HIGHLIGHTS • Guiding Your Client to a More Unique Look w/ Brian Hickman
The Hair Game
Salon Republic
4.6 • 570 Ratings
🗓️ 29 January 2024
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Creative Director and Educator @brianhickman1 shares his journey in the industry and offers valuable insights. We discuss the importance of networking and stepping out of your comfort zone to meet inspiring individuals. He also shares his process of creating bespoke looks for clients and encourages hairdressers to be creative and adaptable.
This week's topics:
• Training educators then vs now
• Opening doors by introducing yourself and networking
• How to guide your client to more unique looks
• What makes the biggest impact in his edu classes
• What he would change about the industry
• Hair Horror Story
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| 0:45.5 | All right, now on to our episode with Brian Hickman. |
| 0:49.6 | I think that's what's so different from then to now is, so back then the companies were training you to be like the guy at the time. So I think that's what's so different from then to now is so back then the companies were training you to be like the guy at the town. |
| 0:57.0 | So I think the difference now is that we are wanting to give the tools for structure and everything, |
| 1:05.0 | but we're looking to make the stylists, help the stylist be the best versions of themselves. |
| 1:11.6 | So the more diverse that the team is, the stronger the team is. |
| 1:16.6 | The more diverse in the skills, all of those things are going to make all of us better if |
| 1:20.6 | we're open to receiving that from our peers instead of being afraid that, you know, someone's going to be better than us. |
| 1:29.3 | I think that that's a hard part to get to is like I'm just trying to be the best |
| 1:34.8 | version of myself. |
| 1:35.8 | Like I don't, you know, not comparing yourself because we all have different qualities that |
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