Career
Make Your Money Work for You: Avoid This Crucial Mistake with IRAs
Every Friday, we feature some financial wisdom from Anna Manukyan, a certified finanical educator, licensed beauty professional and the founder of the Beauty Finance Group, which was created to help beauty pros design a plan for success and a strong financial foundation through education.
How I Got Your Client
If you think other stylists can "steal" clients from you, you're looking at the situation from the wrong perspective.
20 Times #SalonDogs Stole the Show!
Your fur baby at home could be the next VIRAL way to market your salon and services on social media. Try adding a #salondog in one of your salon's IG photos (with you or with your clients) to get more likes and comments.
Make Your Money Work for You: Understanding the Difference Between Mutual Funds, Stocks, and Bonds
In a new video series, Ulta Beauty's Anna Manukyan breaks down financial terms and explains their relevance. These short nuggets of education are digestible, understandable and relatable, because she has made it her mission to "give you the power to protect your income, life, health, and wealth."
Building a Business on Lashes and Brows: Lash Spa Boutique and Academy Owner, Savannah Thorne
In the six years since opening her first lash salon in Manhattan, Kansas, Savannah has opened a second salon in Brookings, South Dakota, developed a line of magnetic lashes and created an academy to train future lash and brow professionals.
The Amazing Makeovers of @studio_marteena
Over a dozen dramatic shape shifts and color change-ups.
by Anne Moratto
Climbing Out of Burnout: How One Hairstylist Got Unstuck
Feeling pressure to perform, to say 'yes' to everything and to work when completely uninspired led this stylist to feel stuck and burnout. But she climbed out of burnout and wrote a book about it.
by Anne Moratto
Building a Better Life by Barbering
Southern California-based Barber Betty "Sharp" Hernandez made a major career change, from corporate concerns to creating crewcuts, and says that she appreciates the new found freedom, personal growth and creativity she’s experienced since she started barbering.
Business-building Crash Course Points Hair Pros Toward Wealth
Flourish Salon Business Development launches Thrivers Society Prep School to give beauty professionals a clear path to setting and achieving their business goals.
5 Stylists on How They're Saving During this Period of High Inflation
We asked five hairdressers for their tips on saving money during this time, when inflation is at a forty-year high. Find out what tool they have found most useful in managing the money they spend in their business.
by Anne Moratto
4 Ways a Clients-Only Facebook Group Will Help You Streamline Your Business
With all the love given to Instagram, we forget that old standby, Facebook, and its ability to help connect us. But not stylist and coach Lisa Huff (@lisahuffhair). One of her recommended business practices is the use of a Client-Only Facebook, a private group that serves so many valuable purposes, we wanted to know more.
by Anne Moratto
The Venmo Dilemma: Tipping, Taxes and Transparency
New IRS requirements, paired with technology, make it harder for service employees and independent artists alike to under-report income.
Da People's Barber, Rick Morin, Talks Financial Freedom
Rick Morin levels up, and shares how to invest in yourself and make more money by learning new services and systems.
Why the First 2022 Venus+Mercury Retrograde Will Actually Be a Good Thing
Celeb Astrologer Lisa Stardust says Mercury Retrograde 2022 is going to impact everyone—and some signs more than others.
by Anne Moratto
Policies and Rules for Independents: Protect Your Business and Your Sanity
Barbers, stylists, and any beauty professional who is working independently will benefit from outlining a clear set of rules and then communicating them to their guests--early and often. As Tish Clark, a stylist in Michigan puts it: "I'm the boss and I run my salon suite with respect, integrity, boundaries, and professionalism."
by Anne Moratto
How to Deal with COVID Cancellations
Tips on how to handle cancellations with care, plus managing budgeting constraints and issues due to increased cancellations.
by Nicole Davis
Switch to Better Booking
If you're an independent salon owner and looking to improve your business, Booksy may be your solution. Booksy takes care of appointment bookings, client payments, reminders and even consent forms.
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