By the end of January I am feeling inspired and grateful for my career. I love the all the opportunity this beautiful career path allows us 🥰

@Cassidy Scott This is so accurate! I also have mostly always booth rented or had a suite. And I used to love it! But I realize now it’s because I was never in a salon before that fully supported the stylists with growth, or it lacked the environment I wanted to provide for my guests. I am now at a salon that does provide everything I wanted as far as environment, education, team building, opportunity, and just positive energy. I think it’s important to decide if you want to work solo or as a team and even try each one to see what you like better. Each have pros and cons and can be beneficial, but having the right team/environment makes all the difference.

@April Allen this is so beautiful 😍

Yes!! I am always down for healthy competition and prizes 😍

I want to second April’s answer and say that shadowing can be such a good experience if your school does that, I would ask one of your instructors about it for sure! I also think that working in a beauty supply store is a fantastic idea to get through school too. Not only do you get a ton of education through them and talking to other pros that come in the store, but you get to learn about a lot of different brands, try new products, as well as talk to people in the community who work at salons and ask them questions. Plus, you usually get a pretty great discount 😉 I worked at SalonCentric in a couple of different locations and I always really enjoyed it and learned a lot from other local stylists.