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Tips to Successfully Manage a Hair Salon

Successful salon management involves keeping a tight ship and making sure you know what your clientele wants. Here are several great tips to help you manage: Trends Keeping up on current hairstyle trends in your area is a must. Make it a priority to know what looks are trending so that you and your salon can stay current by learning new techniques to appeal to your market. Look and Listen
 Pay attention to your clientele. To what they say, and moreso what their body language says. What does it say if a customer says they love their new look, but you never see them again? Some people are hesitant to voice their opinion, so you have to watch them closely. If their body language is telling you something, or their facial expressions look concerned or disappointed, politely offer another option. Pricing While you may not want to offer your services at prices so low that customers see it as sub-par work, you need to make sure you aren’t charging so much that they can’t afford to come back a week or month down the road. Look for a balance between too high and too low. Variety Think about turning your hair salon into a full service salon. Look into offering facials and other spa services, as well as manicures and pedicures. Also, be certain you cover all of your bases with hair by offering cutting, coloring, styling, and texture services and even some specialties like extensions. Dress Code
 Set a dress code with clear and defined limits for your staff. If in doubt go for all black or even neutrals. In addition to helping hide hair color stains, black is a very universal color that is easy to fit into any wardrobe style. Environment Your customers are looking for a warm and inviting salon so that they feel comfortable. It’s important that you provide them with a welcoming environment that is clean and well kept. Remember that first impressions are everything! Controlling Overhead  Another important factor in successfully managing a hair salon is to keep tight control of your overhead. Do your research and know what retail products your clientele will purchase to avoid having a surplus of merchandise. Limit the number of employees your salon hires to just what’s needed and then hire accordingly as you grow. While it is sometimes a good idea to have stylists that specialize in a specific area, it is also important that most stylists have the necessary skills to meet most every customer’s needs. You can also improve your bottom line by reducing office work or eliminating overly redundant employees. Ask yourself, are your stylists really too busy to take time between clients to tidy up themselves? That would lessen the need for a cleaning crew or for them to come as often. Also, consider salon scheduling software to help eliminate the need for a dedicated receptionist or as many receptionists. What other ideas can you think of to help effectively manage your salon?
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Setting Up Shop – The Basics of Salon Ownership

If your dream is to open a hair salon, you’re in luck… the salon industry is growing. Since the most recent recession, the industry has rebounded and is expected to continue growing for several years. While the timing might be right, you’ll still face a lot of competition, as there are nearly a million salons across the country. However, don’t let that number deflate your ambition…those salons are generating over $40 billion a year in sales. If you’re committed to opening a salon, you’ll need more than determination to get started. Here are a few things you’ll want to do before you open your shop:

Step 1: Plan, Plan, Plan

Business Plan The point of a solid business plan is to figure out what your business is, how it will be successful, and how you’ll troubleshoot problems. If you need a little help getting started, here are some great resources for you including free business plan templates and business planning software called LivePlan that can get you on the right track. Funding Whether you’re borrowing money through a traditional bank loan or have teamed up with investors, you need to figure out how much money you need to get started, and where it will be coming from. Find a Mentor As you’re planning your business, it’s a great time to find a business mentor. It’s best to find someone in the salon industry that can answer questions for you as you start and grow your business. Accounting To keep track of your money, inventory and project growth, you’ll want to implement an accounting and inventory program. On the accounting side, you’ll need a program to track your revenue and expenses. You’ll also need to figure out how you’ll pay Uncle Sam. You should sit down and chat with an accountant to help you get started. Location The right location makes all of the difference in the world. You want to select a spot with good traffic and high visibility that is located where your target demographic shops or lives. Enlist a realtor for help or drive around and look for vacancies in areas you are considering. Know the Area Know the demographics, the local competitors, and think about how your customers will get to your salon. How is the parking situation? Is a construction project planned on your block? You want to know everything you can about the area before you select a place.

Step 2: Implement

With the planning stages complete, you’ll move on to details of actually opening your salon. Design to Your Market Before you start painting the walls and picking out furniture, make sure that your design matches the kind of clientele you want to attract. If your customer base is the younger generation, go with fun, bold colors and furniture. For a higher-end vibe, go for a modern and sophisticated look. In other words, tailor your look to your intended client base. Customer Service Standards After you’ve created an environment that your clients will love, you have to follow through by offering excellent customer service, which will make them want to come back. Marketing To be successful, you need clients. To attract clients, you need a marketing plan, so set aside a budget to promote your business. Without it, you’ll struggle. Consider hosting an event like a ribbon cutting or a small charity event to attract more customers. For example, sponsor a school play or have the staff volunteer at a local baseball game. You want to get the word out about your salon, and getting involved in your community is a great way to do that. Web Presence Before you dive into a design for your website, take a look at the sites of your competitors and try to design something that sets your salon apart. Your site should be attractive, easy to navigate, and ideally include helpful information for your customers, such as hours, location, contact info, and pricing. If you have the money, hire a professional to create your site, but if you’re tight on cash, there are plenty of DIY website platforms to consider. Get Social Social media is an important component to your marketing plan. You can use as many platforms as you’d like, but make sure you post regularly and engage with your customers. Retail As an owner, you’ll need to select products to retail. Consider one to three lines that take care of all needs for your various clients. Don’t expect it to be a big moneymaker right up front, as you’ll need to buy inventory and it will take time to sell it, let alone you’ll need to reinvest in the next batch. Now that the planning stages are over, new salon owner, it’s time to get to work….
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A Revitalized Color Business

Owning a successful salon facility is a journey and the learning process simply never ends. David Bickle of The David Salon in up-scale Orange County, California knows from first-hand experience and is a shining example of how well the evolution can work. After much research and consulting with others David found that his already busy salon could improve its color business, both in eliminating color waste and in providing a more efficient facility to accommodate the growing market. To minimize color waste, David decided to become a certified HeadMapping salon. The HeadMapping system specifically defines areas of the head into sections, creating a “map” that determines exactly how much time, product and cost is required to perform each service. Stylists can then dispense the right amount of color for specific color techniques as well as amounts of hair being colored. In addition to minimizing waste, it helps clearly define pricing for color services. As far as improving the facility itself, David found that the space allocated for a large color dispensary, nails and spa treatments could instead be used to allow expanded and more effective color services. It made sense to his bottom line to drop nails and part of the spa services to accommodate the growing color market. The plans were drawn up and David moved forward with the renovation. He had the 217 square room foot enclosed color dispensary room, employee break room and laundry facility that originally floated in the center of the salon removed and instead opened it up into a spacious color bar. The laundry facility was moved into a former massage room and the break area into an enclosed nail space. Three of the walls of the dispensary were removed completely and in its place a seven-station, island-style color bar was added. “Years later we’re still very pleased with the change,” states David. “ The color bar was the perfect solution for us not only offering the best use of space, but also opening the salon up visually and offering yet more opportunity to interact with our clients. The place looks so much larger and we are so much more efficient even on our busiest days.” He adds, “Doing our homework, seeking the professional advise of others and always looking ahead has really made a difference in the effectiveness and profitability of the salon. The lesson here is that we as salon owners are never done growing and changing. To be successful in any business one has to evolve as needed and should always be searching for how to make improvements. There is ALWAYS room for improvement. Being in the beauty business we proudly preach change to our clients, but must lead even this part of business by example. Our business is a living, breathing entity and like our clients, is in need of a new, fresh look once in awhile.”
Photo credit: Taggart Winterhalter for Purely Visual
 
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Salon Social Media Strategizing

Surprisingly, few salons take full advantage of social media and its potential reach.  In today’s day and age, that’s simply shocking! It just takes some time, effort and upkeep to allow it to work for you. Although most salons do have a website, their social media presence usually remains scattered at best. Too many times an old Facebook page sits dormant, twitter account remains tweet-less and Pinterest goes unpinned, while younger staff dabbles instead on Instagram and other platforms for their own benefit. In such a case, there may be an occasional makeover or up-style posted, but those are usually found on personal accounts mixed in with food posts, cute puppy snaps or what should be private rants. Not exactly the most professional presence for a business! If your salon does not already have a social media presence, it’s time to step up with one. And if they do have social media accounts, it may be time to fine-tune the existing presence to be more professional looking and effective. Here are a few suggestions: Handle This Much like a business is all about location, location, location, social media is about being found, liked, followed and, hopefully, shared. In order to be shared, your business profile must be easily found. If you don’t already have them, set up accounts on all major social media platforms using easy to remember and, if possible, consistent handles (@YourSalonName). Brand Power Consider setting up your profile with your actual logo, not just a picture of your logo, and a “hero” or beauty shot of your salon or the benefits from your salon (hint: it’s great hair). Align your profile if possible with brand colors and make sure your logo and or signage appears occasionally in posts to keep the profile / page branded. In the case of your salon Facebook page, fill in the section that allows you to post your salon hours, location, summary, etc., and then swing around and add pricing information as a note. If the salon pricing changes, be sure and update this section right away. In addition to the summary “about us” for all social platforms, be sure and add links whenever possible to other social media platforms, as well as your salon webpage. That way everybody can find more information about your salon, maybe even book an appointment, with little effort. Consistency is Key Once a presence has been established, set up a regular schedule of posts at least a few times a week. Don’t just wait for something to happen…Plan ahead: Like a month at a time. Also, assign others the task of keeping up the presence if you are too busy. It can be the regular duties of your receptionist, a responsible assistant or anyone on staff who has the desire. Or, perhaps you assign it on a rotating basis so you get the benefit of multiple admins. You can also hire an outside social media specialist to do it for you. Regardless, just remember to set standards and to give them the needed ammo to keep up the posts. Here are some ideas for possible social media posts that salons may wish to consider:

Amazing Hair

Any time a client makes a major change, show it off with a before and after post. Same thing for really great cuts, color, special occasion styles, first haircuts, etc. If you find it of interest, your clients likely will too! Shoot it, brand it (your salon logo), tag it, post it!

Events and Happenings

Document events, happenings, classes, parties, etc. at your salon – Everything from your grand opening to any special occasion. Snap away and post accordingly, making sure to use appropriate hashtags, captions and tags.

Product Information

If your salon sells retail, consider posting highlight products. Pick a specific product and create a quick post about how to use it, what hair types it’s best for, etc. You can pull imagery and information from the manufacturer’s website and create your own customized artwork and post. Also, be sure you are following any brand that your salon carries on the manufacturer’s social media. That way you can share posts from their site: Product info, styling tips, collections, videos, etc. There’s a wealth of knowledge on these sites, so take advantage of what’s available.

Promotions and Special Offers

Always have some sort of promotion going on, that way you not only have something to talk about but it also helps sell through slower moving product or introduce new ones. The promotion can also be for services, either to help build newer stylists, or to increase add-on services, which is always good for the salon’s bottom line.

Giveaways

Nothing gains followers and engagement quite like giveaways. Consider offering an occasional giveaway for salon products or services or even assemble a gift basket for special occasions (Mother’s Day, Easter, Valentine’s Day, etc) and raffle them off for the highest amount of online referrals, etc.

Seasonal and other Trends

Since your salon is in the business of making others beautiful, your staff needs to always be on the forefront of trends. And as trendsetters, make occasional statements about what’s coming next with all asspects of cuts, color and styling.  Show off the latest trends in fringes, layers for long hair, curling techniques, or even color and color placement for the season. The options really are endless!

Reviews

There are plug-ins and apps that can be added to some social media platforms that allow users to do reviews. Be sure you are taking advantage of these features. Also, be sure you have a Yelp presence, as you can post links to any of your salon’s reviews on social. It makes for highly credible content!

Here are some more ideas:

Show off how the salon is decorated for any holiday Announce new hires or new salon services Ask for referrals / Ask followers to invite others Offer quick styling tips and techniques Give seasonal hair care advice (moisturizing in the winter, etc)

Have any social media strategies that have worked well for you? Do tell!  
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Happy Holidays From Hairdresser Power

The holidays are the busiest time of the year for most of us! As we all can attest, it’s so very easy to get caught up in the hustle and bustle of constant bookings, especially the past several weeks, that we forget to count our own blessings. We wish our clients happiness between frenzied bookings, tokens of appreciation passing back and forth, and a little something extra being slipped in with our tips, yet we find ourselves spent beyond belief. We power down lunch between a much-needed restroom break and mixing color or having dinner, likely the first substance of the day, at 9pm as the last client processes. We barely make it home, face-plant in bed with absolute exhaustion and then get up early the next day and do it all over again…and again and again….And with a smile on our face and picture perfect hair and makeup, no less. So, for all of you wary beauty warriors who work your fingers to the bone during the holidays, we salute you! For your selfless efforts so others can look and feel beautiful for the holidays, we applaud you! And, on behalf of all of us at Hairdresser Power, we wish YOU a wonderful holiday, no matter your chosen celebration! Just remember what the holidays are about: Peace, love and family. May yours shine bright!
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Motivational Quotes – Part 1

As creative individuals and business owners, we all need a little motivating to keep us on track and help push us to achieve even greater success. Here are some of our favorite words of wisdom to help inspire you to keep going.

“All progress takes place outside the comfort zone. “~Michael John Bobak

“It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.” ~Herman Melville

“Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” ~Winston Churchill

“If you want to achieve greatness stop asking for permission.” ~Anonymous

“Things work out best for those who make the best of how things work out.” ~John Wooden

“To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong.” ~Anonymous

“If you are not willing to risk the usual you will have to settle for the ordinary.” ~Jim Rohn

“Opportunities don’t happen – you create them.” ~Chris Grosser

“Try not to become a person of success, but rather try to become a person of value.” ~Albert Einstein

“The ones who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.” ~Anonymous

What are some of  your favorite motivational and success-driven quotes? Please share!
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Dealing with Perpetually Late Clients

It’s 9:00 am on a busy Saturday and your first client is a half hour late. What do you do? Do you take them anyway and make everyone else suffer by running late all day? Do you pawn them off on an assistant or someone new in the salon (or anyone with an opening), thus taking a chance of losing them as a client? Or do you send them home and try to reschedule? If you reschedule the appointment for them this once, will it happen again? The answer is not that simple and naturally depends both on the situation and the individual client. If you can manage a compromise to keep them happy and not mess things up for your other clients, you step up…naturally.  Despite the best of intensions, a client can be late: Traffic, car problems, issues at home, etc….it happens! However, what if this were a regular problem with this client? What do you do? First off, bad on you for allowing a perpetually tardy client to book an appointment on such a heavy day, especially so early in the day, which can affect your schedule from that point on. If a client has a tendency to be late, consider a later appointment or one on a less busy day. You can also tell them a slightly earlier time in hopes of them actually being on time, but this does take some coordination with the receptionist or whoever takes the bookings. Perhaps there is a special increment of time that can be designated for any serially late client (who is getting a specific service) – it might be worth looking into. You may even have to come clean with your late-a-lot client and let them know that there is an issue, as they may not be aware it. Let them know that you really do want to make them happy as a client, but that you have to think of your other clients and need to them to either take a different appointment or make more of an effort to be timely. Most people are reasonable and will understand that you have to do what’s needed for the sake of the business. And even those who have no sense of time can come up with ways to make sure they are doing their part for the sake of the stylist / client relationship. Tune in next week when we explore how to deal with those who are always late,  rude and simply don’t care that they are disruptive…. More to come!
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Avoiding Cancellations and No-Shows

We all have THOSE clients…you know the ones. They are perpetually late, cancel often, and typically, as fate would have it, complain the most.  In this multi-part “The Delicate Issues” series, we offer some proven tactics to deal with cancellations, no-shows, and that client you wish would just go away. Cancellations & No-Shows It happens. Life throws a few curve balls and causes us all to have to alter our schedules to accommodate. For those one-in-a-while glitches, we accommodate the best we can and simply look the other way. However, when cancellations become habit, or worse, no-shows start to happen a little too regularly, we have to look at a solution. As salon professionals we all know that services are broken down into units of time, and time wasted on no-shows or last minute cancellations can be costly to our business and the salon’s bottom line. To help minimize the issue, let’s look to the restaurant industry to see how some eateries are coping. For some high end restaurants and almost all hotels a policy has been implemented to keep cancellations and no-shows to a minimum. When a patron makes a reservation, a credit card must be given (or kept on file) and a strict cancellation or no-show policy is enforced. The policy does not eliminate the issue completely, but has proven to drastically curb the problem. How to Implement Such a Policy Since we are in the service business, we can’t just arbitrarily start a policy that may make clients feel singled out…even the ones that should be. It’s best to pick a specific point in time, like the New Year, and start the policy as of a certain date with ample planning and notice. Send out an email or newsletter letting patrons know of the change, the need for a credit card to be on file and what the charges will entail should there be a last minute cancellation or no-show. Keep in mind that you need to specify what constitutes “last minute” and what the charges might entail should a cancellation or no-show happen. It may be a little rocky at first, but you will most likely find that your bookings will be taken more seriously once a dollar figure is attached.  
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Influences From Fashion Week

As the style conscious among us know, this past week has been dedicated to NYFW, or New York Fashion Week to the layman. It’s the time of year that big name designers unveil their latest creations and usher in another buyer feeding frenzy for designer-oriented retail outlets worldwide. Another benefit of NYFW is the style direction it tends to lend to the beauty industry. Many of us wait with bated breath to see what direction the big designer will go with hair, and even nails and makeup, so we can draw from this experience and offer up toned down versions for our clients. So, for those of who did not find yourself in the front row of fashion week or working backstage to create the tressed-up looks that perfectly accent the designer duds, here are a few observations to take back to the salon. For the Marc series, Marc Jacobs embraced textured hair with bold, brazen silhouettes to balance the lanky lines and richly hued fabrics of his collection. Frothy texture and springy coils seemed to dominate the tress-accessory element of his show, even for the men. We envisioned lots of roller sets; backcombing and firm hold spray backstage in order to accomplish these over-achieving coifs. Designers Mark Badgley and James Mischka, known as Badgley Mischka, went for a retro vibe to their clothing designs, but opted for counter measures for the hair. Instead of walking on the vintage side with retro waves and Liberty Rolls, they built the hair to completely contrast the clothing with a loose, undone vibe that borders on BOHO Chic. In the salon it would translate to easy-care hair with a soft, touchable finish and a flutter of texture barely there through the length. Designer Carolina Herrera went a different route to top off her always-classic designs. This season, think polished perfection with a twist. Seamlessly smoothed-back strands gather in back and then twist and loop into a flat-ribbon-like edge. It’s elegance meets edgy with a polished finish. Easily translated into the real world, these designs equate to polished buns, and oh-so-elegant up-dos for any occasion. Perfect for the pending holidays! Want to inspire your clientele with these runway looks? Consider running footage from NYFW on loop in the salon. It gives clients a glimpse into the designer world and may segue into a new look for the client. You never know what a little visual influence can achieve! …Queue the catwalk!
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The Gift of Confidence

As a beauty professional, you have the power to transform lives. To look at a blank canvas, see the potential, and then rise to the occasion and unlock all of the hidden assets, thus transforming clients into true works of art. But the outside is only part of this beautiful picture.  By bringing out a person’s outer beauty, their inner beauty can truly start to shine. When they look better, they feel better and then other people start to notice. Self confidence starts to rise, and self assured values and actions begin to take hold. This confidence is the true gift that salon professionals bestow upon their clients, not just the hair, the makeup, the skincare, etc. It’s one great big package that keeps on giving. It’s a proven fact that confident people do better at work and in their studies, they are happier at home, more satisfied with life and tend to pass the feeling on to others. And this confidence is so very contiguous…. So, let’s start an epidemic, beauty pros! Rise to your full potential so your clients can rise to theirs!  
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Your Circle of Influence

Have you made the most of your circle of influence? As a hairdresser, you are likely your clients’ somewhat surrogate family, BFF, and even therapist. Long-term guests in your salon come back time and time again not just because of your killer highlights or envy-worthy blowouts, because they like, trust and, to a large degree, need you. Whether you realize it or not, you are more than their go-to beauty pro, as you likely know more about their work, family, friends, and even love lives. You are able to come into their personal space and share a more intimate relationship than even some marriages. The question to you is this: Are you making the most of this trust with each client and thinking in terms of your full circle of influence with your entire clientele? Just remember that they look to you for trends, subtle style changes to keep them current and expert advice for special occasions, so make sure you are doing your part to step up. You should be offering personalized and ever-evolving suggestions, DIY styling advice, hair and color care advice with product and tool recommendations, even suggestions on the best wardrobe and makeup color palette to go with their new hair color choice. The more that you can offer them in terms of sincerely customized advice, the more they will trust your advice and opinion on a variety of matters. Trust, like respect, has to be earned, so do your part to build up your client’s confidence and absolute trust in you, your abilities, and even more so, your opinion.    
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Building Our Future

Beauty Changes Lives Foundation LIVE in Chicago!

Written by: Doug Smith Photo’s: Courtesy of the Beauty Changes Lives Foundation

I was thrilled to attend the Beauty Changes Lives Foundation event at the America’s Beauty Show in Chicago last month. The goal of the event was to provide a glimpse of what the future could hold for the attending students. As expected, Beauty Changes Lives over delivered on their promise and did more than support future industry stars, they reminded us all how beauty has changed lives on a global level.

Here are a few “stand out” moments from the show The event opened with a short video featuring Johnny Wright – Michelle Obama’s hairdresser. His message was brief, but powerful:

Johnny Wright“We have the power of yes! Be open to growth, stay focused and learn your craft. Find the best mentor you can and you’ll succeed.”

– Johnny Wright

As I watched the video, I was reminded how important it is to never forget to learn, grow and find our power of yes. I was instantly transported back to a comment made to me early in my career. A mentor stated that beauty is journey without an ending. If you feel like you’ve achieved everything you can, then take a class! Those were powerful words of wisdom that I’ve never forgotten. Next, industry veterans including Kim Vo and Charles Marcus shared their life stories and how beauty changed their lives. 

Kim Vo“I was a refugee and came to America with very little money or promise for the future – then I entered this wonderful profession and Beauty Changed My Life!”

– Kim Vo 

Charles Marcus“I grew up in England with a debilitating speech impediment and was teased and treated as an outcast by the other children in my class. Then I discovered beauty, and the community welcomed me with open arms – I was in heaven! After school, I was lucky enough to get a job as an assistant at Vidal Sassoon. Shortly after I started, Vidal himself came to the salon for a visit. As he greeted the other assistants and asked them about their inspiration I was terrified! I knew I would embarrass myself with my terrible stutter. When he came to me, I couldn’t get my name out and hung my head in shame. Mr. Sassoon then took my hand, held his mouth very close to my ear and gently said – “don’t worry, I have all day.”

 It was at that moment I realized that life is not about the number of breaths you take, its’ about the moments that take your breath away! I am a hairdresser and Beauty Changed My Life!” 

– Charles Marcus 

Peter Coppola also shared words of encouragement. 

Peter Coppola“You have the power to change someone’s life. When a client sits in your chair and asks you to “Make Them Feel Beautiful,” you touch them in a much deeper way than simply styling their hair.” 

– Peter Coppola 

 Fabio SementilliFabio Sementilli, VP of Education at Wella, shared a powerful quote form Martin Luther King Jr. 

“I want to suggest some of the things that should begin your life’s blueprint. Number one should be a deep belief in your own dignity, your worth and your own somebodiness. Secondly, you must have as a basic principle the determination to achieve excellence in your endeavor. You’re going to be deciding what your life’s work will be. Set out to do it well.”

– Martin Luther King Jr.* 

Jan Arnold, Co-Founder and Style Director of CND, eloquently spoke of global beauty and excellent customer care. 

Jan Arnold“As cosmetologists, you can do it all! Total beauty! A hair, skin and nail color consultation for a client is the ultimate service!”

– Jan Arnold 

There were many more amazing moments of inspiration designed to encourage and acknowledge the students in attendance. What most impressed me is the necessity of every working beauty professional to remain humble and reflective of our journey and how beauty has truly changed our lives. That said, the most important gift we can give is to serve as a mentor to the many new professionals in our industry. Be a part of Changing Their Life. Give back the Beauty That Has Changed Your Life and keep our profession unified in growth and support. That is where HAIRDRESSERPOWER comes from, and that is what will keep us all moving forward.   To learn more about the Beauty Changes Lives Foundation and to get involved, visit http://www.beautychangeslives.org/  *To read the entire Martin Luther King Jr.  “What Is Your Life’s Blueprint?” speech, go to: http://mhvpus.weebly.com/3/post/2010/01/martin-luther-king-jr-what-is-your-lifes-blueprint.html 
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HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Should old acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind? Should old acquaintance be forgot, and auld lang syne? For auld lang syne, my dear, for auld lang syne, we’ll take a cup of kindness yet, for auld lang syne. We two have run about the slopes, and picked the daisies fine; But we’ve wandered many a weary foot, since auld lang syne. For auld lang syne, my dear, for auld lang syne, we’ll take a cup of kindness yet, for auld lang syne. We two have paddled in the stream, from morning sun till dine; But seas between us broad have roared since auld lang syne. For auld lang syne, my dear, for auld lang syne, we’ll take a cup of kindness yet, for auld lang syne. From all of us here at HAIRDRESSERPOWER.COM, to all of the hairdressers around the world, we honor your heritage remembering “auld lang syne” (time gone by). Here’s to your successes, and here’s to your future! May 2014 bring you happiness, health, wealth and above all POWER! Cheers!