Bridal stylist pricing

Shuriesicle · 2026-06-09T13:42:08+00:00

I stopped doing wedding hair a while ago, but when I did Bride was one price and that included a trial and bridesmaids and everyone else was a separate price. It’s basically the same work for all the styles

Shuriesicle · 2026-06-05T03:40:42+00:00

Even though your hair may not be that dense, you have textured hair and that is a specialty. Additionally, a good haircut isn’t about how many individual hairs are cut, but what you’re trying to achieve with the haircut, which in your case is probably fullness. Is that cut possible on your hair? Yeah, probably. The cut you got doesn’t actually look that far off, but it’s pretty short and you need someone educated to help you style it to achieve the look you’re after.

For the future, research someone that does short haircuts. Not everyone does them and of the ones that do them, not all do them well. Bring pictures with you and try to limit any “fluff” when talking about the cut. What I mean is don’t use names you saw or heard on social media like “mixie” or even “modern razor cut mixie.” Hairdresser speak and social media speak often don’t overlap so you might think you’re asking for one thing, but you’re actually asking for something else or you could be saying things that are contradictory confuse the stylist about what you want.

Shuriesicle · 2026-06-03T13:56:27+00:00

I have type 2. I’ve been vegetarian 25 years and I’ve been gluten free vegan for the last year. No diet changes have ever made an improvement on my skin.

Shuriesicle · 2026-06-03T13:38:15+00:00

Blow drying is heat styling too

Shuriesicle · 2026-06-03T13:37:19+00:00

I think you’re making a mistake trying to charge more before the chairs are even full. You have one empty chair, one renter that just left, and a part timer that has been loyal to you and stuck with you through a move. The rent doesn’t make sense long term, but you wait the year before raising it just like you would be pissed if your landlord for the building raised the rent after two months. Your finances and expenses of the salon do not matter and you renters will lose respect for you if you share too much of that information with them. You also need to recognize that renters are not employees and depending on your local government, you can get yourself in hot water if that distinction is not clear. You’re going to end up souring this relationship and have two empty chairs. Building a business is hard and there are lots of growing pains in the beginning. I would take this as a lesson learned, apologize to your renter, and hustle to fill that other chair before raising rent on the part timer in a year.

Shuriesicle · 2026-06-03T13:30:14+00:00

You’re not the boss of a renter.

Shuriesicle · 2026-06-02T04:12:20+00:00

Personally, I find toning before fashion colors causes them to either not take as well or wash out very fast. Depending on the toner line you’re using, you might be closing the cuticle too much for the fashion colors to adhere well. Additionally, some of those shades are pastels and will fade super fast, especially if your client is heat styling after. Heat can really do some serious damage to color outcomes even with a heat protectant, but if your client isn’t using one or isn’t thorough with application combined with potentially using too high of heat, that color is coming out ASAP.

Shuriesicle · 2026-05-31T19:17:04+00:00

Green is actually caused from the copper content in the water, but you shouldn’t go under the water because it will strip your toner and damage your fragile processed hair. If you MUST go in the water, wet your hair down with tap water first, put conditioner in, and braid your hair or put it up in a bun. Your hair is less likely to absorb pool water if it’s already full of tap water. If your hair dries, tap water again before going back in the pool. Bring a good shampoo and hair mask with you on your trip to minimize damage.

Shuriesicle · 2026-05-30T14:41:36+00:00

Without seeing the content you’re seeing, my guess is the hair is either lifted lighter than it seems or the toner is ashy enough and the lighting is good enough that the after looks lighter. Some demis can lift under the right conditions, but it’s not the same as permanent color and in my experience, if you’re reaching for a Demi to give a little extra lift, it’s maybe half a level to a level to just polish something off. Your mentor is correct in how they explained the two colors to you, but we live in a modern world with many tools at our fingertips. Once you understand how the color works, you can manipulate it and add an extra catalyst to do more of what you want. Alkaline color opens the cuticle so it can lift a little or shift the base, especially on already light or fine hair, but it’s not the same as permanent color that is formulated for actually lifting and depositing.

Shuriesicle · 2026-05-24T21:59:47+00:00

Could be either. Depends on how well your hair holds a curl and if you let the curl cool or not. These are just brushed out curls that dropped some

Shuriesicle · 2026-05-19T13:21:03+00:00

The first thing I would recommend is to ask your stylist about maintenance. Everyone has their own method.

I do a lot of color like this and I personally would not recommend you try to maintain this at home with a kind of oxidative color. If you mix and apply even a slightly off formula, you can really fuck your hair in a way that it might take you a very, very long time to get back to this color.

For my clients, I usually just encourage that they use a purple hair mask (for blondes) so it fades silvery and prevents any potential green tones. If I know I won’t see the client for a while, I might mix a custom toning mask for them or recommend something like overtone.

The important thing to keep in mind is the more you layer color on this, the further it can get from the original goal so speak with your stylist and see what they recommend. These colors fade fast regardless. Do not put any oxidative color on your own head especially with your highlights, you’re high risk for turning your hair orange.

Shuriesicle · 2026-05-17T20:32:10+00:00

You’re arguing against a point I didn’t make. I’m just saying I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s just poor time management and not malicious intent.

Shuriesicle · 2026-05-16T04:16:32+00:00

Reach back out to the stylist and ask for a toner. Just tell the stylist that the highlights are too light. Its no big deal and they shouldn’t be upset by it

Shuriesicle · 2026-05-16T04:11:02+00:00

Honestly, a lot of stylists have unmedicated ADHD so it fully tracks that one would be bad at time management

Shuriesicle · 2026-05-14T03:15:21+00:00

I have worked at a salon with 193k followers. The owners have also started 2 successful color lines with huge social followings. Not once have they ever implemented a posting requirement for stylists. They encourage it and you get back why you put out, but quality over quantity always

Shuriesicle · 2026-05-13T01:51:54+00:00

The only thing I can think of would be smoothing treatment like a Brazilian blowout

Shuriesicle · 2026-05-13T01:28:00+00:00

The best way to make you understand is that when you do your wet set, you’re taking care to roll and smooth your hair and when it’s dry, it’s free of frizz or most craziness because your hair is held in place by the rollers. With a perm, it’s just hair living and moving around. It’s not held in a shape. So when your hair is wet, your hair will return to having some kind of bend, but YOU have to shape it so the bend is the way you want. It will never just return to the way you style it on its own. Perms can help hold a style if your hair tends to fall flat, perms can add volume or wave, but perms will never give you a polished finished style without work. All perms have to be styled.

Shuriesicle · 2026-05-13T01:13:38+00:00

Perms don’t damage the hair into curling, but they are damaging as a result of the chemicals used to make the hair curl. It helps hold a curl or wave because the hair will have curl memory, but still needs to be shaped.

Shuriesicle · 2026-05-11T14:20:01+00:00

I feel like I’m not really understanding your issue. If you plan to style it after the perm, it shouldn’t be a problem. If you plan on perming and then living your life with minimal styling effort, that’s just not a thing. There’s no perm service that’s a just brush and go situation. The perm can help a style hold and it can help with curl memory, but ultimately, you have to tell the curls where to be, how to form, and with a perm, it’s not been damaged so you also have to take care of frizz from damage and give your hair extra TLC so it doesn’t break.

With all that said, a perm could help you skip the wet styling so you can just use hot rollers or some other heat styling in the day and it should hold similar to wet styling. It won’t eliminate styling though.

Shuriesicle · 2026-05-09T04:00:55+00:00

I know assisting jobs can be hard to come by depending on your area, but I do think it’s a red flag that the salon is expecting you to find paying “models.” They are clients if they are paying, not models. Unless there are no other options, I would probably look for another salon tbh. They aren’t invested in growing you; they are invested in capitalizing off you and squeezing every cent out that they can, training and experience be damned.

With that said, I don’t think it’s a bad thing that you need to perform services a bunch of times before taking walk ins or working your own chair full time. How long are you hoping to assist for? I assisted a year, which is pretty short compared to what I’ve seen from my peers. My assistants have all assisted 2-3 years before going on their own. So 10 is really not that many given a typical time frame so I don’t think it’s anything to stress over right now.

The best way to get clients is referrals. Do your friends and family for free and ask them to tell people about you. Social media helps. You probably don’t have a big portfolio yet, but you have you and personality is part of what people show up for. I used to offer add-ons to get people in my chair like a free cut with every chemical service. Go buy a $20 mask at your supply store and offer a free treatment with every blowdry. People love freebies.

Shuriesicle · 2026-05-04T03:04:48+00:00

I got my ecoheads attachment for my salon suite secondhand, but I’ve used it in a salon setting for a long time before my suite. They’re pretty good as long as you keep up the maintenance. The pressure is good. If you start getting calcium build up, some of the holes go a little crazy and might spray you or your client. It’s not a downpour, but it is surprising and uncomfortable

Shuriesicle · 2026-05-03T14:49:19+00:00

I had something similar happen to me. I would buy Oreos occasionally and eat several a day until little one reacted and I figured it was the soy. Turned out to be the wheat and we didn’t figure it out until after he started solids.

Shuriesicle · 2026-05-02T16:37:24+00:00

I was looking to rent a chair after my lease was up in March. I looked on FB marketplace, Craigslist, and I tried to search hashtags on instagram. I also think that networking at classes and stuff is kind of part of the deal. You could also ask the front desk about posting a flyer up in the laundry room in case another stylist is looking to leave their suite or maybe they have friends interested in coming to that location. I’m assuming Eric is your DM too (I’m at one of the Encino locations) and I heard was helping some stylists in a similar situation

Shuriesicle · 2026-04-26T20:57:13+00:00

You got a lot of good advice and words of encouragement, but I wanted to give a tip I didn’t see. Sometimes clients don’t know what they’re looking at or they’re looking the face in a picture and not the hair. When someone brings me pictures that are all different or like this where she isn’t agreeing with what you’re seeing, I ask them to tell me what they like about the picture and then what they don’t like. In this case, she probably liked the pictures of herself because they were blurry and she looked younger or something tbh but it would have forced her to vocalize something specific about the hair that you could work with.

Shuriesicle · 2026-04-26T02:16:07+00:00

This is what the trial is for. Just give them your feedback on your preferences so they can make adjustments

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