Not EVERYBODY does hair WELL...

  Okay So I have been doing hair for nearly 11years and worked in 4 salons. I am so blessed to say I have worked in wonderfully amazing Salons!! I have NEVER worked alongside someone who has ever had or would dream of having these bad habits! But the sad truth is it really happens and none of these things are good or professional in fact its like the guy who cheats on his pregnant girlfriend but walks around calling himself a christian he makes a bad name for other christians just the same girls who walk around calling themselves Stylists and have these bad habits make bad names for the rest of us! Oh man! I just remembered I did work at one salon :/ that happened to have a few girls with these issues! Crazy I totally forgot about that lol maybe thats is like when something traumatic happens to you your mind will block it out of your memory. Okay so now for the painful part.

   I have posted a picture to help those of you who may be visual learners.













 So I hope that just by looking at these pictures you can see a few things wrong even before I explain. First off flip flops in the salon!! Girls its not the beach! Not only is this unprofessional but more then anything unsanitary. I was once told a story back in beauty school... a women had been wearing burkenstocks to work back when those were popular ;) and after a while she had noticed her feet started turning dark brown and became very painful to walk on. She went to the doctor to get her feet checked out and to make a long story very short she found out she had wads of hair packed into the soles of her feet!!!!! That is correct you read that right!! She ended up needing to have her calluses cut open and cleaned out!!! How disgusting is that?!! Hair can actually wiggle its way into your skin just like a splinter!! This is true! Next no makeup and hair in a bun... we are considered professionals in our industry and last time I checked my industry was BEAUTY. I am not promoting caked on make up and fully styled hair at all times. I get that we all have bad days but really your a beauty professional... you really cant come up with something a bit more creative? Please. If its that bad of a day you should be calling in sick, if you cant get yourself put together how are you suppose to get your clients together? Messy stations are not good either... I know personally I can hardly think straight if my station is disorganized. Not only that but this is once again simply unprofessional. When is the last time you walked into a business mans office and he had papers thrown all over the floor and desk? Hats in the salon... we are HAIR stylist need I say more? Shorts and tank tops not only unprofessional but ummm who wants your armpit in their face while you are shampooing their hair? Opening bobby pins with your mouth eww... God gave me TWO hands and they are both capable of opening the end of bobby pins when they work together. Also, dumping your leftover color down the sink... it's against stateboard rules AND bad for our water supply... dump it in the trash! Last but not least not continuing your education! As stylist we are the people our clients go to for beauty advice if you haven't taken a class since 1985 how can you advise someone on whats new and current in hairstyles and the newest techniques? I was once told by a teacher "As soon as you think you know it all it is at that point your stop learning" I know stylist that have been at it for 30 years that still take classes. Things are always changing!

  Look, I know some of this might seem a bit harsh but the reality is none of these things should be going down in the salon it looks bad and it is unprofessional. I take pride in what I do and my clients pay good money to get their hair done in my chair the least I can do is make it worth their hard earned money. So if I could end with this... I was once asked at a kids birthday party "oh what do you do?" I responded "I am a Hairstylist." the women continued.... "Oh everybody does hair" :-O thinking back on this conversation it has always bothered me. Yes I do know a lot of Hairstylist and have heard of lots of old friends who have gone through beauty school but consumers beware!!! While it may be true that everybody does hair, not EVERYBODY does hair WELL!

  Oh that brings up another bad habit sorry...