HIGHLIGHTS • When Is the Right Time to 'Go Indie'? w/ Kisandra Taylor
The Hair Game
Salon Republic
4.9 • 571 Ratings
🗓️ 2 June 2025
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Fashion color artist & educator @kissysbombshellbeauties shares her experience moving from commission salon to independent. We discuss the process, including building a clientele and balancing professional & personal life.
This Week's Topics:
• Career Journey and Early Experiences
• Transitioning to Independent Work
• Balancing Work and Family Life
• Brand Collaborations and Social Media Presence
• The Rise of Bond Builders
• Client Trends and Preferences in Hair Services
• Difficult Conversations Behind the Chair
• Fostering Support Over Competition in the Industry
• Hair Horror Stories and Lessons Learned
• Advice for Aspiring Hairdressers
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the highlights of the full episode. |
| 0:08.7 | Hey everyone, Donovan here, producer of the Hair Game podcast. |
| 0:12.7 | Salon Republic has two new locations coming up. |
| 0:14.7 | Soon, we have Salon Republic in Encino, our second location there, opening very soon. |
| 0:20.3 | And also this fall, we have Salon |
| 0:22.1 | Republic in San Carlos up in the Bay Area. So go to salonrepublic.com or our link in bio and |
| 0:28.5 | book your tour for those. Get dibs on your new space. All right. On to our episode with Cassander |
| 0:34.7 | Taylor. That's the salon I worked at. |
| 0:38.5 | Okay, that was the first salon. |
| 0:40.3 | That was the first salon I worked out. |
| 0:41.8 | It was called Dollar Cuts. |
| 0:42.9 | Uh-huh. |
| 0:43.6 | Yes, which does not inspire confidence. |
| 0:46.6 | Yeah, no. |
| 0:47.6 | Yeah, no. |
| 0:48.5 | But I didn't care about the name. |
| 0:51.2 | I just wanted to get my name out there, you know. |
| 0:53.6 | And I would do a lot of free hair just to get my name out there, you know. And I would, I would do a lot of |
| 0:55.6 | free hair just to get people in the door, you know. So not even a dollar cuts. Yeah. And I mean, |
| 1:02.3 | they were eight dollar haircuts. They weren't like dollar cuts, but it was cheap. But it was full |
| 1:08.6 | service. Like it was color. It was a tanning salon I so I did like spray |
| 1:15.8 | tans I did lashes I did I did all of it but I started to like specialize and figure out what I |
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