Emmanuel has more than 30 years of experience in the fashion and beauty industry. He currently has a salon in Hong Kong. At the early age of  26 years he was Manager and director of the Dessange franchise. He has worked in Europe, America and Asia and developed an understanding and an open mindset across many diverse cultures.

 Some of the highlights in his long and successful career include a long list of celebrity clients, including but not exclusively, being an Personal Image Consultant for “Jonathan Wong” a Hong Kong Pop Star and assisting Isabelle Huppert, a famous French actress to look great for the Hong Kong Festival Awards. 

 Emmanuel’s life changed when at the early age of 30 he was diagnosed with Cancer. He became more and more engaged in eating healthy food and following a healthy lifestyle. He tells this story in the podcast. He is the Founder and the Artistic Director of “emmanuel f” a Hair Salon – Eco-friendly and Organic, a job he is passionate about. Emmanuel goes into the detail in the podcast of how he decided to and how he made the move from the typical chemical products used in many salons to the “Eco Friendly and Organic “ products he uses today.

Timings Emmanuel 

4:11 I really love Hong Kong … mountains… sea …I arrived in Hong Kong in 1999
6:08 [Becoming a hairdresser story] Just for fun … I have a revalation… the story starts there…
10:09 [Hair dressing] The first one I really remember…
11:54 When you are a hairdresser you are not only cutting the hair…
13:05 The hair as important as the face…a matching hair style…
16:03 [Evolution of the business] I wanted to be at the top level …
18:12 When I enter into that franchise… working for 11 years… France… Nantes…Biaritz…Taipei… a training centre…
19:38 [Cancer episode] In Taiwan … I develop a cancer… I put my career on the side… I was just 30 years old… …
24:59 I went back to Taiwan… the idea was to move forward … Hong Kong…
25:39 I started a standard salon in Hong Kong… a chemical salon… I was exposed to chemicals every day … I find some [organic] products … 
24:42 I didn’t need that chemical colour product… or chemical product …
29:46[Introducing organic products to the salon] … Myself first … step by step… changing in the salon was more difficult… to convince people … making the business model efficient… a lot of challenges…
37:36 Step by step was quite fast… the professionals [staff] were not having an open mind… clients are curious…
38:50 [Clients] Didn’t want to know the chemical products are not good for their health… the skin absorbing …. the chemicals… through the skin… everything was new…
40:14 A new product … a lot of plus… better than chemical products…
40:49 [Hairdressers] How can I convince them it’s working better… they have to accept… the biggest challenge…
41:42 [Evolution of business] To offer an experience… I had to move to a new location … a big cost… so many parts to be successful…
46:35 You have to find a perfect balance… I move to a new salon… still be creative…
48:50 Listen to your sixth sense… go where it is good for you…
49:39 What we love to do is see a client happy… it makes you feel good to make people feel good…
50:50 Everybody needs a hairdresser… to find a good hairdresser… we want to be the best…
52:27 I can say thank you to the cancer…. The COVID brings us to different direction… a radical change … improvement… we get stronger … better… sharper… that’s the case for me…
52:30 My job is my passion…

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https://www.emmanuelf.com/

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