As salon professionals, we spend so much of our time perfecting technique, learning new products, and building a service menu that keeps clients coming back. However, there is a category of client sitting in your chair right now that most of our training never prepared us for, and that is the client going through cancer […]
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We have all seen it, as I did recently. Someone posts in a group or the client says it right in the chair. Why are prices in this industry so high, especially for those of us on a fixed income? It is an honest question, and it deserves an honest answer, not a defensive one.
Why Does It Cost So Much? Answering The Question Every Salon Professional Dreads Read More »
That was something my Mother used to say when we were growing up. If one of us started acting a little above our raising, a little entitled, a little too sure of ourselves, she would look at us and say, “Are you getting too big for your britches?” It always landed. And it has stayed
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I Built sa’SHa For The Feet Nothing Else Could Fix After more than three decades of experience in the Beauty Industry including, working as a licensed Nail Technician, Owning a Salon and visiting Salons all over the Country, I stopped waiting for the right foot care product and decided to build it myself. sa’SHa did
I Built sa’SHa For The Feet Nothing Else Could Fix Read More »
Regardless of where you are located, we are all entering into the summer months where our feet are free from being closed and hiding in our winter gear. As salon professionals, we are often so focused on the service itself . The polish, the callus work, the cuticle care, the massage, the finished look
What Your Client’s Feet Are Trying to Tell You Read More »
Why Salon Professionals Should Attend Industry Trade Shows As salon professionals, we spend so much of our time serving clients, managing schedules, solving problems, and keeping up with the day-to-day needs of the salon. It is easy to get comfortable with the products, tools, and techniques we already know. However, the beauty industry is forever
Try Before You Buy at Premiere Orlando — Booth #5252 Read More »
There comes a time in every Salon Professional’s career when you have to stop pricing your services by the task and start pricing them by the knowledge behind the task. Yes, your hands do the work. They hold the tools. They apply the product. They perform the service. But your hands are not working alone.
Your Hands Do the Work, Your Knowledge Sets the Price Read More »
Let’s be honest…We would rather have neither. Yet, if I had to choose, I would rather deal with a bad tipper than someone who consistently disrupts my peace, disrespects my professionalism, and throws off the energy of my day. Wouldn’t you agree? As I have been saying, in this industry we do more than provide
Would you rather have an obnoxious client or a bad tipper? Read More »
Why Beauty Professionals Need to Protect Their Peace — and Why Unplugging Matters I just returned from 8 days of “unplugging”. I never knew, this decision would be one of the best I made for myself in years. In the beauty industry, stress can become so normal that we stop recognizing how much it is
Handling Stress In Our Beauty World Read More »
As stated in my previous blog, In the beauty salon world, sanitation is not optional, and it is not something to rush through just to get to the “real service.” It is the foundation of every service we provide. Before the polish, before the exfoliation, before the massage, before any beautiful result can happen, sanitation
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