Gerad shares his emotional process and stream of thought regarding his lack of confidence and doubt in himsel…
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The Strands That Bind Us – Today on the strands that bind us, Drew and I speak to what we have learned through our own experiences and conversations with peers on the business side of our industry which is often an undereducated topic for many of us. For many hairstylists, there is a desire we experience that transitions from working behind the cha…
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The Strands That Bind Us – On this episode of the strand that bind us, we have the pleasure of speaking with Bailey Pope, a hairdresser, educator, and comedian who has face the challenges of navigating her path and stepping into the light as a transgender woman. Bailey began her career in education, working for TIGI, and moved to New York to pursue…
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The Strands That Bind Us – Today on the strands that bind us, we speak with vibrant hair color and curly hair expert Leysa Carrillo. A native of Cuba, Leysa found her way into the hair industry as a result of her own struggles finding a salon that was able to work with her type of hair. After moving to Las Vegas as a professional dancer, she was tu…
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The Strands That Bind Us – Mandi Line is a Los Angeles clothing stylist with a list of credits in features and TV shows to commercials and music videos. She has worked on hit shows like PRETTY LITTLE LIARS for 6 seasons, and worked with celebrities like Lucy Hale, Kirsten Dunst, and rock groups Linkin Park, Korn and many more. We with talk about he…
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The Strands That Bind Us – Today on the strands that bind us, we speak with James Pecis, one of the worlds leading fashion and editorial hairstylists paving the way for future generations. James’ career has taken hin to the worlds most illustrious fashion destinations, styling hair for the worlds top models and as the global ambassador for Oribe ha…
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The Strands That Bind Us – Today we talk to Steve Courtney who is the Senior Concepts Director and former Head of New Product Innovation at Dyson. He has been at the forefront of pioneering Dyson technology for the past 23 years. Steve has been described as Dyson’s resident ‘blue sky thinker’, and spends his days in Dyson’s secretive D9 research fa…
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The Strands That Bind Us – On today’s episode of the strands that bind us we sit down with the mastermind that is Gordon Miller, CEO and chief of Brand Engagement with Hairbrained, the community that is known as home of the craft hairdresser. After a volatile and unknown past year, we speak about what patterns and expectations are being put on both…
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The Strands That Bind Us – Shawna Lane did not always dream of being a hairstylist, her first loves were photography and fashion which she pursued in college. In need of extra money in school she decided to get a receptionist position at a very hip and edgy salon downtown Toronto called Coupe Bizzarre. Almost immediately she knew she had found her …
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The Strands That Bind Us – Today on the strands that bind us we have an Bridgette Hill who is now considered one of the top scalp experts in the world.Bridgette became a certified trichologist in 2016 – but her journey to becoming “The Scalp Therapist” began over 20 years ago as an editorial stylist and a top colorist for some of the world’s most r…
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The Strands That Bind Us – Dax Shepard is an actor, comedian and podcaster. You know him from PUNK’d, CHIPS, Parenthood, Without a Paddle, Hit and Run and his smash hit podcast “Armchair Expert”. We start season 2 off with a bang... specifically talking bangs, family and friends makeovers, and year book hair cuts gone wrong. Learn how from a young …
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The Strands That Bind Us – Matthew and Drew met over a decade ago in Madrid working on a L’Oréal Professional international event. They didn’t know it yet, but they were destined to be soul mates. Their next adventure was in Las Vegas for a hair show and they had to share a room for 4 days. They were both going to life changing situations at the sa…
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The Strands That Bind Us – Anthony Rinaldi is the co-owner of Rinaldi Salon & Spa in Barrie, Ontario, Canada. He began sweeping the floors and working at his parents’ salon at the age of 8. His salon has had massive success with a clientele base with deep loyalty, and the salon is considered one of the top salons in Canada. Anthony’s parents Nick a…
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The Strands That Bind Us – Matthew and Drew both met Anh in Paris working for L’Oréal, and instantly began a great friendship. Since then, they have travelled all around the world teaching internationally together. Anh is a celebrity hairstylist based in los Angeles California, where he owns a salon, started a very successful education system calle…
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The Strands That Bind Us – Kathleen Newman-Bremang is the senior editor for Refinery 29, tv host, and freelance television producer. She has been a close friend of Matthew’s for over 10 years and actually helped Matthew land his job as the hair expert on CTV’s THE SOCIAL, which she produced for many years. Today we talk about her hair journey as a …
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The Strands That Bind Us – Kara Liebowitz, is a native New Yorker, an up and coming competitive boxer, florist, craftswoman, and cancer survivor. We speak about the obvious and not so obvious challenges with losing your hair in the treatment process and her words of advice for future treatment goers and their loved ones. From being in an aggressive…
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The Strands That Bind Us – The Morning Star. The Truth Teller. Sarain is Anishinaabe from Batchawana First Nation, just outside of Sault Sainte Marie, OntarioSince Matthew has known her, she has been fearlessly empowering Indigenous communities and amplifying their voices, especially those of the youthShe is a dancer, choreographer, stylist, activi…
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The Strands That Bind Us – On this episode of The Strands That Bind Us, we have the privilege to speak with one of my favorite and most influential people in my career to date, David Hoffman. From his upbringing in St. Louis, we speak about his initial connection to hair and how he has been able to connect with clients throughout his career. David’…
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The Strands That Bind Us – Today on The Strands That Bind Us, we have one of my Matthew’s closest friends and part of his COVID “pod” family, Ryan Hansen. Who may be one of the funniest humans he knows. Ryan grew up in San Diego working as a “hype man” at parties on saturdays, and spending sundays at mega churches with his family. He now lives in L…
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The Strands That Bind Us – In today's episode of The Strands That Bind Us, we sit down to chat with native New Yorker Yureesh, who experienced several life chapters worth of lessons, even before jumping into the hair community. Yureesh and Drew were introduced several years ago being involved as educators with L'Oreal Professionnel, where they deve…
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The Strands That Bind Us – Today’s episode of The Strands That Bind Us we have one of the most innovative fashion/editorial hairstylists of our time. Jawara and Matthew met 3 years ago in a tiny farmhouse hotel 3 hours outside of London, working on a new dyson hair tool launch, and instantly hit it off. Jawara was just announced as the senior at la…
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The Strands That Bind Us – Matthew and Drew are best friends who share a passion for tattoos, travel and hair. They’re both professional hairstylists who have worked at fashion weeks around the world, styled some of the biggest celebrities in Hollywood and had their work featured in countless magazines. But both their careers began unconventionally…
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