Jan4

Thinning Shears – Add life to...

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Thinning Shears are popular amongst many hairstylists because of its unique features. These shears appear like traditional hairdressing scissors but they are different in their functionality. Thinning shears are also know as Texturizing Shears or Chunking Shears.

Thinners are mostly used to remove “bulk” from the hair without altering the hairstyle. This is the sole reason why Thinning Shears have “teeth” as opposed to “blades” and remove less hair with a single snip.

ScissorBoy shears are designed to fit your hand comfortably and ergonomically. The 14 Tooth Chunking Shear is one of the popular types of texturizing shears due to the following reasons:

  • Specially designed Hair Pockets allow you to pull the texturizers through the hair without having to open the blades and getting stuck in the hair
  • Made of the highest quality Forged Japanese Hitachi Stainless Steel with Cobalt
  • Sturdy teeth are sharp enough for slide cutting.
  • Click Adjuster Dial for quick and easy adjustment of blade tension.
  • Permanent Finger Rest that will never fall out or need to be replaced.

Thinning shears can be used on long hair, thick hair, wet hair easily. The flexibility it offers is superb and as hooked teeth separates the hair better.

Add life to a haircut with the 14 Tooth Chunking Shear! Click here to get your pair of awesome Texturizing Shears.

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Jul22

Swivel Scissors for Haircutting

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Swivel Scissors are an excellent choice for cutting hair. These hairdressing scissors are the most comfortable shears for stylists which not only cut hair but also prevent wrist problems.

Swivel Scissors were invented by the Japanese who came up with the swivel concept. These haircutting scissors keep your wrist straight in all cutting positions. Also, the rotating thumb ring allows the hairdresser to use the scissors at different angles without moving the hand or wrist into an awkward position.

The gap between the thumb hole and the finger hole allows free movement of your thumb. This advantage of Swivel shears creates the perfect alignment of your wrist and fingers, thereby preventing Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI).

Swivel Scissors from ScissorBoy are designed to relieve tension on the barber’s wrist. They are ergonomically correct and fit comfortably in your hand. These hair shears also give you dynamic range of motion and more control over the scissor. This technology allows you to cut with angles at greater ease.

Some stylists are not comfortable with a Two Finger scissor. For them ScissorBoy Shear Comfort Scissor will be more beneficial as its Three Finger Control gives added support and dynamic range of motion.

If you are a stylist and suffering from wrist instability or arthritis of the wrist you should consider changing your haircutting scissors. Stressing the wrist is a major cause of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) which is a type of RSI. Once you get used to Swivel haircutting scissors, you will be able to produce smoother, faster, and more effective haircuts without wrist pain.

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Feb22

Tabatha Coffey gets a marriage prop...

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In episode 10 of Tabatha’s Salon Takeover Season 3, Tabatha caught up with salons from Season 1 and 2 to see where are they now!

The build-up to the special Revisit Show was as follows:

Tabatha revisits some of her favorite and not-so-favorite salons from Seasons 1 and 2. Have they survived and thrived, or are they still struggling or, even worse, closed? Has Martino Cartier stopped licking his clients and started acting more professionally?

Has Kimmie Blackhall curbed her shopping addiction and started paying her salon bills? Is Chicago Male servicing female clients?

Is Tantrum salon cockroach free? Along the way, Tabatha leaves the owners and staff with some new recommendations for their continued success — and she even gets a marriage proposal!

Here are a few snaps from Tabatha’s Salon Takeover Season 3 episode 10.

Tabatha inspecting

Tabatha interacting with salon staff

Tabatha at Tantrum Salon

For more information about Tabatha’s Salon Takeover 3, visit BravoTV

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Feb15

Concerto Salon & Spa on Tabath...

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Concerto Salon & Spa

An educator with GoldWell, Nik Nejad has over 24 years experience in the hair business. Though he is an experienced stylist but is a naive business owner. Tabathas Salon Takeover Season 3 helped him take back control of his salon in Episode 9.

When Nik bought Concerto Salon & Spa eighteen months ago, the salon had a strong reputation and a good location, but now he has run it into the ground. At a loss for what to do, Nik let one of his female stylists (Sabina) virtually take over his salon.

But as an outspoken know-it-all, Sabina’s abrasive behavior was alienating the rest of the staff. To add fuel to the fire, Nik’s wife wanted him to sell the business before it goes under. Here’s where Tabatha Coffey offered her helping hand to help Nik take back control of his salon and turn things around before it’s too late.

In Tabatha’s words,

The problem at Concerto was an amazingly passive owner and a group of stylists that weren’t bad at their job, but had nobody leading them, holding them accountable, or managing them, so that they just did whatever they wanted. The staff also saw Nik not being active in the business, and they felt he didn’t care so they followed his lead.

Concerto is a full-service salon & spa dedicated to consistently providing high customer satisfaction by rendering excellent service. However, the salon atmosphere was not at all enjoyable.

Nik Nejad

Running the salon had created a lot of stress in Nik’s marriage and his wife wanted him to sell it, even though he wanted to keep it. Tabatha took Nik to a martial arts expert so he could get some aggression out and also feel empowered. Tabatha felt this way he would hopefully start taking charge.

Tabatha also arranged staff meetings and talked with everyone to get their opinions about Nik and business. Eventually, she brought harmony and a hip look to Concerto Salon & Spa and helped Nik take back control from Sabina.

To know more about episodes of Tabathas Salon Takeover Season 3, visit Bravo TV

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Feb8

Tabatha’s Salon Takeover Seas...

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Tabatha’s Salon Takeover made a stop in Mission Viejo as they dropped at A Star is Born, a children salon owned by Mission Viejo resident Joy Brandell.

A Star is Born is a warm and friendly salon for kids of all ages. With over 26-years of experience, this bustling, kid friendly shop has a little something for everyone. First timers are awarded a first haircut certificate, a picture and a lock of their hair.

Tabatha doesn’t enjoy kids’ company and salon owner Joy created a huge challenge for Tabatha by admitting she wasn’t sure whether she wanted to save her salon.

Ever since her parents passed away, Joy had lost all the passion and drive for her once popular children salon. She had checked out and so had her staff – they didn’t like doing hair and they didn’t like kids.

To make matters worse, Joy expanded to do adult clients in the same space but no one was showing up, and the salon had become dirty and rundown. Episode 9 of Tabatha’s Salon Takeover 3 dealt on how Tabatha was able to reignite this owner’s passion for her business and her staff’s passion for doing children hair.

Tabatha mentions on her blog:

Working in a kids’ salon is hard. It is a specialty, but it doesn’t give you a free pass to do crap work and not care about your profession or the clients. The staff seemed to not give a damn except surprisingly Rosa the youngest of the group. She wanted to learn and wanted help. Even the reopening day was so anti-climactic for me, because most of the staff all seemed to hate it.

To get more information about Tabatha’s Salon Takeover Season 3 episodes, check out BravoTV

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Feb2

How Tabatha Coffey stayed sane in a...

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Tabatha Coffey made a visit to bQute: Palmdale, CA during episode 7 of Tabatha’s Salon Takeover Season 3. This salon was disorganized and delusional, no wonder its business was not great.

Tabatha has to fix an out-of-control staff and a marriage on the brink, and turn this low-rent beauty shop into a high-end salon.

When Tabatha visited bQute, she realized the salon not only did hair but it also had a mortgage broker, travel agency, legal services, hideous clothes, shoes, and bags. She realized the two owners had no idea about their primary business.

Tabatha with Shannon and Frank

bQute owners – Shannon and Frank Peters are newlyweds and new business partners in the multi-cultural salon they opened together. But their salon was already struggling and their marriage is cracking under the stress of trying to save it.

Frank was an ineffective manager because he split his focus between five different businesses – not to mention he was not a hairdresser. Shannon didn’t want to manage, but won’t allow her husband to be the boss.

There was no management or leadership in the salon at all, and it was beyond clear how out of control things were. Tabatha was amazed bQute was still open after watching the behavior of the staff, the complaints the clients had, the lack of respect and the fighting.

Tabatha had to keep her sane in this disorganized salon and save Shannon and Frank’s business and their relationship. To do so, she organized a desert bonding trip where the owners and staff had to work in groups, thereby making them work as a unit.

bQute desert adventure

She also changed the interiors of the salon and advised the staff on effective client relationships. She gave them a wakeup call since there was a lack of respect and teamwork.

In the end, the salon renovation looked great, staff started to work as a team and Tabatha could see the marriage and business of Frank and Shannon doing well.

For more information about Tabatha’s Salon Takeover Season 3, visit BravoTV

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