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Over my years of visiting Hair Salons across America, I have seen what I would consider to be horrendous acts of neglect and abuse to Styling Shears. Don’t forget that I own a Scissor company, so I might be a little biased when it comes to taking good care of your shears. I’ve been surprised to see everything from using a pair with a broken tip, to a pair dinged up so badly that they won’t even close all the [...]
Our hair is often the part of our body that comes under the most abuse, quite often self-inflicted. There are many weird and damaging things we do to our hair which can harm its condition, which can not only look bad but leave us prone to worrying about conditions such as hair loss or dry and brittle hair.
Some of the common problems which can cause serious damage to our hair have to do with the products we put on [...]
Holiday Gifts for Your Hairdresser
Buying a gift for your favorite stylist can be tricky. But you want to buy a gift that counts, right? The holidays are my absolute favorite time of year. Not only do I enjoy the cold weather, snow, Christmas music, and general sense of good fortune and family. But I absolutely love buying Christmas gifts for my family and loved ones. If you’re anything like me, you want to buy your favorite hair stylist [...]
When curly clients sit in your chair, it’s never long before they fire off questions focused on frizz—how to prevent it, tame it, get rid of it! Frizz is the curly girl’s arch nemesis and, as a stylist, it’s up to you to arm her with tools for battle.
But first, you have to figure out what’s causing the fight—and that’s not always easy.
“We can confuse frizzy hair as being in bad condition and that’s not necessarily true,” says Kaz Amor, [...]
Upload your own photo and try on a new hairstyle with this cool Hollywood Makeover Virtual Tool. Check it out on InStyle.com
This tool is really awesome, you can use your photo and change your Hair, Eyes, Lips, Skin, and many more tools to beautify yourself.
Compare before and after pictures side-by-side. Make yourself look like a Hollywood Starlet!
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Hair Stylist? Check out some awesome Hair Cutting Scissors for professional stylists, salon owners, [...]
Haircutting Scissor Problems
Author: Nadine Visscher
When giving a haircut, one of the most important tools are your scissors. If you have a great pair of haircutting scissors, it will make your job that much easier. With proper care, your haircutting scissors can last you a liftetime. Without proper care, however, you may experience a few problems such as -
* hair catching or pulling while you are cutting
* the hair sliding or moving towards the tips of your scissor [...]
Styling Shears 101 – Tips and Tricks:
Hair Stylists must be educated on Styling Shears
Clean your Styling Shears every day with dish soap/hand soap and warm water. This will clean any chemicals, hair, and dust stuck to the steel.
Check Tension Daily: Make sure your tension is not too loose or too tight. If the styling shears tension is too loose, they will not cut; but if they are too tight, they will become dull much faster.
Storage: Always keep your styling [...]
Prebook the next appointment before clients leave the salon. Train and reward your team for the percentage of clients they re-book.
Confirm client appointments the week before. Contact them by phone, email or SMS.
Provide value for money; do a good job at the right price. Listen carefully to your clients’ needs and adapt your services accordingly.
Privilege your regular clients with “VIP” cards; offer a complimentary service after 5 visits.
Treat clients with add-on services that are low-cost to you, i.e. complimentary head [...]
In the design process, you must have a vision of what you want to create before you ever put the scissors in the hair. Anyone can make hair shorter. A true designer and artist will start with a strong and complete vision.
BULLET-POINT YOUR VISION
Think through each aspect of your vision. Where do you want to [...]
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