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Greg Yedding calls his 7,693 square foot space the incubator because he factors the inevitable departure of salon professionals into his business formula. He offers Industry Hair Studio, a lease chair salon in Tucson, Arizona, for professionals ...
New educators often show insecurity about being a good teacher, especially when training platform artists. This normal stage of development makes some go to great lengths to be liked and to unleash an emotional rollercoaster relationship with ...
I walked the aisles and classrooms of ABS 2015, feeling proud of the number of Latino professional participating —including emerging Latino beauty companies and executives. How could I tell? I made my rounds with TV hairdresser star, Leo ...
Forty-two years as an educator, and I am still the happiest when attending a fresh, well-organized presentation with information I can use, plus an action plan. Without a plan, no matter how cool or hot the experience, it becomes just an ...
I am a fanatic of lists, alerts on Google, iPhone, post-its, back of envelopes and Starbucks napkins. I stick to a schedule and turn down conflicts with “the plan.” The school of hard knocks teaches that if you don’t know what ...
iFabulous Salon Success, an interactive online program targeted to schools, students and new salon professionals, was launched to the beauty school market with a series of three complimentary educational videos discussing the state of ...
Does it really take six meetings to change a first impression? Do we start from scratch each time we meet? How important is that one indelible, tattoo-like encounter that makes a first impression? Who cares, some might think? You care, because a ...
To build a strong clientele, you can’t just go for pretty and nice; you must take on the challenging, boring, and the client from hell.
It has been my experience that when professionals fail to connect with client goals, they sense the client losing interest.
The costs--and benefits--of a creative lifestyle.
Many seasoned professionals look back on their first job and that their first job was a major influence on their career.
A long, long time ago I was taught a most valuable educational lesson, which I credit with making my school, the Carlos Valenzuela Academy in Scottsdale, a success in the 1990’s. Let me share it with you.
Ways to harness the power of technology for the busy salon professional.
Forgetting a name is so embarrassing in the salon--that awkward moment when you need to resort to, “Hello, beautiful, or Hey, buddy.”
This statement is going to make me very unpopular: I don’t like kids in the salon. Aside from being troubled by the one next to me on an airplane with an ear infection, the kid in the salon comes in a very close second.
The social networks are abuzz with talk about direct product sales to consumers. Let's talk about what this can mean for the stylist.
Finally, I sense a turn in our hair fashions. Could just me, but does anybody else catch the smell of hairspray in the air? Hairdressing, as in moving the hair with purpose, placing it in a desired form, and spraying it to keep it there---that’s what I mean.
