Tips for A Young Hairdresser

Get yourself somewhere fabulous with a great mentor!

Off the high-street or smaller salons are a GRT start to teach you ‘bread and butter’ work, a good solid blow dry can be the perfect base for anything, so somebody that can do traditional hairdressing is worth their weight in gold in any salon. It is this vital prep knowledge that you’ll see backstage at most shows or for any good photo-shoot. I always make sure I have a key member of my team with this experience and skillset and that is certainly what I have done in my careers past.

BUT, if you want to progress further and wider into the industry then really you need to be alongside somebody who does the type of work that you want to end up doing.

For me, when I met my old boss, he was doing all of that in the industry so i was just his ‘bag carrier’ and I went along to everything and absorbed everything. I loved it! The biggest piece of advice for a young hairdresser is to make sure you work with and alongside the best! Choose somebody you admire, someone you respect, someone you look up to and someone that has already achieved. Offer your services for free if need be – unfortunately sometimes this can be your way in, but you can’t put a price on that type of knowledge that you will learn and therefore build your blocks for your career.

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