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barbara_owens•3h ago

Hot take: 40 clients is when I finally raised my prices, and I should have done it at 20

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brookefox•5h ago

TIL a client told me her last stylist said burgundy would 'wash out' on thin hair, and I stopped charging extra for color corrections

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charlie_ellis•15h ago

Shoutout to the instructor who told me to stop cutting wet, I burned 4 clients before I got it

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kai_knight1•18h ago

Dropped $180 on a lash extension course in Dallas and learned less than a YouTube video

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the_miles•3d ago

Hit 80 percent retention on a balayage client in Grand Rapids and I owe my old instructor an apology

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kellyr18•3d ago

My old mentor in Fresno said I was wasting money on a $40 hood dryer, she was dead wrong

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gavinh26•9d ago

My cousin in Tampa told me to charge more for a blowout and I lost a client

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wright.caleb•10d ago

Why does nobody talk about the client who cried after a haircut

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dakotal16•13d ago

Hot take: a spray bottle of mouthwash saved a box color gone brassy

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nathanb71•14d ago

Warning: my first spiral perm in 1998 looked like a Brillo pad, now I charge $185 for the same service

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king.jordan•15d ago

I used to fix a broken nail with superglue, now I send clients to the drugstore for a $4 kit

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rowanbennett•15d ago

Vent: the booth rent hike at my salon in Boise just made my whole week worse

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margaret_flores48•15d ago

Said no to perms for 6 years, then a client in Tucson changed my mind

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harris.uma•16d ago

Blew $210 on a hooded dryer for my kitchen table setup and honestly I was wrong about it

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jana584•17d ago

Why does nobody talk about sanitizing your shear tension screw after a bloody cut

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