The Tight Curl Experience Journal
Cut It Kinky's Tight Curl Experience Journal offers first-hand insight to help cosmetologists & barbers serve their tight curl clients at the highest level possible.
Featured Posts
We’re In for the Long Game
What are your expectations when you go to continuing education courses? Learning a new skill? Perfecting a current skill? Meeting a like minded community? What if we told you taking 50-11 technical classes can be a very indirect and long suffering way to increase and improve your business.
You Are the Subject Matter Expert
Today in social media, video content is king, queen, and joker. As fellow stylists we know you did not go to cosmetology school to become a photographer, videographer, digital marketer, content creator, and media personality. But in 2022 those are the hats we wear as we desire to grow our clientele and our revenue.
Loyal to Results
Making a play off the words of the great rapper Juicy J “These brands . . . They for everybody.” There are two types of stylists. The ones who drink the kool aid and the ones who don’t. As an Aveda Institute grad, I’ve witnessed that one of the first things that happens when you hitch your wagon to a product company is complete indoctrination.
Representation Matters
If you have been asking yourself “How do I/we attract more tight curly + natural hair clients?” The short and the long answer is, REPRESENTATION MATTERS. Just like your prospective clients, we do a bit of internet stalking of our current and prospective students Online Real Estate.
The Texture Elephant In the Room
Stylists...Let’s have a real serious conversation about “texture”. The word “texture “ is often used in our industry to describe curly, tight curly, and coily hair, but when it comes down to visual presentation much of the time we’re shown smooth/silky hair like Jillian’s on the left.
Why Cut It Kinky Education Doesn’t Use Mannequin Heads
During a first time client appointment we are often doing a corrective cut on hair that may have holes throughout the shape, a baby crown, or variations of both. Our job as curl specialists is to assess the current condition of the hair and explain to our clients where their hair is currently.
What Are Tight Curl Clients Seeking?
What are tight curl clients seeking? Insight. They’ve watched all the YouTube, read all the blogs, and asked all of the questions in their free Facebook groups. Information is everywhere and they have consumed it like they were drinking from a firehose.