Joel Holland Photographer & Makeup Artist ® Crush Studio

From his humble beginning as a hairdresser’s son on the Las Vegas strip, the span of Joel Holland’s 32 year career as a hairdresser himself has been no less exciting than that of his father’s. As a boy he spent all of his spare time in the salon watching his father do hair for clients like Zsa Zsa Gabor, Lady Bird Johnson, and Wayne Newton to name a few. By the age of 15, Joel had decided to quit public school and begin beauty school. Before his training at renowned Jacques Dessange schools in both Paris and New York, Joel worked for Jaqcues Dessange Houston. But his dedication for hair didn’t stop with the sole idea of standing behind the chair. After picking up a camera some 18 years ago and photographing clients from his private studio in Houston his interest in photography flourished, and Joel has been fortunate to work with artists such as Donna Karen, Emmanuel Ungaro, and Nikki Sixx & Kelly Gray for Royal Underground.