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Summer is upon us again and swimming will certainly be part of your fun, fitness, and health this season! I can guarantee that if you ask any teenager what they believe is the number one health risk associated with …
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I have always wondered why we were told that you or your clients should change their hair products often or even every three months. What if we found products that we love? Is it crucial to the health of the hair to make these changes? …
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Many words we use every day have positive or negative connotations. Use positive words whenever possible. It is very easy in this business to use words that we don’t identify as negative while the public does. Don’t say “bleach”, say “lighten”. Don’t say …
Having a ‘Green salon’ means more than just saving water and electricity. Organic Color Systems‘ Managing Director Raoul Perfit and Creative Director Karine Jackson have found greater ways to make the salon a more organic, sustainable and eco-friendly environment.
When it comes to going green, Europeans …
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Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS) is the ingredient in shampoos that we recognize as the lathering agent, but it is also the deviant culprit or cause of many hair loss issues. Typically it is used because it is a cheap ingredient and we love the foamy bubbles that it creates …
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If this is your client’s first time getting her hair colored – be easy. Many times clients don’t understand how drastic a color change will look. If she wants to be blonde, suggest she get highlights first.
Being conservative in your coloring …
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Body language is a fascination, powerful subject. 90% of what we communicate is physical – very little has to do with what we say. Tuning into a few very simple but powerful signals can do wonders for your relationships with your clients. …
Organic Color Systems salutes Maysoon Salah, owner of Fresno California Organic Color Systems salon “Thread and Sugar Salon” who has enlightened her town with a bold and ingenius message: There are safer and better alternatives to chemicals found in traditional salons. Maysoon has brilliantly brought a sense of activism and art together in her thought provoking billboards featuring the beautiful bodies of expected mothers and other health conscious women.
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Many clients want a hair cut that they won’t be happy with. So she wants to look like Jeniffer Aniston – her hair cut probably won’t do it. No hair cut can give her perfect cheekbones and a flat stomach. To help …
Your client’s desire is what she wants her hair to look like. Her purpose is what she wants one to her hair. So her desire could be, “I want to look like Angelina Jolie” while her purpose is to have her gray hair covered.
If you don’t meet her objectives then she won’t be happy. It doesn’t matter how great the highlights or single process color is you give her if it’s not what she wants.
It’s good to ask her what her objective is before beginning. Here are some examples:
To warm her skin tone
To enhance her nose, eyes, etc
To cover gray hair
To correct a bad hair color
To complement a hair cut
To brighten natural hair color
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