The Aspiring Stylist Podcast is where to begin, grow and aspire to become the best stylist you can be. Whether you’re thinking about becoming a stylist, opening a salon, or developing your skill as an experienced stylist, the next step of your beauty career starts here. Each week we’ll discuss strategic ways to design, plan and execute on becoming a stylist that excels behind the chair and above the bottom line.
Latest episodes
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13 min
What Are Stylists' Biggest Missed Opportunities?
As a hairstylist for over two decades I can tell you one thing - and that's you can't do everything. You simply can't and that's a good thing! It's a good thing that you can't do e…
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12 min
Stylists: 4 Tips to Sell More Retail
As a stylist, selling salon retail can be a tricky business - you want to increase your salon's revenue and provide the best experience for your clients, but you don't want to feel…
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11 min
Life After School: Your Guide to Finding the Right Salon
In this episode of The Aspiring Stylist, we're talking about the exciting and intimidating experience of graduating from beauty school. You’re leaving the safety of school and ente…
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12 min
Student to Stylist: How to Build Your First Clientele
Let’s set the scene: you just graduated beauty school. Congratulations! You’re ready to take on the beauty industry, make some real money and only one thing is missing (the clients…
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14 min
How to Give Yourself the PERMISSION to Succeed
Imposter syndrome shows up in many different ways for hairstylists, and it always has. But unfortunately ,with the rise of social media and the internet it's gotten 1000% worse. We…
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17 min
Stylists: The “I Do” and “I Don’t” of Working at Weddings
When she finally finds "the one". 😍 Oh, did you think I was talking about a husband?! No, honey I'm talking about finding the real needle in a haystack - the perfect hairstylist an…
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20 min
How to Get REAL Feedback from Your Clients
For any stylist, new or old, getting genuine feedback from clients is the key to long term growth behind the chair. But have you ever wondered how to actually get REAL feedback fro…
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18 min
No One Wants to Work Commission (But They Should)
It seems like no one wants to work in a commission salon anymore, but is working as an independent stylist the freedom and payout stylists think it will be? As a salon owner, and e…
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16 min
A Day in the Life of a Successful Hairstylist
Want a behind the scenes look into the day in the life of a successful stylist? In this episode we're taking you behind the chair and beyond. Join me at the Aspiring Stylist Podcas…
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16 min
What Does a Hair Stylist REALLY Make Per Year?
Have you ever wondered how much a hairstylist actually makes per year? We're walking through what you can expect to make your first few years behind the chair both at a commission…
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20 min
Stylist: Do You Look the Part?
The beauty industry is changing everyday, and so is how we present ourselves. Ten years ago every high end salon was wearing all black business casual, now most stylists have total…
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17 min
How Long Does it Take to Build a Solid Clientele?
On my first day behind the chair I had zero clients. On my second day behind the chair I had one client.One of the biggest misconceptions of the beauty industry is you'll have a fu…
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15 min
Is the Beauty Industry Too Saturated Now?
The beauty standards have changed and the industry is changing with it.This week we're talking if the beauty industry is too saturated and as stylists and future stylists how we ca…
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16 min
Accepting Mistakes and Asking for Help
There's a stigma around admitting you don't have it all figured out.Of course, you're gonna make mistakes, you're still learning. You will always be learning. Whether you're learni…
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11 min
Stylists: Planning for Maternity Leave, Babies and Children
This week we're going to talk about maternity leave, having a baby that's under a year old, and being a mom that's behind the chair. While I already had my children when I started…
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12 min
Why Hairstylists Quit the Industry Within 2 Years of Graduation
Did you know more than half of hairstylists, barbers and beauty professionals leave the industry within two years of graduation? As an educator, this statistic devastates me, but n…
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10 min
Stop Selling Start Empowering
Stop thinking about your business as selling and start thinking about it as empowerment! Your mindset is everything and I promise, your clients pick up on what you're thinking. Too…
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10 min
Do Your Tools Matter?
This episode is dedicated to exploring the essential tools that every hairstylist, especially those in their first year, should have in their toolkit. We’re talking about the impor…
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10 min
Valuing Your Client’s Time and Yours
No matter what your philosophy or mission as a hairstylist, we all have one thing in common - there’s only so much time in the day (and that goes for everyone) both ourselves and o…
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17 min
Stylists: Are You Oversharing?!
As hairstylists we know there's a delicate balance between being vulnerable with your guests and oversharing. But what does healthy vulnerability look like? Are you oversharing wit…