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TOP 10 HAIR EXTENSIONS FOR 2011

We have seen the hair extension market grow over the past 10 years, now there are move hair extension techniques than ever before and it can be confusing to decide which is the right one for you.

Some people will make a decision based on price, others on the hair type and some based on what they need to achieve.

Here are just a few tips to help with your decision making process.

1. Wigs:  Wigs are a quick and easy way to give yourself a quick makeover.  What you need to bear in mind is that the cheaper the wig the more un-natural it will look.  You don’t need to spend a lot of money but it is worth investing in a wig that you can use from time to time.

2. Hair Pieces: There are lots of different hair pieces from pony tails to rear hair attachments in all different shades, curly, straight or plaits. There are also specialist hair pieces for thinning hair that can help disguise any problems.  The thing to bear in mind is that hair pieces are not often very secure and could make you feel a little uncomfortable.  Some of the ponytail pieces can be securely fixed, so if you want a demure look go for a ponytail.

3. Integrated Weaves: This is when wefts of hair is sewn onto a fine cornrow which is then hide by the bulk of your hair on top.  It is a popular technique because if done correctly it can look very natural and offer up a robust and secure hair enhancement solution.  If you look after the hair you can reuse it when you go back to have it re tightened.

4. Pre-tips: This is small pieces of hair that have been pre bonded together.  They can be added in sections all over the head to aid thickening, give the impression of highlights or lowlight and length.  Pre-tips can be applied using heat, micro rings or even small elastic bands.  Be aware that they have to be professionally removed so as not to damage your own hair.

5. Strand by Strand (glue gun): This is when hot bond is used to bond small sections of hair to the recipients own hair.  It was a very popular technique in 6 years ago, but requires professional application and removal by a qualified technician.  Can give the appearance of flyaway hair that you could somewhat run your fingers through.  It is a very time consuming technique and is much better for a long term wear over 3-4 months.

6) Clip in hair extensions: These are now very popular.  They are best used for lengthening mid should length hair.  If the hair is shorter they don't sit very well because they can be a little bulky in appearance.  They don't offer up much security unless they have been professionally fitted.  This is when a very small cornrow is done and the clips are slipped through for much added security.  Great for an evening occasion but not advisable for long term wear.  click to read more

7) Full head weaves:  This technique is used when the client wants to completely put all of their own hair away. This is braided and then the wefts of hair are stitched on.  This can be quite time consuming and not suitable for all hair types.  This technique is suitable for 3-5 months wear.  Be advised can be quite itchy is worn for two long.

8) Hook and Latch: This technique does not use any glues or threads. It is a beautiful technique, flat to the touch and hair could be worn up.  It works well with shorter hair especially the Micro ring track technique.

9) Lace Wigs: Lace wigs have become very popular. They are really good for girls with short thin hair, damaged hair, hair that needs a rest or a complete makeover.  Top celebrities have made them really popular and you can see why from the video testimonial below.

10) Braides and Plaits: Braides and Plaits have been around for hundreds of years.  A technique that can look very simple or quite exotic.  Braids can be worn for a number of months until the hair grows out, they can even have beads added to the end for that extra special look.

Preparing your attitude for Success

Understand the power of your “attitude” Keith Harrell states that attitude is everything!  Turning your attitude into action is the first steps to helping you tap into the power of your attitude and keep you grounded.  Your attitude can impact on everything you do.

In his book ‘Attitude is Everything’ he lists nine steps.  I will only summarise them for now but I suggest you invest in a copy of his book as soon as possible.

1. Understand the power of your attitude: Your attitude is a powerful tool for positive action.
2. Chose to take control of your life: To transform your attitude into action, you must accept responsibility for what goes on inside your mind by monitoring your internal dialogue.
3. Identify through self awareness the attitude that hold you back or propel you forward: By practicing self awareness, you will learn the three types of bad attitude.
4. Reframe your bad attitude: An attitude of anger can be transformed into an attitude of gratitude and forgiveness by shifting your perspective.
5. Find your purpose and passion: Once you have determined what has been holding you back, it’s time t look ahead and analyse where you want to go. Understand it is important to have a personal vision, this is critical to achieving success.
6. Be pre-active: When challenging circumstances threaten to provoke negative attitude that can hinder and throw you off course, developing a proactive approach to life will better prepare you to handle the hazards you face not just in your business but life.
7. Discover. how to motivate yourself: Define your attitude kit with affirmation, visualisation, attitude talk, positive greetings, enthusiasm, spiritual empowerment, humour and exercise.
8. Build supportive relationship: Nobody makes it alone in this world, we all need support. Put together you’re A-team those people who will help you fight off negative attitude. People with shared visions, shared values. Learn how to defend yourself against toxic people who just want to pull you down.
9. See changes as an opportunity: One of the greatest challenges to a positive attitude is change, whether it is jobs, relationship or economical status.

The ultimate aim is to leave a lasting legacy by planting positive seeds of hope, encouragement, faith and love to the people around you be they your family, friends, clients, staff or suppliers. 

Remember that the first steps to any investment is in yourself, by first investing in changing your thinking, you can change and affect a lot more things around you than you think.

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Extract from Chapter 3 Diane Shawe

One of the main reasons why some startups fail to make a profit in the hair and beauty sector especially when they seem to work their butts off for little reward is that the owners don’t plan a rout to making a profit. Sure they want to succeed, but they don’t prepare themselves for profitability.

They go into the business with beauty blinkers on. They think that, just because they are great hairdressers or beauticians or that they use to work in a hairdressers or salon,  and seen the revenues coming in, that if they are willing to work hard, that their fortunes will automatically come once they become self employed. Well it doesn’t work that way. Numerous challenges are cast upon everyone in business. This is not rocket science, but being aware that there is an unglamorous side to the business will better prepare you for the challenges that will always arise.

A lot of thought must go into writing a business plan, not because you want to impress your bank manager, borrow huge sums of money or just create a logo, it will help to train your mind into what you really want to do and what needs to be done in order to make the business profitable and successful.

Financial planning of the business is one area that must be taken seriously if you want to be profitable.

In most books and even motivating seminars, they always refer to ‘How to become successful’, I just want to take a look at success for a while and explain why you should dump the word success.

Everyone wants to be a success, and believe me success comes in very different ways.  For instance you can be a very successful technician, pianist, decorator, drunk or drug addict, looser or even failure. 

They say if you don’t plan for success you plan for failure, but by the nature of not planning, you are successfully achieving failure.  So lets get rid of the designer wrapping, it can often focus you on not really dealing with the cart before the horse.

Another word that is used often is Luck.  Whilst I do believe in luck, one cannot run ones business based on a lucky break!   I would like to introduce a word which is much more constructive and simulative in business OPPORTUNTIY!

There a hundreds of books that explain opportunity, coincidences etc., how many times have you said to yourself after the event ‘I know I should have done that, something just kept saying to me….’  Or ‘I knew I shouldn’t have done that….’

Entrepreneurs are different creatures to an extent, they usually follow their intuition.   We all have that but we chose to ignore it most of the time in favour of what sits in front of our eyes or someone else’s peer pressure.

For example, how many times have you heard friends, family, work colleagues or partners say ‘If I was you I wouldn’t….’ or ‘If I was you I would do…..? ?’  My point is who is the person that has risk financial stability to go it alone, to commit to employing others (looking after their financial needs) or even go out and offer a different service?   YOU!

Of course you shouldn’t think that you must do it all on your own, that your business revolves entirely around you. To make more than a wage, you must be able to delegate to other people. You should be able to have your business running smoothly whether you are there or not. There is no point in being a slave to your hair business. You must own your hair extension business, don’t let it own you.

If you are honest with yourself, you will know where your own personal weaknesses lay in order to help you avoid failure. You

Must know the pitfalls of running a business and whether you are equipped to deal with them. You must have sufficient capital.

You must have enough self-discipline to follow through with your decisions.

It is always a good idea to visit a number of hair salons, so you don’t get tunnel vision. Even if you have worked in what you think is the best hair salon, you still need to see what else is happening out there in the hairdressing world.

If you have worked in a few different hair salons, you will have an advantage.

You will be aware of different staff issues that may be an asset or a problem. Management is brilliant in some hair extensions, but poor in others. Some have absolutely fantastic leadership and teamwork. Some hair extensions have great staff training; some poor employees haven’t got a clue, because they are taught very little.

Hair extensions differ in many of their procedures. It is amazing to see the different levels of customer service, the way bookings are taken, the way pricing is decided. Everything is important to consider if you want to succeed.

A great way to thrive in business is to look at all of the things that can go wrong and then, find solutions to the problems before they can occur. It is better to be thoroughly prepared than it is to fix the problems later on.  However this does not mean that you must be a master of doom and gloom, one needs to be positive and focus on the bigger picture.

There are many contributing reasons for non profitability which results in business failure:

• No proper business planning: Business planning
• Not enough funding or funding spent on wrong things
• lack of internal procedures and organisation
• lack of well defined goals
• insufficient knowledge of the hairdressing business
• Unqualified staff
• Not properly researched services
• targeting the wrong clientele
• under pricing and over pricing
• too much or too little risk taking
• inability to cooperate with others
• lack of staff cooperation
• negative personalities
• adverse market conditions
• paying too much for the business
• bad spending habits
• employees’ inexperience and lack of skills
• running the business as a friendship
• inability to delegate

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