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If you are what you eat, are you what you look like? Does the image you create, or overlook, influence the quality of your results? Is there need for a professional image, or can you just go from your laundry room to the salon?You are a believer ...
An 80-year old woman marched up to my styling chair with curly, fire engine red hair, long nails, and in better shapes than most women forty years her junior. “I don’t want an old lady ‘do’ she said as a conversation ...
So much information – so little time.Do you at times feel so overwhelmed that you just pass on all of it? I do. Maybe well-meaning providers of information misunderstand the hairdresser mindset. Why? If you want to catch and hold the ...
Ever dealt with someone who, even though going through the paces, you got the distinct feeling they really didn’t like you? I have. This is not someone I would come back to, would you? A client needs to like you or at least approve of you. ...
Recently, I added three days in a salon to my forty-three year beauty career. I waited a couple of months before sharing anything with my readers, because random observations are usually not what’s really happening. In order for me to ...
As often as we hear that mentors motivate new professionals, there is no doubt that beginners are also a source of inspiration for many of us seasoned professionals.Last weekend I attended Tucson Fashion Week, a multiple-venue event promoting ...
In my forty-plus years as a beauty professional, I have reinvented my beauty career multiple times. Three weeks ago, after more than a six-year absence, I returned to working behind the chair, after all, isn’t it all about the salon? The ...
I share with you a closing statement I wrote for cosmetology students at the Taylor Andrews Academy in Salt Lake City, UT. You Can Do ItA wonderful world awaits youEach client is your master teacher Each person polishes off your lifeLeaves ...
If you educate, sitting in on seminars is an experience I highly recommend. This past show season I took in as many classes as possible and came away with one big message: the audience has changed, it is younger, techy, empowered, and has a ...
BEING BFFS WITH YOUR CLIENTS MIGHT NOT BE THE KEY TO MAKING MONEY—HERE'S WHY.Stylists often put themselves at a bit of a disadvantage by generally being friendly and outgoing people who make connections easily. It’s not all bad, ...
