On my last post, I mentioned how important it is to make use of internet resources available for hair stylists, barbers, and nail salons. So I think it would be a good idea to elaborate on that subject.
HairResources.com is an entertaining & useful resource for keeping an eye on celebrity hair trends ("Can you make my hair look like Megan Fox?") Has an extensive gallery of styles along with suggestions on how to achieve certain celebrity looks. You have to navigate through some ads but otherwise a very cool site.
HairMaven.com is an interesting online hangout for stylists of all types. Aside from more practical issues, has a forum for posting interesting / weird / funny things that happen in your salon.
BusinessCardsThatWork.com is an online store that has some of the classiest and most trendy salon, barber shop, spa, and nail salon business card templates available. Simply pick out your favorite template and personalize it (you can even add your own salon logo, pics of your employees, etc.). You can choose what type of finish you want, and also whether you want the corners to be rounded.
www.blackhairmedia.com and www.blackfolkshair.com are both huge sites that have lots of resources for both clients and hairstylists. Also, www.black-barbershops.com is a supersite of info for African-American barber shops.
Here is a very nice article from Entrepreneur Magazine about starting and maintaining your own salon.
You would not believe all the great resources out there for stylists. Go over to Youtube.com and do a search on whatever hairstyle types you're interested in learning about- some really useful and entertaining videos are there- even videos about how to make Disney Princess styles, for goodness sake. What would we do if there weren't so many peeps out there who like that 15 minutes of fame? :)
