Meet Our (Temporary) Supervisor: Rian DeVeer on Learning, Confidence & the Industry ⭐

In this episode of License & Unsupervised, we’re joined by our first official “supervisor” — Rian DeVeer.We start with origin stories — how we all got to where we are today, how we first met Rian, and the impressions that stuck.From there, we talk about his experience in beauty school as both a student and a teacher, and how education in the hair industry has evolved across generations.We get into:Men in the hair industry and how that has changed over timeConfidence — especially for men in a creative spaceLearning hair through print vs learning through YouTubeThe influence of artists like Guy TangBehind the Chair magazine and how we used to learn from printHow Rian learned through digital platformsWorking together on set for the Empower shoot and magazineTeaching at beauty school and favorite educatorsTrends like the “money piece”World records in the hair industryAnd the wild creativity of artists like Dean BanowetzThis episode is about growth, learning, confidence, and how different generations of stylists find their way in the industry.Licensed? Yes. Supervised? Finally.