Protecting YOU: Salon Insurance Basics
It’s scary running a team, managing chairs, and learning on the fly. Independent Boot Camp is a great opportunity to share business insights and help creatives like you gain confidence as a business owner.
Get The Tools to Help Your Hiring Anxiety
Whether commission-based or chair rental, building a salon business is stressful. It is time to get effective tools to unlock hiring success and ease your mind on the risks of staffing up.
Thanksgiving Reflections: Seven Reasons to Say Thanks
Being thankful breeds more things to be grateful for. This Thanksgiving, take a moment to slow down and reflect on seven reasons salon professionals have to say thanks.
Micro Point Links Create Hair Volume on Top
For clients who want to address volume on the top of their heads, but don't want the commitment of wearing and caring for a topper, this unique service provides a solution. Micro Point Links fill in thinning areas by knotting individual hairs onto existing hairs. It's a service that is a win-win, offering clients an answer to sparse, bare areas and providing stylists with a valuable addition to their service menu.
How to Avoid Living Paycheck to Paycheck
Ulta Beauty's Anna Manukyan breaks down the basic 50/30/20 budgeting rule to help us achieve smarter personal financial management.
How Clients Push Your Buttons
Some clients push your buttons to see if you will enforce your boundaries. Your response lets them know how to treat you.
Coiffeurphobia: Fear of a Hairdresser
Being nervous about getting a haircut or coloring your hair, especially with a new hairdresser, makes sense. Carlos explains why "Coiffeurphobia" is a thing.
How-to Navigate a Career in Beauty
Hairstylist Melissa Goudeau's first book, So You Wanna Be A Hairstylist…That’s Cute, provides real-life advice for those thinking about going to cosmetology school.
Nervous System Regulation for Hairstylists and Other Beauty Makers
While clients refer to their beauty professionals as "free therapists," it's important to have practices that protect yourself, so you don't leave work emotionally, energetically, and mentally drained.
The Hidden Pain of Expectations
Are you or your team a victim of your own unrealistic expectations? Andrew Carruthers helps you alleviate those hurdles and improve your relationships.
Personal Finance Tips for Approaching Year's End
Ulta Beauty's Anna Manukyan shares tips to make sure you're on track with your finances in the last quarter of the year.
Do You Eat Your Food in the Correct Order?
Healthy adults are being encouraged to pay attention to the order they eat their food in to balance their blood sugar and improve digestion.
Understanding Business Insurance for the Beauty Professional
In the unpredictable landscape of beauty entrepreneurship, business insurance serves as a vital safety net, ensuring that unforeseen challenges and risks don't derail the dreams and hard work that go into building a successful beauty professional's career and business.
What the Strike in Hollywood Means to Hairstylists Who Work There
During the Hollywood SAG-AFTRA Strike, two busy beauty professionals are passing along their knowledge and developing future professionals.
by Anne Moratto
3 Important Tips for Effective Retirement Planning
Anna Manukyan from Ulta Beauty has some expert tips to keep in mind when you're building your retirement fund, especially if you feel a little behind.
How One Salon Owner Discovered a Third Revenue Stream Through Tech
If every cloud has a silver lining, Susan Arens found hers in Vish’s color management software during the pandemic. The three-part color management system uses a premium Bluetooth scale to connect to an app, which tracks real-time formulas and color product costs, and automatically sends it to the front desk for checkout, and to the Vish Dashboard for analysis.
Sponsored by Vish
I Can’t Remember Names
Do you often forget names? Here are some tips from global beauty educator Carlos Valenzuela to remember your clients.