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Preparing Your Clients for Summer Hair Upkeep

Posted by Justin Trombetti on May 10, 2016

It’s hard not to get excited about the increasingly warm weather, bright foliage, and beauteous sunshine that rolls in with summer. Though the season is still a few weeks away, we’re already itching for a beach and a hammock and a good book right now. But as with any season, there are some hair care precautions unique to summer that we need to keep in mind. So before your clients can get carried away with their summer festivities, make sure they know how to prep their hair and hair extensions for maximum health. Here’s what you should cover: UV/Heat protection....

How to Manage Hair Extensions like Babe HQ

Posted by Justin Trombetti on May 05, 2016

When it comes to hair extension closets, no one’s is bigger than Babe HQ’s. We’re talking aisles and aisles, shelves on shelves--and, believe it or not, it’s not too difficult to manage, actually. That’s because we have a tried-and-true organization system that works for us. So, if you have trouble organizing your hair extension supply closet: listen up. We’re about to dish some of our pro tips for managing your Babe things. 1. Have distinct sections. If you’re working with different methods of hair extensions, you’ll want to have different areas for Tape-In, I-Tip, Fusion, and Clip-In extensions. This is...

Stock Up and Sort Out Your Hair Extension Closet

Posted by Justin Trombetti on April 25, 2016

As if sorting out your personal wardrobe wasn’t hard enough…welcome to the chaos that is a stylist supply closet. Between the scissors and the dyes and the styling products, it’s easy to get lost in even the most well-maintained stockroom. Hair extensions just add another layer of complexity to the problem. So, here are our tips for managing your hair extension supply closet, from filling to sorting and everything in-between. Pick a tactic. Your supply process (the way that you go about collecting and distributing Babe hair extension products) will totally dictate what kind of organization scheme you use, so...

What Is an “Extensions Generalist”?

Posted by Justin Trombetti on April 18, 2016

Here at Babe, we talk a lot about hair extension stylists, specialists, and—most recently—connoisseurs! But if there’s such a thing as a “specialist” or “connoisseur” in an industry, shouldn’t there be a “generalist” or “hobbyist,” too? Personally, we wouldn’t want to get our extensions installed by an extensions hobbyist. An extensions generalist, though, could probably do with some additional explanation. In a nutshell, an extensions generalist is someone who uses all of the available hair extension methods. This person is competent at wielding I-Tip, Fusion, and Tape-In extensions alike—maybe even Flat-Tip, if they’re really up on the trends. They tend...

How to Make Sure Your Clients Are Taking Care of Their Extensions

Posted by Justin Trombetti on April 08, 2016

Whether we like it or not, being a stylist has its limits. We’re not life gurus entrusted with personal influence over our clients’ decisions, nor fairy godmothers capable of appearing at the perfect moment to steer our customers in the direction of good hair care. We’re just hair professionals offering professional services, and it’s all too easy for our clients to overlook our advice, especially when they’re relatively new to us. But that doesn’t make it any easier for us when we see the evidence of extension neglect written all over their heads. So what’s a stylist to do? We...

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