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JENNIFER JEAN SCALI
Phoenix,AZ
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Summary
Licensed Cosmetologist with 1,500 hours of formal training and 33 years of experience in color, design, and client-centered service. Delivered exceptional guest experiences through artistic judgment and meticulous attention to hair integrity. Demonstrated strong work ethic, adaptability, and interpersonal skills in various salon roles.
Overview
4
4
years of post-secondary education
36
36
years of professional experience
Work History
Cosmetology Training & Portfolio Development
Avalon Institute
Phoenix, USA
01.2025 - Current
- Executed documented color transformations, including blonde, vivid-red, rooted-beige, and dimensional shades, utilizing lifting, toning, lowlighting, and root-melt techniques to achieve desired client outcomes.
- Developed technical proficiency with Redken Blond IQ, Shades EQ formulations, K18 care, blow-drying, styling, braiding, and retail product recommendations to support client satisfaction.
- Practiced hairstyling techniques on mannequin heads, focusing on skill enhancement and achieving polished finishes while prioritizing consultation, formulation, sanitation, and hair integrity.
- Completed mannequin clipper-fade and layered-cut exercises in approximately 30 minutes each; the layered cut required no corrections.
- Completed 1,500 hours of cosmetology education and earned an Arizona cosmetology license in 2025.
Professional Painter & Artist
Schantz Construction
Phoenix, Arizona
08.1990 - 08.2023
- Leveraged advanced color theory, precision, visual balance, surface analysis, and client communication skills from a long creative career into cosmetology services.
- Established a practice driven by strong reputation, resulting in high levels of referrals, repeat business, and inbound creative opportunities.
- Prepared surfaces through sanding, scraping, and cleaning to ensure optimal paint adhesion.
- Built a reputation-based practice supported by referrals, repeat business, press, and inbound creative opportunities.
- Combined various paint colors to create specific shades for projects. according to specifications to achieve desired shades consistently.
Education
1,500-Hour Cosmetology Program -
Avalon Institute
Phoenix, AZ 08.2024 - 01.2025
Bachelor of Arts - Photography
Columbia College
Chicago, IL 08.1990 - 08.1994
Some College -
Skills
- Hair coloring techniques
- Blonding & toning
- Foiling & highlights
- Root smudges/melts
- Redken Shades EQ
- Dimensional color
- Blow-drying & styling
- Shampoo & conditioning
- Haircut fundamentals
- French & Dutch braiding
- Sanitation
- Product education
- Client consultation
Timeline
Cosmetology Training & Portfolio Development
Avalon Institute
01.2025 - Current
1,500-Hour Cosmetology Program -
Avalon Institute
08.2024 - 01.2025
Professional Painter & Artist
Schantz Construction
08.1990 - 08.2023
Bachelor of Arts - Photography
Columbia College
08.1990 - 08.1994