Monthly Archives: July 2018

How to avoid being Ripped of by Mobile Hair Extension Technicians.

Tina is classed as a vunerable person. After suffering many health issues including cancer, Tina wanted to attend a forthcoming wedding looking lovely and having hair like she use too.

She made contact with a mobile person who had been advertising for over 4 years on gumtree. (Now there is nothing wrong with gumtree it offer an effective service) She explained her problem and what she wanted. The technician said she could provide the service, quoted her several hundreds of pounds and said she would personally deliver and fit the bespoke wig the following week after requesting a £200 deposit.

The following week she turned up on the doorstep of her now client, put the wig on her head, added some glue collected several hundreds of pounds by bank transfer and requested she receive another £10 cash for a taxi to the train station.

The following week this clients head was on fire, she had an allergy reaction to the glue and nylon base and the wig kept falling off her head.

The technician failed to do a pre consultation, measure her head, find out about any allergies or even do a pre fitting.

So here are the things you should look out for prior to doing business with a mobile hair and beauty self employed person

A) Do they have insurance

Whether you are working from home or a commercial site you can get businesses insurance. Normally insurance companies want evidence of your qualifications and experience.

B) Do they have a certificate of Business registration

All businesses should register with their local authority who will do a site visit to see if you comply with health and safety. They seems thou a certificate of registration once thou comply.

C) Do they have a website or facebook page

Often they will display previous clients photos or reviews. Contact details and trading address.

D) Do they have references or reviews

Facebook, google or blogs will give you a window into what clients think of their services.

E) Do they have a letterhead or invoice

Apart from setting a good tone, contact details sms brand is clearly visible.

F) Do they have terms and condition of service and sales

This is important. It gives you am ideas of how they will deal with problem, guaranteed work and what you can expect from them.

G) What is there money back or put it right policy.

It is important to understand this and get it in writing, even a text message to your phone from there’s is evidence

Dont be afraid to ask. Your risk assessment will pay off

Needless to say we were there to help her with her hair goals and achieved the results she wanted.

Discrepancy in pay exists despite the proportion of black men with bachelor’s degrees increasing

Black male graduates in the UK earned £7,000 a year less from 2007 to 2017 than white males.
That’s according to a report by the Resolution Foundation, which highlighted that this discrepancy in pay exists despite the proportion of black men with bachelor’s degrees increasing 24 percentage points over the past two decades, compared to a 15 point increase for white men.

The think tank also revealed the average pay gap between white and Pakistani and Bangladeshi non-graduate men is more than £4 an hour.

So Is #Adult #Education Broken?

#DianeShaweAuthor explores the main failings in education for an economy—powered by #technology, fueled by #information, driven by #knowledge and becoming #automated.

As Isaac Asimov—a master of science fiction literature—once said:

“No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is but the world as it will be.”

What has happened?

How can we make this new economic age enhance, rather than diminish, our quality of earning? How can we make this amazing innovation advance the prospects of all people especially those with experience and not just for the youth?

It is clear that at this moment most educational systems are not keeping pace with changing technology and the ever-evolving world of work.

Not enough people are thinking strategically enough in this area. Fundamentally, we need to change what people learn, how people learn, when people learn, and even why people learn.

We must get beyond the traditional model of students sitting passively in classrooms, following instructions and memorising material that they are tested and scored on which sometimes turn out to be of little use in an every changing economy. It is evident that computers can do that for us!

Will the current type of Adult Education keep you in Employment?

Diane Shawe’s latest publication ‘Is Adult Education Broken suggests that a 21st-century educational system must focus on the areas where humans can outclass computers—such as in cognitive skills, interpersonal skills, fine motor skills, or sophisticated coding skills.

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More and more top fortune company’s are giving way to automation primarily to drive costs down, improve reliability, security and accuracy.

Diane believes that we need to make sure that the type of education supplied can keep a population in work or self-employment, performing meaningful tasks relevant to todays and tomorrow needs.

Education has to become student-centric and move away from solely institutional constructs that are not fluid to change.

Maybe we need to remind ourselves of the purpose of education by looking back in order to move constructively forward.

There has always been a great deal of lip service given to the idea of learning by doing, but not much has been done about it. Diane recommends John Dewey book, Democracy, and Education 1916.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Adult-Education-Broken-Diane-Shawe-ebook/dp/B07BWBMGFM

A thought provoking read get your copy today

Why Hair, Beauty & Hair Extensions Salons should Update their S.W.O.T Report

SWOT your personality & management style could save your business.

Article by Diane Shawe Author

Changing trends, diverse client base and increasing competitors are all hallmarks of change. How easily do you adapt to change and when was the last time you looked at your salons Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threaths.

One of the hardest things you will ever have to approach is getting an overview of how people perceive you after running your business for over a year. It is often said that sometimes the business owner can be the biggest obstacle to their business developing and growth. It’s worth getting an honest appraisal about yourself from a staff or clients. I don’t recommend family or friends as we often behave differently with strangers.

You might not like what you hear and you should make it easy for them to tell you. But Just like you would want an honest reference about a person before you employ them, you should seek an honest appraisal of how you are perceived by others.

This may help you make some adjustments before you embark on new business development and growth and help you get the best out of yourself at the earliest stages.

Swot analysis pointers

Your SWOT analysis should be made up of a separate SWOT for each component of the business. You must really examine each segment, probing every detail.

Determine the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats for:

• hair, beauty and hair extensions business sector in your region

• the services you provide

• staffing issues

• clients

• competition

• market

• current marketing strategy

The following are a few examples of areas to look at:

Hair, beauty and hair extension sector in your region

• direction headed

• management

•Hair, Beauty and hair extension ethics

• customer service

• goals

• sales targets

• profit margins

• resources

services you provide

• cost to produce each service

• quality of services

• range of services

• demand for services

• pricing

staffing issues

• demand

• staff training

• potential

• communication

• cost to employ

• rapport with clients

• expertise

• attitude

• your management style

• what are your business values

clients

• most profitable target market

• customer profile

• quality of existing clientele

• quantity of clients

• needs and wants

• buying motivations

• how potential customers could perceive you

competition

• number of competitors

• their strengths, weaknesses

• your strengths, weaknesses

• their target markets

market

• the larger economy and how your business fits in

• market trends

• legislation changes

• position in the economic cycle

current marketing strategy

• position of hair, beauty and hair extension products and services in the market

• market perception of hair extensions and hair enhancement products and services

• advertising methods and relationship to social media

• advertising cost

• sales strategies

• sales promotions

• retail display

• market perception of retail

Performing and updating your SWOT analysis will give you a true picture of how your Hair, Beauty & Hair Extensions business could or should be running. It is essential to work out why some things are working in your business and why some aren’t.

You may discover problems that you had no idea even existed. These can be addressed before they get out of hand. It will also highlight many assets, which could be utilised better, even opportunities, which could be taken advantage of.

Discover the staffs’ perceptions of the business. Don’t be afraid or get upset to hear their criticisms, use them wisely. Some of your staff could have ideas that if used, would make huge differences to the hair extension studio. Quite often it is the smallest changes that make the biggest impact

The results of your SWOT analysis will be the basis for your marketing plans and decisions.

Extracted from Getting Started in the Hair Extensions Business by Diane Shawe’s eBook available on Amazon right now at: https://www.amazon.com/Diane-Shawe/e/B0052WG8V

Difference Between Remy and None Remy Hair Extensions

Extracted from ‘How Hair Extensions are Sourced Treated and Graded by Diane Shawe

• Remy hair: Hair that has been cut and maintained with the roots aligned and bound together at the top of the bundle. These bundles are carefully preserved throughout the export process and arrive at the factory still intact.

• Non-Remy hair: Hair that does not have its roots aligned. It may have been collected off the floor, or there may be some other reason they were unable to keep the roots together and running in the same direction. This hair is sold at a much cheaper price than remy hair.

Once the hair arrives at the factory, it is treated in a hydrochloric acid bath to remove the cuticle. A word of warning – hydrochloric acid is extremely hazardous. Please do not put yourself at risk by experimenting with this chemical! But back to the problem. It’s not the remy hair; remy hair is relatively easy to process and the damage inflicted during de-cuticalization is slight. Non-remy hair is the villain.

Non-remy hair requires a higher concentration of acid since the cuticle runs in both directions. This frequently results in hair with very low moisture content that appears dry and straw-like. Moisture is critical to good-looking hair. Human hair usually contains 10.5% – 11% moisture (measured in a controlled environment of ISO 40% – 63% moisture). Non-remy hair has trouble retaining this vital moisture.

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