A Hair Obsessed Julia Slike

Wendy's hair obsession started as a tween doing hair on herself and her mom and friends in hight school asked ‘’who does your hair’’? In Jr College she stumbled upon Cosmetology in the course catalog which she thought could be cool. Knowing she would not have sanity being full time mom + working, Wendy put her career on pause for 16 years to raise her 3 boys ages 14-16-18 and has been back behind the chair FT for the past 2 years.  Now, ‘'They don’t even know if I’m at home or work and just text me whats for dinner?’’ Always knowing she was going to go back (she just didn’t know when) she went to the Long Beach hair show every year to keep up with trends. She’s been licensed since 1999 and just opened her salon suite ''bespoke hair design'' in Irvine, CA.



PRO TIPS:⭐️ hair is such a unique thingWhen you cut someones hair — 10 different people with same hairstyle it’s going to look different

⭐️ a great mentor will build confidence

WORDS OF WISDOM:💗 I barely feel like I’m working b/c I love what I do, I enjoy it

💗 If you give discount, you’re going to get people who want discount all the timegive little gift when they leave like 2oz thing with card thanks for coming here’s shampoo I used

💗 you can’t be in the front cus you’re not good enoughi was always pushing the limit 

💗 If you don’t try you’re going to miss it

FAVE TOOLS:Anything Hot Tools (they last the longest)

Clippers: Wahl + Andis clipper (switch back n forth)

Shears: Sam Villa signature shear



FAVE PRODUCTS:Products: ‘’I’m a redken girl’’

Hair Straightening System: Magic Sleek lasts up to 6mo 



FAVE FORMULA:

M + Gi series nice mushroom brown to color depending if you want to use a 6 or 10

FAVE SALON MOMENTS:

loves seeing confidence in their face when they step out of the chair that makes my dayclients really open up and deep conversations and they feel happy b/c they feel heard

FAVE EDUCATORS: https://www.instagram.com/emchenhair/



Mentions

#1 | Lange air styler #2 | On Point Hair Academy#3 | funtigermom2



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Katie wanted to be a hairstylist her whole life and fondly recalls shampooing her grandpas hair and slathering him in old spice and cold creme on her grandma’s face. ''I’m very happy in my career, I love it, thankful + grateful!’’ says Katie mom of 4 (ages 5, 8, 10, 16) ''It’s been a great living for me and a blessing, wonderful clients + relationships + it’s priceless.'' Some of her best memories + friends are from beauty school at The Original Aveda Institute in Minneapolis where she loved every second of it.

Born + raised in MN and dumping hot buckets of water on her car with her baby on her hip to open the door dreaming of life in Florida, she decided ''let’s not wait til we retire!'' She then worked very PT as shampoo assistant for 6mo in eve a couple hours ''when you’re a mom of 4 you have goals/plans'' so she wondered if chair rental would be the way to go even though she didn’t have 1 client and no knowledge of color line other than Aveda. Luckily the busy stylists gave her their overflow!

Post-pandemic, with one goal in mind: ''how do I service my clients!?'' A divine connection led to her finding her dream space + landlord and was up and running in 2 weeks where she has been for 2 years now!

PRO TIPS:
⭐️ Heated seat in car + Hot bath after work
⭐️ Get feet scanned; shoes are ugly but whatever
⭐️ Exercise, stretch, light weights
⭐️ You won't see me on Social Media... If you want to see me make an appointment!

WORDS OF WISDOM:
💗 Always have a vision + believe in it
💗 ASK: Why did you leave your last stylists? What didn’t you like?
💗 Go to a big salon after school, be a fly on the wall
💗 Show me your most fave picture of you
💗 have grace with your clients when they’re tardy b/c you don’t know when you’re going to be tardy

FAVE TOOLS:
Lightener: Matrix + Cree
Color: Matrix
Toner: Shades EQ
Post Color Service: Biolage Acidic Milk Rinse
Shoes: Oofos



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''There's always very good money to be made in the industry and it's a really good side gig!'' says Lindsay, a recent Penn State graduate. As a full time Agronomist specializing in field crop production, so she works mostly outside (not BTC) consulting farmers. On weekends, you'll find her cordless clippers in hand working at Sport Clips in Mechanicsburg, PA.

This girl is SMART! In college, she would do 20+ haircuts for frat guys.... because, in 9th grade when they ask you if you want to go to trade school and her friend (who’s mom was a beautician) she said she YES! Some of her best memories were then made-- like getting 3rd place in state for Nails her Senior Year! She started doing hair with her license before she even graduated with her cosmetology degree from technical school and began working at Supercuts her summer before college then all 4 years through school!

WORDS OF WISDOM:
💗 having a license opens so many doors; you always have a job
💗 there is always money to be made in the industry
💗 there are so many avenues to exlpore
💗 it’s up to you to gain experience and suround yourself with the right people

FAVE CUT:
Clipper cut with scissors on top

EPISODES MENTIONED:
SUNNY: Ep 36
SARAH: Ep 42

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Me trying not to lose my ''ish'' when I find out I can't get my reciprocity license for PA from NY!



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When Quinn was a teen growing up in LA, she tagged along to all her boyfriends mom’s hair appointments always asking the owner, Lorenzo questions (which he loved answering). Then, she volunteered to work at Lorenzo’s salon + became his assistant for 2 years after that before graduating + going to work at various tiny salons as a commission stylist + eventually inheriting a celebrity clientele from her mentor (and now best friend). But it wasn’t always always glamourous doing hair in LA… before she was on Hollywood sets, going to Pamela Anderson’s house or doing hair for a season on a reality show for a new salon opening ---she would do hair all day, bartend all night + blowdry hair at 6am for Glam Squad.

Recruited by a salon in Washington state she left LA (where she said the dating scene is horrible) and moved to Seattle where she would meet her Canadian husband at a music festival and pursue a 1.5 year long distance relationship before getting married and moving to Edmonton, AB! After passing her exams to become licensed in Canada and rebuilding her clientele she realized ‘’being 30 and working for people sucked’’ + went out on her own…. the next month the world shut down. Upon the 2nd lock down she started renovating a new and bigger space and re-opened in March 2021.

Quenntessential Salon is now one of the  2022 ‘’Top 18’’ Best Hair Salons in Edmonton!

You’ll find Quinn behind the chair 6 days a week…but, she always has a vacation planned — she likes to work hard and play hard!

Two days a week she leaves ‘’early’’ for tennis tennis + beach volleyball and saturdays she only takes 2 clients.

PRO TIPS:
#1 | key to being good at haircolor is not knowing only 1 color line; you’ll learn new things from every line
#2 | Brush up when you balayge 
#3 | work for free to get experience when you’re in school

FAVE TOOLS:
Blow Dryer: GHD + Rusk Speed Freak (it's light, cheap + lasts)
Flat Iron: GHD (for curls + waves too)

FAVE PRODUCTS:
Color: Nook
Lightener: Nook Blue Bleaching Cream
Styling Products: Starlight Blonde Serum + Onesta blowdry cream (cocktail before every blow dry)
Icy Toner Formula: Nook .11 series is amazing and sometimes sliver additive or pinch of blue to get rid of orange

WORDS OF WISDOM:
💗 work really really hard when you're dedicated you can make anything happen

CURRENT OBSESSION: MY SALON!!!

FAVE EDUCATORS
Chris Appleton
Sharon Blanch (crazy updos learned from her at glam squad)

FUN FACT: She did video producer, Hannah Lux Davis' hair for her wikiapedia photo

Book with Quinn ⤵️
www.quinntessentialsalon.ca

Follow Quinn ⤵️
www.Instagram.com/QuinnCharisseHair
www.Instagram.com/QuinntessentialSalon

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Former FT stylist, turned Business Coach for Stylist, Kim Kennedy is OBSESSED with HAIR + BUSINESS (when she’s not listening to True Crime podcasts). She always envisioned teaching to be something she would do at the end of her career but when her coaching business took off it was ‘’scary fufilling’’!

Kim, a mom to a 2 + 7 year old, is an 18-Year Stylist and now helps other stylists create a successful career behind the chair that doesn’t take over their life. She shares all the things she wished she knew and learned from hitting ''rock bottom'’ burnout. She got resourceful and it paid off! Now, she teaches other moms to share their purpose and gifts and do what they love.

Always a booth renter, Kim sttruggled first 8-10 years in her career and worked 2 jobs to pay bills; last 10 years worked at amazing salon. When she had a baby she didn’t want to have a gap in her day sitting at the salon when she could have another client or be home with her baby. After realizing she had been ''emotionally discounting'' (not charging) $1000 in services per month, things changed when she treated it like biz. She new she couldn’t go back to work part-time without the right systems in place. As a new mom working 3 days a week she doubled her previous full-time income! Now, her ''Next Level Stylist Academy'' changes the trajectory of stylist lives + their children!

PRO TIPS
#1 | Flat iron with a really long cord + easy to clean
#2 | Once you have clients you have to keep them
#3 | Pre-book clients
#4 | Know your numbers; treat it like a business not a hobby
#5 | Watch videos all the time

FAVE TOOLS
Color: Pravana + Redken Shades EQ
Babyliss clippers + blow dryers
Lightner: Schwarzkopf BLONDEME
Extensions: Hair Compounds

WORDS OF WISDOM
💗 Align your vision + life around what you want
💗 Keep + love up on new clients (instead of finding more)
💗 Branding is a feeling + a vibe that you get and starts the moment a client hears about you
💗 Whatever is on your heart + you’re dreaming abourt is on your heart for a reason
💗 There is so much room for everyone; when 1 rises everyone rises

OBSESSED WITH
Hair + Business

MENTIONED:
Kajabi
Messaging Course by Minling
Books: Rich Dad Poor Dad + Atomic Habits + Believe It
Podcast: How I Built This
Kim's Free Class: 3 Secrets to Become a Highly Successful Stylist
Kim's FB Group: Next Level Hairstylist Community

Follow Kim ⤵️
www.instagram.com/kimberlymariestylist
www.nextlevelhairstylist.com

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