Education

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  How to upgrade your skills as a hairstylist or salon owner

  In Part 1 of this article, we talked about WHY you should upgrade your skills. Now let’s look at HOW. First we’ll offer tips for salon owners, then for independent stylists. Finally, we’ll toss out some thoughts on learning style and recommend resources. We hope there’s something here to inspire you.   If you’re a […]

  Posted: December 12th, 2018 ˑ  No Comments
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  3 big reasons WHY you should upgrade your knowledge and skills

  You’ve completed your training and/or apprenticeship and set yourself up as a working hairstylist. Why bother with continuing education? Why not just hit cruise control and rely on the skills you already have? Well, we’re here to tell you about 3 big payoffs to upgrading your skills — payoffs that go way beyond learning new […]

  Posted: November 18th, 2018 ˑ  No Comments
  Filled under: Business, Education

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  Mentoring your team for success

  Being a small to medium sized business owner generally means there are always lots of plates to spin ….. just when you have one area of your business whizzing around another starts to wobble and so your focus moves to that plate before it topples. Your business is just like a dinner set, some plates […]

  Posted: May 26th, 2016 ˑ  No Comments
  Filled under: Business, Education, Marketing, Salon Biz Essentials, Tips

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  New clients…the lifeblood of your business!

  Once upon a time in “the good ole days” we used to rock along to work, do some great hair and have fun with our clients, everything else just fell into place…we didn’t really need to think about profit, it was just always there! Sadly those days are gone, not that we can’t still do […]

  Posted: May 7th, 2016 ˑ  No Comments
  Filled under: Business, Education, Hair, Marketing, New Clients, Salon Biz Essentials, Tips

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  28 Salon Business Gurus Share their Top 3 Salon Books!

    As business owners we’re always looking for ways to improve our salon education and increase our bottom line.  We’re avid readers but we only have so much time in the day so we reached out to 28 international salon gurus and asked them all one simple question: “If you could only choose 3 books […]

  Posted: October 26th, 2015 ˑ  No Comments
  Filled under: Business, Education, Hair, Marketing, Reviews, Salon Biz Essentials, Tips

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  Get Ready For Movember!

  It’s that time of year again, when our lovely clean shaven men forgo the razor for the month of November for a great cause – Movember. Movember is all about raising funds and awareness for Men’s Health Programs that combat prostate and testicular cancer as well as mental health challenges. Last year over 1 million […]

  Posted: October 30th, 2013 ˑ  No Comments
  Filled under: Education, Facial Hair, Health, Inspiration, Uncategorized

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  Style Me Vintage

  I recently came across this fabulous book Style Me Vintage-Hair: Easy Step-by-Step Techniques for Creating Classic Hairstyles. The mastermind behind this creative book is Belinda Hay who owns a vintage salon in London called The Painted Lady. Published in 2011, Style Me Vintage is full of step by step instructions on how to recreate styles from […]

  Posted: April 16th, 2013 ˑ  No Comments
  Filled under: Accessories, Books, Education, Hair, Photography, Products, Reviews, Tips, Tools, Uncategorized

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  Ladies, Get Ready for Movember

  The month of moustaches is fast approaching so it’s time to start prepping! Movember takes place for the month of November where guys will pledge to grow voluptuous moustaches for the entire month to raise awareness and funds for men’s health, specifically prostate cancer. So while all the guys around you start sprouting their Poirot’s, […]

  Posted: October 18th, 2012 ˑ  No Comments
  Filled under: Accessories, Education, Facial Hair, Inspiration, nails, Products, Uncategorized

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  Hair Romance 30 Day Braid Challenge

  Braid lovers get ready, Hair Romance is about to begin 30 braids in 30 days!  Starting September 1st, every day of the month will feature a new braided hairstyle. After the success of Hair Romance’s last challenge (30 Days of Twists and Pins) which has been turned into a fantastic ebook, this next hair challenge […]

  Posted: August 30th, 2012 ˑ  No Comments
  Filled under: Accessories, Education, Hair, Inspiration, Photography, Uncategorized

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  Salon Business – All Booked Up And Nowhere To Go

  Yeah the bus is full! You have lots of clients in your chairs, your stylists are predominantly booked 80+% of their time, yet that bottom line is still not healthy, the average ticket price needs to grow and you have no more stations to add service providers. What do you do? Where do you go when […]

  Posted: April 30th, 2012 ˑ  No Comments
  Filled under: Business, Education, Marketing, Salon Biz Essentials, Uncategorized

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