Ever have a moment in the salon when you think to yourself: Is this for real? Did that seriously happen? This past week as I was packing up the salon owner proceeded to tell me a
Ever have a moment in the salon when you think to yourself: Is this for real? Did that seriously happen? This past week as I was packing up the salon owner proceeded to tell me a tale that had me shaking my head and yet laughing. A salon patron had brought her kids in for haircuts and one of them disappeared into the room where my client chair is located (only my client chair and retail are out when I’m not there). The mom ventured in and started hollering. Apparently her son is in the potty training stage and decided to use the chair as a tree! Since the chair is metal and leather, no harm done and it was easily cleaned up between the owner and the mom. What has happened in your salon that had you shaking your head at the craziness of the reality?
Here I am sharing a very comprehensive and well-rounded almost back to work package of information for you from Virox (Rejuvenate) that is the complete set of materials to help you feel confident that everything is in place and ready to go, even if you are already back at work!
If your salon has re-opened, you may have found some challenges with wearing a face shield while working. If not, here are some tips that could help save you some headaches when you do get back.
This video is a really awesome resource for figuring out a reasonable hourly rate for yourself in addition to seeing the average your area can bear in service prices in some ways.
Have you ever heard of the stages of grief? With everything going on, we are grieving our “normal”. That means you should give yourself permission to feel the way you feel.
Has all this PPE business got you down? Does it feel like it cramps your style? One way to help it cheer you up which will in turn cheer up your clients is to add some sparkle.
For those of you that like a little data with your info, here is some really interesting information from salon owner Michele Baker in Georgia. Being one of the first states to open left the salon owners to scramble to learn a lot of things on their own and many have been generous in sharing things they have figured out to help make operating in the COVID-19 world more systematic and understandable.
It has been quite a while since I made a video for the e-file chronicles so an update to that seemed in order. The latest installment is removing gel-polish from an enhancement.