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You're a dude. As a woman, I have MUCH higher requirements of my hairstylists.

by Kluny 11y ago

DanBC 11y ago
Sure, but those are the requirements for barbers, not people who cut / style women's hair.
- jusben1369 11y ago
  Wait is there really a difference?
  - Kluny 11y ago
    It depends. For me, all I require is a trim, which needs no equipment other than a chair, scissors, and clippers. A barber could do the job portably, no problem. It's just that I have a high standard for the work that is done, so I'm extremely loyal to the barber that I currently see. I'm not going to risk some amateur screwing it up, which has happened in the past. Still, as we speak I'm about 3 weeks overdue for a haircut because I haven't had time to make the 10-minute trip across town to her premises during business hours. I would LOVE it if there was an app that could summon her presence at the moment. Especially if I could get her early in the day, because I've noticed a substantial drop in her work quality when I slide in after 5:00. Stylists that do coloring, perms, and more complicated styles may need additional equipment that makes it tougher to do the job portably, so their clients would probably not be the target market of this app.
  - dimino 11y ago
    I think we just found it.
- dragonwriter 11y ago
  > Sure, but those are the requirements for barbers, not people who cut / style women's hair. No, in California licensing terms, people who "arrange, dress, curl, wave, permanent wave, cleanse, cut, shampoo, relax, singe, bleach, tint, color, straighten, dye, brush, apply hair tonics, beautify, or otherwise treat by any means the hair of any person" and who can also "perform facials, scalp massages, or treatments with oils, creams, lotions, or other preparations either by hand or with a mechanical appliance" and "apply cosmetic preparations, antiseptics, powders, oils, clays, or lotions to the scalp, face, or neck" are barbers. [0] Now, there is another broader license from the same agency for cosmetologists, but the additional things a cosmetologist can do that a barber cannot are outside of cutting / styling hair. [1] [0] http://www.barbercosmo.ca.gov/forms_pubs/publications/barbering.pdf http://www.barbercosmo.ca.gov/forms_pubs/publications/barber... [1] http://www.barbercosmo.ca.gov/forms_pubs/publications/cosmetology.pdf http://www.barbercosmo.ca.gov/forms_pubs/publications/cosmet...

You're a dude. As a woman, I have MUCH higher requirements of my hairstylists.

by Kluny 11y ago

You're a dude. As a woman, I have MUCH higher requirements of my hairstylists.

DanBC 11y ago

Sure, but those are the requirements for barbers, not people who cut / style women's hair.

jusben1369 11y ago
Wait is there really a difference?
- Kluny 11y ago
  It depends. For me, all I require is a trim, which needs no equipment other than a chair, scissors, and clippers. A barber could do the job portably, no problem. It's just that I have a high standard for the work that is done, so I'm extremely loyal to the barber that I currently see. I'm not going to risk some amateur screwing it up, which has happened in the past. Still, as we speak I'm about 3 weeks overdue for a haircut because I haven't had time to make the 10-minute trip across town to her premises during business hours. I would LOVE it if there was an app that could summon her presence at the moment. Especially if I could get her early in the day, because I've noticed a substantial drop in her work quality when I slide in after 5:00. Stylists that do coloring, perms, and more complicated styles may need additional equipment that makes it tougher to do the job portably, so their clients would probably not be the target market of this app.
- dimino 11y ago
  I think we just found it.
dragonwriter 11y ago
> Sure, but those are the requirements for barbers, not people who cut / style women's hair. No, in California licensing terms, people who "arrange, dress, curl, wave, permanent wave, cleanse, cut, shampoo, relax, singe, bleach, tint, color, straighten, dye, brush, apply hair tonics, beautify, or otherwise treat by any means the hair of any person" and who can also "perform facials, scalp massages, or treatments with oils, creams, lotions, or other preparations either by hand or with a mechanical appliance" and "apply cosmetic preparations, antiseptics, powders, oils, clays, or lotions to the scalp, face, or neck" are barbers. [0] Now, there is another broader license from the same agency for cosmetologists, but the additional things a cosmetologist can do that a barber cannot are outside of cutting / styling hair. [1] [0] http://www.barbercosmo.ca.gov/forms_pubs/publications/barbering.pdf http://www.barbercosmo.ca.gov/forms_pubs/publications/barber... [1] http://www.barbercosmo.ca.gov/forms_pubs/publications/cosmetology.pdf http://www.barbercosmo.ca.gov/forms_pubs/publications/cosmet...