[Free] Learn Hair Magic- The Art Of Consultation/Barber Language

What you’ll learn

• Involving the client (how to give them a haircut to meet their expectation)
• How to avoid unrealistic expectations
• Giving your professional recommendation.
• Keys to connecting with the client. (Your clients become a reflection of you)
• Wrapping up your hair cut with your client
• Terminology and verbiage
• The purpose of Balance and symmetry/ Types of fades, tapers and blends

Requirements

• No experience needed, just an open mind and the willing to grow.

Description

Ch. 1

Involving the client (how to give them a haircut to meet their expectation)

Talking points:

• What makes a good consultation.

• How to make sure the client feels heard and youre both on the same page.

• The importance of understanding that the client wants and needs are the final decision. Regardless of your professional recommendation.

Ch. 2

How to avoid unrealistic expectations

Talking points:

• How to assess what expectations are realistic and which are not.

Ch. 3

Giving your professional recommendation.

Talking points:

• How to create a common clear understanding of length.

• Knowing when and how to to give your professional recommendation.

• Make sure to check in with the client as you go.

Ch. 4

Keys to connecting with the client. (Your clients become a reflection of you)

Talking points:

• Why it’s so important to connect with the client?

• Ultimately people want to be around others like them.

• The art of conversation flow, eliminating awkward silence while maintaining a balance between work and chatting.

Ch. 5

Wrapping up your hair cut with your client

Talking points:

• How to check in at the end to make sure they are happy with the service.

• How to encourage their feedback.

• How to prescribe a maintenance plan for your client.

• Consider using a service like booksy once you have a small following of about 20-30 clients. This is for ease of use and organization.

Ch. 6

Terminology and verbiage. (weight lines, c scoop, stroke, against the grain, W/the grain, corner blending)

Talking points:

• Key terms to know:

• Crown

• Apex

• Weight Lines

• Angles

• Occipital bone

• Parietal ridge

• Head form

• Nape

• Clipper over comb

• Shear over comb

• Beveling

• Blunt hair cutting

• Over direction

• Cross checking

• Free hand notching / notching

• Texturizing

• Thinning

• Sliding

• Hair line

• Reference point

• Distribution

• guideline

• Traveling guideline

• Stationary guide

• Elevation

• Growth pattern (hair-direction)

• Section

Ch. 7

The purpose of Balance and symmetry

Talking points:

• Why balance and symmetry is so important as a foundational component of any haircut.

• The importance of optically customizing the look according to head shape, density and growth pattern.

Ch. 8

Different types of fades, tapers and blends

Talking points:

• What are the different type of fades (low, medium, high, burst)

• What are the different type of tapers (low, medium, high, blow out)

• What are the different type of blends (light blend, dark blend)

Author(s): Harry Hernandez