The Hair Nerds.
Our mission is to empower beauty professionals to thrive in their careers through immersive travel experiences and continuous learning opportunities. We believe there is room for all people within the Professional Beauty Industry and consciously approach our profession from a positive, but realistic viewpoint. We believe in the power of education to elevate the industry and the importance of staying informed to create the best possible careers for ourselves.
We are committed to providing exceptional travel experiences with our Hairventures™, advanced education through our Academy, Scissor & Moth, and up-to-date industry news for the professional beauty community.
Our Podcast, Dear Cosmo Babies, is our way of making sure that the future professionals of our industry have somewhere to come that truly cares about their careers. We give real life, honest answers to the frequently asked questions we get from real life cosmetology & barber students and chat with industry icons stilling the tea what students needs to be successful.
Meet the Team
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Annie MacArthur - She/They
Having both an esthetics and cosmetology license, she has devoted herself to the Professional Beauty Industry since 2006. Working in spas, salons and having experience in social media management she has a continued thirst for education and also pursued her graphic design degree. She brings a unique blend of expertise and insight to the mind of the student, new professional and seasoned stylist.
Annie is “nerding” it full-time and pushing The Hair Nerd brand forward in fun, new and unique ways. She has developed an advanced education curriculum for both schools and salons and offers social media management, consulting and creative direction to both independent and corporations alike.
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Erin Gray - She/Her
With a degree in marketing and journalism, she has spent most of her career behind the scenes of the professional beauty industry. She entered the industry in 2005, working with top cosmetology schools, non-profits and independent artists – Erin helped to mold & build some of the most prestigious advanced education programs currently in the nation while cofounding The Hair Nerds.
She currently dives deeper into the world of beauty and marketing by taking on consulting clients, helping create brand development strategies with small, independent brands and offers social media management to brands big and small.
About The Hair Nerds
It is often said that you will meet some of your best friends in hair school and for The Hair Nerds that was kind of true. In 2011,Annie was enrolled in school and Erin was working creating advanced education programs for the institute. After months of Annie spending day after day at Erin’s desk, she graduated and joined the Nerd life.
Together they have traveled the world covering hair events and taking education as alternative trade media, building a community on social media. As the Nerds evolved, independent brands came to Erin and Annie to help design brand strategy for social + digital, build influencer campaigns and manage launches.
While they found tremendous fulfillment in being part of the longer part of the industry, their hearts were really where they first met…hair school. Enter their social education designed specifically for students. They spent 2 years building a comprehensive curriculum designed to teach students how to use social to establish their own personal brand and build their books or follow a number of paths in the industry.
Today Annie and Erin are still traveling the globe attending education and events but have recently started taking groups of hairdressers with them and sharing the exclusive once in a lifetime experiences.
So yeah… I guess you could say “You make some of your best friends in hair school”.
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