Join your #SolaFam in Denver, Colorado for a Sola Sessions unlike any other! Engage with the beauty industry's most dynamic and inspiring educators and change-makers. Learn new skills to elevate your business. Connect with like-minded Sola Bosses. Cultivate connections that last a lifetime. Step into your power to create the career and life of your dreams!

SUNDAY, MAY 15TH

1:00 - 5:00 pm: Create & Connect

(VIP & Platinum Ticket Holders Only)

• Hands-on workshop with Britt Seva
• Insightful panel discussions with Faces of Sola
• Engaging roundtables
• Learn and grow with Sola pros

5:30 pm - 8:00 pm: Welcome Reception

• Live music and passed apps
• 1 free drink (cheers!)... then cash bar
• Connect with event educators and Sola Fam

MONDAY, MAY 16TH:

THE MAIN EVENT

9:00 am: Registration and Vendor Expo Open

10:00 am - 4:30 pm: General Sessions

• Two stages running all day, covering business & artistic education
• Workshops for alternative services
• Vendor Expo to connect with your favorite brands
• SWAG bag filled with goodies from event sponsors
• Giveaways (Free week of rent? Yes, please!)
• Lunch included

4:30 pm - 6:00 pm: Happy Hour

• Network with Sola fam & Sessions educators
• First drink on us(!), then cash bar
• Live music
• Passed apps

We are so excited to announce that we are able to offer attendees Continuing Education credits from the following states: Iowa, Illinois, Maryland, Nebraska, North Carolina, Washington D.C., Ohio, Texas, West Virginia, New Mexico, and Montana.

EVENT EMCEES

Kim Bennett & Steven Wren

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Dr. Bertice Berry

Award-Winning Entertainer, Lecturer and Comedian

BUSINESS & MARKETING STAGE

Yene Damtew

• The Executive Suite: Doing hair isn’t enough. Learn my top three tricks on pricing for a sustainable business, maximize revenues and create necessary boundaries within your beauty business.

Britt Seva

• Simplified Scalability: Achieving multiple six figures in revenue as a beauty professional doesn't happen by chance...and the strategies used to achieve your first $100K aren't the same as the ones that will allow you to become an industry leader. As of 2022, 12% of the industry has a net income of $100,000+, and through this actionable presentation, Britt dives into brand positioning, specializing, career Income potential, and the path to building a truly scalable business.

Dawn Bradley

• Dawn Bradley is the creator of Rock Your Business (a stress-free guide to earning 6-figures), and the host of The Anxious Creative Podcast. A hairstylist for 19 years, she has worked all over the world with some of the top names in the beauty industry, such as Ian Michael Black, Antoinette Beenders and Anthony Nader. Named by Salon Magazine as Canada’s #1 women of influence, she has built an audience of thousands of creatives who learn from her weekly on how to build profitable and sustainable careers.

ARTISTIC STAGE

Wella (Anthony Cole & Toni Garcia-Jackson)

• Anthony Cole has had his work featured in many industry-leading magazines such as: Behind the Chair, Modern Salon, American Salon, and Estetica. As well as being a recognized force in the Hair industry, Anthony’s work has also been featured in Editorial magazines such as: Elle America, Elle Shanghai, Vogue America, Vogue Russia, Vogue Italia, inStyle, Bazaar and including a cover for New Beauty magazine and two covers of top beauty magazines in Russian. Anthony has led fashion week for New York, Paris and Milan.
• Toni Garcia-Jackson travels across the country and abroad, educating some of the nation’s top stylists and colorists where she specializes in innovative color placement as well as precision cutting. She is an American Board Certified Hair Colorist, and she has trained extensively at the Vidal Sassoon Academy in advanced hair coloring and haircutting. Toni’s work has been featured in many magazines, including, but not limited to, Latina Magazine, Modern Salon, The Colorist, American Salon, and Beauty Launchpad.

Redken (Lori Zabel & Sarah Bramham)

• Lori Zabel, for over a decade, has been inspiring salon professionals around the globe. As a Redken Artist and Master Stylist at Dop Dop Salon, SoHo, NY she has the insight to help stylists find new perspectives that were previously unimaginable.
• Sarah Bramham is an Artist first and foremost and fully versed in the principles of Color and Three Dimensional Design. She loves to share her knowledge and reignite a fire in the professionals in the industry. Sarah inspires others to transcend their limitations and to find in themselves great and wonderful talents

John Paul Mitchell Systems (Colin Caruso & Régine Valcin)

• Colin Caruso (@colincaruso) travels the world as the Artistic Director of Professional Hair Color, creating innovative new techniques and inspiring hairstylists all over the world as well as his own team at Caru Salon in Hoboken, New Jersey. Colin’s success comes through the marriage of focus and innovation. A visionary, Colin is inspired by brilliant, successful moguls across every industry and translates his learning into artistry that can turn into business opportunity for salon professionals, all in the name of hair color.
• Régine Valcin is the owner of Régine 40.6.33, a salon located in Huntsville Alabama. With over a decade of experience in the industry Régine is set and determined to be a trailblazer of texture education! As a texture Specialist and National Educator with John Paul Mitchell Systems, Régine's misson and passion is geared towards normalizing the understanding of curly texture; celebrating all of it's glory!

SIDE SESSIONS WORKSHOPS

Bioelements (Dawn Gantt)

• Dawn Gantt: As a 25+ year licensed esthetician and makeup artist with a degree in education, she knows professional skincare from every angle: esthetician, educator, spa business developer and an author of industry trade articles on retail strategy. She’s certified in Aromatherapy and Manual Lymphatic Drainage and is a sought-after authority in the industry.

Dazzle Dry (Adar Venyige)

• Come join Dazzle Dry’s Adar Venyige for a 45-minute session that explores the history of the brand, why it is a such a disruptor in our industry, how it’s changing lives, and a unique, retail opportunity for all licensed Sola professionals. ALL ATTENDEES RECEIVE A FREE DAZZLE DRY MINI KIT!

Brows By Carla (Carla Gray)

• Join brow expert and Sola professional, Carla Gray, for a 45-minute session on giving your client the PERFECT brows. Carla will cover professionalism, why you should wax, how to setup your client's next session and filling in your client's brows. She will be doing a demo and taking questions at the end.

(Platinum Ticket Holders Only)

10:00 am - 1:00 pm: Healthy Boundaries & Communication Workshop with Dawn Bradley

• How to set healthy boundaries
• Effective communication strategies
• Strategies to recover lost income
• Tips to create new salon policies

TICKETS

There are three ticket tiers* to choose from: Platinum, VIP and Base

Space is limited. Grab your ticket before they're all gone!

MONDAY: $149

• Optional Welcome Party for an additional $25
• Sola Sessions Main Event
• After Party Reception^
• Only 350 seats available

PLATINUM: SOLD OUT

• Create & Connect
• Welcome Party^
• Sola Sessions Main Event
• After Party Reception^
• Workshop with Dawn Bradley
• Only 40 seats available

VIP: SOLD OUT

• Create & Connect
• Welcome Party^
• Sola Sessions Main Event
• After Party Reception^
• Only 45 seats available

^ Includes one drink ticket

HOTEL

We recommend booking a room at The CatBird, which is a quick walk or less than 5-minute drive to all event venues.

PARKING

There is ample street parking around Bigsby's Folly for Sunday's event and Tracks/ReelWorks for Monday's event. For Tuesday's event, the Source Hotel has a paid parking garage, or there is street parking a short walk away.

REFUNDS & CANCELLATIONS

COVID has created an ever-evolving landscape for us to navigate. We are continuing to monitor the latest guidelines and recommendations from a national level and in Denver, and we will communicate updates to ticket holders via direct email about safety protocols and further changes.

Please note that all sales are final. However, in the event that the Sessions is canceled due to government mandates, all ticket holders will be refunded in full.

HEALTH AND SAFETY

The health and safety of our attendees, educators, and staff is our top priority. Based on guidance from the CDC, health authorities, and local Denver law, we have implemented the following safety measures to provide all attendees with the safest experience possible:

To enter the venue, all attendees must either provide proof of vaccination (dated no later than May 1st, 2022) OR proof of a negative Covid-19 test (taken within 72 hours of first Sessions experience), along with a government-issued photo ID. In addition to a negative test, we also ask that all non-vaccinated attendees wear a mask when inside the venue. If you do not show your proof of vaccination or a negative test upon entry, you will be denied access to the event without a refund.

Full vaccination is defined as 14 days from your second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, or a single dose of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.

There will be ongoing cleaning services with EPA registered products and ample hand sanitizing stations throughout the venue.

We ask that you not attend if: Within 14 days prior to the event, you have tested positive or been exposed to someone who has tested positive for COVID-19; within 48 hours prior to the event, you have experienced symptoms of COVID-19; or within 14 days of the event, you have traveled to any international territory that is subject to travel or quarantine restrictions.