36 secrets your hair stylist won’t tell you

I don’t have manicurists or masseuses in my salon because I’m a hairstylist.

I just want to make a decent, comfortable living, and at the end of the day, go home.

“My throat hurts.” “My back aches.” They want a little sympathy, which maybe they can’t get at home because their wives have heard it all before, or they’re not listening. So they tell us. It’s the only place they can unload.

Hot water removes colour. The sun can dry your hair. So protect it as you would your skin. Cover it when you’re outside in the sun. Wash and condition it properly.

That’s lost money to me. I can’t fill that appointment with little or no notice.

The market is saturated with every possible product to make thin hair thick, dull hair shiny, and curly hair straight. But more is not more. Your hair wants to be healthy. That doesn’t mean trying to totally recreate it every day. Just help it a little. Let it do its thing.

Do you really know what “thinning” or “graduation” mean? Leave the terminology to the professionals.

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Source: RD.com