RE: Acquaintances that want your work for free
March 10, 2017 at 12:37 am
(This post was last modified: March 10, 2017 at 12:39 am by Joods.)
OMG yes. I feel you all over the place.
Now that I've graduated from school and passed my state boards (before graduating even), once I get my licensure, all the bullshit will start. It's what compelled me to write a post about it on facebook a while back. So here's my rant:
I have student loans to the tune of 18K to pay back. I have kids to feed and bills to pay. So, friends and family, do NOT, I repeat, do NOT get pissed off because you want me to do your hair for free and I say no. Do NOT get mad when I charge you full price for what I do. I didn't just go to school to learn how to cut hair. I had to learn chemistry, anatomy, diseases, chemicals, how to do an 8 step blood spill procedure on a fucking cut. I had to learn the difference between a relaxer containing lye and a "no lye" relaxer. I had to learn the difference between perms requiring the use of heat and ones that don't and on which type of hair to use which type of perm on. I had to know what a metallic salt test was and why it's important that you can spot a boxed dye job on your client's head even when they lie to you and tell you they don't use box color. Yeah. WE KNOW. We've been trained for your lies people. If we weren't, your hair would turn to mush and you'd be bald in a New York minute because you wanted us to raise your 3N hair color to platinum blonde in ONE day. Ain't gonna happen sweet cheeks.
So don't come at me and tell me that I should give you that discount because we are friends or because we are related. I had to learn so many things that I deserve to be paid for my expertise. I deserve to make the amount of money I believe my talents are worth. If you don't like my prices, go elsewhere. It's that simple.
The double process and then the fashion color I used on my own hair also was done using Olaplex. It's highly expensive and on anyone else's head, I would have charged at least $250 to start. I paid for my products. I spent four hours on my own head with NO help. Why don't I pay myself? Because it's MY head and I AM the one working on it. So yes - I do my own head for free minus the cost of products used. But you? You get to pay for my experience. Period.
/rant.
Also let me include that you are essentially asking me to work for free on my day off, and then you don't even want to fully compensate me for the products I have used? Nope sorry. And I fully expect a proper tip from you after I am finished or you can find someone else to reformulate your color for you because I won't be doing your hair again in the future.
Now that I've graduated from school and passed my state boards (before graduating even), once I get my licensure, all the bullshit will start. It's what compelled me to write a post about it on facebook a while back. So here's my rant:
I have student loans to the tune of 18K to pay back. I have kids to feed and bills to pay. So, friends and family, do NOT, I repeat, do NOT get pissed off because you want me to do your hair for free and I say no. Do NOT get mad when I charge you full price for what I do. I didn't just go to school to learn how to cut hair. I had to learn chemistry, anatomy, diseases, chemicals, how to do an 8 step blood spill procedure on a fucking cut. I had to learn the difference between a relaxer containing lye and a "no lye" relaxer. I had to learn the difference between perms requiring the use of heat and ones that don't and on which type of hair to use which type of perm on. I had to know what a metallic salt test was and why it's important that you can spot a boxed dye job on your client's head even when they lie to you and tell you they don't use box color. Yeah. WE KNOW. We've been trained for your lies people. If we weren't, your hair would turn to mush and you'd be bald in a New York minute because you wanted us to raise your 3N hair color to platinum blonde in ONE day. Ain't gonna happen sweet cheeks.
So don't come at me and tell me that I should give you that discount because we are friends or because we are related. I had to learn so many things that I deserve to be paid for my expertise. I deserve to make the amount of money I believe my talents are worth. If you don't like my prices, go elsewhere. It's that simple.
The double process and then the fashion color I used on my own hair also was done using Olaplex. It's highly expensive and on anyone else's head, I would have charged at least $250 to start. I paid for my products. I spent four hours on my own head with NO help. Why don't I pay myself? Because it's MY head and I AM the one working on it. So yes - I do my own head for free minus the cost of products used. But you? You get to pay for my experience. Period.
/rant.
Also let me include that you are essentially asking me to work for free on my day off, and then you don't even want to fully compensate me for the products I have used? Nope sorry. And I fully expect a proper tip from you after I am finished or you can find someone else to reformulate your color for you because I won't be doing your hair again in the future.
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