-: Yeah, so it's definitely a requirement to go
to
school for cosmetology and get that degree.
I know some salons do apprenticeship programs,
things like that.
But there's always gonna be that background of schooling
to legally have your license and do hair.
And personally, my salon, we do have
an associate's program, they call it,
which is basically like getting
your master's degree in cosmetology,
kind of after the facts.
So we have our license, then you start,
and you're working hand in hand with another stylist
for a good four to six months or so,
where you're actually learning from them,
learning more intensely into color formulating,
and what they do and styling,
and all of the ins and outs of the salon,
which is a really cool way to kind of learn more
and feel a little more comfortable
before you are on the floor by yourself.
I would say, definitely, just the creativity in all of it.
I do have an art background as well,
so I feel like a lot of those things do come into play
when it comes to the actual technical skills
of doing color and stuff,
but also coming up with ideas when your client
kinda gives you free range for what you wanna do.
If you don't have that creative mindset,
that could be very hard to deal with,
but it's a very cool thing to do
when you have that creativity.
And then also along with the marketing yourself,
you know, social media, all that stuff,
I feel like just being able
to put my own twist on everything
and kind of taking it into my own hands
is a very cool part of it.
Salons that charge, you know that you get paid hourly,
more chain salons and things like that.
There's barber shops where you're just doing hair cutting.
There's lots of different options.
And with WCTC, we actually got to go
and shadow at all of those different places.
We had to check out barber shops, chain salons
even if we weren't interested in them
just to kinda get a feel for what that's like
because you don't know until you're kind of in it.