Ep. 399 • Want a Revolution? Start One Yourself w/ Ashlie Ferguson
The Hair Game
Salon Republic
4.9 • 571 Ratings
🗓️ 26 May 2025
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Salon Owner & educator Ashlie Ferguson @snowconehead wanted a better convention.... so she created one herself! She shares details about her upcoming convention - @revbeautycon - aimed at providing real education for stylists, highlighting indie brands and educators.
Ashlie also touches on the role of effective consultations, assistants in the salon, and the impact of physical injuries on stylists.
This Week's Topics:
• Education and Early Career
• Bond Builders and Product Experience
• The Impact of Mass Marketing on Hair Products
• Client Preferences: The Shift Towards Low Maintenance Styles
• Consultation Dynamics: Understanding Client Needs
• Balancing Client Consultations and Scheduling
• The Role of Assistants in Hair Styling
• Dealing with Physical Injuries in the Industry
• Changing Client Perceptions on Pricing
• @RevBeautyCon: A New Kind of Convention
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| 0:00.0 | My assistants deserve to learn hair hands on every day and not just be folding towels. |
| 0:07.7 | Hi, I'm Sarah M.G. I'm Summer Libyan. |
| 0:10.6 | Hi, I'm Diana Vee. |
| 0:12.0 | What's up everybody? It's Barbara Joshua P. here. |
| 0:14.2 | And you're listening to The Hair Game Podcast. |
| 0:24.7 | Hey, everybody, Donovan here, producer of the Hair Game podcast. |
| 0:30.4 | Salon Public has a new location opening very soon in Encino. |
| 0:33.5 | Go to Salonrepublic.com or our link in bio. |
| 0:35.7 | Book your tour and check that out. We also have one opening in San Carlos in the Bay Area this fall, as well as one in Philadelphia, |
| 0:41.8 | our first East Coast Salon. |
| 0:43.7 | That one's opening up in the fall, too. |
| 0:45.3 | So go to Salonorupublic.com and check out those new spaces and book a tour. |
| 0:52.0 | All right, onto our episode with Ashley Ferguson. |
| 0:56.6 | Okay, so for those of you listeners who haven't figured it out already, Ashley is in Philly. |
| 1:05.3 | Yes. |
| 1:06.5 | And she's a Philly hairdresser and salon owner who focuses on creative color, |
| 1:11.2 | blondes and extensions. |
| 1:12.8 | And you're an educator for babe hair extensions. |
| 1:16.3 | Yes. |
| 1:17.1 | Anything else you want to mention as an intro before we get into it? |
| 1:21.5 | Intro, intro. |
| 1:23.6 | I was born and raised by a bunch of hairstylists, my grandma, mom, and my anneral hairstylist, |
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