About Lizanne

With more than 3 decades in the beauty industry and 20 years as an educator, Lizanne Laurin is a talented stylist and revered mentor. She served as a Senior National Educator for John Paul Mitchell Systems and was the only Canadian member of the ‘Platform Artist Club’, a team hand-picked by the artistic directors of Paul Mitchell, travelling throughout Canada doing hair at trade shows and training seminars, from Vancouver to St.John’s, and parts of the United States.

Her work can be seen in many trade publications, as well as some fashion magazines. She was chosen to style hair for a photo shoot in Los Angeles, where her styles were featured in Paul Mitchell’s advertisements for 2007 throughout the world. She can also be seen on Paul Mitchell’s educational DVD “Elevation” collection.

Lizanne has been a finalist in national hairstyling competitions more than a dozen times and received a nomination for the Global Salon Entrepreneur of the Year awards. She has been filmed for television throughout Canada as an expert in her field.

Lizanne has won Canadian Salon Team of the Year 2006 with her teammates from Hair Factory in St.John’s, Newfoundland and won Manitoba/Saskatchewan Salon Team of the year 2008 with her teammates from Vault salon and Spa in Winnipeg.

Makeovers, and curly hair are her specialty. Her passion for photography is a compliment to her hairstyling passion resulting in beautiful images of her work. Lizanne’s unique perspective on beauty can be seen on her Blog: Hair Tips 101…TRUE BEAUTY, where her philosophy is evident : beauty comes from within.

Lizanne headed a project to teach young Dominican women how to do hair, where a beauty school was erected in her name. She is inspired to do better, be better every day.

As an artist, her medium has always been hair. Then she added Photography as an outlet for art and recently added painting and sculpting. You can see her work in Selkirk Manitoba were she displays her art on occasion at The Gwen Fox Art Gallery and on the outer walls of some of the buildings in the area. As a mural painter and fine art creator, expression is a way of life. She is learning that being an artist comes in many forms.