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You Are Gold

To me clients are Gold.  


Salon clients truly are the Gold at the end of the rainbow.

I am half Irish and tis with the luck of the Irish I have Gold clients in my chair!


Speaking of the chair I thought I would let you know what I have been up to this past month.  

I attended two product knowledge classes and a hair show.  The classes were on the product lines that we retail at Right Angle Salon, they are Unite and Kevin Murphy.  Both lines have sulfate free, paraben free and vegan shampoos, conditioners and styling products.  

Just in case you do not know, when you purchase products at the Right Angle you automatically receive 10% off, as a salon client. 


The hair show was produced by Unite, founder and veteran hair stylist Andrew Dale and his team.   It was on a sunday afternoon, but that did not stop the Right Angle hair stylists from attending.


Dale and his team demonstrated runway hairstyles and spring haircuts in a creative, motivational showcase. 





Speaking of showcase maybe you would like to see an example or two of my recent work?


First, I will show you a before and after hi-lite, low-lite hair color with a quote from my client.



Before


  This lovely client had lost her hairdresser 
    and was trying to do her hair herself.

 After

I love the new color. it is 1000% better. I can't wait until my next appointment to see how it progresses. I will be in San Diego this weekend. I will try to get someoneto take a picture of it completely dry and send it to you.

And second here is a fun, purple bob!

Sorry, I do not have a before picture for this client but we had to take an after picture because she was so tickled to go from a long brunette to a short purple bob!

I loved how happy she was to go for such a dramatic change!




Yes - clients are Gold!

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