The 'Reality' of Salon Ownership w/ Gina Micheletti
The Hair Game
Salon Republic
4.6 • 570 Ratings
🗓️ 21 April 2025
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Salon Owner and Reality TV star @gina.doesmyhair shares her experiences and challenges of salon ownership. We discuss the difference between running a salon in a suite vs. storefront environment, as well as the balance of working BTC in your own salon.
Gina also shares her unique experience from starring in 'Married at First Sight,' discussing the challenges of navigating relationships under the scrutiny of cameras, the awkwardness of being matched with a stranger, and the impact of editing on public perception.
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| 0:00.0 | Sweet salon owner and salon salon owner are very different. |
| 0:03.6 | I've learned that in the last two years. |
| 0:05.7 | I mean, the cost is like 10x what it is in a suite. |
| 0:08.6 | Like, it's everything's way more expensive when you become a salon owner. |
| 0:12.3 | And the risk is a lot heavier than just leasing out of suite. |
| 0:17.1 | Hi, we're Dreamgirl. |
| 0:18.8 | I'm Nikki Wildflower. |
| 0:20.0 | Hey, I'm Kendall Dorsey. My name is Hunterdonia, and you're listening to The Hair Game Podcast. |
| 0:29.1 | Howdy Hair Gamer's Donovan here, producer of the Hair Game podcast. We have a couple new locations for Salon Republic coming up in the future. We have one in Encino, our second location there, as well as one in San Carlos up in the Bay Area near there. |
| 0:42.6 | So go to Salonrepublic.com or our link in bio. |
| 0:46.4 | You can book your tour and get dibs on your new space. |
| 0:50.6 | All right, on to our episode with Gina McAletty. |
| 0:53.9 | Hi, Gina. How are you? |
| 0:55.5 | I'm doing well. How are you? |
| 0:57.7 | I'm doing awesome. All right. So for those listeners who don't know Gina McAuletty, she's |
| 1:03.6 | Gina Dot Does My Hair on the IG. You're a Nashville hairdresser who focuses on hair extensions. You're on a reality show called |
| 1:14.1 | Married at First Sight Season 16. It's on Netflix and Hulu, I believe. And I think Lifetime, |
| 1:23.9 | we'll get all those details, but I'll, after I finish my intro. And you have a podcast |
| 1:29.7 | called DeLis Diaries with a couple other lady friends of yours that sounds kind of interesting. |
| 1:35.7 | I listen to some of it. And you have a line of hair extension products and various things |
| 1:42.0 | called Sle bay. Yep. |
| 1:44.6 | So sleigh bay is actually my salon. |
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