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Hey, Hairgamer's Donovan here, producer of the Hair Game podcast.

Salon Public has a new location coming this fall in Philadelphia, our first one on the

East Coast. Go to Salonanurnpublic.com or our link in bio. You can get a virtual

tour scheduled. We'll show you around the space virtually, let you know our amenities, and let you

get dibs on your new hair home. All right, on to our episode with Jen Guido, Jen the Hair

Magician. I imagine that you had had your fingers in hair before you got to high school. I'm sure you were doing friends in your bathroom or kitchen or whatever. And did you find that you were good at it? Or are there parts of it that you didn't like? Or have you been in the world so long that it was just kind of

second nature at least felt that way you know it didn't feel like second nature i would i would say

it was good at a lot of things beauty i would go to my friend's house as early as middle school and

give them a full set of awesome nails and i would curl hair. I was the go-to to braid someone's

hair in gym class or curl friend's hair at their house or even be the one to toss some box dye on

their hair. But if you put scissors in my hand, I would have a full-blown meltdown. I'm left-handed.

We're not in a world for left-handed people. And it took me a long time to feel comfortable cutting hair well after I was even licensed.

So that was something that I did not feel confident in.

But as far as just like putting my hands in hair, the confidence has been there.

This is an interesting topic that I don't think I've ever talked about in 400 plus episodes.

Left-handed versus right-handed.

Now, you're left-handed.

Do you cut left-handed or right-handed?

I do cut left-handed.

Okay.

And so I know a lot of shears are designed, you know, left-handed and right-handed. So when you say that the

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