Matthew Morris Salon and Skincare has teamed up with A Line Boutique and Jonathan Simkhai to present a night of beauty, fashion and community in order to raise funds and awareness for The Matthew Morris Scholarship Fund, which serves the local BIPOC community.
The event, taking place on September 22nd, 2022 at ReelWorks, will benefit The Matthew Morris Scholarship Fund, which provides enrollment resources for members of the BIPOC community to Elevate Salon Institute in Westminster, CO. Historically, beauty schools have not incorporated multi-ethnic hair types. Elevate Salon Institute shares the mission of inclusivity and diversity, and is progressive in its teachings in techniques across multiple hair types and styles, taught to members of all communities.
For those of you not in the know, Matthew found his favorite medium in beauty. Known for being a quick-change artist, Matthew has the ability to morph clients and models into endless looks with ease. He opened the first Matthew Morris Salon and Skincare in 2006, the second in 2014 and the third in 2017. The brand is a local staple housing 75 of Denver’s most talented stylists.
With a deep understanding of classic beauty, technical excellence, and building a team, it was only natural for the world renown luxury brand, Kerastase, to find Matthew to be their perfect match as Global Master. He helped start their education team from the ground up and into the 100+ group of star educators it is now.
Matthew doesn’t sit still long and opened Elevate Salon Institute in 2018 with partners Cameron Letterman and Marvin Gutierrez, helping pave the way for future professionals, and creating the Matthew Morris Salon Scholarship Fund.
In 2019 he joined the L’Oreal team as Artistic Director, working out of the corporate offices in Hudson Yards, NYC.
Matthew is back in Colorado now, and has a new project as owner of Crown Beauty Brands, a grass-roots beauty distribution company to serve Colorado stylists with top-of-the-line products and education.
After appearing on Bravo’s ‘Shear Genius’, Matthew and his salon have been a staple at NYFW as key hair and makeup or support to a multitude of designers including Tom Ford, Carolina Herrera, Oscar de la Renta, Michael Kors, The Blonds, Phillip Lim, Diane Von Furstenberg and Geoffrey Mac. The team has worked on top models including Karlie Kloss, Kendall Jenner and Gigi Hadid to name a few.
Reason enough to celebrate, so join us for an evening of beauty, fashion, fundraising and celebrating the spirit of collaboration and community! Get tickets here!