Drew Groh is an 16 year veteran hairdresser who has spent his entire Hairdressing career in the Newport Beach area. A California native, Drew attended cosmetology school in Huntington Beach. Just one week after graduation Drew began training at Jose Eber at South Coast Plaza where he began his advanced education in Hair Coloring.

After about a year Drew decided to broaden his education and moved to Toni & Guy at Fashion Island in Newport Beach. There he received world class education as a "Chemical Technician" or to simplify, a Colorist. Classes were very structured and taught by industry leaders allowing for Drew to quickly learn and fine tune his skills. Drew remained at Toni & Guy for about three years honing is coloring skills before moving to the next stage of his career.

At the first of the year 2000 Drew found a home at Salon Gregories, also at Fashion Island. There he was selected by Dusty Simington, formerly of Hampton Salon and a TIGI Ambassador, to co-direct a formal education program and artistic team. As the newly designated Director of Education and Artistic Team Color Director, Drew formatted the education program for the 20-25 assistants eager to learn the advanced skills they would need to make a great career of Hairdressing.

In addition, Drew as a Director, participated in depth with photo shoots and competition Hairdressing by the artistic team. Today Drew's work has been published in more than two dozen magazines worldwide.

Also noteworthy is Drew's appearance as colorist in an episode TLC's "The Makeover Story" in 2001. Only a few select members of Salon Gregories Artistic Team were chosen to participate in this episode.

During Drew's appointment as Color and Education Director Drew was invited by Schwarzkopf, a world leader in Hair Color and styling products, to attend intense and advanced training classes in order to join the ranks of a handful of highly advanced Hair Color educators. Drew quickly reached the status of Level Three Technical Advisor, the highest one may reach without working for Schwarzkopf, and he still holds that certification today.

Drew traveled to Las Vegas in his second year at Salon Gregories to learn the art of Hair Extensions. There he was trained by a master educator for Great Lengths Hair Extensions. Today he is one of the best who is always striving for 100% un-detectable extensions. Drew doesn't want anyone to know your secret.

During his last year at Salon Gregories, April 2002, Drew learned how to straighten hair in Beverly Hills at the Yuko System academy. Back then very few people knew of "Japanese" Hair Straightening but it wouldn't take long before Drew was one of the most sought after straightening technicians. Today he remains one of the best and most sought after Hair Straightening experts.

After reaching a turning point in his career Drew left Salon Gregories in April of 2003 for Corona Del Mar. Drew would now call Christopher and Company his home. By leaving Salon Gregories Drew was able to put more emphasis on client care by booking his own appointments and fielding all questions personally. It has been during these last three years that Drew has had the privilege of working closely with Yuko System in testing new Hair Straightening solutions and has been afforded much in the way of advanced Hair Straightening education which he has passed along to many country wide traveling outside of California to teach others this highly complicated art.

While at Christopher and Company Drew also continued to utilize his level 3 Hair Color Certification by passing along his knowledge and expertise in color to both Hair Styling assistants and Hair Stylists.

2007 Drew went on the move again, only this time to the brand new, and very beautiful, Armando Salon in Newport Beach. Armando Salon is located on Pacific Coast Hwy in Newport Beach across from the Balboa Bay Club and in between the Ferrari dealer and Beach Bunny Bikini. The Armando Salon is a sister to the high-end salon Joshua Christopher in Fullerton, Ca.

Now in 2012, Drew feels that the Armando Hair Salon is the best fit for both his clients and himself. The salon is staffed with true Hair Dressing professionals whose politeness and customer service skills are only rivaled by their Hairdressing skills. Drew is also using this opportunity at the Armando Salon to put a much higher emphasis on client care. By scheduling less clients in a day Drew has been able to spend more quality time with each client making them feel more important and well cared for and as an unforeseen, but welcome, side effect he too is much happier for it.