January - Stylist and Salon Newspapers

In this issue...
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Beauty Business Buzz
Owning a business is like any
other long-term commitment
and you should be both nervous
and excited about embarking on
this journey. If you have not reevaluated
your business plan in
the last few years – it is time.
Esthetic Endeavors
Start-up businesses are much
like raising a child from birth
to adulthood with all the stress
and challenges. Read Judith
Culp’s article on tips to help your
business endure and be more
profitable.
The Nail Extension
It is important to know that
basic skills provide the foundation
for our services, as beauty
professionals. Without mastering
these basic skills, it is possible
that our clients could do a better
job, even as amateurs.
Grow Your Passion . . . . . . . . . 2
Blue Highways . . . . . . . . . . . 4
The Mane Objective. . . . . . . . 5
Beauty Business Buzz . . . . . . . 6
Esthetic Endeavors . . . . . . . . 7
The Nail Extension . . . . . . . . . 8
Off the Top. . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Were Still in Business . . . . . . 10
Texas TDLR News. . . . . . . . . 11
Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . 12-13
What You Don’t Know Will Cost 14
Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
What’s New in the Market . . . 15
On the cover...
Wella Professionals
Trend Vision 2011
With the outstanding talents
of Wella Professionals Global
Creative Directors Eugene
Souleiman and Josh Wood,
Wella Professionals unveil Trend
Vision 2011 – an exciting and
dynamic portfolio of trends that will set the pace for next season.
Renowned and respected as two of the industries’ shining stars,
they make an inspiring and inspirational duo working alongside
the Wella Professionals Creative Team.
4 | JANUARY 2011 | TEXAS STYLIST & SALON
Reflection and Progression
Blue Highways
Jerry Tyler
Towards the end of each year, I like to
take a moment to reflect.
The year always seems to wind down differently
than how I had imagined at its start.
One of my favorite quotes is, “Yesterday’s
the past, tomorrow’s the future, but today is a gift.
That’s why it’s called the present.” – Bill Keane.
Each new day or New Year gives us the
opportunity to take stock of the lessons we
have learned. We can apply these learned
lessons today as a “pay it forward” toward a
different future.
Many of the tried and true ways of dealing
with life and business have been forever
changed by recent economic conditions. The
key to realizing true abundance is to see the
world around us through new eyes, and then
to act on our vision to improve our world.
To some, looking at things from a different
perspective may seem uncomfortable at
first. We may even experience some pain or
uneasiness in this new process. After all, as we
flex our new muscles and move in new directions,
we may experience “growing pains.”
I enjoy visiting beauty schools, colleges and
salon academies. My experience in speaking and
mentoring our new beauty industry professionals
has helped me see a change in the landscape
as who is entering our industry, and why.
The largest growing portion is those
who are leaving corporate America and are
embracing our profession as a second or third
career path. They can see, while we are not
recession proof, we are definitely recession
resistant. They also see our industry’s uncanny
ability to adapt and even grow in these
challenging times.
What these new industry professionals
add to our artistry and technical skills is their
business and corporate backgrounds, as well
as their education. While this is a new and
challenging next chapter in the book of their
lives, they are not starting over, but taking
the next big step in the path to a higher level.
So many of them have become disillusioned
by the lack of personal and professional
fulfillment in corporate America. They see a
potential for growth in our industry, as well as
an opportunity for a more fruitful and meaningful
result for their efforts.
What they see in this career path is the
result of years of hard work and evolution of
our industry as a whole. They are benefiting
from what many in our industry worked for
years to attain.
So much of what we do is driven by
creativity and artistry, and this may be the one
area that eluded them in their past pursuits.
Allowing passion to drive them towards their
desired goals is an attractive proposition, and,
after all, it is passion that has always driven
our industry.
It seems that whenever we hit a dead end,
it forces us to take stock of how we got lost
in the first place. It is usually because of a
lack or loss of passion for what we are trying
to achieve. Possibly, we lost our love for the
goal we were trying to attain. Passion is the
purpose behind the true rewards we all seek.
While the future remains unseen, we
strive to reach the goals that lay before us. We
can be certain that, if we treat each day as a
new beginning and act accordingly, we will
move towards our goals. By building on the
lessons learned from the past, we, along with
our new colleagues, can create an abundant
present and future, both personally and
professionally.
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 Industry Relations 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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Volume 5, Number 6, Issue 54
January 2011
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