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If alternative medicine is your jam, then you’ve probably offered aromatherapy services or used them, yourself. With a global market of $8.6 billion in 2023 and an estimated 8.7 percent growth by 2030, the massage and wellness industries see profound demand for essential oils. But with this spiking demand comes an equal need for aromatherapy…

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…

Since 2020, the work-from-home life has become more feasible and desirable than ever before. According to data from the Pew Research Center, more than one in five Americans will work remotely by the year 2025. It’s no surprise, then, that nail technicians desire the same opportunities with nail studios at home. Self-employment, control over your…

An art form and a daily chore, shaving can be a real pain—literally. To maintain a clean, stubble-free mug, you’ll probably need to shave every day or two. But more frequent shaving can leave the skin raw and irritated.  For clients wanting consistent shaves, a barber straight razor shave could be the best solution since…

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…

If you’ve ever embarked on a skincare specialist journey, then Google’s probably thrown you for the esthetician vs aesthetician loop at some point. Or maybe you just finished all your training and never considered the difference between aestheticians and estheticians—only to see the “aesthetician” title on your diploma when you swore your program was for…

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…

Hair clippers maintenance and barber cleaning supplies may not seem like topics for a barber to “mullet” over. Undoubtedly, learning how to sterilize hair clippers is barber etiquette 101. New barbers learn how to trim hair, and they learn how to properly clean clippers and other tools. Claims from dirty barber clippers don’t happen that…