The Hairdresser Strong Show

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The Hairdresser Strong Show is all about Salon Owners, Rising Stylists, and Seasoned Stylists sharing their experiences, successes, failures, and advice to inform, educate, and empower their Fellow Hairdresser. We won’t stop until we are all: Hairdresser Strong.⁠

  1. 2d ago

    Building Grooming Lounge and Sustaining a Men’s Grooming Brand | Mike Gilman | CEO & Founder | Grooming Lounge

    In this episode, Mike Gilman, CEO & Founder of Grooming Lounge, shares the story behind building one of the early men’s grooming destinations and sustaining the brand for more than two decades. Mike talks about growing up around the beauty industry, spotting an opportunity in men’s grooming before it became mainstream, launching an e-commerce site from his basement, and eventually opening a physical Grooming Lounge location at a time when landlords still questioned whether men would pay for grooming services. He also breaks down what it really takes to stay in business long term: hiring the right people, building a team around strong standards, focusing on what you do best, knowing when to stop what isn’t working, and creating a service experience strong enough to become a destination. Follow/subscribe to be the first to know when new episodes are released. Like what you hear? Leave us a review! Key Takeaways: 🔅Solve a real problem, not just a trend - Mike saw that men wanted grooming solutions, but many did not feel comfortable asking for them in traditional beauty or retail environments. Grooming Lounge was built around solving that discomfort. 🔅Make the offer easy to understand - Early Grooming Lounge messaging was focused on problems and solutions, not complicated product language. Instead of leading with ingredients or fluff, they focused on what men were actually trying to fix. 🔅Education builds trust - The original website was heavy on education because Mike understood that a lot of men did not know what they needed. Teaching people became part of the business model. 🔅Being first is not enough - Grooming Lounge had first-mover advantage, but the business still had to deliver great service, customer experience, technical quality, and a clear brand promise. 🔅Do not lower the bar just because you need people - In the early years, Mike admits they accepted behavior they probably should not have accepted because they needed enough people to serve clients. Over time, they learned to hold stronger standards. 🔅Train people into your way of doing things - Grooming Lounge wanted people who could learn their systems, from greeting guests to consultation, service, retail, and customer experience. 🔅Professionalism matters - Mike’s team is built around people who treat every guest like the visit matters. Talent is important, but professionalism, kindness, consistency, and maturity are what make the experience work. 🔅Expansion teaches expensive lessons - When Grooming Lounge opened outside the DC area, Mike learned that distance, timing, recruiting, build-out costs, and management attention all matter. Growth that pulls too much energy from what is working can become a distraction. 🔅Focus on what you are great at - One of Mike’s biggest long-term lessons is to stop trying to be all things to all people. The businesses that last know what they do well and become excellent at it. RELATED LINKS 📸Follow Grooming Lounge on Instagram -https://www.instagram.com/groominglounge/ 📸Learn more Grooming Lounge products, barbershops, and spas -https://www.groominglounge.com/ The Hairdresser Strong Show is all about Salon Owners, Rising Stylists, and Seasoned Stylists sharing their experiences, successes, failures, and advice to inform, educate, and empower their Fellow Hairdresser. We won’t stop until we are all: Hairdresser Strong. CONNECT WITH US 📬 Subscribe to our free newsletter 📸 Connect on Instagram 🎵 Connect on TikTok 📺 Watch on YouTube 📝 Check out our Blog The views and opinions of our guests are theirs and important to hear. Each guest's views and opinions are their own and we aim to bring you diverse perspectives, career paths and thoughts about the craft and industry so you can become Hairdresser Strong! They do not necessarily reflect the positions of HairdresserStrong.com

    Building Grooming Lounge and Sustaining a Men’s Grooming Brand | Mike Gilman | CEO & Founder | Grooming Lounge

  2. Jul 27

    From 1 Salon to 9: Filipe Santos on Growth, Leadership, and Execution | Filipe Santos | CEO, Chop Enterprises | 9 Salons NYC/NJ/MIA

    In this episode, Filipe Santos (@chop_safil), CEO of Chop Enterprises, shares how he went from tattoo artist and union carpenter to building a multi-location salon company with nine salons across New York, New Jersey, and Miami. Filipe breaks down the growth, leadership, and execution behind scaling from one salon to nine, including how he built leaders, created systems, recruited talent, used marketing, acquired salons, negotiated owner financing, and developed a shared services platform to support growth. This conversation is for salon owners, beauty pros, and hairpreneurs who know that talent is only one part of building a real business. Follow/subscribe to be the first to know when new episodes are released. Like what you hear? Leave us a review! Key Takeaways: 🔅Your first salon teaches you the hardest lessons - Filipe explains that the first business is usually the most difficult because you are breaking barriers you have never faced before. Once you learn how to build the first one, you can start duplicating the process with stronger systems. 🔅What gets you to $1 million will not get you to $5 million - The systems, leadership, and decision-making that get you started are not always enough for the next stage. Growth requires new structure. 🔅Every salon needs leadership, not just ownership - Each Chop location has its own leader, and the leadership team meets weekly to review metrics, game plan, and get resources. Scaling requires leaders who can carry the standards into each location. 🔅Recruiting is a business skill - Filipe challenges the emotional idea of “poaching” and reframes recruiting as giving talented people an opportunity. If you want to grow, you need to learn how to attract talent. 🔅A new hire needs a reason to move - Filipe said when someone joins, they need to make more money or experience a clear benefit. If they leave their current situation to make the same or less, that creates problems later. 🔅Train for more than technical skill - Filipe’s assistant program includes phones, hospitality, booking, cancellations, POS systems, client communication, language, business, and numbers before someone fully moves behind the chair. Filipe says skill can be taught, but energy, work ethic, and alignment determine whether someone fits the business. 🔅Owners need business education outside the beauty industry - Filipe makes the case that business principles are not only “hair business” principles. Salon owners need to study business, marketing, leadership, operations, and strategy from outside the industry too. 🔅Acquisition can be faster than opening from scratch - Filipe explains that buying an existing salon can come with staff, cash flow, and infrastructure, but you have to know how to audit the business, see the waste, and improve the operation. 🔅Owner financing can create succession opportunities - Filipe breaks down how price, down payment, and interest can all be negotiated when buying a salon, creating a potential path for owners who want to sell and operators who want to grow. 🔅Shared services could change the salon industry - Filipe’s shared services platform idea is about giving salons access to systems, education, discounts, resources, and operational support without forcing every owner to figure everything out alone. 🔅The owner narrative needs to change - Filipe talks about how owners have had “bad PR” and how the industry needs more honest conversations about the real value owners create, the opportunities they provide, and the performance required to earn more. RELATED LINKS 📸Follow Filipe on Instagram -https://www.instagram.com/chop_safil/ 📸Learn more about Filipe's Salons -https://www.chopentllc.com/about-chop-enterprises#:~:text=built%20for%20decades.-,SALON%20OPERATIONS,-Chop%20Enterprises%27%20journey The Hairdresser Strong Show is all about Salon Owners, Rising Stylists, and Seasoned Stylists sharing their experiences, successes, failures, and advice to inform, educate, and empower their Fellow Hairdresser. We won’t stop until we are all: Hairdresser Strong. CONNECT WITH US 📬 Subscribe to our free newsletter 📸 Connect on Instagram 🎵 Connect on TikTok 📺 Watch on YouTube 📝 Check out our Blog The views and opinions of our guests are theirs and important to hear. Each guest's views and opinions are their own and we aim to bring you diverse perspectives, career paths and thoughts about the craft and industry so you can become Hairdresser Strong! They do not necessarily reflect the positions of HairdresserStrong.com

    From 1 Salon to 9: Filipe Santos on Growth, Leadership, and Execution | Filipe Santos | CEO, Chop Enterprises | 9 Salons NYC/NJ/MIA

  3. Jul 23

    Booked Isn't Enough: Understanding the Numbers Behind Your Business | Chrystal Graves | Founder & CEO | LiQUiD

    You can be booked, busy, and making money, and still not understand what is actually happening inside your business. In this episode, Chrystal Graves, Founder & CEO of LiQUiD, shares how her career took her from apprentice to salon owner, from scaling multiple salon concepts to selling her salon, and now into building an AI-powered business tool for beauty professionals. She breaks down why understanding your numbers, systems, pricing, expenses, and take-home pay matters, and why beauty pros need stronger business foundations if they want to stop guessing and start making decisions that actually support growth. Key Takeaways: 🔅Being booked is not the same as being profitable - Chrystal makes it clear that a busy book does not automatically mean the business is working. Beauty pros still need to understand pricing, expenses, take-home pay, and what is actually left over. 🔅You cannot make smart decisions without knowing your numbers - Before deciding whether to raise prices, sell more retail, hire help, open a salon, or change your business model, you need to understand the foundations of your business. 🔅Your take-home pay matters - Chrystal points out that people talk a lot about what the business needs, but not enough about what the business needs to generate so you can actually pay your bills at home. 🔅Pricing should not be based on guessing - If you do not know your break-even point, dream number, expenses, and profit goals, it is easy to price from emotion, comparison, or pressure instead of real information. 🔅Systems create freedom - Chrystal defines scaling as being able to remove yourself from parts of the business by using people, systems, or technology so the business can keep making money without everything depending on you. 🔅If the business only works because of you, it is not ready to sell - Chrystal explains that if clients only come because you are the person doing the hair, it is hard to put real value on the business. 🔅Leadership is the owner’s job - When Chrystal stepped away from the chair, she focused on leadership, numbers, and supporting her team. That shift helped the business operate beyond her personal client book. 🔅Successful owners can still be burnt out without systems - Chrystal shares the example of a salon owner with a beautiful business and a large team who was still exhausted because she was moving every lever herself. 🔅Technology should support better decisions, not replace business foundations - Chrystal’s point is not that AI is magic. It is that technology works best when it is connected to your actual numbers, goals, clients, and business reality. 🔅Beauty pros need to stop guessing and start building from the foundations - The bigger message is that talent matters, but business literacy, systems, numbers, and decision-making are what help create long-term growth. RELATED LINKS 📱Follow Chrystal on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/thechrystalgraves/ 📱Follow LiQUiD on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/getliquidai/ The Hairdresser Strong Show is all about Salon Owners, Rising Stylists, and Seasoned Stylists sharing their experiences, successes, failures, and advice to inform, educate, and empower their Fellow Hairdresser. We won’t stop until we are all: Hairdresser Strong. CONNECT WITH US 📬 Subscribe to our free newsletter 📸 Connect on Instagram 🎵 Connect on TikTok 📺 Watch on YouTube 📝 Check out our Blog The views and opinions of our guests are theirs and important to hear. Each guest's views and opinions are their own and we aim to bring you diverse perspectives, career paths and thoughts about the craft and industry so you can become Hairdresser Strong! They do not necessarily reflect the positions of HairdresserStrong.com

    Booked Isn't Enough: Understanding the Numbers Behind Your Business | Chrystal Graves | Founder & CEO | LiQUiD

  4. Jul 13

    Build a Team That Stays | Eva DuPont | Director of Business Development | Infiniti HR

    You can care deeply about your team and still be missing the structure that helps them stay. That is the part a lot of salon/shop owners feel, but do not always know how to fix. In this episode, Eva DuPont, Director of Business Development at Infiniti HR, breaks down why building a team that stays is not just about hiring good people, it is about creating clarity around expectations, compensation, benefits, HR, payroll, compliance, and growth. She explains how small gaps in structure can turn into bigger problems over time, and how salon owners can start building a more professional, protected, and supportive business from the inside. 🚨🎤 Eva will be taking the stage at the 4th annual Beauty Business Brunch on July 19th in Washington, DC, where she'll help owners evaluate their own business, identify what may be attracting or pushing away talent, understand common payroll mistakes, and leave with clear next steps based on their stage of business. 👀Learn more and join us: https://www.hairdresserstrong.com/beauty-business-brunch Key Takeaways: 🔅A team that stays needs structure - Retention is not only about being a good person or having a good vibe. Team members need clear communication, expectations, policies, growth pathways, and compensation structure. 🔅HR (human resources) is part of the full employee experience - Eva explains that HR touches the entire employee lifecycle, from hiring and onboarding to communication, documentation, payroll, benefits, and what happens when someone leaves. 🔅Compensation needs to be clearly communicated - Pay structure should not be vague or assumed. Owners need to be clear about how people are paid, what growth looks like, and what opportunities exist. 🔅Benefits are part of compensation - Pay is not the only thing team members care about. Benefits, PTO, sick time, 401k options, employee assistance programs, and voluntary benefits can all help people feel more supported. 🔅People stay where they feel valued - Eva shares that team members are more likely to stay when they feel cared for, supported, and able to grow. 🔅HR does not feel urgent until something goes wrong - Many owners do not think about HR until there is a problem, a complaint, a legal letter, a payroll issue, or a labor law concern. 🔅Misclassification can be expensive - Eva talks about how classifying workers incorrectly can create serious fines, penalties, and legal exposure for a business. 🔅Employee handbooks and documentation matter - A legally reviewed handbook, clear policies, and written expectations can help protect the business and create more consistency for the team. 🔅A PEO can help small businesses access bigger-business support - Eva explains that a PEO can support payroll, HR, workers comp, liability protection, and benefits by giving small businesses access to a larger employee pool. 🔅Being proactive is cheaper than being reactive - It is better to understand your exposure, get systems in place, and correct issues early than wait until a problem becomes expensive. RELATED LINKS 📱Follow Eva on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/eva_peo_consultant/ 🔑Learn more about how Eva & Infiniti HR can help you - https://www.salonhrpartner.com/salonhrpartner The Hairdresser Strong Show is all about Salon Owners, Rising Stylists, and Seasoned Stylists sharing their experiences, successes, failures, and advice to inform, educate, and empower their Fellow Hairdresser. We won’t stop until we are all: Hairdresser Strong. CONNECT WITH US 📬 Subscribe to our free newsletter 📸 Connect on Instagram 🎵 Connect on TikTok 📺 Watch on YouTube 📝 Check out our Blog The views and opinions of our guests are theirs and important to hear. Each guest's views and opinions are their own and we aim to bring you diverse perspectives, career paths and thoughts about the craft and industry so you can become Hairdresser Strong! They do not necessarily reflect the positions of HairdresserStrong.com

    Build a Team That Stays | Eva DuPont | Director of Business Development | Infiniti HR

  5. Jul 6

    Stop Posting & Hoping | Zach Zinober | Social Media Advisor | Crystal Hook Media

    We spoke with Zach Zinober, Social Media Advisor at Crystal Hook Media, about what it really means to stop posting and hoping and start building a social media system that supports your brand. This Live turned into a full social media Q&A covering posting frequency, motivating staff to post, TikTok, rebuilding a brand, algorithm changes, reusing content, planning ahead, and making social media feel less overwhelming. 🎧Quick Note: There are a couple of brief moments where the audio quality drops due to connection issues. Thanks for sticking with us! 🚨🎤 Zach Zinober will be taking the stage at the 4th annual Beauty Business Brunch on July 19th in Washington, DC, where we’ll go deeper on how beauty pros can stop posting and hoping, define their brand, build a repeatable content system, and use social media to communicate value, attract attention, and turn viewers into clients. 👀Learn more and join us: https://www.hairdresserstrong.com/beauty-business-brunch Key Takeaways: 🔅Stop starting from scratch every time - Zach explains that a content system helps you stop rethinking every post and gives you a repeatable structure to work from. 🔅Your content should match your brand - Before posting more, look at whether your current content actually reflects the feeling, image, and message you want your salon or personal brand to communicate. 🔅Posting frequency depends on the system - Zach generally recommends around three to four posts per week for salons, but the bigger goal is consistency that fits your brand and capacity. 🔅Reels and carousels can serve different purposes - Reels can help with discovery, while carousels can support education, storytelling, or deeper brand messaging. 🔅Staff need to understand the value - If you want team members to post, show them how social media can help them build their own clientele, not just help the salon. 🔅Younger clients are discovering businesses through social media - Zach explains that people increasingly use Instagram and TikTok to decide where to eat, shop, travel, and book services. 🔅Plan content monthly - Planning ahead makes posting less emotional, less last-minute, and easier to follow through on. 🔅Do not delete your content - Save photos, videos, raw clips, and finished posts so you can reuse, remix, and repurpose them later. 🔅Social media should reduce guessing, not create more stress - The creator approach is about building a structure that makes posting feel more manageable and less like constant pressure. 🚨🎤 Zach Zinober will be taking the stage at the 4th annual Beauty Business Brunch on July 19th in Washington, DC, where we’ll go deeper on how beauty pros can stop posting and hoping, define their brand, build a repeatable content system, and use social media to communicate value, attract attention, and turn viewers into clients. 👀Learn more and join us: https://www.hairdresserstrong.com/beauty-business-brunch RELATED LINKS 📱Follow Zach on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/crystalhook_media/ The Hairdresser Strong Show is all about Salon Owners, Rising Stylists, and Seasoned Stylists sharing their experiences, successes, failures, and advice to inform, educate, and empower their Fellow Hairdresser. We won’t stop until we are all: Hairdresser Strong. CONNECT WITH US 📬 Subscribe to our free newsletter 📸 Connect on Instagram 🎵 Connect on TikTok 📺 Watch on YouTube 📝 Check out our Blog The views and opinions of our guests are theirs and important to hear. Each guest's views and opinions are their own and we aim to bring you diverse perspectives, career paths and thoughts about the craft and industry so you can become Hairdresser Strong! They do not necessarily reflect the positions of HairdresserStrong.com

    Stop Posting & Hoping | Zach Zinober | Social Media Advisor | Crystal Hook Media

  6. Jun 29

    Mindfulness for Busy Beauty Pros | Wafaya Abdallah | Owner, Mindful Meditation Teacher, Certified Life Coach | Oasis Curl Salon

    🌿As beauty pros, we spend our days listening, creating, problem-solving, holding space, managing energy, and helping other people feel better. But without tools to regulate our own nervous system, it is easy to carry everyone else’s stress home with us. In this episode, Wafaya Abdallah, Owner of Oasis Curl Salon, mindful meditation teacher, and certified life coach, shares how mindfulness can help busy beauty pros regulate stress, stay present with clients, and protect their own energy behind the chair. She explains why meditation is not about doing it perfectly, how small daily practices can support emotional resilience, and why learning to pause, breathe, and respond instead of react can change the way we work and live. 🚨🎤 Wafaya Abdallah will be taking the stage at the 4th annual Beauty Business Brunch on July 19th in Washington, DC, where we’ll go deeper on wellness, self-regulation, emotional resilience, and how beauty pros can live and work with more presence, clarity, and calm. 👀Learn more and join us: https://www.hairdresserstrong.com/beauty-business-brunch Key Takeaways: 🔅Mindfulness is not just about meditation - Wafaya explains that meditation is one tool, but the bigger goal is self-regulation, resilience, and learning how to manage your thoughts, emotions, and responses. 🔅You are not bad at meditation because your mind wanders - The wandering mind is part of the practice. The work is noticing it without judgment and coming back to your breath, your body, or the present moment. 🔅Beauty pros need tools for emotional regulation - Clients bring stress, stories, complaints, and energy into the salon. Learning to breathe and stay present helps you respond without taking everything on. 🔅Your breath can help you stay professional in hard moments - Wafaya shares that breathing through the heart area can help calm the nervous system, keep you out of fight, flight, or freeze, and support a better response. 🔅Stress does not just live in your mind - Chronic stress can affect the body, emotions, decision-making, creativity, and overall well-being. 🔅Self-awareness changes the client experience - When you can notice what is happening inside of you, you can pause, regulate, and show up with more clarity for yourself, your team, and your clients. 🔅Mindfulness can be part of salon culture - Wafaya uses meditation in salon meetings and huddles to help the team become present before beginning the day. 🔅You do not have to do it one way - Guided meditation, walking meditation, sitting in silence, candle meditation, breathwork, journaling, and time in nature can all be ways to practice being present. 🔅Question the story before you believe it - When you start overthinking, spiraling, or assuming the worst, Wafaya suggests using multiple perspectives and empowering questions. Instead of immediately believing “they hate me” or “this is all going wrong,” pause and ask: “What else could be true?” or “What if this is helping me grow?” RELATED LINKS 👉Follow Oasis Curl Salon on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/curlyoasis/ 👉 Follow Wafaya on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/yinrizingofficial/ 🚨🎤 Wafaya Abdallah will be taking the stage at the 4th annual Beauty Business Brunch on July 19th in Washington, DC, where we’ll go deeper on wellness, self-regulation, emotional resilience, and how beauty pros can live and work with more presence, clarity, and calm. 👀Learn more and join us: https://www.hairdresserstrong.com/beauty-business-brunch The Hairdresser Strong Show is all about Salon Owners, Rising Stylists, and Seasoned Stylists sharing their experiences, successes, failures, and advice to inform, educate, and empower their Fellow Hairdresser. We won’t stop until we are all: Hairdresser Strong. CONNECT WITH US 📬 Subscribe to our free newsletter 📸 Connect on Instagram 🎵 Connect on TikTok 📺 Watch on YouTube 📝 Check out our Blog The views and opinions of our guests are theirs and important to hear. Each guest's views and opinions are their own and we aim to bring you diverse perspectives, career paths and thoughts about the craft and industry so you can become Hairdresser Strong! They do not necessarily reflect the positions of HairdresserStrong.com

    Mindfulness for Busy Beauty Pros | Wafaya Abdallah | Owner, Mindful Meditation Teacher, Certified Life Coach | Oasis Curl Salon

  7. Jun 22

    Turn Time into Growth | Mireya Villarreal | Founder, From Chair to Boss™ & Pink Pewter

    You can be busy all day and still feel like nothing is really growing. That is the part a lot of beauty pros feel, but do not always know how to name. In this episode, Mireya Villarreal, Founder of From Chair to Boss™ and Pink Pewter, breaks down why time management is not just about being organized, it is about understanding what your time is worth and using it to grow. She shares how restructuring her own business after a major setback changed the way she viewed every minute, and how beauty pros can stop wasting time, shift their habits, and turn more of their energy into income, clarity, and opportunity. 🚨🎤 Mireya Villarreal will be taking the stage at the 4th annual Beauty Business Brunch on July 19th in Washington, DC, where we’ll go deeper on how beauty pros can stop letting time slip away, understand what their minutes are actually worth, identify the habits costing them growth, and create a clearer way to turn time into income, clarity, and opportunity. 👀Learn more and join us: https://www.hairdresserstrong.com/beauty-business-brunch Key Takeaways: 🔅Your time has a dollar value - Mireya challenges beauty pros to stop thinking only in hours and start understanding what their time is worth by the minute. 🔅Being busy is not the same as growing - A full day does not automatically mean you are moving your business forward. Growth requires knowing where your time is going and whether it is creating income, clarity, or opportunity. 🔅Social media can be a tool or a distraction - Mireya calls out social media as one of the biggest places beauty pros lose time when they are consuming, scrolling, or watching other people instead of using it with purpose. 🔅Downtime should be redirected toward growth - When you are not booked, that time can be used to rebook clients, look for opportunities, follow up, collaborate locally, improve your booking systems, or bring new people into your chair. 🔅Habits determine growth - If you want more clients, more income, or a bigger opportunity, the daily habits have to match the goal. 🔅You have to know where you are wasting time before you can fix it - Mireya’s workshop is designed to help attendees see their time in front of them so they can identify what is costing them money. 🔅Growth starts with mindset and business skills - Mireya explains that beauty pros are taught to be talented with their hands, but they also need business education, time awareness, and entrepreneurial thinking to expand. 🔅Experience matters - Mireya built Pink Pewter from her kitchen table into an international brand, rebuilt after a major business setback, and now uses those lessons to help other beauty pros avoid costly mistakes. RELATED LINKS 👉Follow Mireya on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/mireya_villarreal_/ 👉Follow From Chair to Boss™ on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/fromchairtoboss/ 👉Follow Pink Pewter on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/pinkpewter/ 🚨🎤 Mireya Villarreal will be taking the stage at the 4th annual Beauty Business Brunch on July 19th in Washington, DC, where we’ll go deeper on how beauty pros can stop letting time slip away, understand what their minutes are actually worth, identify the habits costing them growth, and create a clearer way to turn time into income, clarity, and opportunity. 👀Learn more and join us: https://www.hairdresserstrong.com/beauty-business-brunch The Hairdresser Strong Show is all about Salon Owners, Rising Stylists, and Seasoned Stylists sharing their experiences, successes, failures, and advice to inform, educate, and empower their Fellow Hairdresser. We won’t stop until we are all: Hairdresser Strong. CONNECT WITH US 📬 Subscribe to our free newsletter 📸 Connect on Instagram 🎵 Connect on TikTok 📺 Watch on YouTube 📝 Check out our Blog The views and opinions of our guests are theirs and important to hear. Each guest's views and opinions are their own and we aim to bring you diverse perspectives, career paths and thoughts about the craft and industry so you can become Hairdresser Strong! They do not necessarily reflect the positions of HairdresserStrong.com

    Turn Time into Growth | Mireya Villarreal | Founder, From Chair to Boss™ & Pink Pewter

  8. Jun 15

    Building Your Investment Plan as a Beauty Pro | Nicole C. Carson, CFP®, MBA | Founder & Financial Planner | 2nd Story Wealth Planners

    You do not need to be rich to start investing. But you do need a plan. In this episode, Nicole Carson, CFP®, MBA and founder of 2nd Story Wealth Planners, breaks down how beauty professionals can start building an investment plan around real-life factors like debt, uneven income, taxes, retirement goals, and fear of the market. She explains why investing is not only for wealthy people and how consistency, time, and a clear plan can help beauty pros build long-term financial security. 🚨🎤 Nicole Carson will be taking the stage at the 4th annual Beauty Business Brunch on July 19th in Washington, DC, where we’ll go deeper on how beauty pros can stop putting wealth-building off, understand their investment options, plan for retirement, and create a simple framework to start building long-term financial security from where they are now. 👀Learn more and join us: https://www.hairdresserstrong.com/beauty-business-brunch Key Takeaways: 🔅You do not need to be wealthy to start investing - Nicole explains that investing is not only for millionaires, and many people can begin with a small monthly amount. 🔅Debt does not always mean you have to wait - Nicole says paying down debt and investing can happen together, depending on the type of debt, your goals, and your timeline. 🔅Your investment plan starts with your goal - Retirement, buying a home, building wealth, or creating more freedom all require different strategies. 🔅Uneven income needs a system - Beauty pros often have income that changes week to week, so looking at your average income over time can help you choose a realistic amount to save or invest. 🔅Emergency money should stay accessible - Money you may need quickly, like emergency savings or tax money, should usually be kept somewhere easier to access. 🔅Time in the market matters more than timing the market - Nicole explains that trying to wait for the perfect time can keep people stuck, while consistent investing helps build over time. 🔅Investing feels emotional because money is emotional - Fear of losing money, choosing the wrong investment, or not knowing enough can stop people from starting. 🔅Taxes have to be part of the plan - For 1099 workers, suite owners, and business owners, saving for taxes regularly is part of building financial stability. 🔅Wealth is usually built through consistency - This conversation is not about getting rich quick. It is about steady habits, clear goals, and staying committed over time. RELATED LINKS 👉Follow Nicole on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/nicolecarson.fp/ 👉Follow 2nd Story Wealth Planners on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/2nd_storywealth/ The Hairdresser Strong Show is all about Salon Owners, Rising Stylists, and Seasoned Stylists sharing their experiences, successes, failures, and advice to inform, educate, and empower their Fellow Hairdresser. We won’t stop until we are all: Hairdresser Strong. CONNECT WITH US 📬 Subscribe to our free newsletter 📸 Connect on Instagram 🎵 Connect on TikTok 📺 Watch on YouTube 📝 Check out our Blog The views and opinions of our guests are theirs and important to hear. Each guest's views and opinions are their own and we aim to bring you diverse perspectives, career paths and thoughts about the craft and industry so you can become Hairdresser Strong! They do not necessarily reflect the positions of HairdresserStrong.com

    Building Your Investment Plan as a Beauty Pro | Nicole C. Carson, CFP®, MBA | Founder & Financial Planner | 2nd Story Wealth Planners
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  • Creator
    Hatching Imagination, LLC
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2026
  • Episodes
    201
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © Copyright 2026 Hatching Imagination, LLC
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