So You Think You Want To Be A Hairstylsit

When Your Family Thinks Haircuts Should Be Free

Becoming a hairstylist can suddenly make you very popular with family and friends. Everyone needs a haircut, a trim, or a little help with their hair—but what happens when they expect you to do it for free every week? So You Think You Want to Be a Hairstylist takes a real-world look at the situations,Continue reading “When Your Family Thinks Haircuts Should Be Free”

Beauty School Teaches You Hair—But Is That Enough?

Learning to cut, color, section, and style hair is only the beginning. What happens when beauty school ends and your real career begins? So You Think You Want to Be a Hairstylist shares real-world lessons about building a clientele, working in a salon, making money, growing your career, and understanding the beauty profession before youContinue reading “Beauty School Teaches You Hair—But Is That Enough?”

No Walk-Ins? Then Where Do Your Clients Come From?

You finished beauty school, earned your license, and found a salon. But what happens when nobody walks through the door for you? While experienced stylists stay busy, a new hairstylist may spend hours waiting for clients who never come. So You Think You Want to Be a Hairstylist teaches you how to build your clientele.Continue reading “No Walk-Ins? Then Where Do Your Clients Come From?”

Beauty School Didn’t Tell You to Bring Your Own Clients

You graduate from beauty school, get your license, find a salon—and then discover the chair doesn’t automatically come with clients. So You Think You Want to Be a Hairstylist exposes the realities of building a career behind the chair, with lessons and advice drawn from more than 40 years in the beauty profession. Know whatContinue reading “Beauty School Didn’t Tell You to Bring Your Own Clients”

What Nobody Tells You About Becoming a Hairstylist

A career behind the chair can be creative, exciting, and rewarding—but there is a side of the beauty profession you won’t learn from a textbook. So You Think You Want to Be a Hairstylist shares more than 40 years of real-world experience, lessons, challenges, and advice for anyone thinking about turning a love of hairContinue reading “What Nobody Tells You About Becoming a Hairstylist”