Prestige Education

enya Xydis
international ambassador
Editorial stylist Renya Xydis is the Creative Director
and owner of Australia’s premier hairdressing salons;
Valonz, Salon X and Renya Xydis City. Xydis' success
is from her stellar career in her editorial and runway
work.
Away from the salon, Xydis acts as Hair Director
on Australian, New York and London Fashion
Weeks each year, creating hairstyles for high
profile designers, including Sass & Bide and
Willow internationally and Collette Dinnigan,
Easton Pearson, Alex Perry, Daniel Avakian
and Kirrily Johnston locally.
When back in Sydney, Xydis divides her time
between her beloved salons and working with
celebrity clientele including Nicole Kidman, Cate
Blanchett, Naomi Watts, Toni Collette, Richard
Roxburgh, Hugh Jackman, Geoffrey Rush,
Miranda Otto and Ian Thorpe.
origins
look & learn workshop
Origins is the core of the Cloud Nine Education
Program. It teaches a complete understanding of
the technology behind the Cloud Nine brand and
tool portfolio, while focusing on perfecting the
fundamental techniques necessary to achieving all of
the Cloud Nine Classic Looks. This is the foundation
of the Cloud Nine styling evolution.
Morning | Look & Learn – 10am-12pm
Full Day | Workshop – 10am-3pm
Required: all Cloud Nine tools, brushes and
pin tray required from stylists attending workshop.
lauren mccoWan
national creative director
Lauren McCowan is an award winning stylist who
has a multi disciplinary approach to her career.
Highly passionate and driven, she studied fashion
and make-up before embarking on her hair career;
wanting to be a cross disciplinary creator. She
studied her apprenticeship under the innovative eye
of Benni Tognini and then relocated to New York to
pursue a thriving editorial career.
Lauren returned to Australia to collaborate with
Haircare Australia as the Creative Director for
Cloud Nine Australia. Her passion for the brand
and desire to help evolve the industry through
education has seen her create the Cloud Nine
education program and travel the world to plant
inspiration in stylists everywhere.
Lauren’s eclectic skill set enables her to create total
looks and interpret trends and vision from any angle.
Her appreciation and background in other creative
disciplines allows for a truly collaborative approach
with a team. Her passion and drive inspires and
motivates.
PrÊt-À-Porter i
look & learn workshop
Prêt a Porter I progresses the classic techniques
of Origins and delves deeper into applying the
Cloud Nine tool portfolio to creative applications.
Prêt a Porter translates to ‘ready to wear’, and this
intermediate level is all about building confidence
with finishing, refining, starting to interpret trends
and create modern looks. This level also focuses on
simple and effective sectioning patterns and how to
break down a look from a creative application to a
client at home.
Morning | Look & Learn – 10am-12pm
Full Day | Workshop – 10am-3pm
Required: all Cloud Nine tools, brushes and
pin tray required from stylists attending workshop.
andre faiVa
cloud nine educator
Andre has over 15 years of experience as a
hairdresser, having begun his career in New Zealand
where he completed his apprenticeship.
Andre’s professional history is accomplished and
varied, having built his career from the salon floor up.
After commencing hairdressing with respected chain
Toni&Guy in New Zealand, he then moved to work in
their Sydney based Pitt Street salon, which formed
the foundation for his next step as a salon owner/
operator.
Andre’s passion for hairdressing and the industry
led him into the education arena, where he spent
in excess of 10 years sharing his knowledge and
expertise as a leading educator and platform
educator in Australia, Asia and London
representing the industry’s leading brands.
Andre now joins Cloud Nine in redefining the use
of hot tools in salon, and creating looks that can
be taught to clients for replication at home.
PrÊt-À-Porter ii
look & learn workshop
Prêt a Porter II takes the looks learnt in Prêt a Porter
I and develops into a set for dressing long hair. We
look at iconic long hair shapes and give them a
thoroughly modern Cloud Nine twist. This course
is designed to give a new creative approach and
simplicity to iconic shapes in long hair that every
stylist should have in their skill sets.
Evening | Look & Learn – 6:30pm-8pm
Full Day | Workshop – 10am-3pm
Required: all Cloud Nine tools, brushes and
pin tray required from stylists attending workshop.