2008 Woodie Awards
'Shear Genius' hits Wilmington
Jennie Klahre : Junior Staff Writer
Issue date: 11/15/07 Section: Lifestyles
Well-known hairstylist and television star Ben Mollin took his newfound fame in stride when he visited Rockin' Roller Salon in Wilmington last weekend.
After a few of his fans from the salon drove 1,200 miles to get a haircut from Mollin six weeks ago in Ohio and convinced him to come to Wilmington, he was booked solid at Rockin' Roller from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday.
"People come to me and they want the best haircut they've ever had in their life," Mollin said.
"I started doing it when I was 15," Mollin said about cutting hair. "You know how there's something that you're just kind of drawn to when you're a kid? That was it. I always knew I was going to do it."
"A friend of mine in high school named Katie, who worked at a beauty supply store, asked me to give her a perm and she came over, drew me a diagram, read me the instructions and thus began my career of figuring out how to do hair," Mollin said.
Always strongly interested in the arts, Mollin graduated from Cameo, a beauty school in Illinois, and began working at Super Cuts.
"After Super Cuts, I worked at a spa for a couple years just cutting, and by the time I was 21 I had enough clients to open up my own shop in Homewood, Ill.," Mollin said about the small, pre-existing business he bought.
He currently owns a small, unadvertised hairdressing shop with his fiancé.
"I like doing customized work," Mollin said. "I attack hair how people would attack designing a room or building a house. I'm into making people, no matter what age, feel confident as opposed to making a statement."
Participating in the reality television show on Bravo, "Shear Genius," Mollin conquered a variety of unique hairstyling elimination challenges while still maintaining his down-to-earth nature.
"I never said to myself when I was a kid: I'm going to be on TV to see if I'm the best hairdresser in the world," Mollin said. "I never thought in a million years [it would happen to me]."
After a few of his fans from the salon drove 1,200 miles to get a haircut from Mollin six weeks ago in Ohio and convinced him to come to Wilmington, he was booked solid at Rockin' Roller from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday.
"People come to me and they want the best haircut they've ever had in their life," Mollin said.
"I started doing it when I was 15," Mollin said about cutting hair. "You know how there's something that you're just kind of drawn to when you're a kid? That was it. I always knew I was going to do it."
"A friend of mine in high school named Katie, who worked at a beauty supply store, asked me to give her a perm and she came over, drew me a diagram, read me the instructions and thus began my career of figuring out how to do hair," Mollin said.
Always strongly interested in the arts, Mollin graduated from Cameo, a beauty school in Illinois, and began working at Super Cuts.
"After Super Cuts, I worked at a spa for a couple years just cutting, and by the time I was 21 I had enough clients to open up my own shop in Homewood, Ill.," Mollin said about the small, pre-existing business he bought.
He currently owns a small, unadvertised hairdressing shop with his fiancé.
"I like doing customized work," Mollin said. "I attack hair how people would attack designing a room or building a house. I'm into making people, no matter what age, feel confident as opposed to making a statement."
Participating in the reality television show on Bravo, "Shear Genius," Mollin conquered a variety of unique hairstyling elimination challenges while still maintaining his down-to-earth nature.
"I never said to myself when I was a kid: I'm going to be on TV to see if I'm the best hairdresser in the world," Mollin said. "I never thought in a million years [it would happen to me]."
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