What would you do i

So I was given these seneros in a color class this week and I want to now what you would do and handle this.. keep in mind that this was written in the late 80s early 90s.

1. The client wants to cover obviously gray hair , but he is afraid to do so because he is not sure it will result in a natural look. Camouflaging the gray hair was suggested to him when he received a chemical wave.

2. The client wants to have even coloring results. Several shampoos after her double-processing retouch, the shafts and ends seemed to lose the toning shade. her former colorist said that the problem was the quality of her hair and so it could not be corrected. She was advised to chemically wave her hair so that the curl would hide the darker scalp area. 


So 'What Would You Do'

Girls updo

Happy Sunday :) to day was a boring day for me. Nothing on tv today , so I got the girls in the show and decided to do updos on them.. So here is one ..........

 

  What I did was a french braid starting on one side of her head and wrapping around the other side . Ignore the messy loop I fixed it after I took the picture.

the extra part of the braid I pined and tucked it under the braid.

I used a 1/2 in curling Iron and did spiral curls

Starting from the right side I twisted the curls and pined them useing hair pin not bobbie pins.

the end result.

Did I lose a friend or Gain a client ?

This is my dilemma should I feel badly or did I win this client fair and square.

So last week I had a sister in law of a friend call me asking if I can do I highlight retouch on her because her sister in law that did her highlights would not do it for her.  So without asking question I told her that I could do it at the school because I was busy at home and was not able to do it outside of school. She came in yesterday and her hair was a HOT MESS!!   There was a lot of under and over processing. I had an instructor come over and help me did the consultation. As we looked over her hair we could not figure how out how her hair was weaved. We informed her that we could try as best as we could to fix it. So as I was prepping her I was making small talk. She told me not to say anything to her in law about her coming in to see me.

 So I was asking her on what had happened. She told me that she went over to my friend’s house and she was doing some one else’s hair and she asked her if she had time to do her hair. So she did them while the other person was processing.  She foiled her whole head in 30 min, this girl’s hair is really long I was surprised .When I was foiling her hair I could not find any kind of pattern there were spots where the highlighted parts were 2x2 inches thick.  I asked if she was trying to do peak a boos, she said no that she wanted it chunking but not THAT chunky. I tried my hardest to make it blend.  During all of this I did not say anything negative about the other “stylist”. By the time I was ready to start my last section we had an audience of instructor around us.  When we were at the bowl ready to tone her we could not figure out what to use because of all the different  levels in her hair so we decided on just 9N but I had be really careful about where I put the toner ,  cause we did not want the lighter levels to get violet.  So at the end all went well and she is very happy with the turned out.   She also told me that she will now just go to me and that she will follow me to the salon that will be at after graduation which is 30 minutes away from her.  So Did I gain a faithful client or will I lose a friend?

The Hair products that I love and cant live with out

I am in love with this product  and the salon that I purchased it from does not sell this brand any more.
Milkshake Conditioning Whipped Cream is an amazing product.  Milkshake Conditioning Whipped Cream is a leave-in conditioner for hair. When you use Milkshake Whipped Cream there is no need to wash it out. You hair will be left soft and shiny with natural vitality. This is a great product for all types of hair, I am in love with this.  It is based out of Italy. I just ran out I found it on Amazon.com its about $20 each .

I am a Psycosmetolgist...

Ok, so last Wednesday at school we had a couple of guest speaker. They were from Matrix Spread the Love Campaign. Two were resent Cosmo grads one was from Omaha and the other one was from St Paul, and a Psychologist Dr Lou. He is now a public speaker for Matrix hair products. He was telling us how he was losing clients because their Hair dressers were giving them better advice. I think it true our client trust us washing their hair, cutting, perming, and coloring so why wouldn't they trust our advice. We touch them more then Doctors. When they sit in our chair we spend about an hour or more with them, we problem talk to them more than they do with their families. We are always with through everything, in good times and bad. Proms, weddings, baptisms, even Funerals. First thing we do is ask them how their days are going, then what they are up to this week. While you are wrapping their perms or foiling their hair you are talking to them about their family or they are asking about yours, and at the end you have started a relationship with them. When they first sit in your chair you might think that you have nothing in common with then and at the end you do.
         I have this shampoo set lady that come to me every week. When I first met her the front desk lady told me that she was the cockiest lady ever and that she was never happy with anyone’s work. She sat down in my chair and I asked her how she was, she was complaining about the weather and that the humidity was not help her hair. So I did her consultation she was mad about repeating herself every time she comes in. So I draped her and took her to the Shampoo bowl, and washed her gray hair with So Silver Shampoo. She went back to my chair and sat down, when I came back with the rods she had this look on her face and I asked what was wrong. She was like "what in the world did you use in my hair", I told her about the so silver she had a smirks on her face. While I was setting her hair I was asking her about her family and her life. She had a plain Jane life. She was telling me about waiting for the Amazing Race to start up again. That is my favorite competitive reality show.  We finished her hair and as she was paying I went and got her coat and helped her put it on. The next couple of weeks she went to other student and was complaining as always. Well she came back to me last week she told me that she tried to re schedule with me and that I was booked at the time she needed. She was super excited to see me because the new season of the amazing race started again and she need someone to talk to about the show since her other friend did not like it . I Love my shampoo set lady she cracks me up every week..
        When I first started Cosmo school my instucter told me that it only 25% of talent and 75% of personality for a customer to come back to you, Remember that...

We are Psy-cosmetoligist  your personaly make the money  not always your talent.

Feb. LOVES Amber Road

My 2nd February "LOVE" is...... Scentsy bar scent  Amber Road, surprising this is not a sent that I would normally like but a wanted to go out of the box . I am normally a clean scent person and I am not very into manly and fruity scents and this Scentsy bar come from their "Seven Sea" collection . it has the scent of  red cedar and resinous incense.  I am in love with Scentsy Candles they are decorative warmers designed to melt scented wax with the heat of a light bulb instead of a traditional wick and flame...   so Check them out.

My Feb. Loves

LOVE...LOVE...LOVE....L.O.V.E !!!

Here are a caouple of my Febuary loves. First is the New Cd from Alacranes Musical  besos de fuego..  I (we) have been waiting over two years for this cd this band is of mexican decent some are first genoration here in the US. The Urbina Family resently had to go to court and Fight for there rights to keep there name, after two of there ex members decited to still there name. But the court decited that the Urbina brother could keep there right , so now all is good, and we got this awsome cd  My 2 "Love" songs are 'Besos de Fuego' and 'Yo no debi amarte'  Ok.....and a third Nuestro Amor. So if you "LOVE" mexican music this is a awsome one..       Check out the link above and hear a little of the songs on the cd

Hello A little about me

I am currently a fulltime student for cosmetology In Iowa. I will be done in June of this year. I am a full time wife and mother. My back ground is in Photography and Insurance...yes what a combo RIGHT. I worked in insurance for over five years, and then my company lay off over 200 employees. I still do photography. I had wanted to become a Cosmo for a long time but having to work fulltime and taking care of a family I knew it would not work. After being laid off from a job that I loved, I worked for a couple temp agencies I realized that I wanted to work for myself.  I wanted a challenge not the same old things This March I will be turning 31, this time last year I got really depressed on turning thirty. I felt like I was not going anywhere I lived it jeans and t-shirts, no makeup, and hair in a ponytail. . I love reality TV and one of my favorite shows is “Tabatha salon take over” on bravo. Tabatha Coffey is my Idol. One day I was sitting around depressed and the show was one and I finally said that I was going to do it. So after the show was over I called the school and signed up. A year later her I am ….