Mianke Fourie

• Senior hairstylist and salon owner, in the industry since 2008
• Advanced Hair Technology, Potchefstroom Academy, South Africa (2007-2008)
• Ladies' Hairdressing NQF 4 Certificate of Competence, SAAHST (SAQA ID 48741, 129 credits, 2009)
• Trade-qualified hairdresser: passed the South African trade test through the Services SETA (2011)
• Owner and senior hairstylist of Studio MCZ since 2011; previously at Fascinate Hair Studio, Kathu, South Africa
• Color specialist: low-damage bleaching and blonding, vivid and rainbow color; also a professional makeup artist

Salon history: Fascinate Hair Studio, Kathu, South Africa (2009-2011) · Studio MCZ, owner and senior hairstylist (2011-present)

Mianke Fourie studied Advanced Hair Technology at Potchefstroom Academy and qualified in 2008, then earned her Ladies' Hairdressing NQF 4 certificate from the South African Academy for Hair and Skincare Technology in 2009 and passed her trade test through the Services SETA in 2011. She started out at Fascinate Hair Studio in Kathu, and in 2011 opened her own salon, Studio MCZ, which she runs to this day from British Columbia, Canada.

Her coloring specialty is bleaching: getting clients as blonde as they want with as little damage as possible, along with vivid work like rainbow hair. In her own words: "You can change a person's perspective on themselves with the right cut or color."

She is firm about aftercare and always insists on the correct products in a client's hair care routine. Away from the chair, she works as a professional makeup artist for photoshoots and has dabbled in special effects makeup.

Certificate

Issued under her earlier name, Mianke Havenga.