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My colour was meant to be bright copper, on a base 6 unbleached but lifted with 30vol. Used 7.44 and 6.46 (the mistake), it’s come out way too red and barely can be classed as copper, it’s defo red with a copper hint. Any way I can bring it over to more orange than red, maybe putting on a yellow...

It’s not me who doesn’t want a junior, I’d love one! I’m not allowed to just take one on myself, I work in a salon. I mind my own business at work and do my job well which is taking good money for the company and being nice and friendly to my colleagues. Not to waste half my day cleaning, it...

Sorry I’ve only got time for a quick response here- find a new salon if they’re not training you. If they are relying on college to train you, you won’t come out of it ready for clients. Do some research, maybe on social media, of salons that are big on training and openly prioritise their...

I’m branded the ‘messy’ stylist in my salon. Without sounding big-headed, I’m the most creative worker and mostly deal with big colour corrections and transformations, often on long hair involving multiple processes. I mix up a LOT of tint all day, don’t always have time to be ‘extra careful’ of...

This happened to me once with a wedding hair payment, I went to her house at a time I knew she’d be in and pretty much demanded she pay while I was there. She rang her husband to transfer it over, it was extremely awkward standing there on the doorstep but I didn’t care about being polite to her...

Making a price list- is it old fashioned to have ‘ladies’ & ‘gents’ haircut prices? I can’t decide how to do it, opinions pls

Chair renters / salon owners- How does it normally work? Does the stylist only do their own clients that they bring to the salon, and pay a rent fee for the chair while using all their own products, or is it like a percentage of the takings thing? Do they ever do the salon clients that come in...

My self employed rent-a-chair business is failing (I’m the chair renter), my rent isn’t high and I love my workplace, but I just don’t have the bums on seats (the pandemic has a lot to answer for with this). They’re gradually disappearing on me despite me doing loads of training courses...

I took 4 months maternity leave (self employed salon hairdresser) and breastfed the whole time so far (currently on month 3), I didn’t expect to have this much success with it so I’m over the moon I’m able to, and want to carry on. The only thing getting in the way- back to work. I’ve started...

I am the colour correction specialist, I advertise this myself but because I don’t do the salon’s clients and have to find my own, nobody really knows about me unless they see my social media. Which is where I get ALL of my work from, nowhere else. It does work for finding new clients but it’s...

Thanks this is all very reassuring, not that it’s good news by any means of course. But it’s nice to know it isn’t just me who’s losing out on work, it’s hard not to start questioning everything and wondering if it’s you they don’t like!!

Does anyone else still feel like Covid has totally wrecked your business? I’m still feeling a real knock on effect of slow business, even though we’ve technically been open for nearly a full year since the last lockdown. Of course throughout 2021 we were dealing with restrictions at work, but...

Ah ok, it’s normal for salons in my area to be open well after 9pm, mine actually closes quite early for a London shop. There is a bit of a 24/7 late night culture where I live, eg. city finance workers who stay in the office til late and start really early. The average office working day is 8-7...

I’ve always worked in the hair industry so I don’t know a lot about office hours or how those sort of jobs work, but lately I’m noticing that my clients who are London commuters and office workers are asking for later and later appointments in the evening, but also don’t want weekend...

I’m a self employed hairdresser and used to be mobile, then 2 years ago (right at the start of the pandemic) I joined a salon renting a chair, as I had really started to hate travelling around. I love working there, my rent is cheap and my collegues are lovely. I’m the only self employed...

I’m wondering if anyone else has this problem as it’s been an issue in EVERY salon I’ve ever worked in 😂 and now in my current one. I’ve worked in this salon for 2 years self employed and renting a chair, of course the majority of that time has been in the pandemic. We were not at work at all...

I work in a salon, my best friend is a home/mobile hairdresser. We trained together years ago and while I have kind of continued my training, she sees it as she has ‘done’ her training therefore doesn’t need more and certainly isn’t going to pay for courses etc. She hasn’t really progressed in...

That’s great news, thank you! I was hoping there would be someone here who had done it. That gives me a lot of hope.