This is an old thread Zeus,
We found the market was flooded with poor work years back, its all over the place, so we just get experts in for all specialist things.
We would see it come in the salon for stuff and it was not good, so we looked into getting someone in, freelance, checked a few people out and had them come in they were just not good enough, some had been doing it years, others not so long.
There was no way we was going to let our regular and loyal clients have poor or average work, its something you have to think about as they are your clients!
We have Heidi Worman now and she is amazing, she has used our place for clients from Scotland, cornwall and all over, they travel for her.
If you have someone come in your salon be very choosy, as I will not trust anyone but her now.
Su x