Ep. 282 • Panel Discussion: 3 Approaches to Indie Hairdressing
The Hair Game
Salon Republic
4.6 • 570 Ratings
🗓️ 30 January 2023
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
We had beauty school students tour our Salon Republic Burbank location to learn more about indie hairdressing.... AND we held a panel discussion with Megan Brunelle @hairetic_official, Angelina Marie @hairbyangelinamarire, and Dani Van Buren @danivanburenhair to share how some of our SR fam approach running their businesses.
This Week's Topics:
• Panelists' inspo for getting into the hair industry
• How they got started after getting their license
• Most valuable thing to know when starting a salon business
• Best ways to manage their clients
• Dealing with difficult clients
• Setting boundaries and avoiding burnout
• Pricing yourself and budgeting
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everybody, Donovan here, your producer of the Hair Game podcast, filling in today for Mr. Eric Taylor, who is under the weather. |
| 0:17.7 | We have some announcements here. Salon Republic Huntington Beach. Our newest location |
| 0:22.5 | will be opening soon, aiming for early April opening. So that's coming up quick. If you |
| 0:28.5 | are looking to get a spot there, you can book a tour. Go online at salonrepublic.com and book |
| 0:35.6 | a tour. We are doing in-person tours now, so get that booked and go check out the space. |
| 0:42.2 | Also coming soon are two new ways for you to consume our episodes. |
| 0:47.1 | We are going to be having video versions of our podcasts on our YouTube channel so you can watch, |
| 0:52.0 | and as well as audio transcriptions will be on our website at salonrepublic.com for you to read. |
| 0:58.5 | So we'll keep you updated here and on our Instagram at The Hairgame Podcast when those new formats are launching. |
| 1:06.1 | All right, on to the episode. |
| 1:07.6 | We held a panel discussion with three of our stylists at our Salon Republic Burbank location, |
| 1:13.3 | Megan Brunel, Angelina Marie, and Danny Van Buren. |
| 1:17.3 | We talked to beauty school students who came and toured the location and to get an idea of what it's like to be a stylist. |
| 1:26.3 | We had a ton of great questions from them, so let's take a listen. |
| 1:30.3 | All right, we have Megan and Danny here. |
| 1:33.3 | Both work here in the salon. |
| 1:34.3 | Danny actually at one point worked in Studio City. |
| 1:37.3 | Yes, yeah, that was my first location with Studio City. |
| 1:40.3 | It's actually the original salon or public location. You can actually ask Eric |
| 1:46.2 | about that. Yes. I already mentioned it. Yeah. Of course he did. Yeah. So Danny, why don't |
| 1:52.0 | we start with you? Just introduce yourself. How long have you been a hairdresser? And what's your |
| 1:56.0 | specialty? Okay. I'm Danny Van Buren. You can follow me at Danny Van Buren hair if you guys are still doing the Instagram thing. |
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