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    Salon sale questions

    Hello I am really excited as I have now put my business on the market. It has been a really successful 4 years and I was always told to go at the top. So its time for a new challenge! It's in a really upmarket part of Edinburgh It is being sold as a going concern lease hold , fixtures and...
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    Pay

    Hello Ask yourself would I be confident to be left without a senior stylist or above for a week if they were on holiday. Could any client walk in and I would be confident in my choices in cutting and colour to personalise and to get a professional result in the required time. If the answer is...
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    Salon revamp-need inspiration and product brand

    hello Morrocan Oil products walks out the door all day long in my salon. We are in a really high end area in Edinburgh. This week we could'nt have been busier! Redken is great too.
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    HMRC guidelines for determining self employment

    Hello Can any hairdresser who is self employed and rents a chair in a salon explain How the VAT works? What is the normal expenses you pay for? Where do you store all your stock individually? Would you be able to give me an example of a weekly or monthly costing ? Thanks so much in advance
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    Millie Mackintosh

    Hi All Trying to work out Millie Mackintosh,Married to Prof Green, her hair colour for client. We use Wella I was thinking 8/7 Kol Perfect? what are your thoughts? Thanks Sharon:)
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    Which company insures car wrapped?

    Hi all can you advise on insurance companies for commercial car. Want to wrap with salon details but sites refer to van insurance. :)
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    Been nominated for Women in business awards 2014

    Wow congratulations. You must feel over the moon. Be very proud x
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    Fully qualified Hairdresser required

    Full Time Hairdresser with salon experience of at least 3 to 5 years. Great Salon, fantastic side of town. Lovely Products Clients waiting. Small but friendly staff Look forward to hearing from you.
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    Tigi to Wella

    Hello can you help? I need a conversion of Tigi 20g 8/08 10 g 8/83 45 g 6% to a Wella version. American male is moving to my area in Scotland and has asked to have this colour or near to it.He knows it is Wella I use. The only thing I can see from my colour chart is white...
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    Different peroxide brands

    Hello I worked in salons where the peroxide was generic and not specific to the brand of tint,ie we used Wella but Sallys peroxide. I found that the colour worked 80% fine but there was 20% of clients with grey where the colour would be translucent. Also the client would need a kirby to scratch...
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    Scalp psoriasis help

    Hello I am a psorasis sufferer also. I have just introduced Morroccan oil as a brand in my salon. The shampoo and conditioners are sulphate,parabin, and sodium free. the oil is free of silicones.I use the oil at night and massage it into my scalp. It doesnt leave a build up and it is really...
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    Robbery

    Horrible people out there :evil: My experience recently was with an ex junior. I made the ultimate mistake and sacked her over the phone. This was because she hadnt turned up over and over. Told her to bring her keys back and she had the keys cut on the way. Next day we had been burgled and over...
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    Rubbish day?

    Hiya I have loads of tricky clients :eek: This one sounds passive aggressive that means she keeps control by allowing you to do her hair coz she cant, but regains control by being rude.That keeps her having one over on you. She will be like that in every service she gets, in a restaurant, or if...
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    Finally bought Blondie Rae

    Hello all here are my experiences using Blondi Rae 1. client had tinted hair at home with box dye, on white hair, post chemo curl from having cancer, :sad: anyway we used it to lift hair from 6/3 to about an 8.Was really succesfull.very clean result was able to use tint of 9/1 as root wasnt...
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    Koleston 8/1?

    Hello The 88/0 and all the doubles cant be put with any other tint as this dilutes the double and therefore no point in using them. can add mix tone to them but not another base. This was told to me on Mon at Wella course by Technician Hope this helps:D
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    Cleaning tongs?

    Hello Baby wipes take off all the product build up off hairdryers, tongs, ghds, chairs. Once I showed the juniors it was like Mary poppins in our Salon with everyone trying it and the salon was gunk free in no time :D
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    Life in the salon? Help!

    hello Shannon I am a salon owner, this is my advice to you. Be open to learning, dont be afraid to ask questions so you can get it right more often than not.Be smiley and approachable, this is really important! If you havent any experience dont worry the staff have all been there before from...
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    Are you all finding hairdryers too noisy?

    Hahahahah Liking your replies, having a very grumpy premenstrual monday!! so to recap im getting old and the noise from dryers are the same for everyone,lol. the silencer works on both the viva and the parlux Lea It makes it go from really noisy to medium noisy if that helps I am now going...
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    Are you all finding hairdryers too noisy?

    Hi all I use the parlux with the silencer or the diva with a silencer but still really noisy!!!!! what hairdryers do you use and can you be specific with the number on the side?like mine are 3200 parlux.tried the new one 5000 but still noisy thanks geeks.
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