Professional class

Last week I took a barbering course.  I thought it would focus on actual barbering, but we mostly went over trendy men's hair cuts.  I would have loved to have learned about some straight razor work or even new scissor over comb techniques.  Regardless, I did learn a few new things while I was attending.

Between this men's class and the Blonde Expert class I took in Toronto, I believe that I did learn a very crucial thing.  I am a professional.  I have years of training and practice to get me here.  I have a license, I have certificates and I have plenty of experience.  So why is it that people don't listen to us more?  How come it takes so much for a client to trust us?  The Blonde Expert class asked the question,"Can anyone be blonde?  Are more people suited to this shade than others?  Can everyone be a brunette?"  Even at the men's cutting class, not every head shape, can suit a specific haircut.

I know many reasons that folks have a hard time trusting us, is because we have (at one point or another) led them astray.  Maybe we suggested something they didn't like, maybe we cut their hair too much or too little, maybe we were rude in our 'all-knowing way', maybe a billion things.  One of the reasons that people don't trust hair stylists is because sometimes we mess up.  Professionals mess up.  It happens.

When situations like this arise, we must handle it better because we are the professionals, and as professionals that are also human, mistakes will be made.  I have made plenty in my 14 year career, but I don't stop learning, trying, and staying humble.  I may know a lot about hair, but I only know so much about each individuals hair.  You know YOUR hair best and your stylist should be available for all kinds of professional guidance.  Hopefully your stylist has your best interest at heart and listens to your needs/wishes/demands etc...

So for all the bums that will be sitting in my chair, I'm going to do my best to keep things on the up and up.  I'm going to do my best to give you an experience for the books.  I'm going to do my best to recommend products and services that will help you on your hair journey.  I'm here for you (as a professional stylist mostly...)!

Peace

Wordless Wednesday

The side part...we like it!

Teach me!

You guys! I'm taking a barbering class today! I've taken many men's cutting classes before but I'm hoping to learn a bit more about actual barbering.

Maybe some of you readers might have beards and may want to try a straight shave? Maybe? Maybe not?

Anyways, I recommend that whatever it is you do for a living, always try to learn more whenever you can. You may find that you can learn a lot from the most unexpected people and the most random situations.

Here we go!

Peace

the fresh perspective...

It's been pretty wet, cold and rainy these past few days and it looks like there's more 'bad' weather to come.  A poem for your weekend...

The Blues

When the shoe strings break On both your shoes And you're in a hurry- That's the blues.

When you go to buy a candy bar And you've lost the dime you had- Slipped through a hole in your pocket somewhere- That's the blues, too, and bad!

Langston Hughes

That's the fresh perspective...

Wordless Wednesday

Tony Chestnut we like...

Believe me.

Easter long weekend is now in the books.  What did you do these past few days?  Did you celebrate Easter?  You go to church with your family like I did, or did you just enjoy the time off work?  Do you in believe in Easter and what it means?  Are you one that has no beliefs? While I was in church yesterday I began thinking about beliefs.  Some people believe in God, others in Buddha, some in science.  Many people believe in nothing at all, and in my opinion, isn't that a belief?  Why do we have to believe?  Why can't we just live and carry on?  Why do we need to have to look to something to make sense of our lives?

Being human is just that.  We need to be able to make sense of the life we lead and use believing to help us.  I guess religions or spirituality of any kind does that.  It helps us focus on something that we can't really understand so we spend time attempting to better our lives in the hopes of attaining 'something'.  If you believe in nothing then the 'attaining' is pointless and you make your life decisions on the now and how you want to live, now.

I'm not saying I have all the answers or that I even know what I'm talking about, but I do know that 30 years ago religion/spirituality was more entwined with our daily lives.  Believing in things seemed to be so much easier then, than now.  I wonder why that is?  It's probably the internet... I blame the internet for many things, but that's for another time, believe me.

Peace