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Ashley Diana is an Unapologetic Hair Pro!

We are completely and utterly excited and honored for this special episode! Ashley Diana is a professional hairstylist who coaches and helps hairstylists get the most out of their career. We are honored to partner with her in promoting a class she offers in helping stylists make real tangible strides in their career.

Don't worry clients, we definitely talk about why this class actually benefits you specifically and how the experience will be enhanced with your hairstylist. Everyone has something to take away from Ashley Diana and you will love her energy and her straight forward approach to life and her work!

Please click the link below if you are a professional stylist to take a look at the class and if it would be something to inject some fire in your career and enhance the client experience!

https://bit.ly/2FISibx

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@missashleydiana

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Anna Hendrix-Carter give us more BLONDE!

On this episode, Anna Hendrix-Carter from West Coast Hair Design in Jacksonville, Florida joins Paulsen on the podcast to add another voice to the ongoing blonde topic sweeping the nation!

She talks about hair care - and she even gives us a couple hair cocktails from bumble and bumble, the client/stylist relationship, and of course Blonde, Blonde, Blonde clarifications and misconceptions! She is super sweet and we were so honored to have her on! We think you'll love her too!

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@westcoasthairdesign

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@paulsenjhealey

@hair_do_salon

Ep. 8 Cassie Delliberof Maximum FX Salons

 

 

 

Cassie Delliber is the salon director at Maximum FX salons in Austin, Texas!  She gives great perspective and positive energy on what it's like being at a team based salon, what that means, and fostering a positive environment for stylist and clients!  I think you'll love this interview both stylist and client alike!  A special thanks to Chris Murphy, owner of Maximum FX salons for permitting this interview!

 

www.maximumfx.com

Instagram: maximum_fx_salon

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@hair_do_salon

@paulsenjhealey

#hairdomesa

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Ep. 5 Sticker Shock and Buyers Remorse

In this episode we address a couple of the leading cancers in the beauty industry.  Both sticker shock and buyers remorse break relationships, tarnish reputations, and make people feel terrible.  We discuss some ways to hedge against these faux pas, and how to avoid them all together!

E-mail: hairdouncut@gmail.com
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Ep. 4 Aloha Justin Luman

This week Paulsen interviews Justin Luman, master stylist in Palo Alto, California. We talk about his history, and he shares some great insights into the client/stylist relationship! He's worked in different states in the US, and has some great insight into the hair struggles in each state! Thank you for listening!

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Ep. 3 Sugar Bear Hair and Friends

I want to start with this

 

some of you may remember those sketchers commercials with Joe Montana (an old football player) saying, wearing shows were going to help burn extra calories and tone your thighs and butt by just walking…..Oh, not  they don’t and they paid a 40 million settlement and threw the shoes/marketing out. Sketchers even went as far to have a chiropractor recommend the shoes based on an “independent study” he conducted...oh wait, we was married to a skechers marketing executive...oops

 

Snapchat when they came out told us your pictures magically disappear after 24 hours...not so...they were still holding on to pictures and taking more information then they led on and got blasted for it.

 

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/08/snapchat-disappearing_n_5290101.html)

 

Listerine came out swinging in 2005  saying using mouth wash was better than flossing...yet, they had to pull commercials and information because of a lawsuit they lost because they were lying.

 

suzanne : How about all those filtered pictures on instagram of hair, makeup, #fitnessgoals that we all think are actual pictures

 

We bring these up to illustrate the point that...there are products overstating their significance, and if you’re not curious enough to research you’ll gobble it up like the rock on his cheat meal!

 

Now, all that said, it’s time to connect that with the topic of the day...Sugar bear hair, and any other product claiming strength to hair or increased growth to hair is leading the way in deceiving people...I cannot speak for nails or anything else on the body because we don’t focus on that, this is a hair podcast!

 

In order to find out what was true, I obviously asked hairstylists who study and work with hair everyday...but to really get a strong and factual response I e-mailed the institute of trichologists...Trichology is the study of hair.  I asked them if you took a pill or special drink to grow your hair longer and if the biotin or vitamins travel down the entire hair piece to make healthier stronger hair...This was their response

 

It would be impossible for any vitamins or even food consumed to re-strengthen the hairs again down to it's distal ends as once the hair has exited the scalp it is essentially dead as it has keratinised.

 

The hair only receives nutrients when mitosis is at the root.

 

there is no magic pill to extended the anagen or growth  phase (wouldn't this be lovely if this was the case but science is science unfortunately!).

 

If the kardashians are saying it helps their hair...they are paid to say that!!!  If a stylist or blogger are selling sugar bear hair, or any other brand they use, of course they are going to say it helps...they got product to sell!  

 

So in essence you are basically paying for really expensive gummy bears...woohoo!!  But hey, you look cool on instagram eating the same gummy bears that the kardashians, bloggers do right!?  

 

The fact is that your hair is not like a conduit of vitamins.  It’s dead the minute it leaves your scalp...now...if you are eating really healthy and don’t smoke your hair will be really healthy..in it’s new growth...but your hair only grows about ½ half inch per month give or take a couple millimeters on the person specifically.

 

For those bad at math, that’s 6 inches in a year…..That’s it!  So to get that 14 to 28 inch length...that would take….3 to 5 years...of healthy eating, no smoking and consistently caring for your body to have lucsious healthy hair….that’s alot to ask of people, so ….professional hair brands like Bumble and Bumble, Paul Mitchell, Schwartzkopf, olaplex use science to find ways to care for your hair, truly care so make the hair more healthy or the way it needs to feel (beachy, hydrated, repaired) without damaging your hair.

 

Science wins, not your feelings about your hair.

 

If dentists are telling you to only use mouthwash instead of flossing, or hair stylists or bloggers are telling you to eat something to get healthy hair, you need to double check and you can always research on google!  I am happy to do research for you if you want to tweet or email the show!

 

There is a difference between selling services and products that are beneficial vs being sold to...for example...if you say you struggle with volume when it comes to your hair, and your stylist suggests a product that’s not really meant for volume, then they were not listening and they sold you a product not a solution to your problem.  

 

If you have questions on a brand, product, or questions regarding your hair, please contact us!  Use twitter, email, instagram, facebook

Ep. 2 Do research and trust your Stylist!

 

 

 

Ways to connect with the podcast

Email: hairdouncut@gmail.com

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Before we get started I want to start with this..

 

For those who have dated or are currently dating, remember that first date?  Maybe it was a blind date, maybe you knew each other, maybe similar friends...The anticipation, the stress around what to wear, how the hair was supposed to be….When you're out on the date, and it doens’t matter what exactly what you did on the date, you could tell the date was bad at some point during the night or day and that there was not going to be another date.  

 

It was easy to tell you know? Maybe he talked too much about himself, maybe she had a tooth picking habit right, gross!  Maybe he or she was too handsy and presumptuous, maybe he was not chivalrous...Whatever it was, it was easy to tell a bad date black and white….But those grey dates...he was kind, she was nice, there was good conversation, you laughed, the food was good, the dancing was great, there were some physical sparks eh…..ehehe….

 

You go on a few dates, and after a few dates...truth comes out...you can't handle his obsessive compulsiveness, maybe they were a terrible kisser, maybe she has anger issues, he is dating someone else as well...it doesn’t matter...but you had a few good dates and maybe you found some things to look for in the next person you date that you would prefer…

 

Seeing a new stylist is the same thing.  As much as we want to eliminate all the previous bad experiences, stylists or partners that we “wasted time with.” But it’s impossible...I don’t care what tinder, bumble, eharmony, whatever other single dating service says...Most of us take a few tries to figure it if it’s a match or not….The same with your stylist.  It takes a stylist, mostly 3 times cutting your hair to really get it down, get to know you..


 

Now are there times that its a slam dunk, you mesh, you gel, the stylist knocks it out of the park, it’s love at first sight...but again, rare...From this analogy, give a stylist a few tries if they were kind, professional and did a good job, don’t jump on facebook to ask for a new stylist, then 40 come at you and you have to try and choose.  That’s super stressful

 

So we are talking trust.  That thing that is hard to attain but easily broken...but what if we changed out mindset...so many people want perfection in order to trust….What about trusting them to do the right thing, trust they are doing a good job and they are doing what they can for your best interest.  If we expect perfection from our partners, we will be sorely disappointed

 

If you think about how much we trust it’s pretty incredible...We trust that the food at a restaurant is fresh if they say it is and no one did anything gross to it, that the meat is sourced the way, the veggies are clean, they say and that it’s real meat...what about candy...we trust they are cleaning those machines...We trust dentists to poke and prod our teeth for the good of our oral health.  The hardest one for me...trusting car guys...I am always on the defense with a chip on my shoulder with car places...but once you find that person, wow….you just want to hold on to them forever, right!?


 

It’s hard to trust but it’s so freeing when we do, and I dug up an article on the huffington post website about the writer, named Anya Strzmien who at the time was an editor for the magazine, talk about how she was always a control freak with her hair, telling the stylist exactly what to do, even though she wasn't a stylist...she decided to just let a stylist go and do what was best for her...I’ll post a link to the story if you want to read it in full and see her before and after pictures.

 

Highlights of story

 

Trusting someone is always the hardest part, especially when it comes to your hair!  But, if you do research you can avoid pitfalls so here are some things to keep in mind when looking for a salon or stylist to trust and things that will be red flags.

 

Research:

  1. Find an instagram, facebook, youtube, google, snapchat, vero, the salon (or their personal website).  Call in ahead of time to see what level of professionalism they portray

  2. Manage your expectations.  If you are showing pictures of an actress or famous blogger and you don’t look like that person, trust the stylist when they recommend a different route.

  3. Remember, their livelihood is based on people coming back to them over and over and over...Most stylists will do their best job

  4. Listen to their recommendations on hair upkeep, you’re not going to wake up with fabulous hair, it takes effort!

  5. Read reviews - no company is perfect, I mean, there are bad days and difficult clients that want to voice their opinion, but you’re looking for a majority of positive reviews - like 4 stars

 

Red flags for the first time:

  1. No online presence or extremely limited, because seriously it’s 2018, get online or get out

  2. Take more than 1 day to respond

  3. A poor consultation - it shows low professionalism

  4. You don’t know anyone that goes there, now if the online presence is strong, then not knowing anyone that goes there is just fine

  5. If it feels weird, it’s probably weird...go with your gut.  We have had many clients say they walked in and they knew it wasn’t going to go well and it did not, then we were fixing the issues.

  6. If they are not upfront with how much they are going to charge...Too often I hear salons and stylists not talk about money, then charge whatever...that’s a terrible feeling to leave with clients and again shows amateurism instead of professionalism.

  7. If the haircut is super cheap...yup...cheap haircuts are not great ones, I don’t care what you think

  8. One of the harder red flags to discern is if the stylist is doing things in your best interest or for theirs.  I have hard of stylists ignoring what they client was wanting, because they didn't like the look, the stylist did what they wanted to and the client didn’t like it...A great stylist has a preference, but can change it up when the client asks for something specific.

  9. They overcurl your hair, and you shower your hair and hate the haircut a couple days later..it means they weren’t as good as they may have stated.

 

I realize by bringing up red flags, many may nodding your heads and maybe have had experiences that have ruined your view on hairstylists, but if you do your research, you will find a safe place to be with a stylist that not only will knockout your hair but will be a great confidant, and hair therapist, or a salon with a handful of stylists to take care for you in your schedule...I have met so many that truly care about a clients hair, even when it’s not in their chair...Listen to their suggestions, trust them,

Now you  hairstylists, don’t break that trust by mailing it in on an appointment and taking clients for granted.  Solve their hair problems, educate yourself, make yourself visible online, and communicate clearly with them, add value to your services, and work to be better each day!  If you are a stylist that is already doing that, keep it up!