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Here are some ways to make sure you and your hair stylist are on the same page

To the average client hair stylist-speak can sound like Greek, so how do you get your message across when you describe the took you want? To the rescue this quick hair dictionary.

• LONG LAYERS lighten the weight of the hair and add swing; achieve a textured look by shortening the top of the hair.

• TAPERING is a form of layering used to take weight out of back of hair.

• SLIDE LAYERS are used mostly on curly hair to reduce bulk from the top layer allowing curls to fall evenly.

• CHIPPING also known as point cutting is used to add texture.

• TEXTURIZING is done using thinning shears. It adds movement and body by reducing weight from heavy sections, while leaving extra length in others.

• RAZORING is done with a straight edged blade to cut or texturize the hair.

• SLIDE CUTTING uses a very sharp scissor blade to skim over the surface at an angle.

• SINGLE PROCESS HAIR COLOR is best used for covering gray hair.

• DOUBLE PROCESS HAIR COLOR is used for highlights and to bleach the hair.

• HIGHLIGHTS lighten and brighten a solid background hair color.

• LOWLIGHTS add depth and contrast to a light solid look.

If you still are having trouble communicating with your hair stylist, maybe its time to move along. Check out my article How to Find the Best Hair Salons.

Got a question, war story or comment about this topic? Click on the "Leave Your Comments" link at the very bottom of this article. Some of my best ideas for future articles come from reading reader comments. I'd love to hear from you!

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Some Hair Stylist Clients Are Overly Sensitive

“not the end of the world to lose a client”

Your hair stylist is a professional and is very adult when it comes to their relationship with clients. Sure you can really grow to care about a client and have concerns for the welfare of clients and their families. But it is not the end of the world to lose a client or hear criticism. I have written many articles about this issues in the past hoping to get you to look at your relationship in a more assertive way.

Yet over and over again I read comments on discussion boards and in articles around the hair styling media about the trauma that women go through when it comes time to express opinions or finding a new stylist. The article below is an example.

From a hair stylist standpoint there is a voice inside that wants to say “come on folks, get a grip” but I’m beginning to realize that the relationship that women have with a hair stylist is very different than any other professional relationship. I’m not sure the industry understands it fully. It really would be interesting to see a university psychology department somewhere do an in depth scientific study. I think we would all learn lots from it. But I’m holding my breath for it. In the meantime lets do our own study . . . leave some comments about why your relationship with your hair stylist is different from that of other professionals like your doctor, lawyer, banker or financial advisor?

Read the entire article, Breaking Up (with Your Hairstylist) Is Hard to Do

I’ve written an article that will help you find the best hair stylist “How to Find the Best Hair Salon“.

Got a question, war story or comment about this topic? Click on the "Leave Your Comments" link at the very bottom of this article. Some of my best ideas for future articles come from reading reader comments. I'd love to hear from you!

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Finding a New Hair Stylist is Not Always Your Best Option

Any hair salon, that wants to stay in business, will stand behind their work and will generally do what it takes to correct any errors or mistakes that they or a hair stylist may have made.

“don’t want to whine and think they just have to live with it”

But . . . do you trust them try to be able to resolve their screw up?

I see sometimes 35 women a week or more in my hair style classes. The atmosphere is one where they feel comfortable and non threatened in expressing their true feelings about experiences with their hair stylists. I now realize, that as a hair stylist, I was unaware of how many women, when faced with a screw up or an unhappy result from a salon visit, feel between a rock and a hard place as to how to handle it.

From these women’s stories, I break down their dilemmas into two categories; those who have lost trust and those who don’t want to whine and think they just have to live with it.

Have you lost trust in your stylist or hair colorists abilities? You need to make an important decision; do you stay or walk away? It will be to your advantage if you can work it out with a stylist you have built trust and a history with. Before just walking away, or just putting up with it, ask yourself this;

• Could the problem be because of a communication misunderstanding vs. a lack of ability or concern on your hair stylist’s part? If your problem comes from a communication mishap, by talking it out now, you have a good possibility of being able to resurrect the screw up. It is up to you to be assertive if you’re unhappy, to be clear and up front about your disappointments. Lots of women express that by being honest, they feel they will hurt their stylist’s feelings, so they say nothing, remain unhappy and sometimes walk away, only to have it happen with their next stylist as well. A good hair stylist have tougher skin than you may think, but they would want the chance to make it right, make you feel good about your look and keep you as a customer and friend. In short, if the stylist doesn’t know it’s broke, they can’t fix it.

• If you assess the “screw up” comes from incompetence on the stylists part, you have two choices. Leave or give the hair salon another shot. Contact the salon owner or manager, explain that you are not satisfied with the outcome and request a consultation to decide on a strategy to rectify the situation. Again, the salon owner wants to keep you as a satisfied customer and will work at getting things back on track for you. Rely on your gut instinct. It will tell you if the salon is reputable and worth giving another try or not.

Check out my article How to Find the Best Hair Salons.

Got a question, war story or comment about this topic? Click on the "Leave Your Comments" link at the very bottom of this article. Some of my best ideas for future articles come from reading reader comments. I'd love to hear from you!

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