| Hair Care Professional- Breaking One In | | | | appropriately to your taste? |
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| Beauty Salon- It is so important for us to | | | | 10. What does the hair of the staff look like |
| find the right beauty salon so that we can | | | | to you? Is the hair of the staff |
| have the right look at the right time. | | | | professionally done or is it sloppy? |
| However, there are certain things that beauty | | | | |
| salon owners don't want you to know. | | | | Ok, you've decided that the beauty salon |
| | | | environment is satisfactory, now how do you |
| According to the September 13, 2005 issue of | | | | deal with the hair stylist? |
| the LA Times, soon after Hurricane Katrina | | | | |
| passed through the states of Louisiana, | | | | 11. Collect and bring pictures that are |
| Mississippi and Alabama beauty salons with | | | | appropriate for your type of hair. The |
| power and water reopened. Women who had lost | | | | biggest beauty salon hair disasters occur |
| EVERYTHING flocked to those open beauty | | | | when your hair stylist doesn't understand |
| salons. They wanted to look good even though | | | | what you want. Pictures help convey your |
| they did not have a place to live. They | | | | message. |
| wanted and needed professional hair care. | | | | |
| | | | 12. Don't immediately go for a cut, take it |
| This fact alone confirms your intuition about | | | | slower. Book a blow-dry with your selected |
| the absolute necessity of finding the right | | | | stylist. Ask, if you were to cut my hair, how |
| beauty salon. This holds true for a beauty | | | | would you do it? Once you've set aside the |
| salon Los Angeles or a beauty salon Long | | | | time for a real consultation, here are some |
| Beach, Mississippi. | | | | key questions to ask yourself as you talk to |
| | | | your stylist: |
| Let me give you some general guidelines and | | | | |
| tips to use when you are looking for a new | | | | - DO YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE with the hair care |
| beauty salon. I will also include some | | | | stylist? You should like his or her sense of |
| helpful suggestions about how to deal with | | | | style. This means clothing, grooming, |
| your hair stylist. | | | | personality, everything. |
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| 1. How far is the beauty salon from your home | | | | - IS THE STYLIST ASKING YOU questions, giving |
| or work? Is it convenient to either or both? | | | | ideas and suggestions that relate to your |
| | | | personality, rather than pointing to a style |
| 2. Telephone the salon. Ask if their hair | | | | on the wall or in a book? |
| care stylists have experience with your type | | | | |
| of hair. For example, is your hair long, | | | | - IS THE HAIR CARE STYLIST ADDRESSING the |
| curly, textured or exposed to frequent | | | | health of your hair, not just proposing to |
| changes to hair color, heat and the elements? | | | | cut off split ends? The two of you should be |
| | | | talking about conditioners and rinses that |
| 3. Search the Internet for reviews of beauty | | | | enhance shine and bounce, and special |
| salons in your work or home zip codes. | | | | treatments that can prevent or repair damage |
| | | | done by the environment, such as pollution, |
| 4. It seems obvious, but it's crucial: Who do | | | | sun, chlorine, humidity, or dry air. |
| you know whose hair looks fabulous? Ask them | | | | |
| where (and to whom) they go. | | | | - ONCE YOU'VE AGREED ON A LOOK, does the |
| | | | stylist preview how you'll need to blow it |
| 5. When you get to the beauty salon what does | | | | dry, wash it, and maintain it? These are all |
| the atmosphere FEEL like to you? Is it | | | | things to think about before actually getting |
| peaceful or stressful? Which do you prefer? | | | | the cut. |
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| 6. Are you greeted right away or are you | | | | If you can answer most of the questions to |
| forced to wander around or "twiddle your | | | | your satisfaction, then you've probably found |
| thumbs" until someone attends to you? | | | | a beauty salon and a hair stylist that will |
| | | | make you look fabulous. If you cannot, then |
| 7. If you've made an appointment is it kept? | | | | move on to the next beauty salon on your |
| | | | list. |
| 8. Is the beauty salon clean and well | | | | |
| organized? Does everything seem to be in its | | | | Take the above tips with you when you come to |
| place? | | | | Next Salon in Santa Monica, CA. We think that |
| | | | you'll find that you came to the right beauty |
| 9. How is the staff dressed? Are they dressed | | | | salon. |