The Salon

collaborative learning – simulation, role play. Learners simulate through role play in a commercial salon environment working in pairs during practical activities, this involves preparing for the treatments they plan to carry out. Preparation is the learners being able to set up their equipment and products needed successfully to be able to carry out the required treatment on their client, once the preparation is complete the learner will then carry out the treatment. The identified learning modes have a positive impact on learning as…

Are you interested in going into the cosmetology field? The textbook Salon Success is very important to read if you are thinking about it or if you know you want to go into the cosmetology field. The Salon Success textbook sets you up and answers possible questions you could have about the salon environment. This book helps out a lot especially if you are a student. Even if you're already a cosmetologist, you still can benefit a lot from it. Clientele also could benefit from it because they…

always knew my order, grande cafe mocha with 2 extra shots. I worked Tuesday through Saturday, 40 hours a week. The salon was an enormous 10,000 SF with a beautiful modern loft feel. I worked with 25 stylists, categorized based on experience. We had apprentices, newer stylists, to senior stylist, and of course master stylists. I was a newer stylist, who graduated the apprentice program at the salon a few years ago. The apprentice program was about 1-2 years and involved bringing in 100…

expresses the feelings that we cannot put into words. Verbal communication allows us to convey our thoughts and opinions to others in a clear way. These go hand in hand as people use both during conversation to not only speak their mind, but to express the emotion tied to those words through their body language. As I was sitting in the nail salon, behind me I heard what sounded to be two older ladies having a conversation while they were getting their nails done. The salon was pretty quiet,…

Choosing a top-notch nail salon is crucial, and now not simply because they’ll paint your recommendations with Chanel colorings. Nail cutting tools that aren’t nicely sanitized can unfold micro organism, fungus and even blood-borne illnesses — not things you need to be exposed to while reading about Kim and Kanye’s new toddler inside the pedicure chair. To help you choose better, safer nail offerings, we asked for tips from Audra Senkus, co-proprietor of Haven Soho Spa in big apple, one of the…

Having tanned skin is considered a very popular fashion statement and has grown in popularity exponentially throughout the more recent years. Tanning is the process of the changing in color of the skin’s pigmentation as a result of being exposed to ultraviolet radiation (Driscoll and Darcy 59). Now, tanning salons have spread to the likings of minors who are damaging their skin at an early stage of their lives. This has become a problem that has sprung many controversial issues throughout…

Loyal Customers, Spoiled Kids, and Uncomfortable Men In a small town, the center of all information is not the public library or the police department; it is the nail salon. Both of my parents were business owners of a nail salon in our small town. I grew up inhaling acrylic fumes, folding foot towels, and sweeping up old nail clippings. However, one aspect of a nail salon I found particularly interesting was the customers. The customers in a nail salon can be classified by their personalities…

In the 1700s, Paris was the cultural and intellectual capital of Europe. Young people from around Europe—and also from the Americas—came to study, philosophize, and enjoy the culture of the bustling city. The brightest minds of the age gathered there. From their circles radiated the ideas of the Enlightenment. The buzz of Enlightenment ideas was most intense in the mansions of several wealthy women of Paris. There, in their large drawing rooms, these hostesses held regular social gatherings…

Discussion: Alignment with Quantitative Studies Sustainability and Profitability of small businesses in the Beauty Salon Industry Problem Statement Small beauty salon business owners account for 308, 111 establishments in the United States (U. S.) in 2017 (U. S. Beauty Salons Industry Report, 2017). Between 1997 and 2014, the salon businesses increased by 68%, but their sales decreased by 5 percent in 2016 (U. S. Small Business Administration [SBA], 2017). The general business problem is that…

Sustainability and Profitability of small businesses in the Salon Industry Problem Statement Small beauty salon businesses account for 308, 111 establishments in the U. S. in 2017 (U. S. Beauty Salons Industry Report, 2017). Forty-nine percent of business owners fail to succeed beyond 5 years (U. S. Small Business Administration [SBA], 2014). The general business problem is that some small business owners have limited strategies to sustain profitability beyond 5 years. The specific business…