June 10, 2008

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INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED HAIRSTYLIST, WAYNE GRUND VISITS LOCAL HAIR ACADEMY…
Tranquility Design Academy Students Hear Tips on Training and Life Skills from Celebrity Hair Stylist

MANASSAS, Va., -- Wayne Grund, founder of Canadian-based Grund Hair International and one of the most sought after hairstylists and life skills trainers in the world, visited Tranquility Design Academy in Manassas, Va. recently to present a two-hour training to over 50 Tranquility students and stylists on life strategies and skills that convey to successful careers in the hair industry.  Grund speaks around the world at hair symposiums and also leads his multi-million dollar company, Grund Hair International, focusing on education and product development.

"Tranquility walks-the-talk of success, both personally and for their guests, as the team is tremendously talented and confident in their abilities; they are not willing to compromise their high expectations for themselves, their products; their customer service and ultimately their guests" said Wayne Grund, founder of Grund Hair International. "Great hairstylists come hungry, humble and nice; hungry and passionate for great hair, humble in their abilities, and with a commitment to being just plain nice," Grund said.

"I've been to hundreds of salons in the past 30 years of my career, and there are plenty of salons that provide good haircuts and retain large revenues, but what differentiates great salons is the overall experience you receive from the minute you say hello to the person at the front desk to the minute you pay your bill and say goodbye because being plain nice is underestimated in our industry, and Tranquility has meshed two wonderful ingredients of high-end customer service and technical knowledge with genuine niceness, without expressing the typical arrogance that so many high-end salons have come to be known for," said Grund.

Grund has cut popular country singer, Garth Brooks' hair, as well as other celebrities. Grund started his career at 13 years old, when he charged $1.75 for a haircut in a small-town barber shop in Saskatchewan, Canada, following in the footsteps of his father and grandfather. His first salon measured 10 feet by 10 feet and contained three shampoo sinks, and over 30 years later has grown into multi-million dollar company. Grund’s work has been featured in television networks like, NBC, ABC, CNN and BBC, as well as featured in more than 85 hair shows per year and he travels in excess of 150,000 miles around the world. For more information, visit www.grundhair.com.

"Wayne Grund's presentations are so powerful, not only because he knows the hair industry so well, but because he penetrates the human side of our business and of life in general," said Gloria Harding, owner and founder of Tranquility Day Spa & Salon and Tranquility Design Academy.

Tranquility Design Academy is noted for its creative 10-month teaching curriculum for future hair stylists by introducing students to a Fine Art Foundation Workshop that trains stylists to view clientele with the critical eye of an artist along with a creative edge. Not only does the academy focus on the basic foundations of cosmetology school, but more than 75 percent of its courses lead the trainees to harness their own positive energy, skills and talents to realize and maximize their full potential not only to be expert hair stylists, but as compassionate, caring human beings who have been taught to nurture their self-esteem and self-confidence. Harding is a firm believer in "paying it forward."

Tranquility Day Spa and Salon is located in Manassas, Va. at 10360 Portsmouth Rd. and in Haymarket, Va. at 15125 Washington Street, Suite 304. It has been listed as one of the top 200 salons in the United States by Salon Today magazine for seven consecutive years, top 50 salons by Washingtonian magazine, and Northern Virginia magazine’s top 20 salons; named “Best Female-Owned Business” in Prince William County by Manassas Journal Messenger and listed in Washington Spaces magazine, as well as a semi-finalist for the Global Salon Business, “Entrepreneur of the Year” award. Founded on the belief that the highest calling of leadership is the growth and development of people, owners Gloria and Wayne Harding are celebrating 10 years of successful and compassionate service. Gloria Harding is also artistic director for Grund International, working directly with world-renowned hair stylist expert, Wayne Grund. Manassas-based Tranquility Design Academy was established in 2007 and was created out of the vision to teach, lead and grow professional stylists to honor codes of professionalism, respect, integrity and compassion for their clientele through beauty. For more information on Tranquility Design Academy call 703.257.4911 or www.tranquilitydesignacademy.com or Tranquility Day Spa & Salon at 703.257.7200 or www.tranquilitydayspa.com.