As the Chair Turns - October 2022

Hello all you happy people.
I don’t know about you, but this my favorite season, Orange!  LOL

You can definitely feel fall settling in.  It’s a little darker in the mornings and my sunset lights are coming on earlier and earlier every day.  Thank goodness our weather is still pretty nice right now.  Well, except for the fact that we need A LOT more rain.

I could really see the effects of climate change while I was in Colorado.  Older trees were really struggling with half alive and half dead branches.  My Mom has older Pine and Pinion trees in her backyard that got hit hard with the triple digit heat this summer.  I was seeing much of the same all throughout Southeastern Colorado.  It makes me sad but I have to keep my chin up, not let it get me down, and keep doing my part for this Big Planet.   It’s the only one we’ve got.

Word on the street is that we’re heading from some really tough times.  I know they haven’t said the “R” word yet, but we are in it.  Personal services, my business, are going to be hit hard as the economy goes deeper in to recession.  Most of us pushed through the lock-down years and came out the other side (barely), but some won’t make it through the end of the year.  We’ve seen so many older business (and new ones) making the decision they need to close.

Personal services are a “luxury” item for most and the last 3 years have shown people they’ll be fine stretching out their appointments, if they come back to the salon at all.  I say this not to make you feel uncomfortable. That’s just how it is. I’ve been picking up a few new clients the last few months so right now, I’m doing fine. Thankfully, I'm still here.  Some of the reasons I’m seeing these new clients are because their stylists have moved, retired, stopped doing hair completely or needed to a job benefits. My point here, and I mentioned this a few times earlier in the year, is that if you know of anyone whose hairdresser or barber has moved or is no longer doing hair and they need someone, please send them my way.  At the very least please give them my information.  Here’s my digital business card and a QRCode you can share.

Sorry for being a little heavy there, but these are trying times and we’re all doing our best to get through the day.  ​

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This month I have articles for you on hair color predictions for fall, short hairspiration ideas, info on what happened to your pocket comb, the wonders of Acai oil for your hair, a magic “elixir” that will help your body recover and may even help with your sleep and why the beauty business is betting on pet care.  All that and more so please scroll down and check it out!

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As always, I am available by email, text or phone if you have any questions or concerns.

Looking forward to seeing you soon!

Be Well and Take Hair!

What's Inside This Month

• What Happened to the Pocket Comb?
• Fall Hair Color Predictions
• Uncombable Hair Syndrome: New Study Finds Genes Responsible
• What's Going on With the Magical Mystery Shampoo?
• The Wonders of Acai Oil on chemically-treated hair
• Short Hairspiration Ideas
• The Drink That Has Taken Over (baseball)
• Doggie Style: Why Beauty is Betting on Pet Care
• Episodes: Painkiller: America's Fentanyl Crisis
• Men's Grooming - Evolved
• "Follically Challenged": The Chemical Controlling Life and Death in Hair Follicles
• Beauty Products and Services are Expensive Right Now
• What's Cookin':  Winter Rigatoni
• The Story of Hair: The Story of Oribe Canales, co-founder of Oribe Hair Care