Reality Check: Being a Hairstylist is not all Glitter and Glamor
Strange Things Will Happen
Everyone needs a haircut, and therefore you're likely to encounter just about every kind of human when you're a hairstylist, including the odd folks, those with absolutely zero social skills, and the occasional super sweaty guy, as stylist Jayne Bryant learned. "Some guy rode his bike to the salon on a 90-degree day, and sweated profusely the entire haircut."
Every day is a new adventure, right?
The Beloved Sharpie Collection
Hair stylists are Sharpie hoarders. It's a well known stylist trick to use a sharpie to camouflage all the bleach stains that seemingly appear out of the clear blue sky when using hair color. It's a lot cheaper than replacing your wardrobe, right?
A Day in the Life of a Stylist
My friend, and fellow stylist, Amanda Elliot, summed up a day in the life of a stylist with me like this (I'm still laughing):
Hair. Hair. Everywhere.
Tiny sharp hair slivers in my bra and socks, poking and jabbing all day long.
A quick glance in the mirror during my one trip to the restroom for the day, reveals more hair, (small coarse black ones) stuck to my chest, face, forehead; "how long has that been there?!" I think to myself.
I then sneak a quick bite in the backroom on my "lunch" and pull a hair out of my yogurt. "Huh, wonder who that belongs to?" As I toss it aside and keep shoveling bites into my mouth.
I squeeze in a quick cup of coffee, ignoring the film of hairspray that has settled on top, and run to greet my next guest.
Hair. Hair. Everywhere.
Thank You
Special thank-you to all the stylists that helped me put this article together. They are all top-notch dedicated hair stylists with a passion for the work they do, the people they touch, and the beauty they inspire.
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