Adventures in Beauty School

[ScreaminNormanSmiley]

Did you take my advicee?

 

[Pepe Silvia]

...Hey. Jose.

TOS > TNG

 

[DirtyJosé]

Fun times Joss. How long will you be in Cosmetology school?

Probably another year. 1600 hours of class and salon time before I can take my state board exams, and I'm at maybe 350 hours or so right now.

Did you take my advicee?

I was too busy sucking at perms. I did scope out some nice bags for next time, though.

...Hey. Jose.

TOS > TNG

Indeed. Much better hairstyles in the original.

 

[Remy LaCroix]

Do you have any clue on how to maintain long, curly hair? Like, mine is frizzy as hell. I haven't been to a salon in ages.

 

[DirtyJosé]

Conditioner. If it's something I had learned long ago from my ex before I started classes it's that when it comes to hair products, you really do get what you pay for. Professional quality stuff is always going to be better than what you find on a Safeway shelf. Take a better look at the stuff they sell wherever you get your hair done. It's not always practical to pay for such stuff, but usually it's more concentrated than store bought stuff, and is much much more effective.

Another thing to look at would be a leave-in conditioner spray. This will be cheaper than fancy conditioner from the salon, and pretty effective. It's quite simple to use, and fits nicely with having long hair.

Lastly, don't wash your hair with shampoo every day. Go more for every other day, or even as little as 3 times a week. Curly hair like yours is hungry for moisture and prone to drying very easily, causing the cuticle (essentially the scales on your hair) to expand wide, which makes it frizzy. Seeing as how you live in Texas, this would explain the frizziness. Washing with shampoo everyday strips the hair of essential oils and causes it to dry even faster. Instead, condition it every day and shampoo irregularly.

 

[One Punch Doug Crashin]

Aint that the truth. all the haircutters in my salon are either Stylists or Master Stylists. As long as you tell them what you want they'll figure it out along the way.

 

[DirtyJosé]

Actually, now that I think about it, living by the coast in Texas is all humidity. That right there is the number one reason for the frizzy hair.

 

[DirtyJosé]

Aint that the truth. all the haircutters in my salon are either Stylists or Master Stylists. As long as you tell them what you want they'll figure it out along the way.

My GF has never really had a single stylist, even though she's in a profession where she probably should. I've had to teach her how to engage a stylist. Talk to them. The more they know about you and your hair, the better service they can provide in the long run.

 

[Hawkeye]

Actually, now that I think about it, living by the coast in Texas is all humidity. That right there is the number one reason for the frizzy hair.

It's the only reason for frizzy hair. But since I'm black and my hair's automatically frizzy, it just makes it itch.

When you start studying black people's hair,make sure to find out what kinda styling products Otunga uses. I love the way he spikes his hair sometimes

 

[DirtyJosé]

It's the only reason for frizzy hair. But since I'm black and my hair's automatically frizzy, it just makes it itch.

When you start studying black people's hair,make sure to find out what kinda styling products Otunga uses. I love the way he spikes his hair sometimes

Probably some hardcore pomade. I'll keep my ears open for you.

 

[Goliath Uterus]

So hair stylists are paid pretty well?

 

[DirtyJosé]

They can be. High end work is pretty involved and costs a pretty penny. If you can master a few unique skills, develop a good clientele base, and manage your time in the salon well, you could make tons of money. Remember that in a simple place like Supercuts, a hair cut is $15-$20, and you'll be able to get more out of many customers with shampoo service and coloring and such. In a high end salon, the average customer spends $50-$75 per visit, and that's not even including things like perms, straightening, and coloring. On top of that, many clients will come in as often as every week for service.

I mean, it's not like I'm a banker or a doctor, but it certainly beats the shit jobs I've done in life thus far.

 

[Goliath Uterus]

Shit, that sounds pretty tight. I wouldn't be againest doing shit like that, I suck at school, and I love women, so this shit sounds pretty great.

 

[Hawkeye]

Shit, that sounds pretty tight. I wouldn't be againest doing shit like that, I suck at school, and I love women, so this shit sounds pretty great.

Amen to that,broseph.

 

[DirtyJosé]

So, yeah, school.

The Haircutting 1 class was different. All the other hair stuff I had taken so far was most styling or some sort of process (Perm, Coloring, etc...). I'm not sure why I put off haircutting so long, but I did. Silly, because even though I'm pretty slow at it, it's what comes most naturally to me. So many people get turned off to it (and other parts of the program) because one thing holds them up. People were getting frustrated because they hadn't already mastered making laser accurate parts with the hair, or having trouble holding hair in their fingers. You know those times when people talk about doing something like learning guitar or working out, and they're like "keep at it, you'll learn you can do anything if you work at it" or some shit? This is a lot like that. In fact, my fingers have not hurt so much since I started playing guitar 11 years ago.

You watch the teacher give a demonstration, and things like parting and moving the hair around look so easy. Of course, you don't realize watching it that it's so fluid to them because they've been doing it for far longer than you have. When you try to replicate it, everything looks sloppy and messy. Keep at it though. Anything you start out at you're probably going to suck at. Keep practicing. Some techniques you just can't learn overnight.

Creeper Asian dude is still around, though he seems to have mellowed out some. I think enough bitches put him in check for him to realize how to act around people. Good for him.

Been listening to a lot of The Cardigans while I slave away through those 4 hour haircutting sessions...don't know where that came from.

Still a little weirded out about working on a real person.