Still buzzin’ today, busystylist.com was created in 2017 by our Founder and CEO Philip Pelusi and President John O’Neill.  They wanted to have a place to bring all Philip Pelusi Designers and Guest Services together to learn about company happenings and have a fast way to get virtual product education and more. 

So Philip Pelusi, the company, launched busystylist.com as a virtual information mecca & a career building tool for everyone.  View this short video to learn about this virtual bulletin board and educational resource and get busy today!

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From the creative genius of Philip Pelusi Creative Director Jeffrey Reitz!  Presenting the Duck Parade at Philip Pelusi!  This cool team building exercise was Jeffrey’s brainchild to boost Designer creativity and just plain have fun, creating these unique looks of duck couture and coiffure. 

Everything including hair, makeup and clothing, each salon was assigned a duck to create a unique look in homage to many popular superstars of that era.

The Philip Pelusi Salon Design Teams created Duckatella Vesace, Vera Wing, Karl Duckerfeld, Christian Duckboutin, Duck Dior, Duck Gaultier, Ducky Cleopatra in honor of Beyoncé’s character as Foxxy Cleopatra in the then popular movie Austin Powers, plus a duck created in Philip’s likeness (2^nd duck from the right on the top row).  Check out the Philip-esque hair, spectacles, and suit! 

And kudos, the images were published in Modern Salon and American Salon magazines and the ducks went on tour to NYC Mercedes Benz Fashion week presented at the Tela Design Studio!

Designer and Talent Development Trainer Regina at The Block was part of salon team participants and still absolutely raves about the event. 

Regina shares, “We all had a blast!  Ross Park (now The Block) was inspired by Victoria Secret’s fantasy angel wings and diamonds.  We were all given just a plain white lawn duck.  Each salon had one and I remember meeting up a few times to work on it.  It was team building because we all worked together and it got the creative juices flowing.  I think there might have been some hair and craft stuff to choose from at The Philip Pelusi Center for Talent Development but I think we went to Michaels and other craft stores to get supplies.  We had a lot of fun doing this project and it was hilarious presenting them.”

Behind The Scenes…

Photos and Lighting by Philip Pelusi

Hair by Jeffrey R and each Philip Pelusi Salon Team

Makeup by Jeffrey R and each Philip Pelusi Salon Team

Clothing by Jeffrey R and each Philip Pelusi Salon Team

Philip Pelusi Products ~ Almost every Philip Pelusi dry hair application styling product plus a lot of P2 Fluid for shaping and P2 Rivet and P2 Industrial for hold

Shoot location ~ Philip Pelusi Center for Talent Development

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Philip Pelusi makes his first live appearance on CBS TV showing chic haute hair designs & wash & wear short hairstyles.  The year, 1966.  2 models, one incredible short cropped cut and one long hair crafting model morphed into several styles. 

And all live on camera along with an interview.  And check out Philip, stylin’ in his suit and groovy coiffure, all very 60’s chic.  This was the first of countless television & radio interviews Philip does over the decades.

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Top NYC fashion house Outlaws on The Boarder commissioned The Philip Pelusi Runway Team for their NYC Fashion Week Show circa 2008. 

So Philip Pelusi & Creative Directors Jeffrey Reitz & Lisa Krszal designed their now legendary Runway Rebel hair designs for the show! 

It was notably held at Philip’s Tela Design Studio in the Meatpacking District.  The hair was big, bold and rebellious!  And created by Philip, Jeffrey, Lisa and their entire Philip Pelusi Runway Design Team.

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The hair designs of Philip Pelusi and his Design Team have graced the runways of New York Fashion Weeks countless times over the decades!  One notable show took place in 2009 for NYC Fashion Design Icon Benjamin Cho for his Spring 2008 Collection.

Ben Cho commissioned The Philip Pelusi Runway Team for his NYC Fashion Week Show held at Tela Design Studio in the Meatpacking District creating their Hair Heretic hair designs conceived by Philip Pelusi & Creative Directors Jeffrey Reitz & Lisa Krszal.

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The year was 1967, just a couple years into Philip’s illustrious career.  And Philip Pelusi was invited to showcase his hair designs at the Sarah Scaife Modern Art Museum grand opening in Pittsburgh (now Carnegie Museum of Art).

Also uniquely featured were the couture clothing from London that he was retailing at his salon at the time.  Check out his beautiful hair artistry on his beautiful model and client in these photos also photographed by Philip himself.  Art personified!

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Can you hear Philip’s iconic jingle?  “Philip Pelusi A Cut Above The Rest!  A Cut Above The Rest!  A Cut Above The Rest!”  If you have never heard it, play the video below! 

The year was 1975 when Philip Pelusi set his famous motto and business credo A Cut Above The Rest® to music.  This was the beginning of this historic & beloved jingle then played on radio for decades to come.

Philip created his trademark logo and jingle to reflect the standard of excellence that he wanted to portray, both for himself and his team.  To be able to offer the customer something they could not get anywhere else, an incredible in-salon service, an exclusive Philip Pelusi Volumetric Haircut and more!  A Cut Above The Rest!

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Check out this self-portrait of Philip!  He was testing out lighting with black and white film at the very beginning of his long career as a self-taught photographer.  Location?  He was at a construction site in Squirrel Hill at the corner of Forbes Ave and Shady Ave near his very first salon.

His photography started organically.  Philip simply wanted to take photos of his and his Designer’s work.  The outcome was a burgeoning photographer, himself!  Shooting an amazing 100,000 photographic images starting in 1965 usually from 2 cameras, one color and the other black/white film.  Sometimes shooting 1,000 images in one day! 

He saw photography as a way to not only immortalize the work he and his team created, but also an avenue for more creative expression for his team.  Hair, makeup, photo styling, the works!  Teams working side by side creating their vision.

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Recognize this young fellow?  Yep, that’s Philip Pelusi circa 1966 teaching one of his 1^st classes!  Invited to PBA (Pittsburgh Beauty Academy), he, along with Designer Ana Marie, did a big classroom training that was the beginning of Volumetric® The Pelusi Method Haircutting Training as well as sculpting hair shapes & hair crafting techniques.

Philip shares… “This was one of the first classes I ever did.  We were teaching haircutting, the very start of Volumetric Training plus we taught how to create shapes with fake hair.  Plus we used long hair that we saved from major haircuts we did in the salon then made hairpieces with them.  The students were really into it.  This was of course was before fake hair and wigs were mass produced since this was around 1966.”

Here he is with his first salon team pictured with Ana Marie plus 2 updos from that time!

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The year was 1989 when Philip Pelusi began his decades long iconic & chic billboard campaigns.  They were known around the city of Pittsburgh as a “must see” whenever a new one debuted and still do today!

They celebrate the incredibly diverse range of services his salons & talented Design Team offer for all hair type, texture & color.  The coolest thing?  These were all local Pittsburgh models and Philip Pelusi Guests who starred as models and all the photography, hair and makeup where done by Philip Pelusi and his Design Teams over the years!  Take a look at just a few of these iconic billboards from the decades!

Photos and lighting by Philip Pelusi

Photo Styling by Philip Pelusi and Jeffrey R

Hair and Makeup by Philip Pelusi, Jeffrey R, Sam C, Lisa K, Nikki B and the all Philip Pelusi Design Teams over the years

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