Career in Hair styling - more details

Career Details:
If you love people and would love to sort out hair issues this might be of interest to you. In an age dominated by the look-good factor this profession, which has already crossed the gender barrier, is only on the brink of the boom. Barbers and cosmetologists are also hairdressers and hairstylists; provide hair care services to enhance the look of consumers. Hair stylists offer beauty services such as shampooing, cutting, colouring, and styling hair. In addition cosmetologists may be trained to give manicures, pedicures, scalp and facial treatments, provide make-up analysis, clean and style wigs and hairpieces. To be a hair stylist one needs to be in sync with global trends, innovate yourself every time, update your techniques, build on your client loyalty, be willing to learn and have an instinct to know what will suit who. If one is interested in creatively playing around hair, this is the profession to stay in. The moolah is big and if one has the passion, it’s a lot of fun too

Career Growth: The Indian hair dressing industry is growing at close to 40% annually. As a hair stylist one can choose to work in salons, films, TV, fashion shows, photographic work for magazines, event managers and advertising along with teaching it too. Generally hair stylists start off in bigger beauty establishments. This profession is now open to both men and women. If one is good at his job, he might be fully booked. It might not be a fabulous start, but growth opportunities are plenty.

Remuneration: At the start of the career as a hair stylist the pay would not be too good at first. One shouldn’t expect more than Rs.10, 000/ at start. Later salary depends upon the quality of work done. This is one of those careers in which one can earn a lot but only in the long run. Hairstylists earn big buck abroad. An average hair cut in USA and UK is Rs.2000/ onwards and tips are huge too.

Advantages:
1. The biggest advantage of this course is that one can be one’s own boss.
2. One has the freedom to let his imagination run wild.
3. One of the best parts of the job is that, one is constantly meeting new and exciting people everyday.

Disadvantages:
1. The competition is cut throat and will get worse.
2. One needs to have a lot of patience with customers and try to exceed their expectations.
3. It takes only one bad hair cut to make a client of five years opt for the next salon
across the road.

Some well-known courses offered by Salons are:
1. Juice Hair Academy in Mumbai (Khar) conducts a kick-start course.
Duration: Four months full time course, five days a week, including internship of two months.
Seats: Seven to eight students
Fees: Rs.120, 000/
Contact: 26428751, 26669518

2. Raih Hair reinvented, Nepean Sea Road, Contact: 23635599

3.Yasmeen Irani (of Nalini and Yasmin)
Duration: Salon Training for 3 months, also offered full time refreshing course, for those who are looking for a refresher course.
Fees: Rs.1, 00,000/

4. Nalini has been training people in hair styling since four decades. Her classes are conducted in Bandra.
Duration: Four and a half months, full time course.
Fees: Rs.1, 65,000/
Contact: 9819409230

5. Schnell Hans has three salons-cum-schools at Mahim, Colaba, and Nepean Sea road.
Contact: 02222832499