Stine Enø from Enø Studio, Aarhus

Stine is a passionate hair stylist and proud founding father of Enø Studio in Aarhus.

We share a heat welcome to Stine to our Iles Components household.

To study extra about Stine, go to her web site. You can too observe her on Instagram @enostudiodk

1. What would you time period as your specialty inside your commerce?

I really like all components of the commerce. However face mapping and coloration is my absolute favourite a part of the job. Working with bone construction, facial options, eye coloration, skin-color, creating the correct look to suit every shopper one of the best, and so on., at all times makes me completely love my work. And I have been loving my work for 23 years now.

2. What’s probably the most gratifying a part of your job?

Assembly folks of all ages, all trades, making a distinction. As a stylist, we work with our shopper’s identities. We’re hair and make-up architects. We see completely different shades, varieties and constructions, and are compelled to create. There may be a whole lot of drive and fervour in our commerce when you proceed to feed it. I really like the sensation of needing to create.

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3. Why did you select the trail of hairdressing and was it straightforward to fall into this work?

I used to be supposed to check drugs, however my arms and mind wanted to place within the effort and the hours to study the commerce. It´s like studying to play an instrument. Whenever you study to grasp the talent, it takes fixed and critical consideration  to nonetheless push your talent set and uphold your ardour for the commerce. I nonetheless love science and am very keen on dermatology and endocrinology. I really like chemistry as properly. So the technical a part of being a stylist is a giant a part of what I take pleasure in concerning the commerce. I´m a real hair geek I believe.

4. Should you had not made the choice to be a hairdresser what would you’ve got been?

I might have studied medicine- little doubt.

5. What’s your biggest power

I can talk with all types of individuals. I believe being a stylist is as a lot about communication as it’s about talent. I am a battery; I add vitality the place it is wanted & I am not afraid to talk my thoughts (in a well mannered method in fact). I believe that a part of me you’d both hate or love.

6. Your favourite hairdressing instruments?

UHH that’s tough query. Scissors is the apparent choice- however I also can make all shapes and kinds with simply my hairdryer and brush, or styler. I really like altering varieties and textures. Don´t get me began on the world of a colorist.

7. Inform us about your relationship with ILES FORMULA. How did you uncover us and which formulation is your favourite?

The serum no 3 is my absolute favourite. If I went to a abandoned island, the serum is what would I deliver with me. I personally use it every single day, and in addition on everybody; it fixes all the things like its magic. I used to be so lucky to have met Wendy and her husband Jacque in particular person in Paris. I used to be in love with Iles Components earlier than we met in particular person, however I believe I fully surrendered after I met Wendy. The data, the curiosity, the professionalism, the stamina, and the drive- all mixed in one of the crucial coronary heart warming personalities I´ve ever encountered in my years as a stylist. I’m true Wendy fan.

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8. What was probably the most difficult job you ever had?

That’s a tough query. However I believe working with purchasers which might be affected by hair loss, alopecia, or going by chemo is at all times delicate however very rewarding. I additionally educated many individuals through the years, and I actually loved it. Session throughout nations, cultures, esthetics, and perceptions might be probably the most tough a part of our commerce. What I conceive as stunning is merely a matter of notion, and vice versa.

9. What was your worst hair second and why….privately or on set/stage or within the salon?

Within the late 90´s I used to be a hair mannequin for Lee Stafford UK. He may have given me a buzz reduce for all I cared, he was simply so inspiring (and fairly good on the eyes as properly). He gave me overcut bangs and coloured my hair inexperienced. It was magic whereas we did the tour, however as Monday got here and I returned to Aarhus, my dad wasn´t very impressed; so the inexperienced didn´t keep for lengthy.

10. Should you may fashion anybody’s hair, who wouldn’t it be and why?

Her Majesty the queen of Denmark as a result of I believe she is wonderful and all her pomp and circumstance is nearly magical.

10. The place do you pull all hair inspiration from?

Wendy is wonderful. I am lucky to have seen a whole lot of her work and completely adore it. However I’ve additionally been privileged in my work life. I’ve labored facet by facet with a whole lot of unimaginable hair artists who interpret hair in a different way than I do. I believe It´s inspiring to look and study from one another. I additionally discover inspiration from structure, vogue, historical past, and observing the world round and folks in it.

12. Your recommendation to younger hairdressers beginning out?

If It´s not an actual ardour, don’t even give it some thought. Being a stylist is a life-style, not a 9-5 job. All of the magic is completed after hours amongst many individuals and all of the craziness.

13. Other than the drastic salon hygienic laws, what modifications to a salon’s every single day enterprise do you assume will keep after the Covid-19 disruption?

We at all times solely entertained one shopper at a time within the studio, so our on a regular basis routines did not change that a lot. I am all for the stylists around the globe which might be held in a excessive esteem as a result of it isn’t a career for the faint of hearted. Being a hair stylist is difficult work and lengthy hours all put in to turning into a talented craftsman. I hope that the world perhaps awakened and acknowledged that it isn’t simply hair and make-up. We work with our purchasers dignity and personalities. We are able to change how an individual feels about themselves for the higher, in a matter of hours. It´s one of many oldest trades on the planet, and it is an honorable one. I for one am very happy with being a stylist.

However put up COVID, greater than ever it´s essential to keep watch over administration and numbers. Should you don’t run a good ship- forecasting and managing, or just don´t have the mandatory skillset or curiosity, you should get your self a enterprise associate who can oversee that a part of the enterprise. Expertise and talent just isn’t value a lot if its not utilized in the correct means. Within the enterprise of being a hairstylist, you should put on many hats.