Training & Workshops
Fabulocs Training and Certification
Did you know that the natural hair industry (styling, products and care of non-relaxed African American hair) is one of the fastest growing businesses in the United States? As a hair care professional, now is the time to take advantage of this exciting news! Fabulocs offers the training and strategies to equip your business to handle the influx of clients that the natural hair business has to offer. Our intensive workshops, training and certifications are designed to ensure that you and your stylists no longer lose clients to high performance competitors that are primarily skilled in natural hair care. We also offer a product line specifically designed to handle even the most dry hair types and textures associated with African American hair. Last but not least, Fabulocs offers programs to keep our affiliates updated, connected and well equipped to support a career in natural hair and locs.
Fabulocs offers intensive training and workshops to help stylists learn the techniques of natural hair care that have earned Fabulocs national notoriety. In fact, CNN and The New York Times recently acknowledged Fabulocs as one of the growing businesses in today’s weak economy. Fabulocs’ professional standards of excellence allow us to train and assist stylists/salons and attract valued customers. Clients look to Fabulocs as a way to ensure they receive quality hair care and products.
Why Fabulocs Training? (Return to Top)
My name is Nimat Bilal-Young, I am the CEO and founder of Fabulocs Natural Hair Products and Services. The idea of Fabulocs was started due to a lack of reliable product on the market more than eight years ago. As a stylist, I found myself mixing all sorts of products to get one that would work effectively on kinky and coily hair types. Out of my frustration I created the Fabulocs Intense Moisture Therapy. Eventually this led to a full line of natural hair products. I quickly began to study Internet marketing in order to share my product with the world. Fabulocs grew from a single natural hair stylist, to a stylist and a product line. Suddenly, my little business began to flourish faster than I could have ever imagined. I knew I had a great product, but I also created a system of how to style hair and care for customers, which was crucial in my success as a hair stylist. As a means to share the overwhelming influx of customers I began to receive, I needed to recruit one stylist to help service the extra customers. I mentored her into the Fabulocs method of styling and quickly realized that I needed to recruit more stylists to keep up. Eventually, I held the first Fabulocs training program. This program consisted of three key things: product use, customer service, and the Fabulocs method of caring for hair. Fabulocs grew from one to nine stylists overnight. I realized that this would be my calling and contribution. I could help stylists groom their craft as well as support them by helping them gain customers through marketing and product sales! As time went on, Fabulocs began to receive inquiries from all over the world about the possibility of having a Fabulocs stylist in their city. In an attempt to satisfy this need, I decided to expand even further by helping stylists abroad to build their business in order to provide these customers with a Fabulocs Certified Stylist. With this dream, Fabulocs became something much bigger, a vessel that would properly educate stylists, allow the public a credible resource to find a good stylist, a way to unite and support natural stylists all over the world and a means to create a universal core curriculum that stylists and customers can depend on and respect.
What is a Fabulocs Certified Stylist (FCS) vs. Fabulocs Certificate of Completion? (Return to Top)
Stylists can complete Fabulocs training for educational purposes only or choose to become a Fabulocs Certified Stylists. Stylists that take Fabulocs training for educational purposes only, will receive a certificate of completion for each course. At any time stylists may choose to take all necessary courses to become officially certified as a Fabulocs stylist. In order to become a FCS, stylists must complete the following series of courses:
Understanding Product Usage, Ingredients and Hair Texture/Type
Repair, Parting, Trimming and Transitioning
Natural Hair Styling
Loc Maintenance, Parting and Starting
Loc Joining, Pruning, Cutting, Repair/Extensions
Loc Styling
What is the advantage to becoming an FCS?
Our certification/training programs provide thorough and advanced education in natural hair. Headed by executive stylist and certified educator, Aishah Bilal, Ed.S., stylists are sure to obtain an optimal learning experience.
As a Fabulocs Certified Stylist you earn a special affiliation within the Fabulocs network. This network enables stylists to benefit from Fabulocs strategic marketing. Marketing includes providing visibility, customers, support and credibility as an educated natural hair stylist. Fabulocs coaches and guides its stylist by acting as a support system to help stylists to get up and run effectively. Fabulocs links its website with its stylists so that customers know stylists are accurately trained, which creates an assurance and comfort for potential customers. Fabulocs situates its stylist’s business location in its search engines to bring clients to stylists. Last but not least, as an official Fabulocs product distributor, Fabulocs markets to customers to go to your location to purchase products, which equals even more income. Fabulocs has successfully supported its stylists for many years through its strategic marketing and products sales.
Fabulocs Certified Stylist Product Distribution
As an FCS, you are required to use and sell Fabulocs products. The Fabulocs Natural Hair Care System is the heart beat of Fabulocs’ success. Fabulocs Certified Stylists are to purchase products wholesale and act as a distributor for Fabulocs products. The amount and frequency of product purchase will be based on the size of business and the number of people the stylist is servicing. Fabulocs offers getting started retail packages as well as wholesale packages for stylists.
What are FCS standards?
The Fabulocs Certified Stylist Standards are a group of standard that each FCS agrees to adhere to in order to allow the public insurance of the stylist’s qualifications and customer service. This list is made public and marketed to customers in order for them to know what to expect from an FCS.
The standards are as follow:
- Satisfactory completion of all Fabulocs training
- Understanding of sanitation and proper use of hair styling supplies.
- Understanding of the appropriate products to use for natural hair styling and ingredients.
- Understanding of how to care for and style natural hair and locs without damaging the hair shaft by using undesired styling techniques.
- Professionalism in the areas of customer service.
- Understanding how to execute Fabulocs promoted styles and techniques.
- Understanding how to use the Fabulocs natural hair care system.
- Distribution of Fabulocs hair products.
National Training (Return to Top)
If you are unable to come to us, let Fabulocs travel to you! Fabulocs educators will provide group training to national stylists and salons. We require groups of three or more to administer trainings abroad. Training must be held at a public venue, i.e., salon or hotel. Travel expenses are not included in the course price.
Fabulocs Training Method
Fabulocs Training is boot camp style and designed to quickly jumpstart efficient and effective hair care and styling in the field of natural hair and locs. Attendees are engaged in hands on, strategic, yet easy to understand concepts and principals that they can use to successfully maintain a career in natural hair. In an attempt to satisfy the needs of those who may have little time or live abroad, Fabulocs boot camp style trainings are the perfect solution. This training method allows Fabulocs the ability to affordably administer training all over the country.
Training Schedule (Return to Top)
As a prerequisite to take Fabulocs training, all attendees must be able to braid, cornrow, flat twist and perform a two-strand twist. All courses can be scheduled by appointment for salon group training. Individuals interested in taking these courses must refer to the training schedule. Stylists may bring required supplies or purchase from Fabulocs. All course tuition is listed in U.S. dollars (USD):
Understanding Product Usage, Ingredients,
and Hair Texture/Type
$300 USD Sunday, February 26, 2012 10:00 A.M. to 12:30 P.M.
Natural Hair Repair, Parting, Trimming and Transitioning
$300 USD Sunday, February 26, 2012 1:00 P.M. to 3:30 P.M.
Natural Hair Styling:
$450 USD Monday, February 27, 2012 10:00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M.
Loc Maintenance, Parting and Starting:
$300 USD Sunday, March 11, 2012 10:00 A.M. to 12:30 P.M.
Loc Joining, Pruning, Cutting, and Repair/Extensions:
$350 USD Sunday, March 11, 2012 1:00 P.M. to 4:00 P.M.
Loc Styling:
$350 USD Monday, March 12, 2012 10:00 A.M. to 1:00 P.M.
If you are interested in taking Fabulocs training, please contact us at info@fabulocs.com
Fabulocs Workshops (Return to Top)
Fabulocs offers natural hair and loc workshops designed to assist and educate customers. These hands on workshops teach customers how to care for and protect their natural hair and locs using the Fabulocs Natural Hair Care System. Topics include identifying texture and hair type, understanding the effects of heat and color processing, styling techniques, proper product use, maintaining hair styles and more! Attendee’s also enjoy complimentary continental brunch. Join us Sunday, February 19th, 2012 for our next set of workshops!
Learn about Maintenance (What’s the Difference?), Touch Ups,
Product Use, Locing and Unlocing, Styling techniques and more…*
* Includes Fabulocs Product Samples, Maintenance Kit,
Food and Beverages.
Styling and Caring For Your Locs Workshop: 12:00 p.m.
to 2:30 p.m., $100 USD
Styling and Caring For Your Natural Hair Workshop: 2:45 p.m.
to 5:00 p.m., $100 USD