by Tony Limon | Dec 12, 2016 | Business & Marketing
Owners of employee salons have long argued that making more money isn’t one of the biggest pay-offs of going solo. Not so. The problem with the side-by-side income comparisons most often used in the industry is that they underestimate self-employed stylists’ incomes...
by Tony Limon | Dec 7, 2016 | Franchise News
Any Arlington resident that either drives or strolls through Ballston knows the neighborhood is booming. It’s an area of Arlington that rarely – if ever – sleeps. Starting in January 2017, the Ballston neighborhood will also be a hot spot for people looking for a...
by Tony Limon | Nov 28, 2016 | Uncategorized
It might surprise some to know that barbers can cut, color and even perm hair, but unlike those with a cosmetology license, they can also use a disposable straight razor for shaving services. This may be the reason there are a number of “stealth” female barbers, who...
by Tony Limon | Nov 18, 2016 | Specialist Spotlight
Courtney Sercey first fell in love with doing makeup as an instructor for a Paul Mitchell beauty school in Dallas, TX. The New Mexico transplant even created her own curriculum, since the school had no makeup classes in the night school at the time. But she eventually...
by Tony Limon | Nov 9, 2016 | Specialist Spotlight
Having the perfect eyebrow shape is one of the easiest ways to look younger, as Debra Daken proves every day. Known as “The Eyebrow Diva” by clients and friends alike, the brow pro, make-up artist and esthetician has beautified thousands of faces at her In the Pink...
by Tony Limon | Oct 10, 2016 | Specialist Spotlight
Angela Craig always had a special talent for doing hair. She worked in a salon in high school, shampooing clients and doing her friends’ hair. After attending community college for cosmetology, she worked at Master Cuts, where she learned speed. Later, at a renowned...
by Tony Limon | Sep 30, 2016 | Specialist Spotlight
At Birch Salon in Salons by JC, Denver, CO, Amanda Allen is all about being eco-smart and giving back to the community. It’s only natural: the Aveda Institute grad spent seven years in an Aveda salon after graduation, and opened her own business a year ago. “When I...
by Tony Limon | Sep 15, 2016 | Uncategorized
For salon pros who also teach or travel, a Salons by JC Suite is the best-of-all-word’s home base. Tim “Bo” Mack discovered this when he proudly won a place on the Pravana education team and was promptly handed a non-compete (with a 150-mile radius!) by his employer....
by Tony Limon | Sep 1, 2016 | Specialist Spotlight
Natalie Kildare was working as a phlebotomist and going to school to become an RN when she got a message that could have been sent by The Hair Gods (which happens to be the name of her new studio salon at Salons by JC in West Hartford, CT . “Something was just...
