Career
Hair Color tips: Mixing Two Coloring Methods
When you mix two coloring methods, the result can be a bigger ticket. And if you time two services properly, neither you nor your client will need to spend extra time.
Hair Styling Tips: Secrets of Lift
From monitoring the sales of different tools, Jeff Schwartz of The Cricket Company observes that clients increasingly want some lift with their straight hair.
3 Simple Skills for Success
Dynamo Kathy Jager tracks down the skills you’ll need to master not just for professional success but for happiness in life!
Salon Job Search Dos and Don’ts
Congratulations! You’ve made it through school. Now here comes the hard part—finding your first job.
Tip for new hairstylists: Think positive!
If the thoughts you see here represent what’s been hanging around your brain, think again!
How to choose the right salon for your first salon job
Industry icon Vivienne Mackinder offers new cosmetologists advice on choosing a salon that will keep you motivated.
How to deal with salon clients or co-workers who criticize you
Whether you’re dealing with a complaining client, a manager who’s disappointed in your performance or a coworker who’s driving you crazy, follow these specific steps for a happy outcome.
Self Promotion = Stylist Stardom
Being a cosmetologist today means that you wear many hats, but you also have enormous opportunity to become a star.
How to talk to your salon clients about retail hair products
How to walk the line between the friendly chat and some serious hair talk? Industry guru Kitty Victor offers a great tip for taking control of the conversation with the client during a hair service.
Maureen Anlauf: Career of an editorial hair stylist
A repeat NAHA winner traces her path from salon hairdresser to competition champion.
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.