Blog Fodder...

I love reading people's posts on the professional pages on Facebook.  Definitely gives me something to write about!!  Here are the latest examples:

Pro color vs Box color:  "It looks dry & over processed due to the metal base in those box dyes are just what they are not color ".

 Okay, skipping the lousy grammar, let's look at the rest of this:  It's dry and over processed due to repeated applications of an ammonia based product where ammonia is not needed, not due to metal bases in the color.  Most over the counter colors don't have the metallic bases they used to have.  Technology has come a long way, baby!  And, my personal favorite with in that quote "dyes are just what they are not color".  "Dye" and "Color" are the same thing...artificial pigment for the hair.  SERIOUSLY?!?!  DID YOU GO TO COSMETOLOGY SCHOOL???  AND, MORE IMPORTANTLY, DID YOU PAY ATTENTION AND PASS COLOR CLASS?!?

Bottle vs Brush:  "Ummm don't some professional use bottles over brushes and bulls (sic)? Me personally can't stand the bottle it looks cheap!"

(Really trying hard to ignore the grammar and word usage here!)  Which is right for the job you are doing??  Bowl & brush or bottle??  Personally, if I'm just doing a retouch, the bowl & brush is just fine (Sprush, actually.  I feel brushes are too messy).  If I'm doing what's called a "global application" (meaning the whole head) I'll use bowl & sprush for the regrowth, bottle for the ends.  Why??  Because I feel the B & S is more precise for the face framing areas and the bottle gets the ends more evenly saturated without wasting the product.  But, that's me.  And, when you're interested in speed, the bottle doesn't fling the color around as much as the b & s does!

"If I could afford a hairdresser, I'd have one". 

And, how is that home haircut working out for you??  Nice & even??  Exactly what you wanted??  You don't have to spend a ton of money to find a good hairdresser.  SHOP AROUND.  PS: learn how to budget your money and you can afford LOTS of things.  Just sayin'...

"Exactly why I don't go to the salon!  Thankful I know a professional that will do my hair at a very fair price"

Does this "professional" work in a Salon or does she "work" out of her kitchen??  Because I'll tell you this, based on my experience:  If someone is a "professional" and does hair on the side, at home, it's because they're not making enough money at work.  And why would that be??  Because they're undercharging all their clients, who are probably mostly their "friends" in the first place.  And probably because they don't have the ability to budget their money, up sell to their clients, aren't confident enough to sell product to their clients to get them to spend more money, which, in turn, puts more money in YOUR pocket, by way of commissions and tips.

When I have someone in my chair and I can clearly see that they are coloring their hair at home, I ask them about it.  "Are you coloring your hair at home??"  And proceed to let them know how to do the service properly so the color comes out even.  Generally, once I'm done explaining what they need to do, 7 times out of 10, they wind up in my chair for color because to do it "properly" is too much of a pain in the behind to do at home.  I tell people all the time "the biggest difference between box color and professional color is ME.  I can assess your hair issues, what you want, what you need, go out back, look at what I have, and figure out how I'm going to get you there.  By the time you get done purchasing the 3 or so boxes of hair color to do what I have at my disposal out back, you're paying almost as much as if you were to come in here to get your color done."  Oh, yeah...my personal favorite "And you get to sit for 1.5 to 2 hours and have someone take care of you for a change!"  Works every time...