Robin Gribbin

Hello. My name is Robin Gribbin and I am the founder and owner of YOU salon, Inc. I have been in the beauty industry since 1974 and I was a national artist for REDKEN 5^th Avenue, NYC for 21 of those years from 1984 to 2005. During my traveling with Redken I had many opportunities to work with other artists from all over the world. I have gathered and learned so much from my experiences about hair design, hair coloring and business from some extremely talented and knowledgeable people that in 2003 I decided, for the second time in my career, to open own salon. Yes, it was the second time I did this. Let me tell you more…

I started out as a stylist at a salon in Arbutus, Maryland where I was given a great foundation to the importance of education in our industry and got my first taste of REDKEN and their commitment to educating hairstylists on their craft. I worked there for 7 years as a stylist and decided it was time to set out on my own so I opened my first salon, with a partner, in 1984, called Creative Cutting. 

Now, I wouldn’t say it was a disaster because I learned a lot about the ups and downs of being a business owner and what I did and didn’t want from it. What I definitely didn’t want was to be in a partnership. Two people with completely different ideas of what they thought a salon should be just didn’t work. So after 5 years in this partnership, I decided to “split the sheets” and went to work for a company in Columbia, Maryland. I quickly moved into an Artistic Director position where I was able to use my skills I had been learning with Redken to grow the company and the people. I decided during this process that I was extremely good at “growing people”. I loved it and during my tenure with this salon I was able to hone my skills as an educator coach and mentor.