Iles Formula Hair Talk with Yasuna Hoshino of Salon Benjamin

Today, we are pleased to feature Yasuna Hoshino as our Hair Talk guest. Yasuna has had a 10 year career and is currently a senior stylist at Benjamin Salon located in West Hollywood in California. Scroll to view Yasuna's work and read what she shares about her experience, as well as her favorite hairdressing tools and products.

To see more of Yasuna Hoshino on instagram @yasunaaaa_

 

 

IF: Tell us what you think is the biggest challenge in hairdressing today?

Keeping up with all the social media hair! Keeping myself up to date and relevant on Instagram is a lot of work and Pinterest and Instagram are great ways to find inspirations for hair, but sometimes it doesn’t work. Or at least in one sitting.

 

IF: What's the most enjoyable part of your job?

The most enjoyable part for me is the people. Over the past 10 years + of doing hair, I have met all sorts of people and learned so much from everyone. Past co-workers, current co-workers, clients, product companies etc. They not taught me much about hair and products but also about human interaction.

 

 

IF: Why did you choose the path of hairdressing and was it easy to fall into this work?

Hairdressing came to me by accident. I used to be in retail until one day I realized that was not for me and remembered that I used to color my friend's hair and that was fun, so off to hair school I went! After that everything kept rolling and going! With that being said, this was the hardest thing for me to fall into. Being super introverted and shy, I struggled a lot to connect with people.

 

IF: If you had not made the decision to be a hairdresser what would you have been?

HONESTLY? I have no idea. Hahahahaha
Like I said, I was super introverted and super shy……maybe something where I could hide in a corner and keep to myself? Thank goodness I started doing hair.

IF: What is your greatest strength?

My greatest strength is to change up someone's look. It could be as small as face-framing layers or as big as cutting it all off into a short pixie. CHANGE IS GOOD! It's hair! You’re supposed to change it up right?

 

IF: Your favorite hairdressing tools?

Nic Pop 5.25 Scissors and Cesibon Comb (green). I can’t work without these two. I’m attached.

 

IF: Tell us about your relationship with Iles Formula. How you discovered us and which formula is your favorite?

When I came to Benjamin Salon, I met a stylist named Carla (who has also been featured). Every time I looked at her station, there’s always a big white bottle of the Iles Finishing Serum so I thought why not give it a try.

INSTANT LOVE. MY FAVORITE ILES PRODUCT!

My relationship with Iles Finishing Serum has been 7 months long and it’s still going strong.

 

photo: Iles Formula Finishing serum loved by professional hairdresser Yasuna
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IF: What was the most challenging job you ever made?

The most challenging job for me was moving to Benjamin Salon.

I had been my last location for about 9 years. I only knew that one salon and how that salon ran. It took me a long time to decide to move over. Once I did, I remember thinking, “O M G…” I felt like I didn’t know anything. I didn’t know where everything was or how to conduct myself.

But here I am 7 months later and happy. Change is good. So lucky to be in such an amazing place with amazing people. And if it wasn’t for the move, I wouldn’t have known about Iles!

 

 

IF: What was your worst hair moment and why?…. privately or on set/stage or in the salon?

My worst hair moment was when I was still in hair school. It was my second week of school and had no idea what “creative haircutting” meant. Before we started, I signed a waiver. Well…. after 8 hours I ended up a hot pink shelf on one side, long tails in the front, half of the back being shaved off and other half being permed into a triangle. Can’t say that was my favorite haircut….

IF: If you could style anyone's hair, who would it be and why?

George Clooney! I love cutting men's hair and he seems like a cool guy AND he makes tequila!

 

 

IF: Where do you pull hair inspiration from?

EVERYWHERE. Constantly on Pinterest and Instagram. But my favorite place is from my co-workers. They all do such amazing work and something different from one another.

 

 

IF: Your advice to young hairdressers starting out?

One: soak it all in. There isn’t a better time to learn and feed your brain.
Two: be humble
Three: do not be sad when you make a mistake. It is the best way to learn. If you make a mistake, trust me, you will never forget that mistake.

IF: Thank you Yasuna for sharing with us.