Hair
Hair Fundamentals: This involves understanding the basic anatomy and physiology of hair . It includes knowledge about hair types, textures, scalp conditions and common hair problems. Understanding these fundamentals is crucial for providing effective hair services.
Client Communication: Effective communication with clients is essential for understanding their needs, preferences, and expectations. This skill involves active listening, asking relevant questions, and providing clear explanations of services and products. Good communication helps in building trust and ensuring client satisfaction.
Accessories Know How: This refers to knowledge about various hair accessories such as clips, pins, bands, headbands, hair ties, etc. Understanding how to use these accessories properly can enhance hairstyling and help achieve desired looks.
Shampooing: Proper shampooing techniques are important for cleansing the hair and scalp effectively without causing damage. This includes selecting the right shampoo for different hair types, proper lathering, massaging the scalp, and thorough rinsing.
Head Massage Techniques: Head massage techniques involve gentle manipulation of the scalp to improve blood circulation, relax muscles, and promote hair growth. A good head massage can also relieve stress and enhance the overall salon experience for clients.
Techniques (Sectioning, Styling Blow Dry, Ironing, Tong, Crimping): These are various hairstyling techniques used to achieve different looks. Sectioning involves dividing the hair into manageable sections for styling. Blow drying, ironing, tonging, and crimping are different methods of styling hair using heat tools to create volume, curls, waves, or straight styles.
Hair Cut: Hair cutting involves shaping and trimming the hair to achieve a desired length and style. This includes various cutting techniques such as layering, texturizing, and blunt cuts, tailored to suit individual preferences and face shapes.
Hair Treatment: Hair treatments are procedures designed to improve the condition and health of the hair. This may include deep conditioning treatments, hair masks, scalp treatments, and other specialized treatments to address specific issues such as dryness, damage, or hair loss.
Basic Color: Basic color services involve applying single-process hair color to change or enhance the natural hair color. This could include covering gray hair, darkening or lightening the hair, or adding highlights or lowlights.
Color Key: Understanding color theory and the color wheel is essential for creating harmonious and complementary hair color combinations. This knowledge helps in achieving desired color results and correcting color issues.
Contrast Key: Knowing how to create contrast in hair color can add dimension and depth to hairstyles. This involves using techniques such as highlighting, lowlighting, and color blocking to create visual interest and balance.
Color Change: Color change refers to more drastic transformations in hair color, such as going from dark to light or vice versa, or making dramatic color changes like red to blonde or brunette to platinum.
Straightening & Rebonding: These are chemical treatments used to straighten curly or wavy hair and reduce frizz. Rebonding is a more intensive form of straightening that permanently alters the structure of the hair to create a straighter look.
Series Expert Treatments: These are advanced hair treatments designed to address specific issues such as hair loss, damage, or scalp conditions. Examples include keratin treatments, protein treatments, and scalp detox treatments.
Styling Product: Knowledge of different styling products such as gels, mousses, serums, and hairsprays is essential for achieving desired hairstyles. Understanding the properties and uses of each product helps in selecting the right products for different hair types and styles.
Retail Products: This involves knowledge of hair care and styling products available for retail sale. Recommending suitable retail products to clients helps them maintain their hairstyles and prolong the effects of salon treatments at home.