its a tuff business

Its a Tuff Business
Posted: Wednesday, October 13, 2010 5:32:20 PM
Hi , I would like to give you my opinion of this discussion . I'm a 20 year veteran of the hair dressing industry ! I have owned salons in the past and worked for many . Today's hair designing industry has taken a 360 from what it was when I first started in the business in the 80's -- Vidal Sassoon was hot -- GQ hair cuts were all the rage for men - the BUZZ cut was a no no and frowned upon by most people . Today the 35 dollar mans hair cut has flown the coop replaced by 6 to 8 dollar buzz cuts . This scenario has been caused I feel by the change in economy and the economy does have influence in our style, and the fact that the US is at war . For instants, the BUZZ cut is now a popular IN STYLE cut for men ,where as in the 80's you would have been frowned upon and called a jar head ( sorry, just a figure of speech , I support our military !) by your pears for wearing that style. Today its cool to where a military type cut because of the fact that we are at war, and its cool to be a marine ( or a member of any other military service ).

So, I feel that unfortunately right now its a hard business to be in, but , we have been here before ( before Sassoon brought professional hairdressing to the US ) there were mostly only barber shops to go to for your hair , even the woman had to go to the barber . So, theoretically things should return to the days of high style - high priced hair dressing and the hair dresser/cosmetologist will once again be looked up to .

Everything in this universe rotates including style :)

What goes around will come around again , usually with a slightly different twist to it .

Well, back to the lab !! see ya -- Franko/Jose www.advancedhairdesign.net

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Hope all is well , franko/josse

CHANGING TIMES

  My overall look at the hair dressing industry at this time .

There was a time when a hair designer could make a six figure income . These days the average designer is lucky to be making 20 bucks an hour ( with there tips ) and allot are making less than that .

What caused this huge change ?

The change was solely caused by the emergence of quick no appointment type shops like SUPERCUTS - FANTASTIC SAMS -

COST CUTTERS - HAIR CUT STORE

( I use the phrase SHOPS because these types of hair businesses are not salons , they normally don't offer nails , message , facials , etc )

they are low budget businesses set up for the middle to lower class public or the guy that just isn't as concerned about his hair style .

This type of change to business approach is also apparent in just about every business segment in the US . Quality of product and the pampering of customers is being thrown to the wayside and being replaced by huge businesses run by one guy at the top sucking up all the money wall everyone else eats beans for breakfast lunch and dinner ( that's if they can afford dinner ) . There formula for success is getting rid of all the competition by low prices and in hens becoming the only one selling the product so the you ( the consumer ) is forced to buy from them .

The US is seemingly / silently turning socialistic .

what's next ? communism ? I thought that's what they were telling us we didn't want ? LOL ------ I'm confused .

AND SO IS EVERYONE ELSE ,

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Hair dressing industry badly hurt by economy

 Well gang the reports are in for 2008 . It seems the entire hair dressing industry is off on service sales by about 35 % , and product sales is even worse at 42 % off for the last two months of 2008 . This is a huge burden for us as cosmetologists to bare . When you are use to making a fairly decent living and then all of a sudden your making close to minimum wage , IT HURTS . My sympathies are with all of you as I know personally as a licensed California hairdresser that these are tuff times and they don't seem to be getting any better .
 In times like these we must figure out different approaches to our business .
 I personally am doing much more bartering for my services right now then ever before . A hair cut for a massage , or a hair coloring for a teeth cleaning . There are lots of things we can trade our services for,its always good to ask someone if there interested in bartering for your services if you want what they have to offer .I just did a hair coloring on my landlords wife for partial rent !
 all we can do is tuff it out . My advice ?  pull up a chair , crack open a brew , were going to be here for a while .

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