Today we have so many options in nail design. What are your favorites?  Send your pictures to yournccosmetologyce@gmail.com. Be sure to include the name of the artist and what company they work for. We will feature the artist on our website and on our Facebook page.

The pictured nails were designed by artist, Mariela Solano, from The Sun Room and Spa in Asheville NC.

Stylist For Hire

As a salon professional, what do you look for when selecting the business that you want to be a part of? Lets assume you are an established Stylist or Nail Tech, etc. Do the people whom you will be working with mean the most to you? Is it the location of the salon? What about "Will I be able to grow more in this establishment?"

What about smaller wants, like a color bar for the colorist or a large selection of retail for your clients to choose from. Mabe it is even a particular line of retail you desire.

How do you find this business? Do you go on 'word of mouth'? Do you access the want ads? How about the internet?

Politics In The Salon

Remember way back in Beauty School when Mrs. Jones said "never discuss religion, politics, or sex in the salon!" Well Mrs. Jones wasn't just blowing hot air.

 

 I try to stay away from these subjects, but this election year I have found more than ever people are picking you for your opinion. I try to change the subject, but when that doesn't work I simply agree with the client. When it comes to politics, I have found People are so passionate, I fear they will leave you over your choice in Presidents faster than giving them a chemical hair cut! A friend of mine claims she has voted for both candidates at least 50 times!

 

I am in this business because I enjoy the interaction with people, and making them feel good. I don't want them to leave feeling frustrated and mad, even if their hair looks good.

 

Other stylists in our salon have voiced concern about this subject. How do you handle this situation? 

Reverse Ombre

Any advice please on how to achieve this color- something easier than what I did.

 My client is also my daughter and she is a Cosmetologist who loves to mess with her hair. My challenge was all this, plus when we started she was a very light blonde all over.  I have done many ombre colors where we only had to deal with the ends.  This was really some reverse thinking for me. Obviously, I finally achieved what I set out to do, but it took many steps to get there.

First I painted from the scalp out to two and three inches from the ends, alternating.  I started at the nape and took 1/2 inch subsections. I figured alternating how far out I went with the color would keep the color line, where the colors change, soft. This worked, but when we were done with step one, she simply looked like she had bad regrowth.

Time to rethink! It did not take long, when we put our heads together, to figure out what we needed to do to change this situation. I carved out a large, very jagged, star on the top of her head. While doing this I had to take into consideration where this hair was going fall when the dark color was applied. Once I had all that I wanted carved out, I applied more dark color all the way out to the ends of my star. This worked well.

Next we mixed the color to go on her ends. since she loves to play with her color, I kept this semi-permanent. Of course this was the easy part, I could simply go through the hair and apply the color I wanted.  I did not have to worry about overlapping because of the color being semi-permanent and the fact that I kept this color in the same color family as the color applied to the new growth. The only requirement was that both colors need to be warm in order to keep her light blonde hair from looking 'muddy.'

I know there has got to be an easier way to do this!  Please BLOG!