Beauty Salon- 12 Tips They Don't Want You To Know
Hair Care Professional- Breaking One In
Beauty Salon- It is so important for us to find the right
beauty salon so that we can have the right look at the right
time. However, there are certain things that beauty salon owners
don't want you to know.
According to the September 13, 2005 issue of the LA Times, soon
after Hurricane Katrina passed through the states of Louisiana,
Mississippi and Alabama, beauty salons with power and water
reopened. Women who had lost EVERYTHING flocked to those open
beauty salons. They wanted to look good even though they did not
have a place to live. They wanted and needed professional hair
care.
This fact alone confirms your intuition about the absolute
necessity of finding the right beauty salon. This holds true for
a beauty salon Los Angeles, a beauty salon Santa
Monica or a beauty salon Long Beach, Mississippi.
Let me give you some general guidelines and tips to use when you
are looking for a new beauty salon. I will also include some
helpful suggestions about how to deal with your hair stylist.
1. How far is the beauty salon from your home or work? Is it
convenient to either or both?
2. Telephone the salon. Ask if their hair care stylists have
experience with your type of hair. For example, is your hair
long, curly, textured or exposed to frequent changes to hair
color, heat and the elements?
3. Search the Internet for reviews of beauty salons in your work
or home zip codes.
4. It seems obvious, but it's crucial: Who do you know whose
hair looks fabulous? Ask them where (and to whom) they go.
5. When you get to the beauty salon what does the atmosphere
FEEL like to you? Is it peaceful or stressful? Which do you
prefer?
6. Are you greeted right away or are you forced to wander around
or "twiddle your thumbs" until someone attends to you?
7. If you've made an appointment is it kept and on time?
8. Is the beauty salon clean and well organized? Does everything
seem to be in its place?
9. How is the staff dressed? Are they dressed appropriately to
your taste?
10. What does the hair of the staff look like to you? Is the
hair of the staff professionally done or is it sloppy?
Ok, you've decided that the beauty salon environment is
satisfactory, now how do you deal with the hair stylist?
11. Collect and bring pictures that are appropriate for your
type of hair. The biggest beauty salon hair disasters occur when
your hair stylist doesn't understand what you want. Pictures
help convey your message.
12. Don't immediately go for a cut, take it slower. Book a
blow-dry with your selected stylist. Ask, if you were to cut my
hair, how would you do it? Once you've set aside the time for a
real consultation, here are some key questions to ask yourself
as you talk to your stylist:
* DO YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE with the hair care stylist? You should
like his or her sense of style. This means clothing, grooming,
personality, everything.
* IS THE STYLIST ASKING YOU questions, giving ideas and
suggestions that relate to your personality, rather than
pointing to a style on the wall or in a book?
* IS THE HAIR CARE STYLIST ADDRESSING the health of your hair,
not just proposing to cut off split ends? The two of you should
be talking about conditioners and rinses that enhance shine and
bounce, and special treatments that can prevent or repair damage
done by the environment, such as pollution, sun, chlorine,
humidity, or dry air.
* ONCE YOU'VE AGREED ON A LOOK, does the stylist preview how
you'll need to blow it dry, wash it, and maintain it? These are
all things to think about before actually getting the cut.
If you can answer most of the questions to your satisfaction,
then you've probably found a beauty salon and a hair stylist
that will make you look fabulous. If you cannot, then move on to
the next beauty salon on your list.
Take the above tips with you when you come to Next Salon in
Santa Monica, CA. We think that you'll find that you came to the
right beauty salon.