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Sell retail salon products to your clients based on their personality
Identifying the different personality traits among your clientele will help you to connect with them, retain them and increase their spending with you.
Grace Probert: Career of an Esthetician
A specialist in bikini and brazilian wax and laser treatments reveals what goes on behind closed esthetician room doors.
What Not to Say on a salon job interview
Just when you start feeling comfortable in an interview, your mouth goes into overdrive and you say something that derails the great impression you’ve made so far. Avoid that by noting these five absolute interview no-no’s.
Tell Salon Clients the Truth (Nicely)
You're the one responsible for the look of everyone who sits in your chair, so don't let clients remain stuck in a style from years ago.
Have confidence when you have a consultation with a salon client
Longtime Redken star ties earning power to the art of the talk.
Sam Villa: Career of a platform hair stylist
Longtime Redken platform artist Sam Villa tells how he learned that humility is a key component of teaching.
Hair cutting tips for holiday hairstyles
Clients will appreciate it when you pass along a celebrity stylist's tips for great hair during the holidays.
Great at Hair Color? Get Certified!
Professional hair color certification offers you a way to market yourself as one of the country's premier colorists. You can do it!
Hair Styling Tips: The 411 on Texture Services
It's the rare stylist who truly understands the variety of texture services available. Expert Joelle Ray clearly explains it all, even how to perm the shortest hair.
Tips on giving salon clients faux eyelashes
Want to give clients' a little boost for big beauty? Attach lashes! It's simple, and they'll love it.
Heather Currie: Career of a Make-Up Artist
A professional make-up artist in L.A. discovered her passion by watching indie movies.
Being a booth renter vs. working in a salon
Are you teetering on the edge between getting your own chair as an independent contractor or joining a salon team? Our resident expert Kathy Jager spells out the differences.
The 4 Steps of Every Hair Color Service
This quick refresher will remind you that delivering beautiful hair color requires an orderly progression of steps.
The secret behind shiny hair
What's a "good hair day" for clients? More than likely, it's when their hair looks shiny, feels silky and fends off the frizz. Learn the science behind the shine.
Hair cutting tips: Creating a strong vision
With a vision and plan for executing it, you can deliver an awesome hair design every time!
How to get referrals from your salon clients
Generating referrals is the number-one strategy for building clientele in this business. But you need a plan. Try this one!
Hair Color tips: How to get the perfect hair color
Color can seem like a mystery until you break it down. The first step is to know some of the tricks to formulation.