Stephanie Jaynes

Want to create an atmosphere of warmth and welcome? Encourage meditation and relaxation?  Like many beauty pros, you might reach for a scented candle. But when you light up that Voluspa, don’t forget your final and essential step: blowing it out. Forgetting to extinguish a candle is a simple mistake with costly consequences, as D.C.-based…

Ruined! Mutilated! Damaged beyond repair! We call those accusations the Thinning Shears Effect. Just ask TikToker keswickmoore, whose hair suffered  serious breakage after a bad run-in with hair thinning shears. It was only after three years of healthy haircare that she got her length back. “It resulted in a haircut on top of a haircut…

Beauty salon hazards like overflowing sink water damage or a flooded hair salon can happen in an instant. Imagine, after shampooing a client’s hair in the wash basin, a hairstylist didn’t turn off the tap completely. As she finished the client’s cut and style, water continued to fill the basin until it overflowed. Since the…

Everyone has those friends who cry every time they get their hair cut. But for some clients, color can cause an emotional rollercoaster, too—whether the hair dye and color jobs turn out good or bad. Twenty years into living blonde, one woman transitioned her hair color with the help of color analysis expert Carol Brailey.…

It’s hard to imagine barber problems and hair salon lawsuits when barbershops and salons, themselves, have always been places of community. After all, when it comes to culture, confidence, and craft, the barbershop is CEO. Barbering has been shaping men since Tutankhamun–no cap. And it’s because of the people and the place. Coming to the…

As a massage therapist, you want to give your clients a case of the ahhhs. You want to decrease their pain and soreness, improve their sleep, lower their stress, and help them relax. But massage therapy injuries can quickly turn your clients’ relieved ahhhs into pain-induced AAAHs! This happened to one woman in New Jersey…

The facials, the waxes, the peels: You love it all. The income? Not so much. As food, home, and other essentials’ prices continue to climb, how much you make is important. You’ve chosen an esthetician’s career path. Can you choose how many Benjamins you bring home, too? One of the biggest predictors of the number…

Hey, massage therapists: Have you heard these common complaints before? You used too much pressure! You didn’t use enough pressure! Answering the phone? Not okay! It smells bad in here! These massage feedback examples are familiar for a reason: Everyone has experienced (or will experience) dealing with difficult clients. Whether you’re new to the massage…

$129 billion: That’s how much revenue the cosmetics industry is projected to generate by the year 2028. The world of makeup is big, profitable, and growing. Despite their popularity, there’s a surprising word many people are beginning to associate with cosmetics: unsafe. “Most of us assume beauty and personal care products are tested for safety…