Time has a way of moving so very fast. Changes in the HAIR industry seem to keep moving at a more rapid pace. I try to make it my goal to listen to the concerns of my clients and the pulse of life around me. For the long last while many individuals are concerned about their hair health. This has moved me to continue my education to find more answers. What I've realized is the issue to address is the health of the scalp. With the many answers I've found it's time to change my job title. Over the years I've been called a "Beauty Operator" - I find it rather interesting to try understand what that title really means. Is that something like a telephone operator? Is it like an operation where I am suppose to make people pretty? I've never really liked that title. I thought the professional term which is on my license might be better- "Cosmetologist". That word also doesn't do much for me either. It's not comfortable to say and not really identifiable with everyday speech. It evokes more of a response and look: "What's that????". I used to think the word "Hairdresser" would be all self explaining but while it worked; it sounded so dated and lost in time. Besides, it was much to limiting as to what I do.
"Hairstylist" was easy to understand but as fashion changes I did more than "style" hair. I ended up being more like a construction worker. I would break the hair down and rebuild it back up. It was also a case of removing the unwanted hair color and putting new color in. So, after years of training and being the trainer I chose the title of "Hair Color Specialist". It was easy to understand what I did best. After all I was not only working behind the chair in the salon but also traveling all over the country teaching other hairdressers the chemistry and art of coloring hair. I was the trainer for the trainers for the hairdressers. It proved to be most fitting as I worked the "hair color HOTLINE" for the manufacturer I contracted with to do their training.
Time moved on and the needs of the clients in the salon changed. The big "C" was beginning to invade my clients - and we all know to well what cancer and chemo will do to the scalp and hair. My desire to help moved me to continue educating myself and clients on how to take care of hair and scalp. I spent years going to classes for every Nioxin product and procedure that came along. As a cosmetic product it was the best to come alone. I noted that other companies were being a copy cat of Nioxin......but it was difficult for competitors to hold up to the standards the founding company had set. It was a great disappointment when Nioxin was purchased by "big brother" of the corporate world. While the talk was for improvement to continue - it seems the powers at the top spent more time on packaging and creating more SKU's. But then: What do I know.
You can't imagine my delight when I found more advanced education on scalp health that provided the missing pieces to the puzzle of scalp health and hair regrowth along with product that would actually make it happen. Being the doubter that I am ,I had to spend the first year reading, researching and trying the product on myself before I would introduce it to clients. My personal results surpassed my expectations, the logical educations provided the discernment to understand why it worked. The second years found good results with my clients to the point they created the buzz among their peers and friends to increase the demand to stock more products that work and increase the service menu with additional options. The light bulb went on last week on the way to work and I have now taken the title that I am embracing: HEALTHY SCALP SPECIALIST. It totally defines my passion. When the scalp is healthy the hair can grow and I can use artistic ability to design your hair to your liking.
Each day is a new adventure in learning for this "education junkie".
