 Hey guys, this is Matt Beck from freesaloneducation.com here with episode 99 so close We had some computer issues again I'm starting to have loose belief in Mac right now. I say what kind of computer was well I actually I you know what I decided I bought that Mac That was my first Mac I ever bought and I bought it at a Dunkin Donuts From a guy off Craigslist. I didn't realize that Dunkin Donuts sold in Macs All right, and I brought I brought that with me as a security guard on that transaction and I spent Every bit of money I had on that Mac and that's blasted me. What? Two years two years it's from 2010 pumpkin spice, so You know, it's not bad, but it is going so we don't have any fun music for you guys today But you'll probably like it better so you can let us know in the comments I mean I do sound All right there, that's what you pick you could don't So anyways, we got Brian here. Hi Drea Bolin Justin Scott Thad Bolin Christina is not here. She's not feeling well. I have been sick for a whole entire week waiting for that to go away I will not spit across the table at you guys. I will try my best. Do you not have sound? I don't know. I can't tell okay. It doesn't sound like it. Okay Like I can't tell if I'm hearing a muffled version of you or if it's just low on the headphones whatever I can hear what's going on. All right. I mean, there's no music, so it doesn't really matter, right anymore We could actually take these off at this point, but I I don't think so not today. I'm gonna keep them on I like hearing nothing nothing. I hear myself. Oh, I didn't even hear that. Oh Well Justin gave me the beauty. It was just like sitting like this. Oh, no. Yeah, if you don't need if you don't want to I always take them off so it's a comfort thing for me. It's like, you know, my mother holding me as a child It just got creepy. All right, so we have I know I know thanks for that. All right, so You're just rubbing off on him. Yeah, we got a bunch of sponsors on the big big freewheel Which I'm excited about so we have Oleplex on there Mizzatani scissors, we're giving away a pair of Mizzatani scissors on there minervabeauty.com Is giving away some cool stuff. You know, we got these chairs from them. We got the stations from them We got our shampoo bowls from them. They're giving away cool cutting stools, which thad's sitting on one That's always sitting on one. Do you want to sport? Do you want to show that thad? You have one behind you too Yeah Maybe do like a shoulder press with it or something. Yeah, let's do it thad Thad curl it come on five steps, bro. Oh look at that Working out Okay, back to us now. All right, cool. He's like, I'll just That is honestly the best cutting stool that you can get for sure Millennium systems international three months free of mevo on the wheel amika Gives away some cool tools. I'm not sure they always they change it up surprise us surprise, but cool Tools from amika sunlight's balayage. We have some fse cool stuff. Maybe uh, this sweatshirt Maybe this cool hat. Maybe this hat That we're wearing If you haven't purchased one yet, then then maybe you'll win one. Um And if you don't win then go get one, but we have parker, um, you can tell them about parker blades parker safety razors It's uh, the reason that persona blades is in this country. They do all kinds of cool straight blades safety blades You're gonna get a goodie from them. I think it's a hundred shark razors and a Razor that I myself use here every day. Awesome. All right, cool. Uh, ola plex can't forget them ergo Uh, donald scott carving comb, which we have some cool stuff like that prepare and prepare. Okay And uh, I think that's that's it. I said sunlight's right. Yeah and super silk I need to give if it lands on an fse, you will get super silk and something cool from fse for some reason I don't know how super silk is not up there But you will win fad super silk and uh, some fse gear for yourself, so Actually, we had a question. What can you remind them how to sign up for this big fantastic giveaway next week? Uh, so i'm gonna make a post in the next day Uh that you can enter so it'll probably be on instagram So follow us on instagram at free salon education. We're almost at 10 000 followers. I'm very excited about this I've been working very hard uh to get those followers. Um, his thumbs actually are huge. The the muscles are just insane Yeah, I can flex this thumb really well, man. Is this the video? Yeah What is this the video giveaway or the hundredth episode? This is the 100th episode giveaway So I believe that we're gonna be doing I mean, I know we're gonna be doing a big giveaway of some sort You will get all the details on instagram. You do not want to miss that for sure So make sure you do that. The other thing is um, I want everybody that watches this show to make sure that you are sharing it With your friends Don't keep it to yourself Make sure that you share the love of all of us because this is almost a hundred weeks straight We've been doing this we love everyone that follows us and we would love to have more of them So don't be afraid to go out there and share if you like the show we'd love to see you sharing it It's it's one of the things that makes me the happiest is when I see somebody sharing something that we created Because it means that they liked it like a cult bring all your friends drink all the kool-aid. Yes pretty much Yeah, so um an honest cult So and that's pretty much it so we're gonna get into the news We do not have the intro to the news music. It really makes my heart hurt. That's all right So we have the news with justin scott Me take it away Uh, we have all kinds of good stuff to talk about um First thing the 100th episode. I'm gonna drag off of that. Um next week. We have so many cool prizes to Be giving away We have a few people that are just gonna be on for the 100th episode We have people who just want to give stuff to you Like that's awesome. Yeah, it's really exciting. Um should I tell them or should I just keep it a big secret? I would keep it a secret. We'll announce it all. Yeah. Yeah, let's let it build Let's let it Okay, we're gonna build awesome. But yeah, that was cool. Um that you want to be the first picture of what we did on monday Monday monday monday monday was a it was a very long day It started out with me messaging you on my ipad and christina having a heart attack. She thought I finally bought an iphone Oh, yeah, so I get an i message from justin Well first you got you got a facetime first for me. Okay facetime then an i message Okay, and uh, yeah, because my cell phone broke the charging port So I was like, hey, are we still going to new york tomorrow to work and make some videos? Like what's the address? So I huffed it through the city without an iphone got there before you Yeah Walked in like I know that's nothing special. That's just I know when you go someplace with matt Yeah, walked in there. They looked like I was lost They walked in and tanked up To my defense on this one though. I was driving. I got almost a bridge water and realized I forgot the microphone You kind of need a microphone To film so so that went well Uh, but we got there But I got there and I was introduced to the one guy who I've looked up to almost a little longer than you and not as much as brine But donald scott and in between and in between He is the our orio cream. Yes. I was gonna say he is the cream filling to the orio That's so weird. He would love that. Um He won but uh, so I get there and I meet donald scott, which is a nice guy in the world and The models are just they're just two models hanging out and the he's like, oh, do you know how to shampoo? Can you shampoo her? I was like, I hope so But so we got some really fantastic, uh, let's get you all up on that I was like, you're not wearing your headphones. Yeah, I can't so I'm gonna put these back on for a second But yeah, so and the salon was beautiful. So I want to give a shout out to uh, I believe it was riccardo Uh, stewart Was with him as well. Well, no stewart is the guy who works with donald. Yeah, uh partners with him in the business, but um the The salon that we were at the actual salon was riccardo something And that sucks that I forgot that but he uh beautiful salon And we're gonna be talking about that salon more because uh, we may be doing hopefully doing some stuff with that salon So, yeah, so you're there and we we filmed some awesome videos watched him You know do some crazy cuts and he was he was I thought I was awkward on my first video Like I didn't know where to put my hands. He was all over the place It was so funny to watch him get comfortable. Yeah doing it. Yeah free form education happened that day We have a new educational program coming up. We're like donald It sounds like you're saying you work for us. Yeah, so you might want to say that you own the company Uh, but he was he was really cool and it is it is neat to see somebody that's that seasoned I mean this guy went to sassoon with paul mitchell. Yeah, like he was one of the original paul mitchell people so like He knew he worked with paul mitchell in new york before paul mitchell had champion so like To watch him and film him on video and then You know just listen to him because he's he's nervous on video. I mean video is a tough thing Yeah, you know and then it doesn't help that i'm like if you cut a curly Graduation bob 100,000 views guaranteed, but it's funny too It was night and day from watching him talk to then watching him pick up his tools and go at it Like yeah, complete night. Yeah, yeah, then clipped. Yeah, it's amazing But I mean it was awesome. I got to try out some new products I got some videos in the works myself with his stuff. I'm super excited to work with Yeah, um But yeah, it was just I was so excited to be there. I was a kidney candy shop all day When you'd never really filmed a hair video with us So like you've been here for a long time and that's how that goes to show you how many Like hair videos because we did the super silk shoot But other than that we haven't sat behind a white kind of background and really shot like that um, so I think it was his first experience with that So it was it was pretty cool and he got into it Uh and really um, I think that's what I want to move forward working with dad and justin to um To get better with the cameras so that we can start really pumping videos Because I love doing this show. I love doing the show that I started Um, I think that those are a good fit, but they're not the whole channel, obviously So, um, now we got to start filling the channel with hair, you know, and and we will it's just it's just finding the balance in there so That was awesome. It was a good time What's going on the news that also I have a uh About last february um or this february. I'm sorry to say I started working here and My friend holly has a friend out in australia and this guy's been doing hair, but maybe 15 20 years Uh, he is probably one of the nicest people in the world. So he posts up on social media saying he needs some assistance for a Kind of like it's like a fashion show or a fashion week out there. Um There was an april and I reached out to him because I'd never worked one I don't know what kind of you know, what kind of style he was doing I was like super glam or you know, just like basic prep James Carl reaps one of the nicest guys in the world and he reminds me a lot of you because he's got his hands in I just posted the picture You posted it. Yeah, as you're like, he reminds me of you and He reminds you of you, but at the same time he's got a sense of humor. Matt eats hair all Oh, nice. Thanks, Austin. Matt eats hair, but he doesn't have a sense of humor. He reminds me of you But he's funny, so it's different. Thanks that you ruin that. I appreciate it. It does not suck at life No, my friend of mine, Holly, she's like, you guys got along. We both have like a really twisted sense of humor You guys are, you know, just big goofball. So you probably get along and we did and I emailed him And he told me exactly what he was looking for and I said, no, but he was still again Never met me at day in his life read my email got back to me, you know Right away as soon as he could and he still is to this day and I'm assuming he's 10 times busier But the guy's super humble about what he does. Um, like you go to his website is uh, Carl reaps education And I think the first thing it says there is uh Reminds me of everyone who works here. Actually, it's like be so good that they can't ignore you Right, and that's like that's the first thing he's super optimistic super happy And the reason I'm bringing him up rather than a few different instagram posts is because but the news now I kind of want to bring in artists and stylists around the world Right, we talk about the guy tangs and everyone here in the states that is flooding all sorts of hair media But we don't really branch out to find people that Anyone in australia. We have a viewer who's watching us from new zealand tonight. Yeah that they can really Oh, you know, I'm local to them. Maybe I could try to find a class or something or you know try to reach out to them So I kind of feel like that's something that is on us to do since we have such a wide Uh umbrella of viewers. It's you know, we're education not just for america, but for the world and it's weird to say that Right, so that's gonna be something new i'm doing Yeah, and I think it's cool because if we if we can tie in Like I don't know if that have you been showing the photos i'm flipping through them right now Okay, cool. So what's cool about this is it's showcasing Somebody and what I was feeling when we just show a bunch of pictures, which I like doing that Um, but I also that's pretty easy to do on instagram is to showcase people that way Um, this is really showcasing an artist and things that they do, you know, so if you want to go through Yeah, his work is amazing now. You all know my clear love of uh Formal hair and all of our viewers do Certain people actually get me kind of wanting to think about maybe I want to try this and he's one of them Right, you know, he was one of the big inspirations when we had brydzilla through here that I was like, okay Let me try you know between him and bryan andreah I got through that and survived. I didn't inspire you Sorry I'm just kidding. I'm right there with you, but I mean his work is fantastic. So you inspire me that not for obtuse, but Other ways I said like what's what's a few things that like you're super proud of That you have going on right now and the biggest thing he said he's got to be a dad in the next few months Now that again, congratulations Right That again just shows what kind of humble guy. He's not like, oh, I've worked with so-and-so and I've worked with so-and-so And I like he's more stoked about being a dad. Again what reminds me of like you like you were at a football practice all that You know, like you've moved clients around to go to football games So it just it shows that a guy at his level who's been doing it for so long still has like super humble You know ways about him um He's also starting new ventures, uh, if you want to bring up the last two photos that the next thing he's Going to do is called Reeves and Co. Um Where he's trying to interesting. He's interested in doing like side projects. He wants to do like t-shirt lines Getting his hands and right now. He has like leather bags For travel kits for all your tools these these kits look it's I love these kits Beautiful. Oh, yeah, it's for hairdressers. Not like yeah, doesn't it looks like a man's like An old shaving kit. Yeah So his thing is you always want to make things that are like practical and fun for him So why not make them a brand? So now he has his big umbrella store. Well, yeah, can we get this? I'm working on that. Okay, so That's his next thing he wants to just have a big umbrella brand that he can kind of do whatever he feels It's fun and he kind of wants to get into and he's still educating, you know, he's still going out there He's still doing all kinds of different platform work Um, and he said he's like I've had such a rad career as a hairdresser and educator that working on like the biggest shows And again, he's worked with like Chanel Louis Vuitton a queen all these huge names um He was also a european art director for kevin murphy That educated has always been such a big thing for him. Now he can like kind of help mentor everyone coming up Again, and you see that and him just reaching out to me through an email. Right, you know, I said, hey a super big Follower of you. I love your work. How can I get on your team? Oh, well, these are the dates I'll be working and I'm looking for team members. What can we do? Yeah, well, that's how you do it I mean a lot of a big question out there is how do I get to do something? Uh, whether it's platform work or whatever you have to go there I mean, that's that's how everyone does it I think everyone's scared to ask but all you have to do is ask. Yeah, I mean, that's all they can say is no and Um, and if they say no, then they're just dicks anyways, so just scrum just go in there and and volunteer So he ends it as For him life is changing and opening up a vision to all their possibilities and create a field So he's going everywhere that and he just wants to let everybody know that anything is possible And just you know, give it a shot. So thank you Carl Reeves for your time and all those fantastic emails that we got back and forth In these beautiful photos you sent us all your amazing work through the years and I hope we get to work for you soon Yeah, very cool. Awesome. Everybody check him out. It's uh, Carl Reeves on everything our eevs Sweet Drea and I are both dead over the one with yellow hair. I know it's awesome, right beautiful Like the style the color is cool. The whole shot is amazing. Like how he animated her one hand and her eyes It's just a really cool shot and it's if you look through all this work, too It's just he doesn't have one singular thing He pulls inspiration from you can tell like he's going everywhere that if you read his Right to look at the same thing to look at this collection of his photos I wouldn't know that that was all one person And I think I find it more impressive that it's not all one person Yeah, they're like, you don't just look at and go all right. Well, that's so and so doing their thing again Yeah, yeah, that's like this is a really nice collection of shots So I definitely support everybody checking him out and check his store out. He gets up as good. He's let us know Good call, but that is my news for today. Everybody else. Uh, actually I have one more thing I want to kind of touch on um, those of you posting uh, instagram photos with our hashtag Please we're gonna go through a whole video actually just kind of remind you how to Check them before you upload them because there's so much beautiful work that I want to grab But like they throw like their logos over the photo So you don't actually appreciate the hair all you see is like hair by Steven Smith, you know, or they over filter their images So that way this beautiful color that I could have used is now so bright that nobody can really tell what they're looking at Right, you know, we're like everything's out of focus. So we're going to go through and we're going to do a Uh, that and I tried shooting it today, but the camera's giving us problems We're going to shoot just a quick tips on instagram photo-ing But if you guys are using our photo or our hashtag We love it But just double check those photos make sure you're not over filtering your stuff because you're work so good that you're just kind of You're dropping it down a notch. I feel So sweet keep it simple. Yeah, that's the news. Thanks There's a topic that happened in our fse Like social community that I just did a quick screenshot. It was only like an hour or so ago um, actually maybe a little bit longer than that but uh today and It said this is happening in the town. I live just wanted to get everyone's thoughts for the record I support the shop's owner's decision. This is all about barbershops refusing to cut women Um, and I wanted to I wanted to bring it up because I don't I'm not sure I I don't like women are suing barbershops because That's not right. I know and I think it's crazy um, because Like wait, can I apologize? Is this in the states or is this in the states? I think it just happened That's that's doesn't surprise me at all. Yeah So is it women getting upset because they can't go to a barbershop They wanted to go to a barbershop like is it because they want them to style long hair or are they looking at getting like What a barber has to offer see and this is where I think there's an argument because if a woman walks in and says I want this men's cut then I think she should be able to get it I've known women that have gotten like I used to work with women. She would get A bob like a nice stacked high bob From someone in the salon But then would go to a barbershop to get her neckline done Okay, because nobody could do the skin tight fade in the salon the way that she knew these barbers could do So that I get yeah, but if it's woman just being a bitch because Right, I think it's a tough thing because I like the I I know what they're What the barbershops want is the environment of well, that's what I was going to get at Do they say where it's from what what's the guy that sued hooters because they hire male servers. Yeah, there's more Because I know in california it's california Okay, I'm gonna say right now in barbershops in california. It is a men's only He men woman haters club type deal and not for nothing This is the country where everybody is too soft and too PG and has no backbone and can't handle getting You know told no and that's one big reason I think they're all so happy is that they think that they are they're Entitled to get their hair cut as a barbershop Well, the gentleman who runs that barbershop doesn't want to cut your hair. He doesn't have to He wants gentlemen in there to hang out with the guys and drink beer Like the bastards of Rotterdam the barbers over in uh, where is that new scorum? Yeah, the scorm guys Yeah You don't have a woman sitting in that barbershop because it's a men's barbershop or they hang out They drink they talk about what men want to talk about and it's an environment thing like They don't want the women in there because that's not the environment they want for their guests You know and I feel that it's totally up to them to have that and if they don't want to cut women's hair Whether it's long or short they shouldn't have to All right, so that being said now. What about the women barbers who are in the shop cutting? You won't have a woman barber in that shop guaranteed. Okay, but That being said there's women barbers. There's barbershops that have women in there doing hair How can you say that that's okay for the woman to be in there doing hair but not But at the same time I guarantee you will not have that argument from a barbershop with a woman barber Rather as a barbershop of all men who want to cut all men because that's the environment that they want Yeah, and it's a tough. I mean, it's a tough subject because I guarantee that those barbershops are not allowed to not hire women Uh, so so that's a tough, you know But as far as but I know what you're saying it doesn't mean they're gonna hire guys Yeah, that's it when the states where I mean, I think it's a pretty easy open and closed case in the states where Barbering and cosmetology are two different licenses right like sorry. I don't know Right, you want this haircut? I can do it. Yeah, I mean, I I definitely get it. I do think a place is entitled to have a certain Thing like yeah, it's a it's a dude's barbershop, but at the same time Like I I don't know. I mean, it's it's such a nasty thing because that's to sit there and say well Yes, I think they should be able to say no, we don't want women Well, then what's to stop us from being like? Well, we only do white hair here So you're not allowed to be here because that's not the environment we want well to Brian Do you want like that's the difference between like a private establishment and like a corporation? I mean like I don't I I agree and I disagree at the same time like I agree and I'm right there I get the idea of wanting to have that kind of manly barbershop. I want to have a place like that, too Right, you know like I I don't know that But once I don't know it's whether you like it or not it's say it's a form of discrimination It totally is but at the same time she can go get her haircut anywhere else. She shouldn't be at the point where she's suing them But it's an interesting it's okay To have that discrimination in your business just like because technically Take it away from how cool you think barbershops are and it's totally messed up for any business to do that to anyone Of course though, but at the same time it goes right back to that Hooters thing You're not gonna have a guy serving at a Hooters Because he doesn't allowed it. He's suing they allowed it. No, no, he's suing they lost he lost No, he won pretty sure google it. I'm googling right now. So we had um, but but That's an employment like there's difference between like customers and employees I mean, I think if they're going after but think about yeah, and if the woman yeah, she's like I want to drink scotch curse and I want a really tight fade then I think Come on in it's fun. Yeah, you know, you're probably really fun Yeah, like I don't under so that part I don't understand because I'm assuming if they want to be in that type of environment That's the type of service. That's what they're looking for. Yeah I mean I'm guessing they're not in town. We have a barber shop across the way that's owned by a woman Yeah, and like I I run into her. She's really nice and she'll tell me she's like it's not that I don't want to do women's hair I just I don't know how like I I'm terrible at it. Oh, by the way, I just got a um Uh facebook message from someone that said oh my god. I can't believe this You your salon is right down the street from my salon And I just moved here a year ago and I've been watching you guys forever um So they work like locally like a block street like right across from walla Really? Yeah, wait the one that is right near the uh, right near, um, that's so funny like diagonal. Yeah. Yeah, right Oh, where we parked that one night. Yeah. Yeah, so they um, yeah Yeah, she was like, yeah, we watch you guys all the time. That's so funny. Well, here you go People from new zealand and people from a block. Oh, yeah say a block away. No one even knows. Oh, whoa drama The salon we just spoke up. Yeah All right, uh, I just want to anyways I wanted to bring that up. I would love to hear your guys's thoughts Really is why I brought this up post it in the comments below. Let's get this Ape shit over here on the side and basically It's the same thing. It's the same thing. It's You have to look at his discrimination with me. Is it not okay even though it's like, yes, that is The barber atmosphere is cool But technically it is discrimination and there's nothing to stop it from going to a really nasty place If you're looking for what they had to offer then Why why why are you turning them white if they're looking for a stacked bob Or if you're looking for long hair Yeah, like me taking a motorcycle to the automotive dealership and then be like, oh, I want you guys to repair this It has an engine. Yeah, right. Uh, they might not deal like you're not going to bring a dog into a salon Be like, it's hair. No, there's a pass for this. I know Though I though I think it's wrong You know what? I'm not going to I would support the barbershop because you know what if I ran a place of business and I wanted a certain clientele And I knew my guests were coming in looking for a certain thing. You know what? They're my bread and butter They want to come hang out guys drink beer and they don't want women here. That's cool There's a millionaire place of them to go and that's me like for you. You want to service everyone Right. That's how I would that's how I would say that, you know, like it's his choice. He opened that business Discrimination. Yeah, it sucks, but there's a millionaire place to get your hair done That's how I see it. Well That's why I want to hear your thoughts So, um, and and uh, what was I gonna say? Oh, did I ever tell you about the time I cut my dog's hair when I was in beauty school? Wait, no, let's hear this. So my mom I came home one night and I and she's like, man, we really needed to trim the dog's hair It was so hot out and uh, and I was like, I can do it So I got out my clippers and I buzzed this dog. We had a miniature collie You know, I was like long beautiful hair. Why would you ever cut it? Right? So I buzzed it completely left a poof on the tail And just the mane around its head to make it look like a lion. Please have you got photos of this somewhere I hope my mom does. I don't know if she does. I'll put them up sometime But the dog walked around completely embarrassed for like three months Like it barely would show its face to anyone. It was awful. So, uh, all right trending tresses Yeah, that you got that switch and here's trending tresses with Drea Bullet wow That just found his calling I think that was good that good job All right, so, uh, we don't have an image for this one But uh for the emi is the biggest trend through I didn't want to like grab all of them But it was all bops was the biggest trend of uh the emi's this past week everyone took out their extensions. Yeah. Um, basically, but um It just it was fun like because there's such a variety of them And some were slicked back some were styled with curls But I just thought it was a lot of fun. So bobs are still here to stay Do anybody watch it? I didn't know and this is this is all I cared about. Okay. It was just the bops how they looked Now the bobs. I mean, yeah, that's what people were talking about. All the bobs bob saggy Super excited about gaga gaga because she looked amazing. She did she looked normal just really pretty I feel like she's been doing that a lot since, uh She went on tour with uh Tony Bennett. Yeah. Yeah. She's doing that like now. This is just an actress She wants to be taken seriously All right, and then our next image is of Kylie Jenner Who has the most beautiful mint green wig wig? Yeah, yeah, I mean, it's all fake hair. We know this Um, why did she choose that picture as her profile picture? She looks like such a jerk um That's what you take away from this Well, because I'm looking and I'm like god that picture on the left is horrible And then I realized that she chose that as her own profile picture. I'm like, whoa All right Yeah, well, sorry It's woman green. It's a cool. I mean, I know that it's fake hair, but I love how she constantly Changes her hair around for everything her wig her lip size Her nose her cheekbones everything. It's great She has fun with her hair color. I like it. I'm on board with it. That's about it and then This was kind of a big deal on the internet was Ariana Grande We're used to seeing her with her super slick back ponytail that everybody's sick and tired of And you never really see her without that the one and only other time that I've seen it Not in the ponytail as it was stick straight parted down the middle and long So she took a ton of selfies the other day with her hair in its natural condition and I don't understand why she doesn't wear her hair like this More often because the curls are beautiful Oh And I thought it was awesome. Yeah, I liked it. It was very curly But like yeah, I like super curly I mean she has cornrows on the side for the pictures, but like I just Like that hair is beautiful. Why does she not wear it like that ever? I know so maybe She'll take all of this and move on. Maybe she'll take your advice Take my advice and just wear the hair curly Well, hopefully Ariana Grande is listening to trinity dresses. I hope so. I hope so. I know Um, and that's it So we eat I'm trying to post on instagram that we're live right now. Yeah And my computer my phone froze. I'm not having a good night. That's uh, wow. Yeah. No, you know, it's not frozen My android, maybe I'll stick with androids. That's fine I don't even care anymore So, uh, all right All right brian I'm like waiting for the music. I'm like, okay. So now we're gonna. Yep. We're just gonna throw here social media with brian hair That did you just click that over to the thing? Yep, right as I said here. Nice. I saw that happening. Good job You're an artist. Yeah, I tried. All right. So we got our question up yesterday We actually have a lot of really great questions. So I want to see how many we can get through Little puppy sammy was our first one She's a question about lightning still in school and hasn't gotten that far in color yet And once you know as far as bleach goes I've heard you can add developer to get the consistency you personally prefer I was wondering if that's true or if you have to add the specified amount to developer of developer to the bleach What would happen if you add too much? Um I don't know they used to talk about Double in the 40 to get super mega ultra lift with your bleach and Then they kind of went back with some of the companies and said no, that's not really the case I've known people that'll mix it just a little bit thinner if you're doing You know Like balayage for example, I'll mix specific lighteners a little bit You know wetter to get it to spread more but just generally especially if you're In the beginning of learning just go with what it tells you to mix So that you can learn how to do it the way that you're supposed to And then from there start to experiment like what happens when you add a little bit more What happens when you add a little bit less like you got to Learn the rules before you learn how to bend them and break them and all that fun stuff. It's my advice. It's good good advice Uh, let's see What was okay Wait, where was there was a really good one. Okay, how all right, how do you handle clients that won't Wait that won't get their damaged hair cut off the damaged hair is affecting the finish I told them we can do it gradually but they are not willing to budge I just put the fear of god in I know that's fine. Don't let me cut it off, but When you come back next I'm gonna have to cut twice as much off because your shitty brittle hair Is just going to keep getting worse and worse up the shaft I like explaining split ends like a fraying rope because that's something that people it's a good visual for people to truly understand What's happening and explain that if you don't cut it off above the The fraying section is just going to continue up the hair strand and it's never going to get better Are split ends like a fraying rope though? I use I use a because isn't it just like I use a headphone like when you get the headphones and you pull the cables apart So from my own personal experience with with split ends right as they start to split they split off in little pieces Right and then they start to break off. It's like the cuticle is like all right I'm gonna let you go and then I'm gonna let you go and I'm gonna let you go and I'm gonna let you go I'm just trying to visualize And what happens essentially is it keeps just breaking off on the ends and you your hair never truly grows Because it's just snapping and breaking and it doesn't get longer. It doesn't get longer Right Which I mean I get it I get it but from that description. I'm just thinking of how hair is Made like how it's developed and it's it's not really a rope. It's it's not like a rope So I wonder why it does keep Because if you think about like You know what I mean? Well because it doesn't have a nice finish to its end If it cracks off, then it's not gonna have that nice clean slice of the mizutani It's just gonna be like busted and crap Right, so it's just gonna as So it's more out to rush through it more than it's gonna flaking snapping and Like when it has that nice sealed Yeah, and Then it's just it's maybe that'd be some kind of cool visual we could build somehow. Oh, I just did well I know that was amazing. I mean it was I'm a visual artist, right? $20 bill All right, we're well. Oh, yeah. So yeah, just educate them and scare them. That's what's always worth crying I mean, unfortunately, it is really up to them as to how much show them this video with Brian's description Andrea It's like fine You're whatever. Yeah It's just them understanding that they can't have it both ways can have healthy hair and not cut it off Let's go the brine hair way and be like hair like a boss is watching all my clients are attractive If you have slain hair, you're no longer attractive and no longer my client There you go. So I gave hair like a boss a hard time earlier today. Why because uh, they post that Because I said use the hashtag to get your photos You know shown on the show and then they said well Can you let us know when our when we're featured so we can Tune in and watch watch it anyway. I know I said you're not watching every week. What is wrong? So they're watching that's how I got Jaya's sister or their sister last week She asked a question or two weeks ago and I I didn't answer because it was silly And we were running out of time and she sends Jaya a text afterwards because Jaya and I usually go out on wednesdays after the show And she sends her text. She's like, hey, did they read my question? I was like just tell her yes Let's see if she actually watches the show, right? Or if she's lying. So tell her yes. Well, she watches the show She watches the show every week, but she doesn't get home from work until 10 o'clock at night So she watches it then okay, and um, she's gonna yell at you now because you call her her question silly Yeah, oh it was silly come on Come on. Come on. All right. Yeah, brian was like just tell her tell her we just lied to her Let's find out so many angry text messages, and I'm like this is not my fault So let's do what do you think one more? Uh, give me two two because there's actually three that I really like so Okay As a new stylist, do you think you should tell customers the length of time you've been doing hair? Is there a clever way of saying this without lying to customers? There is what I always did especially right out of the gates People would ask me how long I've been doing here people still ask me how long I've been doing hair And I would just tell them I've unofficially been doing it forever But then decided to go and get my license and then I tell them when I decided to go to school Not when I graduated not when I got my license because if you've only had your license like six months No one's gonna trust you doesn't matter how good you are. That just sounds scary You just stayed in New Jersey having a license for six months been doing hair for two years Right So if you mentally decided to go to school like four years ago, and it just took you a year and a half to get there Then just say that yeah Like if you were screwing around doing your friend's hair in your basement from the age of 12 Then tell them you've been messing or you've had your hands and hair for 10 years Yeah decided to get licensed Three years ago like you're doing hair age like it starts off for me it started off like really big It was like Definitely five years and then as I hit five years I was I stayed at five years And then like when I got to 10 like so now I've been doing hair for 11 years because I moved here in 2004 And so if I counted school 12 years like it just keeps getting now I'm like that person like I keep getting closer to that yep 20 years, you know like it's coming quick Uh, and I really didn't think it would happen that fast. Um, so now I wish it was five I wish I could tell everyone five stop lying about your age. Yeah, I wish you said five, but I've had this long for seven. Yeah Um, I had there was actually a couple of questions this time about people talking about wanting to go from Um corporate salon to commission or booth rental What are ways to do it? They're afraid they're gonna lose out on money I don't don't look at it as losing out on money because yes when you make hourly pay there's gonna be A lull in the money that you make as you're building a book But you will get to the point where you will make much more than you ever could At the hourly place you'll probably end up liking what you do more because it's gonna be You know in a especially in a commission base. There's something very satisfying about looking at a paycheck and knowing that that is directly related to how hard you busted your ass. Yeah, and so just Save up to get you through as much as possible You know a few months to start to build a book depending on how busy a place you go or Whatever your area is like get ready for a lull, but know that it will go away Yeah, and when you have things that uh make you uncomfortable it pushes you harder. So um people that work in a corporate type environment making an hourly wage Have no reason to work hard enough to make they'll make great money Like it's just there's no incentive. So They'll just make the hourly wage and and move for it. So now you're comfortable and once you get comfortable it's a dangerous place because Now you're comfortable now. You don't want to be uncomfortable You know so push yourself to be uncomfortable because the more you are that way the more you'll want to grow And and get better. So I would say make that jump. I agree with you totally We actually did this question on the show when we filmed this morning And I said, you know, they were talking about moving to booth rental Um or like a suite salon Uh right off the bat. No clients help and I said well if you you know six months You need to save and have six months where you can go and not worry Because it's going to take you six months to start bringing in at least enough money to pay your rent there You know, so you But commission you don't have rent but do it when you're young as a stylist, you know And if you're an older stylist working on it make sure you save up that little net little nest and um nest egg. Yeah nest egg save up nest egg sounds expensive, but just save up a little A little bit of cash so that when you make that transition, it's not as hard All right curly hair had a question, but I think I don't think we're going to get to it tonight I'll just make matt do it on the matt back show It was a good question though and other people agreed. I'm filming you again friday So last one that I think we'll do for night that I actually really liked Uh, it said when maintaining a positive relationship with your client Do you find that it's best when making small talk to be honest about personal irrelevant interests or keep your opinions to yourself? I know there are clients that are very opinionated with various topics like politics, for example And they'll voice their opinions while in your chair Do you find that more positive connections are made through sharing your own personal opinion? Regardless of whether it differs from theirs or would it be more beneficial to generally agree with the client stance? Or remain indifferent I'm intrigued. Yeah. Yes. What do you think? I I know that early on in my career There was no sharing of anything real deep as far as opinions went especially when it came to politics the hot button stuff You know, you just kind of I was always really good about steering a conversation away as quickly as possible One because I had it beat into me in beauty school and two because I was still building and Yeah, there was a it was very tight quarters in my old salon and I didn't want to offend or anything like that Now here we are years later with I I take the same stance with people. I don't know new clients I mean ones that I've known for almost 10 years that like I Had dinner with them like outside of the salon like people that you build a little bit more of a relationship with You can have a little bit more real talk. I still don't have it when there's other people that have to listen to that Right, that's the important thing Right like it's If anyone has to listen to it that you don't know really well don't have those conversations Yeah, because you've got to realize that You're dealing with your client that maybe you've known for 10 years But these other people don't know you and they're judging you the whole time So and the environment, right? I mean you're sitting here and You know, you're comfortable You're cussing up a storm and talking about selling baby parts on the black market But you know, you don't know what this person went through over here that you just horribly offended and never be back in that tour Yeah Yeah, it was like my client Yeah, right? Yeah, so I'm actually I'm not going to tell that story because I don't know they might watch but There was a situation where that happened and and something bad had happened to one of my clients And Your client yeah was like Saying stuff that was like right like just pushing into that subject and it was really uncomfortable Did not know it. Yeah, it wasn't anybody's fault, but it's just one of those things where you're like Wow, you know like you know really uncomfortable situation Yeah, I would love to hear your guys's though. So post them in the comments. Yeah, let's let's see how that Yeah, I would love to hear this and just so you guys know Those of you that watch live all those comments that are happening the 400 500 comments that happened during this show Which I love all of your chatter. I wish it saved it. It does not it goes away So it starts with fresh comments. So if you have something that you want to post on the show afterwards Make sure you just post it again If you want to make a point about something because I don't know why it just doesn't stay in there I guess youtube doesn't want it all flooded up and real quick poor Got a million thumbs down from my point of view. You have the disclaimer up before the show started, right? I don't think so That was on the old computer, of course the first time we don't have is that what you're doing over there is saving your ass No, I'm talking to somebody about wrist pain and then sip ask something about uh, this is just in typing away He's so aggressive. My fingers are about wrist pain. My fingers are so strong. His computer keys own money. I know All right. They're suing me. So Uh, did you say You have one more question or I mean do we have time because there's an ass load more question. Well, let's do It's still early for us. You should um Wait, I have to answer this one. This poor girl has asked this question like For the past five episodes smoking barber Sorry, what what is the smoking barber saying on there? Did he did they chime in? Um, I think the barber has one is that sip. Yeah, it is right. Yeah, I feel like he you want me to ask it He changes. Elias. You want to go on? He just said i'm the chatty guy on the youtube chat right now So, yeah, it's our buddy. He's been on the show. Yes I will get to his last for because it's funny But I have to answer this one girls because like I said for over a month She's been asking this and I keep meaning to get to it Okay, let's get that and we'll do sips and then we'll spin the wheel She's asking When you do a retouch it lightens fine, but the color doesn't take in the regrowth. I've seen it with blue and purple I think she's talking about bleaching someone out and then when you put a direct dye over it It's too light at the root and it's darker at the ends. That's just because the ends are much more damaged through Time multiple processes all that stuff. It's going to soak up a direct dye much darker. It's your flapping. Uh You're flapping cuticle That got gross Twice twice today I'm proud of you. Thanks. You see what happens when you take a trip with me on monday one day with justin um Yeah, so that's going to be To get more even either do the roots a second time Or put your direct dye on the roots let that process and then just pull it through your ends for the last couple of minutes To hopefully get something a little more even because that's something. I mean, that's a porosity issue unless you want to Destroy the hair at the root to be just as bad as it is at the ends. It's you're gonna have to get a little tricky with your application And or you could do a super silk treatment after you lighten We're doing lightning I know we didn't do that after the lightning because that would help kind of help the porosity a bit Then overlay it with the um Little sneak it in there Yep That wasn't so sneaky I'm being honest that that would work really well that was about as smooth as those cuticles I know Well, that was smooth and then I before the super silk, but I want to be honest But I really that's what I would do because I think that that would I would clean up the porosity of it and then you could overlay your it's an extra step, but it's worth it nice all right So the smoking barber said you said anything goes so here it is If you could be any piece of equipment in the salon, which would you be and why? It's a good one now is is it I can say kind of I don't know what I would be Let's pause for a second and think are we going to go to the normal salon or our salon where we have like recording equipment And 40 boxes of manning and heads all right salon tool salon tool What would you be? Let's start with that Yeah, let's start with me. Everybody else has an idea. What would you be and why? I'd be the cash register. So I'd have all the money Wow greedy little better. I know I wouldn't have thought that with those two Can I say what I wouldn't be Can I say what I wouldn't be? Yes, okay I would not be any of bryan's men's cutting tools because they always wind up getting broken and beat up and today lit on fire Yeah, tonight. There was like What happened? I heard there was a fire. I don't know what happened. No, I know I heard that we don't know so and I can't even find where it came from bryan cosine blow up But we don't know what happened where I honestly think it came from is where the Um power strip is plugged into the plug inside because it was like Yeah I didn't do anything. No, it couldn't have been that because if it was that was it raining amber's really well From a very low like there was I turned There was like one that came out But all of my all the equipment that was here still worked That's what I was like waiting for something to be screwed and the plug still works and everything I haven't tried the plug yet. Oh, but I plug my equipment into the wall and they still worked. I plug the edges into the wall. They still worked Okay, so we just haven't tried jessica. No, no, we know that it works. Yeah, that's what the light is Okay, yeah, uh, jessica Jessica said she'd be a shampoo bowl because it's where the most relaxation occurs. Oh, nice. What about you draya? I'd be the mirror the mirror Because then I could see everything. Oh, that's good. How about you? Wow, right? I want to be the rod that looks like the sex toy Around because it's hilarious Oh the rod, okay Paul Mitchell's coming out with one now. They decided to jump on board. I'm like, oh good now Paul Mitchell has anal beads Awesome. Oh, it's the the bubbles Why because it's hilarious. Look at the smiles that it just put on everyone's face. I know is that the only reason Does anybody use that damn iron ever? Does anybody use it? No, I probably just talked about it really one of his I've used one before it's nice This is what I hope I Draya likes the beads Wait, so wait, so let's talk about this real quick I want to know have you ever used this iron because I don't think uh anybody's hair I also have another question for everyone. Have you ever used a cream lightener? Do you have a cream lightener that you love? I want to have your honest opinion. Is there a cream lightener out there? That makes you happy that you use before you get off. What tool would you be? I would be Um, I guess I would be the computer. I mean, I wish that you wouldn't work. You are the computer That would be rich. He would be a sex toy. You wouldn't work and Dray would be looking at everything I'd be looking over that like every time he opens watching and take the money Wow, we're all creeps. Yeah, and I would just not be broken. Yeah, this episode was weird It was because Christina wasn't here to wrangle us all in. Yeah, it. Yeah, that was out of control. All right, so Thank you all because I was Megan Sullivan The iron and they like it. Uh, they didn't say they liked it. They just said they've used it Have you used it and do you like it post below and Jessica says that this episode's officially in the gutter She may be too young for this Okay, we really should have had the disclaimer on this one of all I know I feel bad about it By the way, we're not responsible for what we said and sex rod irons. I may be too young for this I really didn't think flapping cute. It was a weird thing Who's our winner for the wheel? Uh, all right, so let's choose somebody questions. There was someone that I thought would be swell Swell like the cuticle hold on whereas It's true style salon His name is de andre Okay And he asked actually a few really good questions. Did we answer any of them? Yeah Okay, cool. We did sweet All right, so for de andre you have the opportunity to get millennium systems international ola plex Mizzatani minerva amica sunlights super silk Parker parker ergo donald scott And some other stuff some fse. Can we just talk about drea popping that hip so hard on this wheel right now? I mean she's like All right suck it vana. Let's do it spin that thing And here we go That wheel spins so good. Drea can sit down and get relaxed Before we know who won at what they want to finish her pie. Oh my gosh. It's so close All right de andre all you have to do is email Uh contest at freesaloneducation.com your address. I'll forward it to amica and they'll send you something cool And maybe it'll be like the one with the beads Maybe and then they don't make that. Uh, maybe they will thank you to amica for that prize for de andre Um, thank you guys for watching this crazy show. I'm sorry if I offended. No, I'm not Don't be afraid to go check out By the hats and flip you brim get a hoodie because it's gonna get cold And I love my hat. I actually wore it all day and then took it off. You did. I actually I took a picture of wearing it But um, oh wait real quick. What matte black bags coming in november. Carl just tempted me Matte black bags. The case is matte black now. Oh, it's in a matte bag Not matte back, but matte tell carl. I want to order lots of them I'm not kidding. Um So that we can have those bags available. I would really love to have them All right, so thank you guys so much for watching episode 99 episode 100 Oh, my gosh is next week. Tell all of your friends to watch We want to have the most people watching live if we don't have 100 viewers You're not getting anything from us. I'm actually almost thinking you can't win anything unless you're watching live. Yes I thought that was the deal already. No, well that is now. I don't know it's official We'll see I haven't made that choice, but I'm I'm thinking that so you better be prepared for that Make sure you post uh in the comments below Dray is wearing a gown. I am gonna wear a gown. So am I maybe I'm wearing a gown too. Nice Uh, we love having your questions for the show posted below On this show so that we can find them also. Um, I want your feedback on do you like Cream lighteners and which one? Uh, have you used that weird? Curvy iron. Wait, wait. Why are we talking about a cream lightener after talking about the creep the creepy iron? And this is just getting weird. I'm done. No the cream. I need to know this information I would really love to know if you like cream lighteners. Um, also the iron and what was the other question I had for everyone Something earlier. I don't remember but if you remember post it when you had me at the anal bead iron Right, so just let me know. I want to know those things. Thank you so much to brian hair follow brian at Hair style on everything. It's about like my last name. Yes With an e Trayday 2289 I am Justin Scott. I am fad boldest Follow me on twitter Mattbeck fse and also uh, we you can follow this show and us on instagram at free salon education We want to hit 10 000 so keep that going and um, I just started a facebook page where i'm posting my show um The mattbeck show which is a business show about social media and salon business and marketing. Um that we're filming a couple times a week So uh, check all of that out and join our community on the intern interwebs All right guys. Thank you so much for watching. We'll see you next week right here on splitting hairs Of course, what is the back of your truck say get weird Stay weird. Stay creepy. I'm gonna get get weird now Stay creepy and get weird. Yeah