Rant: Why does every new stylist think they can skip the basics?

I had this apprentice start at my salon in Austin last month, fresh out of school. She tried to do a full balayage on a client without sectioning properly, just grabbed chunks randomly. I told her to watch some old tutorials from 3 years ago that teach the foil and weave method step by step. She rolled her eyes and said that stuff is outdated now. Then the color bled all over and she had to spend 2 hours fixing it with a toner. The client was late for her kid's pickup and left pretty annoyed. Has anyone else dealt with newbies who think they know better than the tried and true techniques?

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simonl8616d ago

People want to skip the boring parts of learning anything these days, not just hair. It's the same with people learning guitar who jump straight to fancy solos before they can even tune the thing properly. Those fundamentals exist for a reason - to save you from bigger screw ups down the line.

william_miller16d ago

Exactly. I've seen guys try to bleach their own hair without knowing their porosity or even doing a strand test first. Ends up with orange patches and fried hair, then they blame the products. @simonl86 nailed it about the guitar thing too. You don't start with a solo, you learn how to hold the pick and make a clean chord. Same with hair. Learn sectioning, learn how to apply product evenly, learn your timing. That's the stuff that keeps you from looking like a disaster and having to shave it all off.