Suitest NewsA PHENIX FAMILY NEWS PUBLICATION The Phenix International Artistic Team Led by Phenix Founder and President Gina Rivera PHENIX FAMILY REUNION INTRODUCING, THE 2015 PHENIX HAIR COLLECTION DEADLINE: MUST BOOK BY APRil 27! AS SEEN ON WWW.PHENIXFAMILY1929.COM MEET MMA SUPERSTAR RICK HAWN, on fiTNESS MODEL TORRie WilsON WWW.PHENIXSALONSUITES.COM MAY, 2015 in VEGAS! School...www.PhenixFamily1929.com The Classes: A MUST SEE: Gina Rivera presents “Colour Your Life,” sharing personal experiences about her life, sweeping floors in her father’s salon as a little girl, to the passing of her mother. She’ll talk about building a national salon business and appearing on “Under- cover Boss” ... meaningful experiences that anyone can apply to their own life and work. This event with Gina is sure to be life changing! MAKEUP for HAIR STYLISTS will give your clients that finished look. A few key techniques add wondrous value to your service. NAILING It! Meet G. Elizondo from “Undercover Boss.” She’s the Las Vegas nail technician who gave Gina Rivera (disguised as ‘Ashley’) some on-the-job training ... NOT as easy as it looks. G will do some demos and nails free from some lucky Phenix folks ... maybe you! BUSINESS for Salon Professionals. It doesn’t need to be so hard! Learn to take the burn out of track- ing income and expenses, filing taxes, making investments and taking your small business to the next level. Meet-and-Greet with Torrie Wilson ‘the Bodies’ It’s hard to imagine a more per- fect body … Come to the Phenix Family Reunion and you won’t have to, because Rick Hawn Torrie Wilson, twice fea- With a 20-4 record in the tured in Playboy maga- cage, this welter-weight Mixed zine, will be there. Martial Artist is a proven Meet this fitness beast, kicking, punching and model and wrestling arm-barring his way to vic- diva in person! Beauty tory after victory. More than is her business and, half of those wins were by while it looks like she’s knockout or TKO … no won- never met a carbohydrate der he’s ripped like a train. in her life, she’ll share some A former member of the surprising information about U.S. Olympic Judo Team, Rick her diet and how she keeps Hawn is also an incredibly nice her body looking so hot. guy! Phenix became his official What’s her secret? sponsor last year and you can Join everyone at the meet him in person at the Phenix Family Reunion Phenix Family Reunion. and find out! Page 2 Presenting, the Phenix Internat’l Artistic Team Creators of the 2015 Phenix Hair Collection At the Phenix Family Reunion Gina Rivera, Founder and President of Phenix Salon Suites, led the Phenix Interna- tional Artistic Team in creating the 2015 Hair Collection, soon to be unveiled at the Phenix Family Re- union in Las Vegas, June 1 - 3. The Artistic Team will present the collection and conduct demonstra- tions and instruction on how to Stacey Khuu recreate these beautiful, versatile cuts and colors. Having found her destiny as a ris- ing star in the salon universe, Khuu Timka Tremouille summarized her arrival in the ‘here has made a pilgrimage several times and now’ as a Bay Area native “who to New York for the biannual Fashion decided to pursue a path of happi- Week to work with top colleagues, in- ness within myself by allowing my cluding Stacey Khuu, fellow member creative aspirations to flourish and of the Phenix International Artistic continue to learn what I need to Team, styling hair for these catwalks know to be the most versatile artist I at the apex of designer apparel. can be.” “Being there is so exhilarating … Khuu designed the makeup for the you can just feel the energy,” Trem- 2015 Phenix Hair Collection. Her ouille said, and you’re the first to see favorite superhero is the manga/an- the very latest offerings in fashion design and coor- ime sensation Sailor Moon, a young dinated hair, even before the models make their walk teen who sleeps late and loves video down the runways. games until she discovers her desti- ny of magical powers and true iden- tity as an otherworld princess and protector ... sound familiar? Larry Peneschi is none other than Gina Rivera’s dad, making him a pretty special guy. He is emblematic of the family’s legacy in the salon industry that started in 1929. He is now among dozens in the lineage who have styled hair, owned salons and run beauty schools. Gina recalls sweeping hair from her parents salon floors, arguably marking the moments when her career began. After a long and successful career, Peneschi still chooses to style hair, in a Phenix Salon Suite alongside his daughter’s studio. See MORE Internat’l Team Members, Page 6 Page 3 Beautiful Hair and Cool Suite! ehind the chair is stylist Daniel Gimenez of D&E Hair in their living room or in a high-end spa.” He also says BStudio. He not only created these beautiful cuts and that he was “inspired by the tranquility and serenity” of color, but also decorated the interior of his suite at the the Phenix location from the very first time he visited. Find Phenix Salon in Coral Gables, FL. Daniel Gimenez on Facebook for many more examples of Gimenez says he “always wanted to work in a relaxed his fine work. and professional environment ... I decorated my place in Please send us pictures to share your hair styles and a way that allowed my clients to feel the way they would suites to [email protected]. All Eyes on the Wax Shack eagan Rae Jones, a specialist in body waxing, Find her on Facebook at the Wax Shack in Frisco. Can’t Mprovided these before-and-after photos of her work, miss the signature Phenix wall fountain in the banner! clearly demonstrating the precision needed in her profes- Needless to say, Phenix isn’t just for hair stylists. Send sion. us photos of your work and suites with a description of “I’m in love with my career,” Jones said, “and my clients what you do to [email protected]. We love and I love my location in Frisco, Texas.” sharing! Page 5 The Phenix Family Calendar EDUCATION Color Sessions, Monthly at Phenix Headquarters, Colorado Springs, CO EVENTS Phenix Family National Reunion, Paris Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, NV June 1-3 OPENINGS MAY Phenix Opening, Lake Forest, CA Phenix Opening, St. Petersburg, FL Phenix Opening, San Diego Vantage Point, CA Phenix Opening, Colorado Mills, CO Phenix Opening, Hyattsville, MD Phenix Opening, Bel Air, MD Phenix Opening, Castle Rock, CO Phenix Opening, Lanham, MD Phenix Opening, Long Beach (Downtown), CA Phenix Opening, Mobile, AL Phenix Opening, Charlotte, NC Phenix Opening, Waterfront Clematis, FL Phenix Opening, Edina, MN Phenix Opening, Raleigh, NC Phenix Opening, Jacksonville, FL Phenix Opening, Tempe, AZ Phenix Opening, Tuscaloosa, AL Phenix Opening, Richardson Heights, TX Phenix Opening, Virginia Beach, VA JUNE SEPTEMBER Phenix Opening, Chesapeake, VA Phenix Opening, Plantation, FL Phenix Opening, Huntington Beach, CA NOVEMBER Phenix Opening, Sacramento, CA Phenix Opening, Stapleton, CO Phenix Opening, Richmond, VA JULY Phenix Opening, Los Angeles, CA Phenix Opening, Manassas, VA Phenix Opening, Chino Hills, CA Phenix Opening, Fort Worth, TX Phenix Opening, Springfield, VA Phenix Opening, Sacramento, CA OCTOBER Phenix Opening, Mooresville, NC Phenix Opening, Rancho Bernardo, CA Phenix Opening, Seattle, WA Phenix Opening, Greensboro, NC AUGUST Phenix Opening, Dallas, TX Phenix Opening, L’Enfant Plaza, D.C. Phenix Opening, Mesa, AZ Phenix Opening, Atlanta, GA Phenix Opening, Parkville, MD Phenix Opening, Philadelphia, PA Phenix Internat’l Artistic Team Members continued ... John Aultman “I love styles that can be punked out for a night on the town or dressed down for a day at work,” said John Aultman, whose life took a circuitous path from a very small town in Georgia to a position on the Phenix International Artistic Team. His favorite hairstyles in a movie? Halle Berry’s pixie with long bangs as Catwoman in the 2004 release. “It was the first time I remembered seeing such strength and beauty coming from a haircut for a character … It really showed the transformation of the character from weak to strong.” Kim Berry Becoming a hairstylist for the mega-artist Prince wasn’t what Kim Berry had in mind when she signed on the dotted line to join an L.A. beauty school. She was just trying to make her mom happy. Fate had a greater path in mind. Berry went on to cut and color for some of the most recognizable names in entertainment. With that she brings a wealth of knowledge and great stories to the Phenix Family Reunion. Jurgen Paul “JP” Hainsfurth Jurgen Paul “JP” Hainsfurth is on a mission. He is determined to bring back the lost art of a shave with a hot towel. “Over the years, it just disappeared,” he said. On his quest, the master barber of Orlando, FL, has this on his side: it usually takes just one such shave and most any gentleman is hooked. And then his clients are also getting those signature precision haircuts that define Page 6 this barber’s craft. You will marvel at his work..