2020 disrupted all of our plans and the same is true for Jamie. At the beginning of 2020 the goal was to do a huge overhaul of her signature program, Oh Hot Gram and turn it into RISE Social Academy. She says this is where the burnout started. She redesigned the whole curriculum, built a new course from scratch and then did 10 weeks of coaching with her students.

You’ve made it to the EASIEST balayage tutorial you are ever going to find (I mean, until I figure out a way to make it easier that is…). I’m going to be walking you through this balayage with foils technique that is going to leave your clients drooling.

For Yara, the hardest part of being a business owner is the load that comes with it. She says that being a commission stylist or a booth renter is definitely a lot easier than taking on an entire business of your own. She’s had to learn how to wear a lot of different hats.

Did you know that the average hairstylist makes $40,000/year? I’m on a mission to change that!

I’ve been in this industry for 20 years now, self-employed for 11 of those. I’d be lying if I said it’d been all smooth sailing. The truth is there’s been a lot of ups and downs, especially in my journey as a self-employed salon owner.

I remember the first year I hit the 6-figure mark, it was so exciting. But I didn’t take home 6-figures.

When I first started out in the industry, no one ever taught me how to properly handle refund requests or negative reviews. The thought of one made me so anxious.

I had so many questions…

• What would I say?

• How would other people react?

• Would people think I’m a failure?

• What if no one ever wants to see me again?

• What should I do to make them happy?

And no one was giving me any answers.

Fear can make us do some really crazy things.

Like not trying new techniques ‘cause we’re scared it won’t turn out, or not wearing that outfit because you get anxious thinking about what someone could say, maybe you’re scared of what your clients will think so you haven’t implemented that much-needed price increase.

Fear can hold us back from growing ourselves and our businesses.