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Hair stylists are changing

Hair Stylist today is very different than just a few years ago

Hair stylists that are showing up at today’s hair stylist conventions are a different breed. Today I had a chance to attend one of the bigger hair stylist shows in this area. It’s been a while since I have been to one of these shows and was quite surprised that the average hair stylist who attends these shows, looks different and has a very different attitude.

“Hair Stylists are More Interested In Skills”In years past a hair styling convention was quite a fashion event. The hair stylist attendees dressed in their very best high fashion outfits, high heels, lots of glitter, makeup and of course every imaginable hair do that mankind could possible come up with.

It was important to be seen by your peers as being on the cutting edge of style and fashion.

Not so anymore, today’s hair stylist attendees are much less fashion and style conscious and much more focused on learning and perfecting their trade. It was not unusual to see a hair stylist dressed in jeans and a subdued blouse or top. And of course there were a few pretty edgy hair styles, most were pretty ordinary.

At lunch I sat with about six attendees from a variety of different salon types, big ones, little ones, a business salon a rural salon owner. What we all had in common were the fact that everyone of us was a veteran of 20 years or more.

I made the observation that clearly casual dress and subdued fashion was taking over at the hair stylist beauty shows. We all agreed that today’s crop of hair stylist is much less interested in fashion and edgy trends and much more interested in perfecting their craft. They were more interested in what new products and tools were there and what new techniques they could go home with.

For the consumers I think this should be very good news. Lets face it very few of us can show up in the classroom or work date with a hair style that looks like it came from a fashion runway. But all of us can recognize and benefit from a truly well crafted haircut.

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