Words or phrases in the beauty industry that are annoying.
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The reason I gave up Hairdressing for a good while:
My Mum!!!
Mum: Do you think I need a trim, theres a 'hole' at the back...
Me: No I cut it 2 weeks ago, its fine, just wash it.
Mum: But your hair always looks so nice.
Me: Thats because I wash it every day or its flat and lank like yours
Me: Why does your hair look nicotine stained?
Mum: I just gave it a 'rinse' to make it blonde!
Mum: Can you cut it into a 'shape'?
Me: Yes, SQUARE or TRIANGLE!!!
Mum: I just trimmed the top because you wouldn't do it, can you sort it out?
Me: Ummmm....
Needless to say I gave up Hairdressing for a few years, back at it now and yes she is still as annoying as ever apart from the fact that she has had to 'pay' haridressers and now doesn't seem to need as many cuts???? I hope:grr:
I just thought of another area of possibility - childrens hair!!!
You spend 30 mins fighting with a 3 year old trying to do an immaculate bob without being able to cut against the skin for fear of blood and despite my excellent grip head move technique the child still wriggles and winges - arghh.
My Mum!!!
Mum: Do you think I need a trim, theres a 'hole' at the back...
Me: No I cut it 2 weeks ago, its fine, just wash it.
Mum: But your hair always looks so nice.
Me: Thats because I wash it every day or its flat and lank like yours
Me: Why does your hair look nicotine stained?
Mum: I just gave it a 'rinse' to make it blonde!
Mum: Can you cut it into a 'shape'?
Me: Yes, SQUARE or TRIANGLE!!!
Mum: I just trimmed the top because you wouldn't do it, can you sort it out?
Me: Ummmm....
Needless to say I gave up Hairdressing for a few years, back at it now and yes she is still as annoying as ever apart from the fact that she has had to 'pay' haridressers and now doesn't seem to need as many cuts???? I hope:grr:
I just thought of another area of possibility - childrens hair!!!
You spend 30 mins fighting with a 3 year old trying to do an immaculate bob without being able to cut against the skin for fear of blood and despite my excellent grip head move technique the child still wriggles and winges - arghh.
mizzy_dizzy
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I have to add one to my list LOL ,
Here in Germany they do allot of gels ,
all the local techs call the inhibition (sticky) layer "the sweat coat "
it just sounds nasty , lol
Here in Germany they do allot of gels ,
all the local techs call the inhibition (sticky) layer "the sweat coat "
it just sounds nasty , lol
Susie H
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I have to add one to my list LOL ,
Here in Germany they do allot of gels ,
all the local techs call the inhibition (sticky) layer "the sweat coat "
it just sounds nasty , lol
Ewwww:Scared:
I must be the parent from heaven
My boys hair cuts. me to hair dresser, get your clippers out, number 2 all over, he wriggles.
Daughters hair cut, me to Kay, stand still while she levels the ends or I'll do it.:twisted:
Things I hate:
False nails, breathing nails. Well I bit them off, but there's no damage
They just fell of
Yer right, they fell of in your mouth.Me to spray tan client.
Seeing as you are going to sleep before washing the guide colour of, Just to be safe, pop a pair of socks on your hands to ensure you don't end up with tan on the palms of your hands.
Phone call in the morning
Client, I've got tan all over my hands
Me, you didn't put the socks on did you?
client, well no, but I never touch myself
Apart from the fact that it sounded so wrong on so many levels
Em, yes you did:irked:
Oh and lastly
I was going to learn how to do them fake nails but it costs so much and it's just not worth it, any one can do them................
My breathing nails always hold their breath and count to ten
J.Victoria
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What gets my goat is when people talk down to me and assume I am stupid because of the career path I have chosen. One cheeky beggar who I believe worked in argos, asked if I had gone into beauty because I didn't do well at school and figured it was the easy option for me because I could "work with my hands"! I kindly informed her that I had gone to grammar school and had done very well in my exams and studied modern languages at university, but chose to persue beauty because it was what I had always wanted to do.
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J.Victoria
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Sorry meant to clarify that the phase "work with your hands" irritates me
VHunter
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I think one of the terms that drives me absolutely insane is.........
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CUTICLE OIL!
There is no cuticle! We removed it!! and we're definately NOT hydrating THAT since it's GONE!
Call it:
hydrating oil
conditioning oil
eponychium oil
nail oil.... whatever.
but please don't say "cuticle oil" Makes me CRAZY.
Part of improving the state of affairs in terms of technician education and consumer knowledge AND changing consumers views of we the technicians as actually being smart people... is using the CORRECT TERMS.
Now, if I just said to my client "we'll use blah-blah to gently remove your cuticle instead of doing as the NSS do with their e-file"
AND THEN I try to retail them some 'cuticle oil'...
How stupid do I look?
drum roll please.
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CUTICLE OIL!
There is no cuticle! We removed it!! and we're definately NOT hydrating THAT since it's GONE!
Call it:
hydrating oil
conditioning oil
eponychium oil
nail oil.... whatever.
but please don't say "cuticle oil" Makes me CRAZY
.Part of improving the state of affairs in terms of technician education and consumer knowledge AND changing consumers views of we the technicians as actually being smart people... is using the CORRECT TERMS.
Now, if I just said to my client "we'll use blah-blah to gently remove your cuticle instead of doing as the NSS do with their e-file"
AND THEN I try to retail them some 'cuticle oil'...
How stupid do I look?
I'm gonn get in to trouble for this but i'm having a ranty day!
enhancements! that one annoys me.
To me the word enhancement means to enhance something, improve something. nail enhancements don't enhance as they impede the function of nails. They might look good but you can't do the 101 things that nails are for.
I want nails that look good but I also want to use them! I sew, I drag out pins with my nails, or would if I had a free edge, I have to ask someone else to remove trapped pins now! Pick up small things dropped on the floor by catching them with a nail. i want to scratch an itch, do diy, and generally pick and prod, scratch, poke, scrape, screw(of the diy sort!) chew and dig with out losing a nail. When nail enhancements get that good (think wolverine!) then i'll think the word is justified!
enhancements! that one annoys me.
To me the word enhancement means to enhance something, improve something. nail enhancements don't enhance as they impede the function of nails. They might look good but you can't do the 101 things that nails are for.
I want nails that look good but I also want to use them! I sew, I drag out pins with my nails, or would if I had a free edge, I have to ask someone else to remove trapped pins now! Pick up small things dropped on the floor by catching them with a nail. i want to scratch an itch, do diy, and generally pick and prod, scratch, poke, scrape, screw(of the diy sort!) chew and dig with out losing a nail. When nail enhancements get that good (think wolverine!) then i'll think the word is justified!
VHunter
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Sorry, I gotta disagree. :hug:
I've been wearing 'enhancements' for well over 20yrs now, and LONG I might add and I can do anything and everything with my nails, including typing 90/wpm and more.
I pick up pins, coins etc... there is nothing I can't pick up off of the floor.
As for picking/prodding/scfratching... well, there's things I can do WITH that I could not do without because they weren't strong enough (yeah yeah, jewels not tools... but I can fix it myself if I break it LOL:lol
And yes, they are 'enhanced' as in 'made to look better'. They certainly didn't look good before.
They're definately NOT fake nails that are glued on from the pharmacy. I liken them to 'enhanced bosoms' that were 'enhanced' by surgery. They aren't chicken cutlets stuffed into a bra.
define:enhancement - Google Search
which reads:
naturalnails
Legend
You have obviously gone to the wrong sort of nail places!
Nail enhancements are supposed to, if done well, enhance what nature has given you!
:lol::lol::lol: what your looking for isn't a set of enhancements....its something totally indistructable...which is a little unrealistic.... Most clients that pay for their nails wouldn't want to dig with them any more than roll in a muddy puddle while wearing their beautiful new coat....:lol::lol::lol: some people just ain't cut out for wearing nails enhancements and maybe your one of those people...:green:
ValencianNails
Positivity rules!
I don't use my nails (natural or enhanced) to do half of the stuff you do, and I wouldn't expect my clients nails to be used for those purposes either! We should be looking after our hands and nails, not using them as a makeshift screwdriver!!!To me the word enhancement means to enhance something, improve something.
You're right
nail enhancements don't enhance as they impede the function of nails. They might look good but you can't do the 101 things that nails are for.
What exactly are nails 'for'? I'm confused!
I want nails that look good but I also want to use them!
You ever heard of the phrase "jewels not tools"? :wink2:
I sew, I drag out pins with my nails, or would if I had a free edge, I have to ask someone else to remove trapped pins now! Pick up small things dropped on the floor by catching them with a nail. i want to scratch an itch, do diy, and generally pick and prod, scratch, poke, scrape, screw(of the diy sort!) chew and dig with out losing a nail. When nail enhancements get that good (think wolverine!) then i'll think the word is justified!
An that would be why I gave up on my nails. Not willing to alter my life that much!
Nails are tools! anything that doesn't make them better tools ain't gonna work for my pedantic mind.
crystaltash
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Oh one of my faves is just as you have finished a polish job and have just top coated nail number ten......"so will these be dry now?"
Also, an eyebrow wax client comes in, lies down on the bed and THEN asks, "have u time for a lip, chin, bikini and underarm wax?" - oh yes, seeing as I'm clearly wonderwoman. I can easily fit all those treatments into the 15 minutes I have allocated for your eyebrow wax!
Another:
Client; you know that special polish you did on me?
Me: oh yes, the shellac?
Client: aye, well I've been using nail polish remover on it for the past hour and I can't get it off!
I had a client in the other day who was going away for the weekend and was in getting her nails French polished. Just as I was spraying solar speed on her nails, she informed me that she had to rush home to pack!!!! WELL WHY THE F**K DID YOU BOOK IN TO GET YOUR NAILS POLISHED BEFORE
YOU HAD EVERYTHING DONE???
lol!!!
Also, an eyebrow wax client comes in, lies down on the bed and THEN asks, "have u time for a lip, chin, bikini and underarm wax?" - oh yes, seeing as I'm clearly wonderwoman. I can easily fit all those treatments into the 15 minutes I have allocated for your eyebrow wax!
Another:
Client; you know that special polish you did on me?
Me: oh yes, the shellac?
Client: aye, well I've been using nail polish remover on it for the past hour and I can't get it off!
I had a client in the other day who was going away for the weekend and was in getting her nails French polished. Just as I was spraying solar speed on her nails, she informed me that she had to rush home to pack!!!! WELL WHY THE F**K DID YOU BOOK IN TO GET YOUR NAILS POLISHED BEFORE
YOU HAD EVERYTHING DONE???
lol!!!
VHunter
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I KNOW!!! I don't get it! We go through the trouble of explaining it to them, and you can almost hear the echo of our voice going in one of their ears and coming out the other!!
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sarahpoppy24
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Oh I have had my friends mum, who is a proper old school cornish lady, ring me up realy abruptly shouting down the phone, "Hello sarah...I was wanting my nails done saturday..you know THE HARD STUFF" I knew she meant L and P, so I explained to her about it and she booked in. When it came for infills, she rings me up again shouting.. "alright, yeah I want them infilled..how much" I explain the price and she goes "well for that price I may as well have them take off" and hangs up lol!!! I cant take offence to it because this is just how she is and she doent mean harm ,she is like this to everyone and me and her do actualy get on realy well lol. Also when she wanted her hair "like posh spice, but not so skin tight" in her words lol. I did it, and it wasnt "skin tight" enough so had to go back the next day to "tighten it up" lol. Me and my frinds are in hysterics every time we talk about it! x
yep, another hater of the word "beautician" x
also "fake nails" lol .. i specialise in natural nail services, spa mani/pedis, minx, shellac etc and when i recently explained the different services to a potential client she replied " on no i wanted the proper nails, you know .. the fake ones" lol
also "fake nails" lol .. i specialise in natural nail services, spa mani/pedis, minx, shellac etc and when i recently explained the different services to a potential client she replied " on no i wanted the proper nails, you know .. the fake ones" lol
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Alex-Lydia
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So many so little time...
"I want to dye my hair" - well your hairs already dead, maybe we can colour it to make it look more alive?
"Can I have one layer please?" No you cannot, layers do not work like that!
"Can you please squeeze me in, won't take long" How the hell do you know?
"I normally cut my 3 year olds hair but I don't have time, can you do it, I will explain how to?" I am a fully qualified hairdresser and then they proceeded to explain how to do it!
I have one client (a lovely lady) who wants a classic one length bob but with "a short layer on top to give it a bit of height" I have most of my clients very well trained but I just cannot explain to her why this will never work (it's my failing) and we have the same conversation every time she comes in!
My favourite is "Why did you have to go to college for 2 years it seems such a long time to train to do hair?" Long and very very very indepth answer - She now knows.
Sorry some are repeated but at least we know that daft questions are not unique to our own clients x
"I want to dye my hair" - well your hairs already dead, maybe we can colour it to make it look more alive?
"Can I have one layer please?" No you cannot, layers do not work like that!
"Can you please squeeze me in, won't take long" How the hell do you know?
"I normally cut my 3 year olds hair but I don't have time, can you do it, I will explain how to?" I am a fully qualified hairdresser and then they proceeded to explain how to do it!
I have one client (a lovely lady) who wants a classic one length bob but with "a short layer on top to give it a bit of height" I have most of my clients very well trained but I just cannot explain to her why this will never work (it's my failing) and we have the same conversation every time she comes in!
My favourite is "Why did you have to go to college for 2 years it seems such a long time to train to do hair?" Long and very very very indepth answer - She now knows.
Sorry some are repeated but at least we know that daft questions are not unique to our own clients x
I have so enjoyed reading these today, they have cheered me up no end. I'm not having a good one.
My daughter (the hairdresser in the family) has often spoken about similar comments on here. So it is really funny to see other professionals finding the same things so annoying.
I have been told off many times for saying dye lol. No Mum it's colouring. I have learnt.
Other word I use that makes her cross is hair laquer. I'm showing my age I know. That is what it used to be called. I am now fluent in hair spray......
I have learnt, in a very short space of time in this business a lot about people.
One thing that really bugs me is when a client walks in, looks up the salon and presumes we are not busy. We are a very small team, one hairdresser, one beauty therapist, one nail technician and me on reception.
client - can you do me know?
me - what for?
client - hair?
me - I'm sorry we are fully booked today!
client - looks up the salon, can't she do it?
me - I'm sorry but "she" is waiting for her next client who is due in any second!
client - What about her?
me - I'm afraid she is the beauty therapist and is waiting for her client to come out from the beauty room.
I feel like turning the computer around and showing them that the columns are full. Why should I have to prove we are busy. We would do it if we were availble. We don't turn clients away......
My daughter (the hairdresser in the family) has often spoken about similar comments on here. So it is really funny to see other professionals finding the same things so annoying.
I have been told off many times for saying dye lol. No Mum it's colouring. I have learnt.
Other word I use that makes her cross is hair laquer. I'm showing my age I know. That is what it used to be called. I am now fluent in hair spray......
I have learnt, in a very short space of time in this business a lot about people.
One thing that really bugs me is when a client walks in, looks up the salon and presumes we are not busy. We are a very small team, one hairdresser, one beauty therapist, one nail technician and me on reception.
client - can you do me know?
me - what for?
client - hair?
me - I'm sorry we are fully booked today!
client - looks up the salon, can't she do it?
me - I'm sorry but "she" is waiting for her next client who is due in any second!
client - What about her?
me - I'm afraid she is the beauty therapist and is waiting for her client to come out from the beauty room.
I feel like turning the computer around and showing them that the columns are full. Why should I have to prove we are busy. We would do it if we were availble. We don't turn clients away......
Blinkingorgeous
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Clients looking over my shoulder at my diary, drives me insane :lol:
