r/hairdresser

Hii! I have had 2 clients come in for their move ups with pretty decent sized matting in between their rows. Is this something I’m doing? This has NEVER happened to me before and I’ve been doing the same stuff I have been doing for months. I thought it might be because I know both of these clients have been on lake trips/beach trips as well as been in pools. So maybe they just haven’t been brushing well enough in between rows? Maybe my sections aren’t clean enough? I think it’s just stressing me out that it’s happened to two clients. I told them all the maintenance instructions for being out in the sun and being in chlorine with extensions but maybe there is something i’m missing?

I found my previous barber by trial and error, too much of a risk of time and money IMO. When I go to IG, I see their fades but I have no clue what it’ll be like to sit in their chair, whether they’ll be able to match a photo I give them, whether they can work with my hair type, etc. I’d love to be able to find out more about their personality, their philosophy, etc and it seems a website would be a fit for that but I rarely see those, especially for individual barbers. Hoping someone in this sub can help me see what I’m missing. Thanks!

Guys i wanted to get some extensions for an upcoming wedding in August. i messaged this girl i found on IG & explained to her what i wanted which was micro links/nano bonds (unsure which one as i’ve never had extensions before) & not particularly any more thickness just length. I have 2c ish hair. She said she’d recommend 150g/24” which is fine whatever, it’s what i basically asked for. But then she hit me with the “£610 for the extensions and £250 for install”. Is this normal???? I have absolutely no idea but I will actually pay it if this is normal but just want to know for sure i’m not being fcked around with. Someone please help a girl out before i go bankrupt over some damn inches.

I’m just about six months on the floor at a salon I love working and taking my own clients. I’ve been doing pretty good and have already had a small promotion but I’m a nervous wreck thinking of my job. I’m scared, I see either people that hate this career or love it and make 10,000 a month but there’s not in between. My long term goal is to build up clientele to be able to take off more days in the future and still bring in enough money but right now I work 5 days and most weekends. I don’t know what to do because I love my career but I have a huge fear of failure because I’m not seeing progress I know comes with more time. I wanna make more and I don’t wanna have to start over in my career. I also have tried to look into school into other career but I genuinely have never been as passionate about something and happy as i have been doing hair. I couldn’t find anything else that even slightly peaked my interest like hair. I’m scared I’m gonna be wasting my life away hustling for something I love but I won’t ever be able to take breaks and it will always be as rough as it is now. Any advice or stories of yo ur own to keep my from giving up!

I want to start offering hair “Botox” services. Can anyone recommend brands they’ve used and which line they like best?