Career
Enter Rosy Awards Scholarship Program - For Future Professionals!
Rosy Salon Software has announced Rosy Rewards – a $10,000 annual scholarship fund offered exclusively for future salon professionals.This program is designed to give cosmetology students throughout North America an opportunity to further ...
New Skin Cancer PSA Will Make You Laugh but Check Yourself
It’s estimated that one person dies from melanoma every hour. According to the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD), melanoma is the deadliest form of skin cancer, and skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the United ...
Summer Time Opportunities
Summer for most salons can mean our numbers can be a bit off. But it’s not because our businesses are going in the wrong direction, it's just simply the fact that between our guests and our team it seems like someone is always taking ...
Are Salon Clients Guests?
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, ...
3 Simple Steps for Safe Cookouts
Whether you’re grilling onsite at the salon or at home in the evening or on your day off, you don’t want your team, family or guests to get sick from the food! Remember that warm temperatures are friendly to bacteria.“Food ...
10 Ways to Manage Anger
We know that anger doesn’t literally make our “blood boil” or make us “see red,” but when you’re angry it does affect your body. Physical reactions range from a rise in blood pressure and a faster heartbeat to ...
Healthy Hairdresser’s June Challenge Discovers Salon Teams Working Together on Health!
In response to “A Team Effort,” the Healthy Hairdresser Challenge throughout June, we’re excited about the responses detailing salon-wide efforts to get the whole team healthy! These efforts range from informal support to ...
Makeover: Too Warm to Icy White
Ellie Espinoza (@styledbyElie) of Red door Spa, Bethesda MD says this her new client arrived with orange hair and roots. Here, Espinoza shares the details on this beautiful transformation:Step 1: To the root apply Wella ...
#5 in the Top 10 Things You Should (or Should Not) Say to a Male Client
This is number 5 in a 10-installment blog series of the top 10 things you should say, ask or tell (or should not) when consulting, selling to or interacting with a male client. Do you want me to put some gel (or paste or wax or ...
by Ivan Zoot
5 Fast, Free Ways to Fill Your Book
Most stylists know that pre-booking and having smart referral programs build the books over time. But if you’re normally a busy renter and inexplicably find it’s way too quiet, specific tactics fill appointments fast.
Fearless Haircolor Changes from Solo Artist Rachel Carranza
Rachel Carranza (@gypsydreamhair) says she watches an educational video every single day, and it shows. Her classic yet trendy color changes are getting attention everywhere and are in huge demand in her Gypsy Dream Hair suite.
Perseverance Pays
When Julie Jardine-Bianco moved from California to Minot, North Dakota, building a business from zero wasn’t even the biggest test of her career commitment.
How Specific Experience Leads to Rental Success
With 20 years in the business, Susan Karow had no problem building a big rental business in a small town. Here, she shares which skills have the biggest payoff when going solo.
Why the New Barber Battles Could Hinge on a Name
The same month that Antonio Heath became @tonytonsorial, the old-school barber with a new Sola Suite and an Instagram account started breaking the Internet as one of the best barbers in Metro Detroit.
Which Era of Hair do you Belong in?
Come look through the strands of time and see what hair era you belong in! Loading Which era of hair do you belong in? var QuizWorks = window.QuizWorks || ...
Grief and Emotional Healing
Current events in the news have Americans caught between the need to grieve and the mandate to keep moving forward. Whether your loss is very personal or shared with a community, it’s important to take measures to make sure you’re ...
MAKEOVER: Box Nightmare To Pro Dream
Vanessa Ortiz. (@vanessa.at.legacieshairstudio) of Legacies Hair Studio, Tampa, Florida, specializes in high texture hair and color corrections. "Although I see tons of box color nightmares, this transformation is by far the most amazing ...