Recently, it has become very fashionable to work for yourself, "do business." How mushrooms grow showrooms, beauty salons, massage rooms.
If you can not worry about shops, poor-quality things are unlikely to spoil your health or appearance, but the choice of a beauty salon should be considered more carefully.
Very often the services that are provided there are in doubt. Low qualifications of masters, unsanitary conditions or lack of necessary licenses are a common thing for many hairdressers and beauty salons.
In order not to fall for the tricks of dishonest entrepreneurs, pay attention to the little things. Distinguishing a bad interior from a good one is not so difficult.
You can form a general opinion on some external signs. After talking with the master, the situation will become even clearer.
We will show you what you should pay attention to. Below are 10 ways to recognize a bad beauty salon.
10. Interior
Each client of the salon first looks at the interior. If the interior decoration suits you, you can safely go to the reception desk.
If the room is dirty, ragged, you are unlikely to want to be a client of this salon. Perhaps the most important condition is cleanliness, especially in the workplaces of the craftsmen.
Not the least role is played by the availability of a license, a price list. A book of complaints and suggestions should be freely available. Do not be lazy, view it.
9. The hairdresser has several clients at the same time.
If the master suggests you take a seat: “There, by the window. Now I’ll finish it and I’ll take care of you, ”leave without hesitation. In the conditions of fierce competition, hairdressers are trying to keep every potential client.
If you are asked to cut your hair between the stains and other procedures, you should know that you will not get proper attention here.
If you want to cut your bangs, you can agree, but if you want to change your hairstyle or dye your hair, sign up for a different date. Another master and in another salon. If this is practiced here, then no one guarantees that the other master behaves differently.
8. Additional services
If you have not yet managed to sit in a chair, and you are already offered to try the latest miracle procedures for hair, face and body, it is worth considering. A beautician or hairdresser imposes services that you do not need.
Most customers agree because they think: “The master will not advise you bad”, in fact, they just want to rip off more money from you.
Unfortunately, in some salons you will not even be warned. For example, when dyeing hair, blow drying is a separate amount. Not so much money, but if the master takes 100 rubles each time he picks up a comb or for 50 each movement with scissors, the result is a pretty decent amount.
In good salons, you will not only dry your hair, but also apply a care product. All this is already included in the amount of staining, you will not have to pay anything extra.
7. The versatility of the wizard
You should be alerted if you come to do a haircut, and your master is engaged in eyelash extensions. A good master will not develop in several directions at once.
Therefore, in this situation, the multi-tasking master characterizes him as an incompetent person. He wants to be in time "all and a little." To ensure the proper level of service you need to constantly learn, improve your skills. This is possible if you do one thing.
6. Beautician without medical education
If you came to the salon for cosmetic procedures, be sure to ask for a cosmetologist's diploma of a medical university.
This is the case if you are going to carry out complex cosmetic procedures or massage, injections. A prerequisite - the salon must have a license to conduct these services.
There is no need for a license and medical education if the cosmetologist is engaged in shugaring, eyelash extensions, eyebrow shaping, manicure and pedicure. These services are usually provided by people who have completed special courses.
5. Beautician does not ask about health status
A good beautician will never begin the procedure without first asking you about your health condition.
Allergic reactions, individual intolerance to drugs or diseases can lead to unexpected consequences. Therefore, do not rush to carry out the procedure if the beautician is ready to immediately begin work.
4. Savings on supplies
And again the little things that make up the general idea of a beauty salon. Be sure to have disposable collars and sheets.
If the peignoirs are washed and have a very sad appearance, the masters have no shape, they look sloppy, they offer you holey or old towels, never return to this salon.
Most likely, they save here not only on consumables and on cosmetics. Perhaps on the masters too.
It is unlikely that you will agree to a procedure or complex staining with a master who only yesterday received a diploma or completed courses, or has not updated his knowledge for a very long time. A self-respecting hairdresser regularly attends training seminars, increases the level of skill.
3. The colorist promises that he will achieve the color you want.
Even the most experienced craftsman can not vouch for the result of staining. It is influenced by many factors: the initial hair color, the correctness of the selected tone, even the menstrual cycle.
To begin with, you should decide on the color, it is advisable to find it in the photo and show it to the master. He will tell you whether it is possible to achieve such a shade, how much time and money will have to be spent for this, and whether it will be possible to save the result.
If the master answers all your questions comprehensively, then you can agree to be painted. But be prepared for the fact that the result may not meet your expectations.
2. In the cabin you can make a test strand
If you doubt the result, an experienced colorist will offer you to make a test strand to understand how your hair will behave after lightening or dyeing. To do this, the master will take a small strand and lighten or color it.
You can understand what color will turn out, the master will comment on the result. If you are in no hurry to change your image, wait a couple of weeks. Then it will already be possible to talk about the consequences of the procedure.
If the dyed hair begins to fall out much, it is better to wait a bit with dyeing. Unfortunately, most beauty salons do not carry out such a procedure. But if you ask, an adequate master is unlikely to refuse you.
1. The wizard does not ask questions
It has already been noted above that an experienced master or cosmetologist will always be interested in the state of your health. A good hairdresser will clarify some more points.
It is important for him to know whether you go to the pool or maybe are going to rest on the sea, how many times a week you wash your hair, how often you change color and cut your hair. You should not be confused by such questions.
Tell everything the hairdresser asks. This will allow him to understand how to act, what means to choose for your hair.
Also, an experienced mater after a haircut will give you recommendations on styling and hair care, will recommend cosmetics for solving problems.