I decided that I should not only use this blog to rant and rave but maybe it can be an educational tool that will allow me to share secrets with you about the salon as well as letting me express myself in a safe environment. So we shall begin the secrets from the stylist hair, I will try and add these when I fell they are relevant and hopefully you all can learn something while being thoroughly entertained!
So lets start with the biggest secret there is. MONEY. From the TV and reality shows it look like hair stylist are rolling in the $$ but if you really pay attention to say Tabitha on Salon Take Overs most of the owners are going broke, as well as the stylist complaining about not making any money. Here is the skinny, we do not get paid to be at work. That pretty much says it all but for those of you scratching your head in confusion I will explain. Very few salons pay hourly actually only salons like Super Cuts and or Ultas pay any kind of hourly rate. Most salons are commission based or rental.
A commission based stylist is someone who makes a % of what they do in a week. For example if your hair cut cost you $50 the salon gets $25.00 then the stylist gets $25- TAX= Pay. Make sense. Now a booth rent stylist is someone who pays the owner of the building a fee every week but they keep everything they make. Again example you may pay $50 for your haircut and the stylist keeps it but then on Friday the stylist must give the own $200. Now there are different perks to the two. In a commission based salon all the bills are paid by the owner as well as most also cover all products. In a booth rental situation you cover most of your products down to toilet paper and phone line. A commissioned salon takes your taxes out, a booth rent you take care of your own taxes. So on and so forth.
The hardest thing I think no matter what about being a stylist especially in this economy is that a lot of time is spent at work doing nothing, the waiting game. Waiting to see if a client walks in if maybe I get another appointment. Maybe someone will need something done! A large amount of my time is spent in a back room thinking about all the things I need to get done but staying at work just in case. There are days when in cost me more to come to work then I make in the day. It is really heartbreaking at times. You get use to it, but then again you really don't.
The lesson that I hope you gather for this is that no matter how your stylist is paid, when you do not show up to your appointment or you decided that you could go another week or do it at home you are hurting them. Someone friend son daughter mother fiancée is sitting at work waiting for you. As well as all of those times you love your hair but do not remember to tell anyone who did it, we do rely on word of mouth to help us a lot. I challenge all my readers to call your stylist and get a service even if it is just a blow dry on like a Tuesday or a Thursday when times are the slowest in the salon world. I promise you will feel great and you will make your stylist smile.
Remember shhhhh this is a secret from a stylist chair
Maya Angelou: But it is not a bad thing or a good thing, it's hair.
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