Celebrated as a renowned color authority worldwide, Leah Freeman brings over 20 years of top tier beauty industry experience. From in-salon education to editorial and hair fashion design, Leah has traveled the globe as a platform artist and trainer sharing her passion. Her designs have appeared in dozens of industry publications, including Modern Salon, Estetica, American Salon, Salon Today, Behind the Chair and more. Leah became the first person ever to win the same category two years in a row, at BTC’s prestigious #ONESHOT awards, sponsored by Behind The Chair by taking home the Creative Color category trophy in both 2017 and 2018. She has been celebrated as one of the Top 20 Most Recognized Colorists in the professional beauty industry, and is known for building powerful education tools to excite and inspire colorists at all levels. Leah has a clear understanding of how to foster creativity, while building a successful salon business. She is the owner of FUSE salon and spa, a L’ANZA Healing Center, in historic Frankfort, Illinois. When not working behind the chair, in her salon, she leads the development of L’ANZA’s Healing Hair color as the Global Color Director, she collaborates with the Global Creative Team to forecast on-trend color palettes and application techniques for the coming seasons. She also serves as a mentor to our expansive tribe of Healing Artists, sharing her combination of passion, technical know-how, and her brilliant creative vision.