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How to Install on Curly-Haired Clients

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How to Install on Curly-Haired Clients

Curly hair and straight hair are pretty different, as are the tactics that we use to cut and style them. The same thing is true of curly and straight hair extension installations. Though the principles of the extension method you’re using will remain the same from one installation to another (I-Tip sections should look the same on a curly head and a straight head), the installation experience can vary greatly, and curly hair extension installations might even call for some extra steps. Here, we’ve compiled some tips to help you perfect those curly installations where the client’s curls start from...

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How to Master Flat-Tip

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How to Master Flat-Tip

This month we’re all about Flat-Tip, the hybrid hair extension method and most recent addition to our line of professional extensions. Flat-Tip is half I-Tip, half Tape-In, and all goodness, and it’s presently on sale until the end of this month. That being said, how do you master this dazzling new method when there’s no Flat-Tip course in our Online Education menu? You do it like this: Get your hands on the tools. In order to start installing Flat-Tips, whether you’re just practicing or adding the service to your salon, you’re going to need to have some Flat-Tip tools on...

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How to Respond to an Unhappy Client

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How to Respond to an Unhappy Client

Addressing an unhappy client after a lengthy hair extension appointment is perhaps the worst situation you can be in as a stylist. You’re tired from installing a full head of hair, discouraged that your client is unsatisfied with the work, and most likely uncertain of where to take the conversation from there, especially if it’s your first time dealing with this kind of hiccup. But we’re here to help. Here are the “confrontation” and “de-escalation” tips and take-aways we’ve gathered from many years of working with hair extensions, stylists, and clients. We hope that they’ll prove useful for you! Read...

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What is the Babe Crown?

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What is the Babe Crown?

Two words: Instant Hair. There have been some big new additions to Babe’s product list recently, involving a line of removable hair extensions you can offer for sale in your salon. This line is called Babe Instant Hair, and it includes an expanded variety of Babe’s Clip-In extensions in different lengths and weights, a new Clip-In Bangs extension in two distinct styles, and something called the “Babe Crown,” which may have some of you scratching your heads. But worry not--we’re here to tell you all about it. The Babe Crown is unlike any other extension we’ve offered in the past,...

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How To Manage Stress Throughout the Workday

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How To Manage Stress Throughout the Workday

As a human person and professional stylist, you know that stress is an inevitable part of day-to-day life. Regardless of how much you love your job, or how sincerely you appreciate your clients, or how happy and prepared you are when you go into the salon each morning, stress will come a-knocking anyway, and there’s not much you can do to prevent it. So here are some tips for managing your workplace stress, so you can at least prevent it from becoming an ongoing problem. 1. Identify your symptoms. Stress doesn’t always announce itself when it busts into your life....

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