Cindy Lopez
www.puddinproductions.com
510-381-3923
cindy@puddinproductions.com
514 43rd Street
Oakland, CA 94609
Intent
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Create unique hair sculpting designs
Develop new hair cutting & texturizing techniques
Continue education to expand my skills & product knowledge
Share knowledge with hair industry professionals through teaching
Educate clients in hair management and product use
Style hair for photo shoots & fashion shows
Cut hair onstage and do platform work
Become an artistic team member for a leading hair-related company
Continue to build online portfolio: www.puddinproductions.com/port
Increase retail product sales
Maintain 100% client satifsfaction
Build clientele through referrals
Salon Experience
 Style Council Trainer, KMS of California, 2004-present
Invited to join KMS Style Council team as an educator and assist KMS Master Trainers
Taught KMS product knowledge classes
Assisted KMS advanced cutting classes
 Hairstylist, Blow Salon, www.blowsalon.com, Berkeley, CA 2003-present
Grossed over $85K in service sales for 2005
Grossed over $60K in service sales for 2004
Current clientele consists of 400 repeat clients and 200 active clients
During first 6 months on the floor brought in over 100 new client requests through:
 networking within various communities (including friends & referrals)
 utilizing private email lists (a growing network of over 1000 contacts)
 using online resources (reviews on citysearch.com, craigslist.org, tribe.net, friendster.com)
 promotions with local businesses
Assisted stylists
 Hairstylist, ProCuts, Alameda, CA 2003
Theatrical Productions
 Producer, Artistic Director for Hair & Makeup Team, Hairstylist & Clothing Designer, CloudFactory Design
Collective (CFDC), 1999-present.
The CFDC is a non-profit collective co-founded in 1999. We make creative wearable art displayed on stage in
theatrical performances, not in the typical runway fashion. Show photographs & bio’s can be viewed at
www.cfdesign.net. My clothing designs can be viewed at www.puddinproductions.com/about/extra.
 Artistic director for hair & makeup team, hairstylist, production assistant for Shine! @ Historic Sweets
Ballroom, Oakland, CA 5/05
 Artistic director for hair & makeup team, hairstylist, music coordinator & production assistant for pARTicles
@ Historic Sweets Ballroom, Oakland, CA 5/04
 Designer, hairstylist, photography & music coordinator for re:fuse @ StudioZ, SF, CA 7/03
 Designer for Mint opening @ Mezzanine, SF, CA 4/03
 Hairstylist & designer for Anon Salon @ SOMARTS, SF, CA 8/02
 Hairstylist, hair & makeup coordinator, producer & promotion for Ironista @ Ruby Skye, SF, CA 6/02
 Hairstylist, hair & makeup coordinator for Santa's Black Market @ SOMARTS, SF, CA 12/01
 Designer, producer, photography coordinator & promotion for s/hezaam! @ Café Cocomo, SF, CA 5/01
 Designer for Naughty Santa @ SOMARTS, SF, CA 12/00
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Producer, promotion & MC for s*hebang! @ Cell Space, SF, CA 5/99
 Hairstylist, :Code, an independent SF Bay Area electronic music show, SF, CA 2003-2004
 Hairstylist, Faux Fur Fashion Show, lyric.org fundraiser @ StudioZ, SF, CA 2/04
Training & Education
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Blow Salon bi-weekly hair cutting/coloring, client retention & salon business classes, Berkeley, CA 8/03-present
KMS Style Council Training, Carefree, AZ 11/05
KMS Men’s Foundation class, Ventura, CA 10/05
Maly’s Salon Forum, San Jose, CA 9/05
Attended styling, cutting, texturizing and hair coloring demos, and business/clientele management classes
 KMS Advanced Cutting Academy, Santa Monica, CA 6/05
 Goldwell Progressions demo, Walnut Creek, CA 5/05
 KMS Style Council Training, Seattle, WA 4/05
 KMS Advanced Cutting class, Berkeley, CA 3/05
 Elumen color class, Berkeley, CA 2/05
 Hands-on Razor Training with Nick Arrojo, Long Beach, CA 2/05
 International Salon & Spa Expo (ISSE), Long Beach, CA 2/05
Attended styling, cutting, texturizing and hair coloring demos, and business/clientele management classes
 Goldwell Winter Whites class, SF, CA 11/04
 Public Speaking class, Laney College, Oakland, CA 8/04-12/04
 Goldwell Progressions demo, SF, CA 7/04
 KMS Style Council Training, Irvine, CA 6/04
 KMS Style Council Training, Irvine, CA 3/04
 Goldwell color demo, SF,CA 3/04
 International Salon & Spa Expo (ISSE), Long Beach, CA 1/04
Attended styling, cutting, texturizing and hair coloring demos, and business/clientele
management classes
 KMS Style Council 2004, Hollywood, CA 1/04
 Inspiring Champions: Start Mining & Stop Whining, CD/workbook series, 2004
 Redken, color & bleaching demo, San Rafael, CA 11/03
 Nova Salon Systems 30th Anniversary Fall Hair Show, South Lake Tahoe, CA 9/03
Attended styling, cutting & texturizing classes by ISO, Joice, Farouk, Gerrards Int’l and Hi-Fi
 The Grund Cutting Edge class by George Reily PCB, Santa Rosa, CA 2/03
 SuperCuts Haircutting Class (one length & long layered vertical), Alameda, CA 1/03
 Cosmetology Student, Alameda Beauty College, Alameda, CA, graduated in 2003 with 92%
overall average
Extrafollicular Activity
 Toast Masters member, Berkeley, CA 2004
 Guest speaker @ Alameda Beauty College, Alameda, CA 2/04
Topics included retailing, prebooking, keeping clients, organization, continuing education, careers outside the
salon, maintaining your creativity and more
 Hairstylist for various weddings & bat mitzvahs, 2002-present
 NCA member, National Cosmetogy Association, 2002-2004
Portofolio: Available by request on CD or visit www.puddinproductions.com/port
cl 01/06