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Embracing Brave New Frontiers
Blue Highways
Jerry Tyler
I believe those who experience true abundance
in their lives, whether in love or in their
business, live just ahead of the horizon line.
By that I mean that even though true
abundance is achieved through first, having
a burning desire, secondly, having unwavering
faith and then patiently waiting for it, you
must still take positive action and make ongoing
change consistent in your lives.
In these challenging times, the idea of continuous
and constant growth may seem a little
unreachable in reality. While the world around
us is downsizing, shrinking the bottom line
and everyone is cutting back, how can we grow,
expand and push the boundaries outward?
Trade magazines focus on new techniques,
tools and emerging technologies which then
become services. The landscape of these tools
to succeed in our ever-evolving industry is
what I call the “Brave New Frontiers.” Keeping
up with progress translates to broadening
our perceived value by using these new services
and products and passing them on to our
valued clients, assuring growth even in times
such as these.
I used the word “Brave” because it takes a
level of bravery to embrace the unknown. Often
we are more comfortable using something
we are familiar with even if it is giving less
than desired results.
It takes a level of bravery and trust, not
knowing what is beyond the horizon line,
to go with what is new even though that is
exactly what we need to do to progress and
eventually find success.
The word “New” in my phrase is there
because we are in an industry that thrives and
grows in a culture of continually progressive
change. Fashion moves forward. Therefore the
techniques, technologies, and other components
that make up its whole must advance
forward to stay relevant.
The question here is “Do we go with the
idea of embracing the “new” even when the
outcome may not yet be part of our own reality?
When the “new” is presented it is often
uncomfortable because of fear of the unknown;
we already know and are comfortable
with the present and the past.
It is often like that old pair of Levi 501’s
that are so comfortable. How does a new pair
of 501’s feel initially? They are a little stiff; the
button fly is hard to button; it’s hard to get
your wallet in that new back pocket.
But when we put on those jeans, after a
little time passes and a few trips to the laundry,
those jeans are now comfortable. Just as
embracing the “new” in our industry becomes
part of who and what we are personally or
professionally.
“Frontiers” (I love the third definition of
this word in the dictionary) — “The furthest
limit of knowledge in a specific field.”
So the cornerstone of the new frontier of
our industry is to continually push the envelope
of knowledge in our respective areas of
our amazing profession.
It is the knowledge and positive application
of these hardware and software tools that will
assure our continued growth and success. This
is a two-step process that requires us to first
acquire the knowledge and then to take action
and make a conscious effort to apply it.
Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “Knowledge is
the antidote to fear.” Knowledge when accompanied
by conscious deliberate action is power.
The power to be found in the new frontier is
grounded in knowledge.
By being constantly vigilant to the continual
changes in our industry landscape and
embracing the character and content offered
in the Brave New Frontiers of our profession,
we will always be assured of true abundance
in life, love and business, richly deserved here
and now and in the future.
Jerry Tyler’s column Blue Highways is his “Road Less Traveled” perspective on
the solutions and challenges facing the beauty industry. Jerry Tyler has been
a stylist since 1975 serving as the former artistic director for Vidal Sassoon
Academy and currently as Director of Education for Carlton Hair salons. He
is also a licensed cosmetology instructor and has served as President of the
California State Board of Barbering and Cosmetology.
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Licensing Alert from California Board
A business called the California License Renewal Service has been mailing renewal notices to
Board of Barbering and Cosmetology licensees.
The California License Renewal Service is neither associated with nor endorsed in any way
by the Board of Barbering and Cosmetology. The Board will mail you its own notice within 90
days of your license’s expiration date with instructions on how to file for renewal directly with
the Board. There is no service charge associated with filing your renewal directly with the Board.
The principals of this entity are unknown to the Board. The notice offers to file the licensee’s
renewal application and fee with the Board in exchange for a “service fee” of up to $40.
To see a copy of the California License Renewal Service notice, click on the link on the home
page of the Board’s website at www.barbercosmo.ca.gov.
New Temporary State Board Office Hours
Pursuant to the Governor’s Executive Order S-13-09, the Board will be closed
on July 10, 17, and 24. From August 2009 through June 2010, the Board will be
closed on the first, second, and third Friday of each month.
Don’t Get Suspended
With the summer season finally turning
up the heat, more people are flocking to nail
salons to make sure their feet are sandalready.
To ensure that consumers’ legs and
feet are protected, the Board would like to
remind all nail salons to take the necessary
measures to properly clean and disinfect
their foot-spas. Dirty foot-spas can lead to
health risks for operators and their clients.
It can also lead to unnecessary fines and the
Board immediately suspending a license and
placing the licensee on probation.
A licensee who violates the Board’s
foot-spa cleaning and disinfecting regulations
may be cited and fined $500 for each
pedicure foot-spa, basin or tub.
Additionally, Section 973 of the California
Code of Regulations (CCR) authorizes
the Board to immediately suspend a license
and place the licensee on probation on the
grounds that the licensee has any of the
following conditions at the establishment or
school:
• Pedicure foot-spas, basins, or tubs are not
visibly clean;
• Debris found upon the removal of the
foot-spa screen, jet, foot-plate or impeller.
• Inadequate cleaning material for the
proper disinfection and sanitation of
manicuring and/or pedicuring equipment;
• No pedicure cleaning logs;
• A history of repeated health and safety
violations pertaining to manicuring or
pedicuring equipment; or
• Manicure and/or pedicure implements are
not visibly clean.
A licensee on probation is required
to complete an 8-hour board-approved
remedial training course that focuses on
the safety and sanitation of pedicure and
manicure equipment. The probationary
licensee must also provide the Board with
monthly reports with a copy of all pedicure
cleaning logs and proof of completion of the
remedial training.
Additionally, the probationary licensee
is subject to quarterly and more frequent
inspections. The licensee is required to pay
cost-recovery fees associated with those inspections
as well as any administrative fines
resulting from the inspections.
To avoid fines and the possibility of a
suspended license, nail salons and operators
should follow the cleaning and disinfecting
procedures as stated in CCR 980.1, 980.2
and 980.3. It states that any foot basin that
holds water needs to be cleaned with liquid
soap and water, and then disinfected with an
EPA-registered hospital-grade liquid disinfectant
identified as a bactericide, fungicide,
and virucide after use upon each client.
In addition to after-client cleaning and
disinfecting, whirlpool foot-spas, air-jet basins,
and pipe-less foot-spas must be cleaned
and disinfected at the end of each day and at
the end of each week. Each cleaning needs
to be recorded in a pedicure cleaning log
and be made available upon request.
For complete procedures on how to
properly clean and disinfect pedicure footspas
and how to record those cleanings, visit
our website at www.barbercosmo.ca.gov and
download our new 2009 act and regulations.
You can also download sample foot-spa logs
in both English and Vietnamese.
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