Ep. 396 • What You Need to Succeed as a Bridal Stylist w/ Angela Catteneo
The Hair Game
Salon Republic
4.6 • 570 Ratings
🗓️ 5 May 2025
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
@beyondtheponytail Founder Angela Catteneo shares her insights as a bridal stylist, including the skills and traits necessary to thrive in this unique genre of hairstyling.
She also saw a need for a community where bridal stylists could come together. We discuss the evolution of Beyond The Ponytail, as well as the importance of education beyond styling.
This Week's Topics:
• Angela's Journey into Hairdressing
• The Birth of Beyond the Ponytail
• Challenges of Being a Bridal Stylist
• Navigating Bridal Client Relationships
• Preparation and Control in Bridal Styling
• Pricing Strategies
• Balancing Professionalism and Friendship
• Building a Community: Beyond the Ponytail
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| 0:00.0 | It takes a special person that has a lot of patience and a lot of ability to overcome and be in control of a stressful situation. |
| 0:14.6 | Hi, this is Chameeta Grant. |
| 0:16.3 | This is Sarah Bautsford. |
| 0:17.4 | Hi, I'm Melissa Maloney. |
| 0:19.0 | Hey, it's your girl Kim Kim Kimball and you are listening to The Hair Game Podcast. |
| 0:26.8 | Hey, Hairgamer's Donovan here, producer of the Hair Game Podcast. |
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| 0:37.8 | So go to SalonRepublic.com or our Lincoln bio on the Hairgame podcast and book your |
| 0:43.6 | tour for those. Check them out and get dibs on your new space. |
| 0:47.3 | All right, onto our episode with Angela Catenio. |
| 0:51.3 | Hi, Angela. How are you? |
| 0:53.3 | I'm doing great, Eric. Thank you so much for having me on. |
| 0:56.8 | My pleasure. My pleasure. For those who don't know you, you're a San Francisco hairdresser |
| 1:01.6 | who focuses on bridal hair. And I love having bridal conversations because it's kind of |
| 1:07.5 | this corner of our industry that probably generates revenue |
| 1:14.2 | above what most people assume. But we're going to get into that. And we don't have enough |
| 1:21.0 | conversations about it. We've had Lala on multiple times. Love her. And she's great. |
| 1:29.6 | But I'm excited to talk to you. You're the founder of Beyond the Ponytail, which is a community of bridal hairdressers that |
| 1:36.3 | offers a directory education and awards program and maybe more. |
| 1:41.4 | But why don't we start with where you're from originally and how you |
| 1:45.0 | got into this business in the first place? Oh my gosh. Such a funny story. I, this being, |
| 1:51.9 | working behind the chair, being a cosmetologist was actually my third career. So I started this |
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