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Carlos Valenzuela

Carlos Valenzuela

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Carlos Valenzuela, initially trained in London and Chicago with Pivot Point International, has a master's degree in international management and forty-six-plus year's experience as a hairdresser, ex-salon/school owner and worldwide spokesperson for professional beauty brands. He is the author of numerous success and personal development programs and published the novella Letters to Young Carlos, about a gay boy growing up along the US/Mexico border in the 1960s. Visit him at carlosvalenzuela.online

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A Salon Professional Should...

A Salon Professional Should...

by Carlos Valenzuela

A Salon Professional Should...by Carlos Valenzuela Have enough cash to live six months with no income.Save more as you advance in years. Know when to push the envelope and when to walk away.Spot and avoid what’s none of your ...

Before You Move to Another Salon

Before You Move to Another Salon

by Carlos Valenzuela

We creative people like variety, fresh perspectives and new starts. We look for the support we feel we need to express our creativity. I personally cannot justify all my moves except to say it felt like I was moving toward something better. ...

Secrets to a Great Clientele

Secrets to a Great Clientele

by Carlos Valenzuela

When I returned to working behind the chair a year ago, I set a goal to really understand who my client is, what they want, the time they spend on their hair, and what makes them happy and feel beautiful. Overshadowing this goal, like a tent in ...

Are Salon Clients Guests?

Are Salon Clients Guests?

by Carlos Valenzuela

Is someone who hires you for a specific job a guest? Not in my opinion. People who sit in my salon chair are clients, not guests. I can fire a client—and they can certainly fire me. Isn’t a guest someone you invite into your home, ...

Carlos Valenzuela

How To Deal with the Moody Client

by Carlos Valenzuela

We all experience the moody client in our chair. You know you are in for it as you approach the reception area. The receptionists sit huddled and silent after attempting a cheerful greeting. Not good, you think. You have two basic choices: ...

Image: Are You What You Look Like?

Image: Are You What You Look Like?

by Carlos Valenzuela

If you are what you eat, are you what you look like? Does the image you create, or overlook, influence the quality of your results? Is there need for a professional image, or can you just go from your laundry room to the salon?You are a believer ...

Carlos Valenzuela

Rockin’ Grannies in My Chair

by Carlos Valenzuela

An 80-year old woman marched up to my styling chair with curly, fire engine red hair, long nails, and in better shapes than most women forty years her junior. “I don’t want an old lady ‘do’ she said as a conversation ...

How to Sell to a Hairdresser

How to Sell to a Hairdresser

by Carlos Valenzuela

So much information – so little time.Do you at times feel so overwhelmed that you just pass on all of it? I do. Maybe well-meaning providers of information misunderstand the hairdresser mindset. Why? If you want to catch and hold the ...

Why Clients Don’t Like You

Why Clients Don’t Like You

by Carlos Valenzuela

Ever dealt with someone who, even though going through the paces, you got the distinct feeling they really didn’t like you? I have. This is not someone I would come back to, would you? A client needs to like you or at least approve of you. ...

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