The training is expensive, grueling and time consuming but I believe this is necessary to bring unsurpassed quality to our valued clients in all aspects of the services we provide.
For years, I taught with written materials which describes our step by step cutting systems and the vocabulary which goes with our cutting procedures. I was able to teach the techniques but I was never able to teach the visual concepts, feelings and the passion which goes into our work. I had a difficult time showing that each layer of hair is almost like the fine petals of a flower or adding air in-between the layers of hair can be understood when you watch a transparent jelly fish floating in the water, expanding and collapsing its body as they bounced on top of the ocean waves.
A few weeks ago, I constructed a training board, using my own drawings. Now I am able to use this board to teach our stylists a more fun way of learning the basic haircut forms and designs. This board is popular with our clients as well. I love to watch them go up to the board and identify their face shapes and exclaim, “Oh, I now understand what styles look good on face shape!”.
