HOW TO BE A NEW YORK CITY HAIRSTYLIST

Have you ever dreamed of being a hairstylist in New York?

Well then your like many who dream this dream

But....

I will tell you, this job is not for the faint hearted

Most of the famous styling houses start you off as an assistant 

For about two years you will be shampooing, mixing color, blow drying for a stylist with a large clientele

This will be a learning process

For all of you straight out of beauty school or new to our industry

A seasoned stylist will never take this job

Hell, they won't even hire you if you have too many years under your belt

The seasoned stylist will very rarely jump from salon to salon as I have over the years

But I did it so I could write about life as a stylist all over Manhattan 

It was more like a study for me

To see what was REALLY going on in New York City on the hair scene

Not everything I saw or was exposed to was pleasant

Some salons in the running for reality TV!

Some salon owners or managers not having a clue what the Hell their doing

To work at Vidal Sassoon, Frederic Fakki, DramaticsNYC, Bumble & Bumble and a few others I'm sure to be forgetting you start off at the shampoo bowl

All of them will provide you advanced education

Which is A l w a y s a plus

When you stop learning in our business you need to just leave the industry 

I'm a real hairdresser 

I've stood behind the chair for the last 

30 years

At this point I'm more interested in the psychology behind what we do

And the wants and needs of this new client we are servicing

The client of today is well educated

And they are knowledgable 

We need to be always an educated step above them  

A ROAD LESS TRAVELED

No matter how far down the wrong road you have traveled

You can always turn back

JOB OPPORTUNITIES

No one is coming to save you

Take care of yourself 

A relationship is not a job opportunity

Maybe 30-40 years ago it was

Most women went to college to get an education and if you all tell the truth

Find a well educated, successful husband

Now a days that's no longer the norm

I think I just recently read...

There's more women than men with college degrees now a days 

Women are no longer marrying for financial security

We provide for ourselves

Some of us rather be divorced and destitute than be with someone who's not going to have intelligence, integrity, and have good energy

With soo many Prince Harmings out there and having to filter through all of them

Life after divorce and on the dating scene can be quite challenging 

I myself need to be with someone who's quite capable of holding an intelligent conversation and having some substance

Don't settle for less

When you know you are worth sooo much more

WINTER IN NEW YORK

Send someone a warm happy message today 

Peace in the Heart makes for a Happy world

FROM THE DESK OF THE HAIRDRESSER

The latest salon gossip is Kim Kardashian's new look

Which we stylist must explain to the guests that it most likely isn't a new look

But hair-extensions removed and we are now being exposed to the look of her "Real" hair

She's pretty no matter how she wears her hair

Women are now sworming to the salon for Kim's look

The long Bob is beautiful 

IN SEARCH OF 50!

I turned 50 a few weeks ago

Met with much distain

50 entered my life with me kicking and screaming like a small child having a major temper tantrum

How the Hell did this happen to me?!

50!

So I went in search of 50

How was I going to pull this off?!

This is what I found....

Did you know that 50% of the American population is now over 50?!

I didn't!

How could I have not realized this! 

So.....

How does that change how we do business? 

How does that change what it is that I do as a hairstylist?????

A lot

That's how 

HOW YOU KNOW YOUR IN LOVE

You know your in love when the smell of scotch tape is beautiful

When the New York City  traffic doesn't faze you

When the only thing the ice falling from the skyscrapers peeress is your heart 

Senseless, mindless Love