Ep. 409 • How Investing Your Time Can Pay Off Big Later w/ Stephanie Brown

The Hair Game

Salon Republic

Business, Arts, Fashion & Beauty

4.6 • 570 Ratings

🗓️ 4 August 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

BTC team member and educator @vividsandbalayage shares her journey from struggling in cosmetology school to becoming a successful hairstylist and content creator. We discuss the importance of investing time into social media and doing free hair in building her clientele, the challenges of transitioning from commission salons to independent work, and the significance of authenticity in the beauty industry.

This Week's Topics:

• Early Career and Cosmetology School Challenges

• Transitioning from Supercuts to Full-Service Salons

• Building a Clientele and Embracing Social Media

• Current Work and Balancing Content Creation

• The Importance of Social Media in the Hair Industry

• Navigating the Transition to Independence

• The Importance of Pricing Strategies

• Understanding Client Perceptions on Pricing

• Leveraging Social Media for Professional Growth

• The Balance of Authenticity and Professionalism

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0:00.0	offering free services to not only show your work, but to figure out more what you love.
0:05.2	And I feel like when you're doing it for discounted or free, you kind of have more free reign.
0:10.8	Hi, I'm Neil Malick.
0:12.1	Hey, I'm Jenny Streby.
0:13.3	Steve Sleeper from the Professional Beauty Association.
0:15.7	Hi, I'm Philip Wolf, and you're listening to the Hair Game Podcast.
0:24.1	Hey, Hair Game Podcast. Hey, Hairgamer's Donovan here, producer of the Hair Game podcast.
0:28.1	Salon Republic has a new location on the East Coast opening later this fall.
0:32.2	It's our first one in Philadelphia, center city, to be exact.
0:36.1	So if you're in that area, go to Salonopublic.com or the Hair Game podcast on Instagram,
0:41.5	link in bio.
0:42.2	You can book a virtual tour from either of those places and get dibs on your new hair home.
0:48.9	All right, on to our episode with Stephanie Brown.
0:53.1	Hi, Steph.
0:54.0	How are you? I'm good. How are you? I'm doing great.
0:58.3	So this is Steph, not Stephanie Brown, but she told me to call her Steph. So for the rest of the
1:04.2	conversation, she is Steph. You're a Massachusetts hairdresser who focuses on color and you're a member of the BTC team.
1:13.7	And it looks like you're a CosmoProff ambassador.
1:16.6	Anything else?
1:17.9	Any other accolades that I'm missing?
1:20.8	So those are definitely my major ones.
1:23.5	And on top of that, I'm a full-time hair stylist.
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