Karie Bennett

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Karie Z. Bennett cut her own bangs on her third birthday, wrote a book at the age of eight, and the rest is destined for her memoirs. She celebrated her 30th year as a hairstylist by launching a second career—as a writer, and a third as a salon business consultant. Currently working her way through The Writer’s Studio program at Stanford University, she is a freelance correspondent for Salon Today magazine. Her salons, Atelier Salon and Atelier Studio, in San Jose, California, have captured a number of industry awards, including the Global Salon Business Award, NAHA’s Master of Business Award, the SALON TODAY 200, and the STAMP award for creative marketing ideas.

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Karie Bennett, stylist, writer and owner of Atelier SalonSpa and Atelier Studio in San Jose,...

Leading Lady

by Karie Bennett

In this one-on-one interview, Hollywood’s favorite male grooming expert Diana Schmidtke offers the behind-the-scenes look at her job styling on the set; details her newest adventure with John Paul Mitchell Systems’ Mitch, and tells you what your male clients really think.

Karie Bennett, stylist, writer and owner of Atelier SalonSpa and Atelier Studio in San Jose,...

What's Your Silver Lining?

by Karie Bennett

As any small business owner will agree, the changes that our economy has been through in the past few years have been challenging at best. Tightening our entrepreneurial belts has been an unfortunate fact of business life in order to weather the downturn. Some say things are turning around and we're on our way back up. Did we learn anything from the experience? Was there a silver lining?

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