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