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It's been a while, but we're back and excited to be sharing industry news with you guys, information, different things that are going on in the industry on a weekly basis. New episodes are going to be coming out every single Monday. So thank you guys so much for tuning in. My name is Matt Beck, co-founder of FreeSalonEducation.com, and we've also got, you want to say hi? Hi, yeah. I'm Brian Hare. That was my intro. Hi. Welcome back. Carly, hello, everyone. Christina's running the show. We're back with the show. Super excited. I feel like the way that we did this back in the day was a lot more complicated, even though it got a little complicated already this morning, but it was less complicated than before. And podcasts were, in my opinion, just not quite at that time. They were a bit but hair podcasts were a little bit not quite out there. We did 100 in some episodes, so we stayed with it and then just kind of moved on. And now we're back doing it, which I'm really excited about because I feel like we're going to do this on a weekly basis. So it'll come out every Monday and just kind of share our thoughts and also hear your guys's thoughts out there about things that are going on, current things that are happening and all of that. So excited for that. I do want to give a shout out to Minerva Salon of the Week, which is Lauren Cicero Hair Company on Instagram. Beautiful salon. And I'd also want to give a shout out to Minerva. They're always supporting everything that we ever do. So I just a huge shout out to them. Great company and really cool salons. They're making cool things happen. So if you're looking to do that, to update your salon or whatever, go check out Minerva Beauty. All right. So the first thing, I do want to talk about Dyson, which was kind of a big announcement yesterday. Supersonic R. So what are our initial thoughts? And then we'll go through and talk about what it is, but what are your initial thoughts on it? I thought it was brilliant how they got us excited about it, like that little teaser video where they blurred out the images and showing all these hairdressers excited. Like we didn't even know what it was they were going to launch, like caused me to sign up for text notifications from them yesterday because I really wanted to know. Yeah. And yeah, I'm, I'm, all right, I'm sold. Like I'm excited. I know. I don't think Carly's as sold based on what I was hearing this morning, which does carry a $570 price tag. So that's like, I knew they were going to do that. Yeah. That's like the big, and that's what they're saying. But it is professional focus. So you know, that's, as a professional, are you going to buy it? You know, 100%. Yeah. Like I'm, I'm reaching that point in my career where I'm starting to think that blow dryers are weakening my hearing. So my ears perked up at the whole like, oh, was it 30% quieter or 20% quieter? Yes, it's 30% smaller, 20% lighter. And it did say something about quiet. And it is super quiet. Yeah. Yeah. And I'm like, all right, cool. I'm interested in them. They're saying it's 30% lighter because I already feel like Dyson is pretty light. So like how well they showed like in that one video of the guy, the Dyson guy getting his hair done that the engine of it is like so tiny because they moved it from like the tunnel down into the handle. So now it's like, got to be super light. So I'm very interested. I think the thing with Dyson is that it's, it's finally a company that is innovating in the tool space. You know what I mean? Like everybody's just doing a knockoff version of whatever they, or they just, they go to the one blow dryer manufacturer and then everybody has the same sort of blow dryer. They just move the buttons a little bit or whatever. Right. Or put a touch screen on it. Yeah. So I think that was with the biggest deal when Dyson came out with this blow dryer or their first, you know, the supersonic blow dryer was that it was just so different. And it would like you're saying lightweight. I never really felt like it was heavy. I always felt like the cord was the heaviest part, you know, like in that box that they put on it. But now seeing this, like I am definitely excited about it. Obviously, the price tag is crazy, but they do have great warranty. You know, I think that in somebody, I saw somebody comment and they were like, you know, I've, am I going to have to return it six times? Because like they do have a great warranty, but are we also having to take advantage of it and go through that all the time? You know, like, I don't know. Yeah. I mean, I just, anytime that I've had to do customer service with them, it's been great and it's been easy. So like, what do we complain about? Yeah, it's not really that big of a deal. And I know that it's expensive, but we've gotten discounts on the supersonic for years. So I guess it kind of, that's how we're paying for it. Well, and that was the point you were making yesterday too. Yeah, I was like, Oh, they're coming out with a professional only so that they don't have to discount it for us. Like they do with the regular one. Yeah. Did they, I thought I read something about them changing like the filter of it. Is that true? Because that's the problem that I run into most is like, you're supposed to clean it, like after every use. And I feel like it shuts off when I have a day where I have a lot of hair that I'm doing. Yeah. And that's like my biggest gripe, I guess, with it is that I don't want my blow dryer shutting off in the middle of me doing a blow dry. Yeah, that is the worst when it just starts flashing. Yeah. And then you got nothing and there's nothing you can do about it. I don't think the filter looks really different. Well, my supersonic, I have a newer kind of filter for it that's like a two part thing that is way easier to clean. Okay. And like they sent me two of them. So I can just take one off, throw it and because now they tell you to clean it, just get like a chelating shampoo and throw it in some hot water and just let it soak for a little bit and it's clean. Okay. So maybe it's just that. Or you could be like me. I don't even have mine on there. Okay. Yeah. All right. I don't know where it went. So it just it works without it too. And then you never have to clean it because it's not filtering anything. There you go. Wow. That's an option. The other thing about it, and then we'll move on, but the and I want to hear everybody's thoughts in the comments as well, like, are you going to buy it? Is this something you're excited about? I know the price tag is going to be an issue with people, but are you excited about the technology? You know, all that it the attachments have a chip in them where the the dryer actually knows what attachments going on it and adjust to that. That's cool. And Christina, we were talking about this yesterday, but she was saying like, what were you saying about it? Like, I was just saying, I'd like a chip to change to the actual hair type. Yeah. Like, it shouldn't you know, I should be adjusting it to what hair type if I'm blowing dry. Well, so on, I think what is going to change what they mean with that, like I never really used the like the soft one of the ends that they have is for like the gentle blow. And I think that's what they mean. Like when you put on the one, like the guy was saying in the video, it just, it doesn't blow as hard so that you're not like, it's adjusting to what attachment you're using right that they think, right? Like when you're doing, when you put the one on that's made to blow softer, it will blow softer so that you're not like burning the scalp or whatever. I don't know. I mean, we got to learn more. I could be completely off base with that, but yeah, I mean, obviously these are kind of opinions, but we're just guessing, but it would be cool though to have like the blow dryer, like let's say you are power drying somebody's hair and then you want to switch to that and you put that attachment on and now it just automatically happens and you don't have to adjust. I mean, obviously that's very minor. I mean, I also never adjust. Everyone's getting the exact same thing. Oh my gosh. Don't say that. We're going full blow, high heat, everyone. Baby, old person. I don't care. Matt used to do my hair and he would go get the smoothing iron and it would be on like 450, which doesn't even be a 450. It gets so smooth when you do that. Why is that high? I don't change it. I just leave it on here. 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Let's talk about the Grammys. I know that it was a week ago. Yeah, it was a week ago. And I don't even really want to talk about the Grammys so much. There was a couple standout hair things from the Grammys that have gotten a lot of talk. Miley Cyrus being one of them. So everybody's seen the memes out there. And then I saw a headline when I was looking it up and it was like, we've figured out the $19 hairspray that it took to create that. And I just thought it was funny. I know. Yay. I'll have that next week. Yeah. But yeah, so what do we think? Did you think Miley Cyrus' hair was that big of a deal? I just thought it made sense later when the Tina Turner thing happened, obviously. That's what she was going for. So to me, it was more of a costume hair than that's her new look, right? So I don't know why it's like, I was like, fine with it. Yeah. But then I loved it when she was performing and like tossed it around. I was like, oh, and it moves too. That's the best. Yeah, that must be the $19 hairspray. Yeah, that's it right there. For me, I feel like Miley kind of hit the mark because a lot of people were saying for as far as Grammy's fashion and Grammy's hair go, it usually is very campy. And I think this year a lot of artists kind of stepped away from that and went very simple and plain with their hair and fashion. I think she did a really good job. Yeah, there was a lot of simple hair. Yeah, the word that just came to mind when I saw like the overall for the most part, not everyone, it felt very pedestrian, which as a hairdresser, I think is great because if people are going to bring me that and say I want my hairstyle like that, I'm like, I knew that, that's easy. Yeah, right. I need a brush. Let's do it. Yeah. But yeah, it was, there was very little wow. And I'm seeing a lot of the trends coming up are that like it's a lot simpler everything. And I think that it did reflect that that night. Yeah, it's kind of cool because it's very salon reality, you know, of what we're doing every day anyways. And, you know, it didn't look like anybody was really just kind of a smooth and flat, really. Yeah. Or oh, you're going on to everyone else now, not Miley, right? Not Miley. Yeah. Okay, hers was not. Yeah. However, I will say, and I hopefully like Swifties don't come for me because I have a Swiftie. Episode one, we're shut down. Taylor Swift. Her style is I wish they would just do something more because I feel like she has a great head of hair and a lot could be done with it. And it just felt like flat. I don't know if she delivered on what she was trying to do. I wonder too if because didn't they say something about Miley's hair in the rain? Yeah. So like she came in and she did she say something? I forget, but I don't know how I know that. But I think it was raining. Well, it was raining, right? Because there was terrible raining in California. Yeah. So Taylor Swift's hair, I felt like look like it probably had looked really nice with that braid. And then the rain there, it looked like it had also been rained on maybe a little bit, but it was kind of like falling in the back, which is another thing where maybe- Maybe Dua got stuck in the rain too because hers kind of looked a little washed. Yeah. They don't know what to do with their hair when it's raining out there. But the- That's what happens when it rains once a year. They don't have umbrellas or anything. It looked like it was tossed. Yeah, it doesn't matter. Look, we're talking about it. Yeah. And she won everything. There you go. Her hair was perfect. We wouldn't be talking about it. And this is what's funny is her hair isn't really even that much of a standout, but it was a standout for that night because a lot of people weren't doing much. So Miley and Taylor are who everybody's talking about because they actually did something with their hair, which goes to show that that can also be a good thing. Yeah. Today's episode is sponsored by Mevo II, the salon and spa software that stands out from the crowd. Forget what you know about standard software with their customizable dashboards. Mevo brings smart centers alive with real-time data, metrics and goals tailored just for you. And when it comes to booking, Mevo's appointment book is a game changer equipped with AI and voice commands for the fastest and smartest scheduling experience. And with over 150 reports at your fingertips, Mevo is designed to elevate your business, streamlining your operations and boosting revenue. Experience the difference with Mevo II, salon and spa software like no other. My thing is I'm a numbers person. And so I use the productivity report constantly because I want to know like I want to know what I made in a pay period. 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Myavanna, this is another thing that's going on. That's segue, Matt. That was good. Thanks for messing it up. Smooth. No, I'm just saying that was great. Oh, thanks. I've been practicing. Let that river keep flowing. All right. So Myavanna Hair AI. So we've seen hair AI, right? They partner with Ulta. So I want to roll this video. They were at CES, which is the Consumer Electronic Show in Las Vegas. I believe it's in Vegas. They were kind of showing what it was all about. So we'll roll a quick video so you guys can kind of see. Hi, everyone here was incredible for us. We made so many great connections. One of them was with Ulta's hair AI technology across the market. You make hair ID analyzed to know which products are actually best used. So that's like the first part. And that's really what they're just, they partner with Ulta. I think this is a good move for Ulta, obviously. What do they care about my opinion? But you never know. It makes it, are people going to use the technology is really the challenge. It's just another step of trying to get a product. But if you go to an Ulta store and now you can do a hair analysis of your hair and then it tells you whatever Ulta product will fit that. Right. And it's good for a company that has multiple brands. Like, you know, we had a Paul Mitchell's AI here that we tried. Guessing that didn't work out because I haven't seen that anywhere ever. We used it on a couple clients and then you start to just be like, I'm done. I don't have time. Well, it was an add on to like your phone or something. Like, let me clip this on my phone and have my phone read what you're hearing. Get really close to your scalp and show you what your hair looks like. And you had like synchronized this camera, this like microscope to your phone. So it was just, it was just not a good process. It's not a good selling. Yeah. Believable. Right. But I think this is good not only like from the business standpoint, I think it'll be good for the people that, because not everybody has like a super close relationship with a hairdresser who knows how they take care of their hair, knows what's going to be best for their hair. So for people who are like that, that are just going to like pop into Ulta, you know, like they just want to grab some product. I think a way to maybe steer them towards something that would actually work for them. Yeah. It's not bad. I mean, I don't think it's going to do a ton for like the hairdresser industry part of it. But from a consumer standpoint, I think that it could be helpful. Yeah. Yeah. That's where the conversation of AI, professional stylists, like what is really, you know, yeah, they haven't found anything yet. We should do a whole segment on that. That's going to be like scary for us, I think. Yeah. Like, I like it though, because I feel like if it like in a salon setting, I think sometimes for first time clients or just some clients in general think that you're trying to push products on them just to sell them something. Yeah. And I think with it, well, yes, but like that you don't actually believe in the product. But I think with AI, it's kind of like here, like even this computer thing is telling you like this is what you need for your hair. Yeah. Computers don't lie. Yeah. No, definitely not. Yeah. See, now I see a different view. You have to get a lot of people out there. There's a whole lot of people that don't trust the computer. Computers? Yeah. So I think it's smart to have it in, like Brian just said, for the consumer, for the shopper, it will be used and utilized and probably, you know, you have different generations going in there believing. Yeah. And I'm not saying I don't believe. I'm just saying there are people out there that might have questions about that. Yeah, for sure. And also, you'll go into the store and they'll have their people trained probably and told you this is where you take them and then use the. So it has a better opportunity to work. Not to cut you off, but there are a couple of shout outs. Like uni was saying hello from Boston. Abel was saying hello. Roller girl. Hey, everyone from Las Vegas and Robert Hair Academy asked how you're doing. But I wanted to get just to Donna here. She said the hairdresser is missing out. If we are educating our clients on products, why give the business to Alta question mark, question mark with AI question mark? We need to take charge behind the chair. That's what I'm saying is I don't know that it is so much affecting or really going to be used that much by us in a salon. But there are so many of those people that don't have that whether they're salon hoppers or they just cut their own hair at home or color their own hair at home. They don't have a relationship with a hairdresser, but still want what's best. Like I said, this is I don't think this is going to do anything. I don't think my clients will be using this or whatever. It's a customer. Right. These are these are the there are people out there that will need this. And I'm glad for them that they can have this. What would be an interesting thing to know is if my avana is which I don't know off the what I've read so far, if they you can use that technology for your own place, you know what I mean? Like maybe they have it. So it's not just Alta or maybe now they're just exclusive Alta. I don't know. Also, if say your your client is as an is that an Alta that client comes back to you and then brings you with that information. And you have that time then to have that conversation and talk about and educate. Oh, well. Oh, they said, Oh, okay. Well, yeah, we've been using this product and it is. It does have that ingredient in it or yeah, because I think where that conversation goes Christina is like, okay, I went to Alta it said dry or damaged whatever. Now it's my job as their hairdresser who knows how often they shampoo what their work, what their workout schedule is like all that stuff to then vitamins, take that little diagnosis and apply the personalization to it. Yeah. Yeah. So I, I don't think it's like I think it's just something else to help. Yeah. I'm interested in like the software of it and how does it actually work? Maybe I am a little bit skeptical. Well, that's the thing. So you can terminators come and roll from there. Can you hit from resume or I think or something? Just drag it and their wife. They're waiting. All right. So what she's gonna do is her hair following the camera. So she just gets real close to the camera and shop. Take a picture. So it's really easy to just take a selfie photo of your hair. Selfie of your hair. Yes. It's scanning the hair. Hey, like I want to know how does that? Yeah. How does that work? So basically it's just judging you from afar. Like I do with CVS. All right. Yeah. I know it was going to be like getting in there like some microscopic stuff. Like, yeah. And then you got to answer questions. Like if you have dandruff or breakage, like yeah, it's just taking a picture. This is what happens. Cut that. Cut that. Cut that. Never mind. I definitely think so. That is going to be so similar to everything. Yeah. It's just a quiz. Yeah. Yeah. It does. I mean, I'm sure it does analyze the dryness of your hair. Like you're saying it's judging it based on a surface view. Right. Yeah. I want to know what that is. What it is. Yeah. What's the technology in that? I want to know. We'll dig deeper into that and figure it out. All right. So we only got a few minutes left. Adrian Gomez says, hello. And Becky John said, well, she personally would only trust her hairdresser whom sees me not as a machine as it does not have the real touch. I think that's what she says. Yeah. I get that. I get that. Amen. All right. I wanted to get to this annoying passenger. We don't have time to tell this story. Oh my God. Do you have such a funny story? I know. We don't want to rush it. We'll bring it up next week. All right. Next week. Tune in next week. And we got to make it good because it's a story. Like it's so silly, but it was so funny. And maybe you had to be there. So we really have to make sure we can tell it. Oh, no. We can tell the story. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. We have to do that. All right. So tune in next time. We had a little bit of technical difficulties. Yeah. It's a short show, but this is a good introduction back to it. Yeah. We do need to spin the freewheel. So do we have somebody on there who wants to spin the wheel? How the freewheel works? We've got a few sponsors on there. We've got Minerva Beauty on there. They're giving away a Thera Gun, which is super cool and definitely good for those long days in the salon. And then we've also got Mevo 2, which is giving away tickets to some of their upcoming events. So that those events are all over the country. So we'll give you more details about that. And then formulate.co, you get a customized formulation for yourself. So that's up on the wheel as well. And then we've got a ton of tools up there from our online store, shopfse.com. So if you're looking for professional scissors, tools, razors, combs, all kinds of stuff. We've got the new Evo razor out as well. So this is the Evo razor pro. So that's on there. So let's give that thing a spin. And let's see what Becky is going to win. There it is. All right, give it a spin. I bet. I mean, Brian. And it's Minerva. All right. There you go. So it said Becky, right? So Becky, email. Let's email info at free salon education.com. Just send your information over address, name, phone number. And I'll send it over to Minerva and they'll send you out a really cool gift. So there you go. All right, guys. That was, we have to do hair now. So that's episode one. How do we feel? You know what? That was good. Nice way to start. Yeah. Feels good. It's going to get better, I think. If it can. I mean, that was 10 out of 10. It's going to get better. Yeah, I'm excited. Let us know in the comments below what you thought of the show. Make sure you follow Brian. At Hairstyle across all socials. Carly. At Hair by Carly C. Okay. And free salon education, everything for us. And that's it. Thank you guys so much. Subscribe to the channel. Let us know what you thought of the show in the comments. And we'll see you on the next one. Thanks.