Ep. 311 • Guiding Your Client's Hair Journey w/ Mz. Lady Lox
The Hair Game
Salon Republic
4.6 • 570 Ratings
🗓️ 21 August 2023
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Loctician and natural haircare icon @mzladylox creates unique hairstyles where no two are the same. She describes her client experience and shares the importance of making them feel good during their journey of growing locs. We also discuss her reasons for leaving a commission-based salon to go independent.
This Week's Topics:
• Attending the first natural hair school in Virginia
• Moved to Georgia for corporate job but transitioned to hair full-time
• Choosing to leave a commission-based salon and going indie
• Describing her client experience; the importance of her client's journey
• Building her brand and monetizing her techniques
• Advice for young hairdressers focusing on natural hair
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| 0:00.0 | So when they come into my space, the first thing I ask them is, what are we getting prepared for? Are we, is it your birthday? Where are we going? Where are we going this weekend? So when I'm asking them that, that's telling me what type of hairstyle I have to do. Hello and welcome. I'm Candy Shaw, aka the Bali Lama. I'm Cassandra Platinum. Hi, I'm Samantha Harmon. |
| 0:23.6 | What's up guys? I'm Rit Siva and you're listening to the Hair Game podcast. |
| 0:30.3 | Hey, listener, I'm Eric Taylor. So Salon Republic, Emeryville in Northern California is opening later this year. |
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| 1:02.6 | Also, guys, video versions of the episodes are on the YouTube channel. |
| 1:05.9 | Free to subscribe. |
| 1:07.3 | Go to the YouTube, the Hair Game podcast playlist on our YouTube channel, and you're going to see all those videos right there. |
| 1:16.1 | Now to my conversation with Ms. Lady Locks. |
| 1:19.9 | Hey, Ms. Lady, how are you? |
| 1:22.5 | I am good. How are you? |
| 1:24.7 | I'm very good. So Ms. Lady told me that I can call her Ms. Lady or Latoya. |
| 1:30.5 | And I don't know what I'm going to. |
| 1:32.0 | Throughout the episode, I might call you one or the other. |
| 1:34.6 | We're just going to feel it, fill it out. |
| 1:36.4 | You know, that's how we do it here on the Hair Game Podcast. |
| 1:39.1 | You're in an Atlanta hairdresser, educator and entrepreneur specializing in natural hair. |
| 1:47.0 | And you're quite famous for your amazing redlocks, earning you some covers on magazines such as essence, vibe, and others. |
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