 Hey guys, welcome to splitting hairs the hairdresser's podcast. We are here live Live and delayed But that's okay because we're figuring this out slowly, but surely and we actually we had a packed salon tonight, so Yeah, so I guess we need to make money before we come on and do some free free chatting Right, this is very true. But so I got Barrett still a ton. Oh guys hanging out a Brian here in the back We should have Mike Tim. We really should have Oh, did I hit it Yeah, we had Nina. I think I just messed it up, but we'll get her back on there and then We have Jaya Bowlin So I hope you guys had a good Friday in the salon. I hope you were successful and Hopefully going into the weekend you have big plans. Maybe it's a holiday weekend for you I know I'm gonna try to do something fun That's true do some family time, which will be exciting so We're gonna go over a few different things. We have Nina Kovner. She's gonna be with us live Drea's getting her pulled back up, right? I think that'll be It could happen You're calling Well, we'll keep trying but let's so we have Nina Kovner from passion squared net We love I love passion square dot net I could read it for hours So and I've known Nina for quite a while. She was one of the first people I was introduced to When I started working for Paul Mitchell 10 years ago, so I'm really excited to chat with her I have some questions I've been going through some different posts that she's made and I really think that uh that we have a good show lined up for You guys I want to give a shout out to freestyle systems again for for the support They've given us and the support systems. They've given us and And You know beautiful blow dryers, which you can see in the back and also we have They put our ad or they put our name in their ad on American slot magazine So that was really cool of them and we have Nina back. So that's cool. Hey Nina. How are you? I'm good. How are you good? Sorry about that. I don't know what happened. I got excited and I think I hung up on you somehow so Also, Drea if you could can you run? That box that's back there. We have the color track stuff So we'll get that later, but you can grab it and then we're gonna unbox color tracks sent us like this big box of goodies to play with so Yeah, so we want to talk about that as well And in Millennium Systems International, obviously, they are a huge supporter of us I'm actually at the end of the month going to do a big interview with John Harms at harm software And what I want to do is I want to get super nerdy with him and talk about Like when he when he first developed the software and what it was like because I think he did it in high school So I think it'll be cool to chat with him about that as well. Let me see if I can pull up an angle so we can see Nina over here Yeah, we got Nina there. She is we actually and another thing we had a client of mine He dropped off a TV of 40 inch TV that we're gonna have behind us in the next show, hopefully We thought it would be this week, but I ordered a stand so it could stand behind us So I thought Nina's head would be like way bigger today, but it's okay You know you do what you can so we have Nina next to us and we can hear her. That's the most important part I'm sure she's got a lot of great things to talk about and And we have some great questions, hopefully for her so Let's get started With just talking to Nina because I want to I really want to spend as much time as we we need Talking to you. So Nina. Thank you so much for coming on and I know it's it's a little earlier, California time But thank you for taking the time with us Thank you. I'm so stoked to be hanging with you guys that I'm so proud of you Matt. My goodness Well, watching you grow has just been an incredible joy. So I know it's so fun Sam's thank you Sam said the same thing last week and I'm like, but So I'm probably doing a live show for like four people, but thank you so much The day that I'm like the Howard Stern of hair radio would be really nice, but whatever so Nina, thank you so much. I I have questions for you, but I want to hear You know, I watch you online, but I want to really hear about passion squared net and I want to find out what it's all about I know that if you follow passion squared net you get positive vibes sent to you all day long So I just want to know what it's about and what you're doing with yourself right now Well, that's a great question passion squared is all about empowering awesome in people and in business and I work Specifically in the professional beauty and wellness Areas so I get to work with hairdressers and salon owners and people just building their brands and I work with Pilates studios and wellness people and fitness trainers and It's it's just really cool to be able to help empower small business and that's really my focus and you know so really what's passion squared about about empowerment and You know being in the industry as long as I have I Have you know experience that I bring with me, but more importantly The world's changed and I am so into all the different opportunities There are for small business today when it comes to marketing and stuff So I'm totally into social not because everyone's into social But because I've seen firsthand how it can really empower businesses and brands small businesses and brands And that's what I'm passionate about. So, you know, I started the company with my buddy Gordon Miller originally Back in 2012 I actually I got to meet him. I met him at the salon centric show just last October He's like a super super nice guy and we were talking. Yeah, he's awesome He's super awesome. So yeah, we started this together and then decided to go our separate ways about a year ago So, you know, it's definitely evolved since you know, it's a hundred percent Nina Right and and and you you know, it's no secret that I am very much into personal development And I I truly believe that in order for any of us creative types to be successful We got to do some inside work, you know It's not just about numbers and spreadsheets and goal-setting and you know how to say hi when someone walks in the door, right? We have to kind of fall in love with ourselves first in order to believe that we even deserve the success That so many talk about in the industry. So I really enjoy and I'm passionate about blending the personal and the business development together and That's what that's what that's what I'm about. That's what passion Squared's about and it's a crazy Yeah, it's awesome. Well, I can only imagine and I love that you said the fact that You took it even deeper as to understanding yourself more But I think for me when I realized because I grew up for the last ten years in the industry Everybody's saying to me you need to have this average ticket You need to have this rebooking percentage, which is great And it's definitely a part of the business But if you don't have the relationship with your guest then it doesn't matter and I guess yeah If you think about it even further if you don't have The relationship with yourself and you don't feel confident then you're not gonna be able to build those relationships with the people So I like well, you know, it's it's it's huge there's there there's an absolute low self-esteem epidemic in our industry and And it's again, even in you know, I work in wellness and fitness as well And it's very similar and you know, it's typical of us creative types And and I can speak on this because I'm one of them You know what I mean and and I've gone through my struggles throughout my life You know with with esteem issues So, you know, I'm very passionate about it and I really believe that once you do that inside work And you really do believe that you do deserve to live an awesome life That all the other stuff really begins to fall into place because it makes sense It all starts with confidence and and you know, like you said, so I'm into it. I love it and Yeah, yeah, that was actually the next it's funny because I didn't know if I was gonna bring it up and I was reading Your profile and everything and I I saw the part about the fact you were saying that you suffered from anxiety and all that And I don't need to talk about personal things with you. But but as hairstylist, I think Even me I for some reason I'm okay doing things like this, but I know that it hurt probably hurt my career over the last 10 years I'm not being as open when I walk into a room as some other people So I think that I think it's important to kind of maybe you could Share with us if you have issues with anxiety or just it's tough being around people It's tough being the one that sticks out in a room Maybe some advice on that with things that you've done that have helped you with that kind of thing That's a great that that's a great question and obviously a topic that is near dear to my heart I I didn't realize until a few years ago that I actually do suffer from pretty insane anxiety and Amongst other mental mental health issues. We all have it But anyways So, you know what what I was actually just talking to a really cool hairdresser This week about it because I find that you know, we many of us share this in common, right and one of Really focusing on We're losing her hang on Nina. We're gonna bring you back in good old Skype. I got to figure out a new way Can you hear me now? Yeah, I can can you hear me? Yeah? I think the computer felt the intense properties of the conversation and just freaked out Maybe you did it so that little you know Definitely getting into gratitude and getting outside of ourselves. And so I think what happens is we're so Self-centered and I don't mean that like in a bad way. I'm not bashing. I'm talking about us as humans collectively We get so focused on ourselves and so concerned about what people think about us And what do I look like and what do I sound like and what are they gonna think about me? And we get so we work ourselves into this insanity when really in life in the salon behind the chair We are we are here to be of service to others, right? And so when we we take the focus off of us and put the focus on to the person that we're serving For me it tends to like diminish that anxiety You know a little bit because it's not the me show anymore It's about it's about the service that I'm doing and how important it is and it's about the other person and We know in the salon biz it's all about the customer when we are you know working with a client guest Whatever you want to call them. It is all about them right, you know, and we were talking about last week even on the show that You know, how do you get it from keeping that conversation just about like more towards them and not always talking about yourself There's a lot of people who feel not super comfortable talking about themselves. So I think it is important to just They ask you about their your life. How's it? How's Christmas? How's this? How's that? How are the holidays but then really focusing it on them? Well, I know for me makes me feel a lot more comfortable. Yeah, absolutely I mean, we're here to serve, you know, and whether it's in our community our family our friends our business is whatever, you know And and so I really believe that that definitely helps. I you know in terms of generalized like people anxiety work anxiety, but I still have it. I mean I still have it and I You know have little things that I do I listen to meditation music I listen to hip-hop and you know, like I'm just listening to Macklemore before I came on here I just do whatever I can do to get out of my head and know that, you know, my passion is is is Empowerment and being of service and so however I can do that. I generally feel better once I kind of get out of my own head Awesome and Nina I was going through I was going through the website and I have to say I I could read and read Because the things that you're writing you're writing about all kinds of different stuff But one thing one article that or blog I guess that article whatever but one thing that Stood out to me was the so much education so little change And I think that that for me is gonna connect a lot with what is happening in my life right now, but I think For me, I just highlighted a couple of things and I want to talk to you about this because I think it's important And you wrote it based on being at the Orlando show, right? So I wasn't at the Orlando show. I was watching the Orlando show unfolds on the social web Okay, cool. So and you know, what's funny for the very first time in ten years. I didn't go to Pulmmachal gathering this year or last year and it was the first time ever and I was very dedicated to going to that and This was the first year. I had so many things going on. I didn't go, but I was watching the same thing I was watching everyone post about everything that was happening and it was just Everything is so about everything else except for the true route of what it is. It's about learning So and I know that it's fun and we all love going to places like Las Vegas and Orlando and all of that But the one part that stood out to me you said Every day in the pro-beauty biz there are shows classes workshop webinars DVDs and books purchased Beauty professionals from around the globe consume these educational opportunities. So my question is Why is the industry in trouble and why is the average salon hairdresser earning earnings not increase? So I wanted to talk to you about that because did you have you thought about that question even more and What do you think it is? It's making the the industry Not increase and making people just focus on the wrong things. I guess Well, I mean, you know, it's what I what I loved about I'm stoked you pick that up that that blog up because it By far was one of my most popular Logs and what what was interesting to me is each different group in the industry took it differently Like everyone depending on the perspective. They sat in thought I was like going after somebody else Yeah, and if you know me, you know, I'm not going after anybody. So it's not my style I wrote it because I am an advocate and a supporter of Small business and the independent, you know individual that word independent gets so Convalued I I don't want to misuse that but you know what I mean hairdressers. How's that? Right? So, you know Whatever situation you work in however you get paid. I don't care, you know, I love you and I support you So so really I was really speaking on on a larger scale to Isn't it time? Leadership of the industry right leadership. I was part of leadership in the industry at one time and working with a Frickin awesome manufacturer all metal as we all know Distribution manufacturing schools, you know, all these like education companies and I'm For us to look in the mirror right as leaders and say hmm, you know, we put a lot of time money passion love energy into Empowering I you know and again, I can only speak from my experience. I know at Paul Mitchell We put a lot of time money and energy into serving and empowering, you know our customers But if it's not if we're not getting the shift or the change that we're looking for Then isn't it time to take a look at what we're doing and that's in any business You know, you think about just even the social and digital Revolution one of my you just biggest biz heroes right now his name's Brian solis and he's a super smart guy and Right his latest book is titled WTF and you know, you got to love that and it What's the future of business and he's a super smart brainiac analyst guy and He he taught in in the book before that it was the end of business as usual And he's talking about when you look at Kodak and blockbuster and you start looking at these, you know Business models that have just been made extinct by you know new new and different stuff It just makes me look at our industry and say isn't it time, you know hairdressers should be able to make a living so long owners should be able to be successful and Not everybody of course. That's not the way the world works But if we're good, you know, it's just the same old definition of insanity stuff, you know what I mean So that was really what I was saying is not going after anybody But saying isn't it time that we all look in the mirror all of us and to that respect that that includes the hairdresser that includes All of us to look in the mirror and say we're doing all this activity like there's so much activity but Activity and results are you know, two totally different things, you know, and and so I think we get so hung up in that We this motivation Addiction that we have collectively that we are addicted to that short-term shot We get from those events yet. We don't really see a changed behavior. And so That was kind of the larger statement there and again, like I I'm I'm doing my part, you know, it's like I I'm not complaining. I'm contributing and I'm contributing through passion squared and I'm doing what I can to share the truth With my community and to be honest with my community And to give my community good information because look, we know there's a ton of bad information out there And so I'm doing my part. I just was kind of challenging everyone else to do theirs Yeah, I think that that's you nailed it because I I personally found in my career that I was spending all my time looking at someone else wondering What Was gonna happen for me and right and I think I think a lot of us do that we just sit back and we stare at I mean, I hopefully I wasn't sitting back, but um, you know, like there's just certain There's a corporate ladder or there's There's things that you should just go and do for yourself and and do what makes you happy and I finally I think that passion square dot net is something that you're doing. I I looked at, you know I was trying to research. Why did why did you walk away from what you were doing? And and why are you doing what you did now? I guarantee it's not the same pay As as what you were doing, right? No, right. So so you look at those things And don't get it twisted. I mean, right and you know, it's it's funny that you bring that up because that's the Subject of my book that's coming out a week from sunday What is it tells that story and and really gives people Kind of a template of what I used my template for following my heart, you know, right And and I do talk about money for sure. Well, you know, I mean obviously that's the reality of the world I mean, we're all You know, there's a free there's a free education website where I want hairdressers to come learn for free But if we're being completely honest, you know, it is it's something that you're trying to build it into a business But you're trying to inspire people at the same time and allow people that I I just try to think of what would I Have wanted to have When I was going through hair school or when I was a hairstylist just trying to search the internet trying to find something And I don't think there's things like that out there and and reading passion squared I mean, it's just inspiring article after inspiring articles, so Well, that's what I think Hi, hi, by the way, Nina. He's done. I'm all done now. I'm here. Well done. Thanks. Um No, I think one thing that is That I like about what we're doing that again Also, it's great that we have found you and seeing passion squared and bringing all this on board and fighting for the same side. I think When I was a new hairdresser, I worked in a lot of different salons and had a lot of different experiences with you know, just different environments and I think one of my very short-lived jobs that I really did appreciate was the first time I was in a place Where the hairdressers there prided themselves on being artists in this industry and on their spare time They would get together and you know do some hair work on mannequins come up with some looks talk about hair And that was when I realized that that was the kind of environment I wanted to be in Which is why I'm so proud to be a part of this now because I feel like We we might not be physically sitting down with everybody But now we're creating this community where hairdressers can come together and talk about hair and just their love of doing it from all corners of the globe and Totally and that's what it's about, you know, and you know, I I Even though my passion and my love with has always been stylist focus Um as I grew in my career. I got so far removed, you know, and it just wasn't good for my soul It just didn't it just didn't fit for me. So today, you know Every day I get to hang out with the people that I love and there's no greater gift Like I pinch myself every day. I can't believe that I created a business I can't believe that people read my blog I can't believe that even one person likes my facebook put like I am so Grateful and in awe of of of the the community and and them allowing me To serve them. I can't even believe it. Like it's just it's a trip. I'm it's just so grateful You know, I'm so into it. I love it. I think anytime you're doing something like we I mean, we're hanging out here We've been we got here what 10 o'clock this morning. So we're going on 12 hours and this is like fun This is what the industry. I think personally for me This is the fun side of it is just being able to collect things and share them You know and just and and grow it. That's what like I want people to understand that this is not like, uh We're not trying to develop this as a corporate an anti corporate thing This is just stop start looking at yourself and what you want to do with yourself and just go do it Just have fun and and see where it goes and just take risk and and and make something Don't yeah, don't sit around waiting for whatever you're waiting for. Well, you know Seth Godin talks about that, you know, not not waiting to be picked to pick yourself choose yourself I mean Seth Godin talks about all the time and you know, again, though that and that goes back to Really defining our our purposes individuals and a lot of times We latch on to other people's purposes and it's it's what I I learned when I was in rehab It's called other esteeming like you're looking to others to me Feel better about yourself. You know what I mean? Like you're you're taking on other people's identities I was I was one of those people So I love that when people start really like doing the inside work and feeling good about themselves That's when they start creating, you know, and then you get a little like like I get asked all the time about my blog I'm so dyslexic Like I'm sure you can tell by reading my blog half my words are backwards and you know misspelled, but I do it anyway Right, I do it anyway You know and I get better every day and so so who's Seth Godin? I don't know who that is Should I know Seth Godin is like one of the coolest writers And thought leaders and business minds marketing minds. He has a daily blog I highly recommend if you're passionate about business marketing Like the world subscribe. It's a super short blog. It comes in your inbox very early each morning And it's uh, Seth Godin.com. I think okay Yeah, he's radical and he's written Just he's just look him up. He's fantastic. He's okay. All right, cool. Just go. That was my thing too Just do it It's funny because I was um, I was talking to one of my clients this week He's like an seo or a search engine optimization guy if no one knows what that is. It's Barrett's looking at me like I was like, what is that? It's basically a stupid complicated word for search Yeah, exactly. So what are people are people searching? So I I researched on google. I googled this Googled seo to see what books are out there because I want to start reading books on it Because I want to get better at it so that freeslineeducation.com obviously comes up first before everyone else, right? So I'm uh, looking up books. Well, I find this guy who I googled and he had a recommendation list of books. Well, his books were the first five Books that he recommended and then it was everyone else. Well, I was like, you know what I'm gonna do I'm gonna buy the one the first one. That's not him Because that's probably the one that inspired him to write that book which is fine Right, we always get inspiration from from somewhere But um, you know, it's it's cool to look at the roots and I want to know who seth was seth godin was because Obviously if you love him a lot, cool, I talk about him a lot. I quote him a lot He's always been somebody that I admired, you know back when I was a traditional marketer Um, just he's just so right on it's it's ridiculous and he's very pro art Artist and when he talks about art, he's talking about any type of creation. So like I see myself as an artist even though, you know, I Did hair for two seconds. Well two years, but it's about like two seconds. That's a good amount. Yeah in this Seven and all years That's like 26 years ago though. So, you know, it's like Older than most of the you guys in the room that last one. I did air. Oh, that's why we guys were But anyways, I digress so, uh, yeah, he's cool and He's all about creating and you know saying a big fu to the status quo and he's just radical. I love him That's so cool. Well, I'm glad you mentioned him. Um, let me see. I think there was like one other thing Did you have something? He wrote down something I made I made brian sit down today and uh Because all so brian and barrett both work for paul mitchell as well So, but you were not part of paul mitchell when they started so So I'm I'm telling them about you and everything and so we're just going through and you had something I always have lots of things, right? Um, no, actually one of the things off of your blog that I love that I kind of just wanted to I hope you didn't reiterate it already while I was over there. Um Just one of the things that stood out to me It was advice that you were giving and it was probably one of the best pieces of advice that I ever received In uh in the beginnings of my career I uh, I was working in a salon that was a good salon I mean it was it definitely was a a great choice a great place to be But it was not in any way shape or form The kind of place that I needed to be for the kind of future that I wanted And uh what you had actually said if you want to become a better hair cutter find the person who's known as the best hair Cutter look at their website their images their videos on youtube and decide for yourself if you want to cut like them um And the advice that I got was actually from a former teacher of mine And we had met up one afternoon and we were just talking about things in the future and She was asking what I still wanted to do and I was talking to her about it and You know I wanted to go on and you know do platform work and do traveling education stuff And she kind of just stopped and looked at me and said You know if that's the kind of stuff that you want to do then you have to be around people that already do that in order to learn how to do it And I thought about it and I realized that You know she was right for me to sit there and say You know I I want to do this. I want this to be my career. I needed to be around You know people who had that career and I sort of that was sort of what that little excerpt from your blog Sort of brought me back to so I wanted to say I agree with you because uh that was A main advice for me because I packed up and I moved on to a salon With uh lots and lots of that influence and it definitely got me On the the track that I'm on now, which that's awesome. That's awesome. I will add one thing to that and I did used to used to share this with the beautiful awesome people Um at Palmetto when I worked with the artist And and one of the things that I'll always share and it's true of all of us It doesn't really matter what role we're in or what we're following We all do have to create our own story ultimately You know and that's really what you're doing now You know working with matt and being in the salon and doing this free salon education that you're really building your own story So yes, there's two parts to that. There's absolutely Find who your mentors are and stay close to them It's something that has served me through my entire career to this day I talked to my mentors I have found new mentors in the last two years that I've stalked on the internet that I've met face to face And and that's really important. But but the second half of that Is really building your own story and your own history and your own experience because that's where the real power comes from There's only so much Memorization and regurgitation of information that's given us that you know That we could that you know, we can do at the end of the day It is your story and what you bring to that message, especially if you're working for a manufacturer, you know and Oh, yeah, um, then it becomes super powerful, you know with the manufacturer message and your experience on top of that You know, it's it's that's that's the ultimate right? Well, and and what's cool is it's gonna sound cheesy and it's gonna sound like I'm saying this just because I'm sitting next to him But I feel like that is sort of what happened with Me with I'll stop it. It's not kissing up to my boss No, what happened when you want to refill with uh No, I mean I the first time I met him he was Doing a class in my beauty school. So obviously there was that certain level of Looking up to him and it was cool to you know grow Into the role of almost up here with him And now be here, you know with us growing this together. It's kind of cool. It's it's sort of you know Well, that's how I was raised up, you know, I mean, I'm at the palm of actual people in beauty school And my second month of beauty school. So it's like I latched on to them, you know from day one and I would never Have had the awesome career that I had or Met the people that I met or did the things that I did or traveled the world all the awesomeness that that ensued Thanks to that amazing company I would have never had any of that had I not locked onto Some killer mentors in the very beginning Um, and so, you know, it's it's it's the way that it works best I still believe it to this day. It's why mentoring is a big part of my business model Um, and why I'm on the web all day long helping people, right, you know, which is awesome It's one of those like we get emails every day just people that are just pouring out Um, it's just so it's so gratifying So to know whether you get a paycheck in the mail about it or not It's right. It's just it's it's gratifying. So, um The One more thing from you. You're gonna be at ISSE, right? I am. So why don't you tell us what what you're doing there? Oh my goodness. I'm so excited I've never um had a classroom at ISSE. So I feel really honored and it's crazy because you know Like I had said earlier, it's I've been in this business for a while And I feel like I'm just starting and it's so exciting I feel like I just got out of uni school And I'm starting my career and I'm just so like honored and freaked out that I have a classroom at this huge air show So what it is is it's called are you there salon? It's me client And it is all about becoming a more discoverable business in this new age of the social digital space And how to use that space and uh to be to generate, you know, build relationships generate referrals and ultimately revenue Um, so really like laser focused on word of mouth in, you know, the new word of mouth And then, you know, really digging into the platforms that that that can potentially drive those referrals and revenue and and One of the biggest challenges I see focusing on this social digital space as much as I do Is that people are so confused and I don't blame them because there's people out there That are saying you need to be on facebook and you need to be on this and be on twitter It's so ridiculously unreasonable and it makes no sense because It all starts with a business plan and a business objective and all of our objectives are different So, you know what I mean? So it's like I can't tell you to be on facebook unless I know your objective Uh, you know, so anyway, so I'm really breaking it down Um, it's an hour and a half. So it's gonna be really kind of hands-on, you know, as much as a business class could be hands-on But you know me We're gonna go down And uh, so yeah, I'm super stoked. So it's sunday and monday at the Hyatt There's like these business classrooms hidden in a corner somewhere that nobody knows exists that I'm gonna be in there And um 12 to 130 both days. So same class So you can and it's great because you can bring your lunch And your starbucks and sit down and play with us and then um, we're gonna have cookies passion squared cookies and stickers It's a great idea passion squared cookies. Yeah, and my new stickers. I have some stickers So we got lots of stickers. You can tell that we're all hairdressers and we haven't eaten all day You said cookies and we're all like, oh my god cookies sweet I know so yeah, so that's is at the um So stoked that's so cool and uh, congratulations on that and we need we need you to somehow If you could some time, I don't even know if you do you have videos of anything Do you put out videos ever? Oh, goodness. We need to create some nina cool. I know what I said to Nina I'm like, so I'm gonna have you up on this big 40 inch screen So I thought I was gonna have it and then she's like, well, I'm gonna have to get a makeup artist and a hair 2014 is the year of the video for me and passion squared Okay, well, can we can we get a couple maybe this year and we can put them up on freesong education and push them towards passion squared Yeah, I mean I and I've got webinars but um It's different. I know webinars are cool. We would honestly my my thing this year Last year was building it and actually creating a name for it This year I want to start connecting with people like you and just people that I think are awesome and and a valuable person to Uh to what we're trying to create and adam to I don't want it just to be us on there I think it's I want it to be a resource just for you know Hair just just to click around be happy to contribute. Anyway. I can are you kidding me? I love you awesome I love you. I love what you're doing and um Yeah, totally anything I could do to out and I talked to randy from hairbrain.me the other day And I'm gonna try to get him on in a couple weeks. He said next week. He's at isse as well So he's one of my favorite humans on the planet. I can't wait to talk to him. I've never met him Um, so I'm looking forward to talking to him. We're gonna have him on here. So maybe he'll be the first He's a little he's he's an angel his talent Hair his talent and photography video is Beyond one of my favorite humans. I love I love his website. I think it's the coolest thing ever Yeah, and that's why I'm hoping that you know, I would like to Just enhance what is happening. That's why I try to load as much Content as I can on there because I just I love what he's doing and I think it's really cool so yeah, and jarard and kelly and randy they're they're just Hairbrained is you know my family and you know, we all work together and we all support each other and and love each other very much And there's actually going to be a hairbrain meetup at isse if anyone's going to be in long beach next sunday night at the Hyatt bar Okay, um, that's a great place to have a meeting and it's super cool because the hair nerds are going to be there Hairbrain's there passion squared is there everyone's going to be there and there's prizes and lots of stickers more stickers Will there be cookies? Well, I don't know So tell me about the hair nerds because I saw them retweet or tweet you Um, yeah, and I know I've heard I've heard it. Tell me about them real quick before we leave you And before this becomes the hair nerds are super cool. They're they're like my little soul sisters Um, Erin and Carrie They started the hair nerds. It's over a couple years ago right before passion squared Um, and they stalk hairdressers in the industry and write about them Okay So like they literally go from show to show or like shoot to shoot or event to event and and and literally like Share the awesomeness that's being created by the top artists in our industry. Oh, very cool And um, they are just not only just amazing beautiful girls But they really are building this incredible Following of people that are totally into Getting behind the scenes of these artists, you know, because you know, I know I'm still such a geek when it comes to the people that I stalk and I'm in the front row and I'm there three hours early And I still do that. Are you kidding me? Yeah, I know Oh, I still do the I totally do that And and so what they do is they take that kind of behind the scenes And they bring it to the forefront through their social through their blog and that type of thing So they're really capturing a super authentic essence Of the artist that we love, you know, the artist that we stalk and and and you know that we love right All right, cool. Well as the hair nerds dot com All right, perfect. So we've plugged everyone tonight. I think yes. We have I think that's good Hopefully lots of people will watch this. We're now getting I think about a thousand views a week on these So not bad not bad. Not at all. So, um, nina That's so awesome. Yeah, we just you know, we just hit we just hit a million views on on youtube. I saw that So it's cool. We're happy a million views means Two million eyeballs That's true Well, let's not get ahead of ourselves. There might have been a couple of accidents out there I mean that look all those people that are so stoked about that what you guys are putting out there Like, you know, so much gratitude for those two million two million eyeballs. That's true. Well, we hope all of them liked it Um, thank nina. Thank you so much. I maybe we'll get you back on after isc. I want to hear about it Totally, I would love to so anytime we're going to uh, we're gonna go to uh tip of the day And bear it. I don't know what happened, but your tip is not here and I've searched my computer I got to reprocess it. So I promise I will get barrett's tip out tonight But we're gonna have to play we're gonna play the scissor tip from today. Unfortunately. Um, it's still a cool tip I'm saying it because it's from me and I don't I don't I'm not trying to take barrett's thing because She did it today, but we have a little pony a cool ponytail. You want to explain what it was It was like a it was more like a ponytail where you can kind of dress it up It almost instead of braiding you just crisscross two pieces over and under and over and under and then just put a little So the video on the bottom and that's about it. Yeah, the video is done. So tonight I will get that up So right now we're gonna play a tip from I put together I'm putting together a series We've we've launched two of the videos two steps in the 14 steps to becoming a better haircutter So it's just like the little tiny Details that make you a great haircutter. So I hope you guys enjoy this video I'm gonna play it for you and then we're gonna come back. We're gonna break down Celebrity styles of the week. We're gonna talk about the hair brand video awards real quick And um, I think that'll be good and then we got an unboxed color track for brian So you can see what cool things we got so a lot more to come back So just watch this quick three minute video on a tip on how to hold your scissors and we will be back guys Um, we're gonna stay by the nina in a second, but by nina. Thank you so much Thank you Hey guys Matt Beck free salon education.com i'm here with tip number two and this tip is all about How to use the scissor so I want to show you a little exercise that I like to do that helps me Just move the one blade. That's the key thing that you've got to learn after you know what your comb is about You know what your scissors are all about you've got to know how to work this thing before you even touch hair So let's take it out. What what I like to do is just hold it in my hand nice and firm Let go of my thumb So I keep the scissor steady as soon as I can keep that scissor steady and I got the grip on there So basically what I'm doing is pushing down with my pinky. That's what this thing's for a lot of people don't know that Push that down and push it up against my pointer finger So that's going to keep it nice and steady Then what I'm going to do is flip my hand over And I can add my thumb in and just move the one blade So once I get that this is a great exercise for you to do just sitting in front of the tv Anywhere that you are stay away from the kids But just work your scissor move that one thumb And work it I honestly when I was in beauty school I bought a huge pair of metal scissors that I would use and I would just sit on the couch because I didn't want to ruin my Good scissors So I would sit on the couch these big metal scissors almost like I was doing a workout But you know, that's what builds up the muscle It's a muscle memory that you got to build up in your hand and then as soon as you have that It's hard to even cut differently So just work on moving that one blade and practice it in different ways So there's going to be different situations on top of your hand like this, right? And there's going to be a palm to palm and then cutting Point cutting so all these different ways so practice that Palm it get your comb in your hand work through here. So comb cut comb Cut get good at that if you can't do this quickly Then you're not going to be able to cut hair quickly efficiently and it's not going to look like it flows together So if you want to get great at haircutting, you want to really work on these fine little details This is what makes you great at haircutting is practicing these little things And then we need to understand it. So step by step work through it Practice all these different movements and you'll be good to go We'll go talk about point cutting and all of that in a different video But just practice the movement of it and make sure that you're only moving that one blade as you cut hair Thank you guys. I hope you enjoyed this tip Subscribe to us on youtube so you can follow each and every tip that we create and we'll see you guys on the next video Thanks. I hope you enjoyed that tip. We are back. Nina is put away. We put Nina on the floor Thanks, Nina. We love Nina. That was great. Um, such a big help. We had to get a spot for Barrett Barrett's been sitting on the floor the whole time. Um, All right, so so splitting hairs in full effect Nina. That was awesome She a lot of great information definitely check out passion squared dot net And you'll get a lot of inspiration and uh, all the other people that we talked about seems great as well So, uh, let's answer some questions from social media. How's that sound? Do you want to go with this? Heck? Yeah Yeah, you do. All right, let's see Uh, first one. Oh perfect first one was a nice compliment to me It was on the uh, the color the toning video that we just put up. Okay I'm not I can't pronounce the name your youtube name. Thank you very much I've been in hair school Uh for 10 months graduating in two weeks the video made toning seemed so much easier The way the chart is made it a lot more clear to me. Thank you. Thank you. That's from sierra hxo Yeah, I'm right. Um, no, I'm opening out. Thanks I'm glad that uh, you liked the video. It was fun. The chart was great. I threw that together in about three minutes Uh, and you know what? I'm glad that clearly you're like me I need that kind of visual to understand That sort of thing. So I'm glad that it was able to uh, to give you a little something Yeah, and I think that that chart is really a uh, a pretty standard Yeah, I mean I because I actually I I googled different, uh Different charts of that sort to find one that's gonna you know inspire me to To be my inspiration for that one and there's so many of them Right that that's that's that was a pretty much stripped down standardized version of it. So Okay, and then we had uh, this one this question. I can't pronounce that name as well, but uh The hint I have a couple questions. I'm currently looking for a salon. What is the best tip you guys can give me? For a job interview so I will get the dream job Um, I also would like to ask how many pictures can I enter into the blonde contest? So okay, so Second question is easy blonde contest enter as many pictures as you want We're gonna do a contest on some subject every month that we're gonna do a giveaway for that So we love seeing your pictures. Just post them on our facebook flood it I know a lot of people get upset when you post on their facebook not us post away. We love it. So um Then I'm currently looking for a salon. What is the best tip to get that dream job? The dream job there's not a tip to get personally for me I think you need to scope out your salon. We've talked about this before but scope out the salon that Uh looks like your dream job once you figure that salon out like if you're gonna come apply here My thing for you would be to hang out with us. It's the way that you get anywhere in this business whatsoever Is going and hanging out with the people that are doing what you want to do and then eventually They're gonna keep you on they're gonna keep you with them. So you have to do that I think even before that before you try to you know scope out the salon to find if they've got what you want Obviously the first thing you're gonna have to do is be honest about what you want You know, you'd got to If education is really really important to you then obviously that's going to be something that you want to find in the salon If you really are not that into education, then I don't know why you didn't be listening to this right now but You know, if that's if you know what i'm saying if there are certain things that you know You could do without or certain things that you absolutely could not do without you really need to figure that out Because finding the green the dream job is going to be up to you finding the right salon for yourself and for your future And then just making sure that you really you stick to your guns to get what you want because You deserve it Well, I think just finding like matt said this or even just the surrounding area I know I came to new hope to work because I grew up coming to new hope and thought it was Just a lot of fun. I just happened to get lucky that matt bought the salon after that, so I kind of fell into that but I came into The salon it was before saying oh, this just seems like a fun place to work in a place I would want to surround myself in so Yeah, when we bought the salon it was it was buy salon get barrett free It was a great deal. We've capped her ever since um, let's see So we did we did we do sarah? No, we didn't do sarah This was from the how to modernize a pompadour video, which me and brine did brine did the color And I did the cut. I love love love the cut in color. I do agree. The music is too loud I can't hear you talking. Also. What color formulation did you use? Let me answer the um music part Please so we've had some issues with music on our videos and I completely Understand it. So I just want to let you guys know we have adjusted how we do music on the videos We will be doing intro music And then the music will go away and we will talk and it will be empty just like this Yeah, I know To be honest the music was a comfort thing So it's just more comfortable when you hear music in the background and it's not just an empty voice But after we've done this for a while and we've heard better equipment Yeah got better equipment and we just have before yeah originally We had the music in the background because the microphones are so bad that they had this horrible hissing sound So if you had the music playing you couldn't hear the hissing sound well now Obviously we've uh invested in this and uh So we have the equipment. So now we've taken out the music in the background Intro outro. That's it. And we will not overload you with music that you don't like and we honestly don't really like either It's just what youtube lets us use. There you go. So um color formulation was just uh Use pole Mitchell sinker lift as you if you watched my uh my color videos That's my favorite one for using any kind of hand painting because of the no swelling And still having a great consistency and power So that's what I used in his hair just sinker lift with 20 volume Because you know good even lift works quick enough that i'm not sitting there all day And uh did a really nice job Okay, next one how to how to modernize a pompadour again a lot of questions on this video this week. Um From lu he says great cut one question. What brand of combs are you using what brand of combs we're using ys park Probably for the most part. That's what we're using Get your ys park combs at hairbrain.me. They have a huge selection. You'll love them there We don't sell we have a couple ys park combs, which is cool one Yeah, if you're looking for a white tail comb, we're good. We got you but hairbrain.me has an awesome selection. Um And yeah, go there. So check it. They have great prices and good and you get some stickers, I think uh, william William is is a good friend of ours. He wants he has a question about the acro Type z2 scissors from is it tony? He says what's the difference between the z1 and the z2? um, I talked to A little nervous here. I talked to let me uh pull these up so you guys can see them I'll see if I can hold them up a little bit closer So this is the acro type z2 scissor the difference is right here in the blade So see how it gets a little fatter right here in the center part Well, the center gets fatter and that is the type z2 the type z1 gets fatter at the Base or back of the the blade and gets sharper towards the point. So that's really the only difference They say a lot of barbers use this scissor. Is that an aesthetic thing or does it change the cutting? It's well, it makes it a little more powerful in the center a little more. So the longevity of it. So basically it's like Actually, I'm not gonna say that analogy. They're both great scissors Um, he said barbers pick this a lot because it's a little bit tougher hair And it's gonna last longer This scissor uh, just because of the where the blade gets a little bit thicker But some people like how it goes to a point a little quicker So I think they did the type one and they they also did the type two So you can kind of pick which one you like same concave blade Uh, everything else is the same. What I said Brian got his nose pierced yesterday Spare the moment this week. He got tattooed this week. He got pierced and every time he does that I'm like, you're allowed. It's fine. But don't say out every five minutes. I know why for be tough Well, I forgot it was there. If you're gonna get pierced and you're gonna get tattooed then just be tough. I'm tough super tough Okay, um, well this here. Okay, so pop a door haircut. Um So 300,000 views on that Insane pretty awesome 600,000 eyeballs. Thank you Nina. Um, will this haircut work with wools clippers and trimmers too Um, yes That is official. Yes, it will work with every clipper. Um So long as they were so I think we did yeah, just um use the blades use the attachments Um, what I would say is when you use a plastic guard Plastic guard is a little different than than using the metal blades metal blades A two on a metal blade and a two on a plastic guard are a little bit different That the two with the plastic guard is going to be longer So just be careful because I know when I first bought My set of the metal blades from austere I went in with a two guard because I was used to Using a two and it was super short. So, um, you know, just be careful With that play around with it first. But yeah, you can use any clipper and Trimmer to create that I'm mad at wall Um, why are you mad at wall? Sorry, because they have commercials telling guys to cut their own hair. Yeah. Well, that's true. Auster doesn't have that that's for sure. Um, let's see Oh, this is a brit she's Brittany ordered some stuff from us online. So thank you for that and she loves the color formulation 101 Um, understanding why it works. I think was that your video or mine? I think it was yours. Mine didn't have a 101. Okay. Well, she says once it gets to you, it's way more advanced At least the three she says art books art books help too. And I think that that's totally true It's What we do it's with color It makes it is very artistic and if you look at art books, they're going to tell you how to formulate how to create colors So I think that's important. They just don't tell you how to neutralize Um, where hair goes, I guess they tell you how to neutralize color. Well, they they talk about it in the same thing I think that's one reason because I was always really into art growing up And uh, I think that's one reason I took to color so quickly in hair school because you know, we knew The complementary colors. We knew the color wheel. You're taught the color wheel Just as far as you know, understanding what's going to look good together, you know, you're you're taught aesthetically yellow and violet go together because Where they sit on the color wheel it just works. So It was just a slight translation Uh issue when you get into into the hair world now Yellow and violet. Yeah, they go together, but they also cancel each other out. So I get that the art and Yes, I agree All right, there you go, and I'm done. Um pompadour haircut. Can you get this haircut with really thick hair? Yes, you can you just got to work with the density. It's a little bit different. Um, you're probably gonna change Where on the like probably on the parietal where you put the haircut for me. I think Um, if you have really thick dense hair, um It just it's gonna stick out more. It's gonna poof out more. So just make sure that you know You you focus on the density, but yeah, you can definitely Get that haircut with really thick hair. Um Let me see. Hello, you make amazing work. Thank you so much. I have one question Oh, where'd you buy that amazing blow dryer holder the freestyle systems? So Freestyle systems.com. Um Is to answer Amir's question. Um, he said that blow dryer on the air I dream to get this in five years. So Uh freestyle systems.com. Check them out. Give them a call. Um, because they can help you out with all of that Sweet, let's see. I think that's it for that. We have Drea with trending tresses I was gonna say we do have a question on facebook. Oh cool. Yeah, what you got? All right. I have darlene He commented I need your advice. I have a client with extremely thick hair and is wavy Not a pretty way. She likes it smooth and it's about below her shoulders I have done some undercutting a ka reverse layers, but I fear it's going to make it worse. How would you go about This keeping in mind she She will straighten it and wear it in a mom ponytail Okay It's a haircutting question Because i'm trying to figure it out. All right, so what's the actual like question in there? Yeah, she asking how to hide the hair when they put them up in this ponytail. Yeah, yeah Well, that's I mean it's that's a good description, but I mean it Well, I guess start from the end of that because like she said understand this is what the woman's gonna do with her hair Then she needs to start with that and work backwards. You know, it it's not necessarily how great You can make this hair look when she's done. You got to be honest If this woman's gonna have her hair in a ponytail every single day Then that should almost be how you plan that look You know plan something that's gonna work out. I love the ponytail cut But you know what that's in all honesty, that's what it is You're not going to be creating if she's going to be straightening this hair every day and throw it in the ponytail then You might put a little less I don't know. I I wouldn't go real super short with layers if she's got a real tough texture And it's going to be going back all the time. You better make sure that all the hair makes it to the ponytail Yeah Yeah, I think we've gone over this I think before but I think probably the key is do not No matter what no matter how your artistic feel is you have to please the client and if you cut it too short The layering too short and she can't pull it back then if that's what she wants to do then we got to make sure that that happens Right Did we answer that question? I was so like Because I had to do that and this at the same time. I didn't hear the whole thing Kind of yeah, it was it was she said what haircut you're gonna give I just make sure it's something's gonna work with the ponytail long layers Yeah, I mean the yeah Yeah, I think that's all you can All right and go. Okay, so um That's it. That's all those questions. Uh, mike says hi on youtube. He's like, hi guys. Hi everyone. Hi mike. What's up? So, uh, okay, so we're gonna get into trending tresses Uh, draya has some cool stuff here and then we'll finish with color tracks and we'll call it a night So draya, here's the deal also because of the chaos and the slime being very busy We don't have we're gonna have to change the segment From it was gonna be also good man buns. Yeah, that can go until next week. So our man buns will be next Friday. That's fine I'm completely okay with that Okay, that was a filler one So, okay. Yeah, like like we need more time. Okay. Let's get let's get going. So okay first trending tress Oh, diane diane ketan So I know brian's upset right now because it's not in the right before and after format. I'm making peace with it So she's rocking her gray hair. Yeah, she's supporting, you know, she's going a little bit more Are natural and embracing her gray and I think it's awesome And I think it's a cool way to do it. She's got that gray ombre going. Yeah, exactly You know letting the gray be that natural root and then having it you know turned into something pretty cool Looking down through those ends. I'm glad she let the layers grow out. Yeah. Yeah Yeah, that's some nasty layers right there. But yeah, she um, I love it. I I think the natural look I mean, obviously that doesn't help us get paychecks, but um, you can still do, you know, different things. Yeah Ombre and some this could become a look you want really long gray roots. All right. That's the next thing. Let's make this happen All right, uh, let's see. I'm doing a video. Is there an order you want to go in dry? Uh, whatever one you pull up. I'll go from there. All right. Here we go All right, so this is from the golden globes. Uh, kate beckon stale Oh, um, I just thought it was really pretty nice messy Bun updo that you know, we're seeing these are going to be our Styles that we're going to be looking at for the next year I think a lot of people are going with something really simple really easy Just kind of almost look like they threw it up themselves. I saw that a lot on the golden globes In this I loved that this is happening. Thank you. I can do that too. Come on You know, I think I think she's about to wash her face Yeah, but it's really, I mean it's cool. I like that it's to the side Um, I like that the pieces are kind of falling out and it looks good. That looks really cool I love to the side updos because I'm a big fan I I think it's because they also you don't have to keep them symmetrical You don't have to keep them symmetrical and uh, they photograph really nicely. That's what I think is really awesome about them Okay, and uh, so next we have Oh, we have Amy Adams This is also from the golden globes. Yes. Yeah, okay all of these All the formal looks all the formal looks are from the golden globes And you know, we talked a lot about over the last couple episodes with um braids Braids are not going anywhere. It's a simple way to pull everything back. You know, I love it. It's simple I don't like this one. You don't like yeah, I don't know if anybody's with me, but I think I mean, I'm not I don't like the little twisty braids into the thing It's not my if it does feel with the twisty stuff. It does feel a little 90s junior prom Yeah, I do like the braids in the bun though. It's just missing the uh the butterfly barrette who's wings actually Braids in the bun would be I do like the braids in the bun and it twists around I think that's a cool style. Maybe we can put together something to show that we can do that But the um, but yeah, I liked it more if it was smooth up into that big I hate that they took that little triangle. I was gonna say in the front which that is very trendy But maybe for someone a little younger It is for younger for I guess more teenager you would say but not yeah Okay, but we love you Amy Adams. Yes, we do I don't know her I love this. All right. So what I love about Kate Blanchett's uh Style is that it's her hair is actually longer and they've just done the nice little tucked under bob With the as the updo formal style big fan of the tuck under bob because it's You almost it makes you think did they cut their hair? Didn't they cut the hair you talk about them a little bit more when they have something like this It gives you options and what I think is good with her wearing this even though she has long hair Especially in hollywood right now. It's so many people just chopped all their hair off So this is just a nice illustration of a classy way to wear that that new bob that you just decided to get Yeah, but you still have to look pretty You know just showing How a good polish can really make you know, what would be a very simple haircut look incredible All right All right t-swift T-swift probably I didn't watch but probably making dirty looks the whole entire time I really watched part of it, but I don't really know. Okay. Well her hair Well, it's better than the last I like her hair actually. I really like it. I think it's pretty impolished It's not her normal really tight little curls that she had been rocking for so many years But I like it because it it has polished to it because the last award show thing whatever the musical american music awards She was at she looked horrible and looked like she blew out her own hair with the hotel blow dryer Still angry about that Still angry, but this this it brings it back a little bit. I like it. It's soft as polished. It's it's pretty. She looks good Okay, here's my favorite one. Yeah Oh, hey, love this joder I I'm not a fan of this Um, I think she was trying to go for a little height on top and it was not she was trying to look like Miley Cyrus without actually having the guts not committing to it Yes, I think maybe if she had put it into a ponytail and done this It might have worked a little bit better for her making more of her like picked it up off her shoulders Exactly. Yeah. Yeah and a little more pomade would have been nice Not enough pomade on that. I like the look of having the the smooths and then the big title. I love that I like the mo it's like a mohawk. Yeah. Yeah, it just it feels unfinished It wasn't executed. It just looks like it's almost tucked behind her ears I feel like her hair was down and they were like we have to show off these earrings So they just kept shoving it back there But can I just say though we might not like the style of that to look at that It's pretty damn seamless to see they got some serious volume in through that top And there's not one single area that I can see in this picture where it looks like they were hiding anything That is true. It's very true. I mean that was that's that's a it's a good execution of a look that I just particularly don't love right Perfect. Good. Well said Thanks. I love this Yeah, it's another Point that braids aren't going anywhere. We love this because we can do this I couldn't do it. No the uh, this is I like it because it is kind of messy But I do like how it kind of tucks in and pulls off the face. I like that Um, I can't you know, I can't really tell what the back look like, but I like it a lot We got here The dudes the dudes Um It's dude hair. Yeah, you know, but I think it goes back to you know, dudes are styling their hair Yeah, more gels coming back a little bit Thicker pomades. Yeah Sleeked back except for Orlando Bloom. He still looks like he just got done surfing. Yeah He does a good job with that look though All right, we have we have uh Another braid. Yeah, so this one I thought was interesting because it's not only braids coming away from her face But there's actually seven braids that are hanging down throughout her hair Which when dryas showed me this picture, I totally did not say I saw two little braids on the side I didn't see it at all and then I was like, oh wait, there's hidden braids in her hair But I thought it was an interesting way to add texture to the hairstyle without You know using an iron tool for it It's definitely a fun play on texture something that you can just really throw into your hair Go out make it a little bit more fun for the night Yeah, I like it. Cool. I like braids everywhere. Yay braids fish tail. All right, and then we have uh Is that everybody? I think that was it. Yeah. Yeah. All right. Cool. Busted through that, huh? Oh, that's a bad move. All right. Um You did yes Okay, we're gonna keep talking like nothing happened, but I was gonna be me Okay, so let's talk about our blonde contest real quick Uh the blonde contest we've gotten lots and lots of entries into it, right? Yes. Actually I'm pretty happy with what I'm seeing out there. There's some really good blonde going on. So what is your uh, What's your favorite one? Uh, mine on the flyer No, I don't know. I I haven't picked a favorite. Oh, let me pull out the flyer actually. Here it is. I haven't picked a favorite yet We uh, we're gonna wait. How long do we have left in the contest? Well the contest is January So, yeah, we're gonna end it. Uh, January 31st on splitting hairs. We'll announce it We're gonna do the last Friday of every month. Awesome. So, uh, we'll be able to announce it on splitting hairs So that'll be good. And uh, all right. Cool. So let's uh, the last thing I want to talk about is the hair brain video awards Uh, this is cool because this is something we I think we do have a a video in that We do which is cool. So I'm hoping we'll be there. We'll be at the uh At ibs. Oh, we have that classroom. So hopefully you guys can check it out But make sure that you check out hairbrained dot me and you can find out all the information on that class Here's the uh, here's the information a little bit of the logo at least there you go. All right and then And ours oh and our logo. Yes All right guys. Well, I think that that is pretty much we summed it up Did you want we want to oh, let's do the color track real quick and then we'll That'll sum it up. So color tracks sent us a package which always makes us very excited Yes, so let's check out the color track package. It's like crevice So, um, I I did kind of glance at it, but I didn't let brian look at it because he's the one that gets really excited about this stuff like christmas First of all, I see bubble wrap I see many many many things. So these are things that we're going to add to our videos our Color videos brian's going to be uh shooting some more color videos So it's cool when uh companies kind of chip in color tracks been very supportive of what we're doing. So Um, definitely Do what you can to support color track. This is cool. All right. We like this. Let's just talk about this now So typically the reason for having A couple of different colors of foil is if you're foiling two different formulations to keep you from like losing your way Losing your place And what's cool is they now have got It reminds me of a box of nerds candy. Yeah, it's got it's completely sectioned Down the the middle and it's got just regular silver foil on one side And it's actually really pretty like lavender purple on the other side So rather than having two big boxes or two huge pot like piles of foil It's nice. It's neat. It's holding it together for you and you can go through and crank that out. So very cool. That'll be awesome Uh, let's see. We also have a fantastic little whisk, which I like because Yeah, it's I like using this stuff for lighteners Mini whisk it gets in there tightening into the little creases of bowls. I thought this was a keychain No, it's cool though You can put it on your keys. No, it's okay Yeah, fair enough. All right, what else? We got some crocodile clips always a big fan of those Anxious to see how strong they are. I like crocodile clips, but I don't like weak ones. So let's see Oh a spatula another spatula. I'm digging this little This is cool. Exciting. That's what I use to make scrambled eggs, but bigger So I'm excited. We'll we'll use it here in the salon. I think it would be probably cool for uh ombre Stuff like that or painting hair painting Yeah It's also to help scrape the color off of the side of the bowl Is that what it says? Yeah Scrape hair color from the sides of color bowls. Thank you. I cannot wait for that. There you go We'll do a video on that some really cool bowls and brushes here. Nice bright colors yellow is my favorite. I'm using it tomorrow Here you go. Okay. So color tracks. Thank you. Thanks color track. I'm excited about this Thank you for the stuff that you sent we're going to use them in the video so you guys can see how they work And uh and that's that's pretty much that I think I want to think uh The people that kind of help help put on for freesaloneducation.com. They support us In helping us advertise and helping us just get the word out there We have millennium. We have freestyle systems. Let me see if I can move them over there and uh And yeah, I think we it's successful with a lot of a lot of buttons over here But I think I got a lot of things happening. So thank you guys so much for watching splitting hairs and uh We love you guys anything going on on facebook. Jaya. Are we good? Do you want to know our instagram name so that we can And guess what? I even got that up there So instagram you can follow us on instagram at freesaloneducation. You can see brian's there draia and barrett's That's awesome and draia do you have the uh If it gets the music she's just okay. She's just facebooking over there. I was checking on facebook She's chilling, but we're good. No no questions. Uh, there was one more question Okay, what's that? Oh, but wait. Oh, hold on. Let's never end this. I don't want to go home. Let's just keep going till next Friday I'm gonna be here tomorrow morning. So why not just stay all right? Let's do man buns. This is from laura Okay, she's got so I have a question today. I experienced a very Inappropriate client. What would you say is the best way to deal with the situation? I've got this one Barrett has dealt with this before honestly the thing that I do is You do try to get you try to get them in and out But you still want to give them a good experience without making yourself feel really uncomfortable and those around you very uncomfortable So I really try to focus on something that like bring up a topic that maybe they can't turn into something inappropriate so I think just that's you just really honing your skills on Taking it to like talking about yoga talking about Nones, maybe yeah Just really focusing on something that they really can't take that to that level Sometimes they do take it to that level even with something like that But I think it's just really easy to try to focus on something positive And how's the weather a weather weather's really good for that one talk about snow Yeah, I think as a hairstylist we have to control the situation and the conversation and and people are definitely going to be Disrespectful sometimes, but like you said, that's great advice. I've watched barrett do this before I think it's just you gotta you gotta mold the conversation into You know it being what you want it to be Yeah Right away barrett as soon as this person walks in barrett starts the conversation right right away because I don't even let it happen She just starts the conversation and it works and and it's a good experience though all the way around It is it is I have to say that so if you need any more advice about that just Message barrett message me look her up. That's what we're here for All right guys. Well, thank you so much for uh being part of splitting hairs again I think this is a record episode for sure. Yeah hour and 16 minutes solid and I hit the record button So there's no we're not losing any of it. Thank you guys for watching splitting hairs We will see you next Friday night around eight o'clock eight ish somewhere between eight and nine to soft eight eight and eight thirty All right guys. Thank you so much for watching splitting hairs. 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