Ep. 354 • So You Want to Be an Editorial Hairstylist? w/ Kia Sterling

The Hair Game

Salon Republic

Business, Arts, Fashion & Beauty

4.6 • 570 Ratings

🗓️ 1 July 2024

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Kia Sterling @kiasterlinghair and Eric dive deep behind-the-scenes of editorial work in the hair industry. They talk about the preparation and execution of runway shows, including the long hours, prepping the hair, and working with different hair textures. Kia shares the most important traits for being successful during runway shows and photo shoots.

This Week's Topics:

• Challenges of Working Behind the Scenes

• Understanding All Textures of Hair

• The Financial Aspect of Editorial Work

• Communication and Teamwork in Runway Shows

• Scheduling and Client Communication

• Word of Mouth and Networking

• Believing in Yourself and Starting

• The Need for Diversity and Inclusion

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0:00.0	You know, people like maybe me or other successful people look like we just have it together. And we don't. We make it look good online. Yeah. But behind the scenes, we don't have it together. So it's okay not to have it together. Hello, friends. This is Sal Sal Salah Hair. Hey, this is Deina the Bar barber. This is Lisa Walker. Hey, I'm Jill Buck.
0:20.9	Hi, I'm Nigia Aziz, and you're listening to The Hair Game Podcasts.
0:28.6	Hey, everybody, Donovan here, producer of the Hair Game Podcast.
0:32.3	Two new Salon Republic locations opening soon, West Hollywood on Santa Monica Boulevard and Westwood. People are
0:38.9	reserving their studios now, so go to SalonRepublic.com, book a tour so you can get first dibs
0:44.1	on your new space. Also, keep DMing us with suggestions on who we should bring on as guests.
0:49.4	We love this. If there's someone you think we should bring on that you haven't, shoot us a DM at
0:53.8	the Hairgame podcast. Let us know who they are. All right, now on to our second episode with Kea Sterling.
1:01.6	All right, Kia, I'm back with you. In our last episode, we talked about Kia's early days about
1:07.6	how she got into the Hair Game and found her way to editorial work.
1:11.6	Now I want to talk about the specifics of editorial work, and I want to give the listeners an idea
1:17.6	of whether it's something that they should aspire to do or not.
1:23.6	You know, it's kind of like the flash and the pizzazz and it's so sexy, the whole thing.
1:30.6	But let's talk about the behind the scenes. Is it really as sexy as what it seems? So first,
1:37.8	I want to get, now listeners, if you didn't listen to episode one, why are you listening to
1:42.0	episode two? Okay. Stop and go to, I was going to say, stop the tape recorder. I was literally going to say that. Stop the tape recorder, listeners, and go back, go back to the first tape. No, the first episode that Kea and I did, go back to that one and you're going to get Kea's story in there and how she made it to the editorial world.
2:04.9	And now she finds herself, I mean, you're like at the top.
2:08.9	You deal with, you work with some of the best people in the industry, some of the top designers.
2:13.9	You work in fashion shows and, you know, with big designers that everybody knows all over the
2:19.1	world. And it's just super duper cool. And as I'm talking, why don't we start, why don't we start there
2:26.2	with this episode? Tell us about your, like, a recent fashion show and what it was and who you
2:33.0	worked with and what that was like?
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