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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…

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…

“I don’t like her lifestyle.” This is how one bride on Facebook justified canceling her appointment with a well-reviewed, skilled makeup artist, says Your Tango. The “lifestyle” she referred to was that the makeup artist was unmarried, without kids, and seemed happy with it. While her complaint was surprising and unique, her request was not.…

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…

You’re cutting another client’s hair–the sixth of the day. As you run their hair between your fingers to trim the ends, your hand holding the shears begins to feel pins and needles. It’s going numb. You pause a moment, surprised, thinking that it must be because you haven’t let go of your shears in a…