Farouk Systems is owned and operated by a team of hairdressers that includes more than 1,500 educators in 60-plus countries. The company manufactures high quality professional hair care and spa products, such as Biosilk, Badazz, Hair Toys and Chi, which provide a wide variety of looks while maintaining healthy hair and a safer work environment for stylists. Farouk offers two MerchanDesign programs - business level and elite level - for salon partnerships. These partnerships include free in-salon classes, free back bar products and samples, quarterly kits with samples, posters, decals and literature, free memberships to club CHI, free subscriptions to CHI magazine and free tuition to Farouk Systems University, the company s education program. Farouk Systems is headquartered in Houston.