2015 marks Federico’s second year working with the River City Food Bank and Help Portraits, to provide framed holiday portraits for those who wouldn’t normally have access to professional photography. Help Portraits is an organization that was created in 2008 to “empower photographers, hairstylists and makeup artists to use their skills, tools and expertise to
Events
The Children’s Hour Event
Once again our Outreach Manager, Ms. Kay, has set up a fantastic event for our students to be a part of. The Children’s Hour is a 1934 stage play written by Lillian Hellman, being put on by Del Campo High School. The play takes place in the 1940’s and is set in a girls’ boarding school. We brought our
Neoteric with AJF Academy at Federico Advanced
This weekend we had the pleasure of holding the first ever Neoteric class by Adam Federico and AJF Academy. Neoteric (meaning the New Modern) incorporates modern looks with classic foundations while working with the organic movement and texture of the hair. The morning started out with a live model demo by Adam featuring modern edge
The Holidays at Federico Beauty Institute
The holidays are upon us and that means it’s time again for all of Federico to give back to the community! Every year staff and students at Federico participate in a ton of community outreach events to help spread holiday cheer. To kick things off, we gave haircuts to the homeless in partnership with Project SafeGround
Federico Halloween Extravaganza
As usual, October was a crazy month here at Federico. For people in the beauty industry, Halloween is bigger than Christmas. The makeup! The hair! The blood! It is the one time of year when absolutely everyone is willing to get crazy with their looks, and let their stylists have a little fun. From the
Vintage Classics with AJF Academy
Federico Advanced hosted its third class with AJF Academy. Adam Federico and his team presented Vintage Classics, a class designed to sharpen dexterity and improve upon detail focused technique. The class was attended by people of all skill levels, ranging from current Federico students to salon professionals that have been in the industry for decades.