two things that surprise me:
1. How quickly a person can choose a tattoo artist.
2. How quickly a person can choose a hairstylist.
while this post is not about tattoos,
it really ties into what i have to say.
I don't have any tattoos. I am not against tattoos.
I may even get a tattoo someday.
But the idea of choosing a tattoo that you're supposed to be happy with for the rest of your life is daunting to say the least.
okay, say you have overcome that colossal task.
you have found something that you are going to look at when you're 80 and say, "that was a good choice."
i doubt that will happen, but let's move on.
you are then left with a second colossal task -
choosing your artist.
when I think tattoo artists I think Kat Von D,
but I have a feeling that's like asking Picasso to paint you a picture,
spendy.
So you can't afford the artist you want, do you then go to plan b and pick somebody you don't really want?
that sounds like a good idea for a permanent piece of body art...
for a post that wasn't supposed to be about tattoos,
this sure looks a lot like a post about tattoos.
my bad.
One thing I didn't realize before enrolling in cosmetology school was that not everybody was meant to do hair.
What I mean by that is, sometimes a cosmetology license is an illusion.
Just because somebody went through a year of beauty school,
that does not make them a hair expert,
that does not make them fashionable,
and that does not make them good at doing hair.
think of it this way, if a person with absolutely no artistic ability takes a year's worth of art classes, does that make them an expert? proooobably not.
I was recently in a financial class* we are taking at church and mentioned that I'm a licensed cosmetologist, and have done hair out of my house in the past. Within seconds I had two or three people asking me if I could do their hair.
While this is flattering AND good for my pocketbook,
I couldn't help but notice how quickly these people trusted me with their hair just because I have a cosmetology license.
I'm not saying that you shouldn't trust me with your hair,
but there are people out there that you absolutely shouldn't.
Some girls that graduate cosmo school I wouldn't let touch my hair with a 10-foot-pole.
True story: I worked at Cost Cutters for two days a couple years ago. This is in no way something I thought I would do**, but this particular Cost Cutters is a 5 minute drive from my house and I just thought it would be the responsible thing to do. I had to drive a couple hours away to train for the job. They went over their policies and procedures, and had me cut the hair of a male mannequin, and showed me a couple of their techniques.
Let me emphasize this: I cut ONE mannequins hair and I was in.
They basically told me that the more haircuts I did, the more money I would make.
That sounds great, but it ends up taking the fun out of doing hair.
It turns the salon into what I like to call a chop shop.
Basic philosophy, cut hair as fast as you can.
Do you really want that in a stylist?
Do you want them to get you in and out as fast as they can?
I had a co-worker tell me that she could do a male haircut in 8 minutes.
8 minutes!
When I go to a salon, I want the experience.
I want it to be therapeutic.
I want them to take their time with me, and leave feeling refreshed,
and with a nice haircut would be a plus.
So do yourself a favor and do a little research before you let just anybody touch your hair.
That is, unless you're a guy.
In that case, you can probably disregard the second half of this blog.
*which i mentioned here.
** I see myself working in a high-end salon/spa. not a cost cutters. call me a snob, whatevs.
but I have a feeling that's like asking Picasso to paint you a picture,
spendy.
So you can't afford the artist you want, do you then go to plan b and pick somebody you don't really want?
that sounds like a good idea for a permanent piece of body art...
for a post that wasn't supposed to be about tattoos,
this sure looks a lot like a post about tattoos.
my bad.
One thing I didn't realize before enrolling in cosmetology school was that not everybody was meant to do hair.
What I mean by that is, sometimes a cosmetology license is an illusion.
Just because somebody went through a year of beauty school,
that does not make them a hair expert,
that does not make them fashionable,
and that does not make them good at doing hair.
think of it this way, if a person with absolutely no artistic ability takes a year's worth of art classes, does that make them an expert? proooobably not.
I was recently in a financial class* we are taking at church and mentioned that I'm a licensed cosmetologist, and have done hair out of my house in the past. Within seconds I had two or three people asking me if I could do their hair.
While this is flattering AND good for my pocketbook,
I couldn't help but notice how quickly these people trusted me with their hair just because I have a cosmetology license.
I'm not saying that you shouldn't trust me with your hair,
but there are people out there that you absolutely shouldn't.
Some girls that graduate cosmo school I wouldn't let touch my hair with a 10-foot-pole.
True story: I worked at Cost Cutters for two days a couple years ago. This is in no way something I thought I would do**, but this particular Cost Cutters is a 5 minute drive from my house and I just thought it would be the responsible thing to do. I had to drive a couple hours away to train for the job. They went over their policies and procedures, and had me cut the hair of a male mannequin, and showed me a couple of their techniques.
Let me emphasize this: I cut ONE mannequins hair and I was in.
They basically told me that the more haircuts I did, the more money I would make.
That sounds great, but it ends up taking the fun out of doing hair.
It turns the salon into what I like to call a chop shop.
Basic philosophy, cut hair as fast as you can.
Do you really want that in a stylist?
Do you want them to get you in and out as fast as they can?
I had a co-worker tell me that she could do a male haircut in 8 minutes.
8 minutes!
When I go to a salon, I want the experience.
I want it to be therapeutic.
I want them to take their time with me, and leave feeling refreshed,
and with a nice haircut would be a plus.
So do yourself a favor and do a little research before you let just anybody touch your hair.
That is, unless you're a guy.
In that case, you can probably disregard the second half of this blog.
*which i mentioned here.
** I see myself working in a high-end salon/spa. not a cost cutters. call me a snob, whatevs.
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