The Taylor Andrews Blog

Mission 15 The Look Book  Today, begin organizing fashion forward photographs of top models, movie stars, and celebrities. Browse fashion friendly magazines for up-to-date images of styles, cuts, colors and up-dos.  Organize these photos and arrange them in a nicely bound book. Understand and know how to achieve these looks. During each consultation, walk your client through the Look Book to discover appropriate styles. What […]

This amazing work was done by former student Chad Seale with the assistance of current students Tita Tillack and Josh Parkin.  The shoot was for clothing designer Keith Bryce of Filthy Gorgeous.  The photographer was the fantastic Jake Garn.

Mission 14  The greeting  Today and each day hereafter, I want you to meet and greet every client in the following manner:  As you approach your client,   Smile This is the gift of happiness. It puts your client at ease if they are nervous.   Make eye contact Notice their eye color. Eye contact means trust, attention, and “I […]

Mission 13 Have an Attitude of Abundance and Cooperation  I really believe that you need to be willing to share the ideas, systems and principles that work for you. So often in our industry we are afraid of or suspicious of our competition, when in reality there is plenty of business out there for anyone who provides Incredible […]

Mission 12 Forget Competition and Focus on Your Strengths Give up the whole concept of competition. Competition says that there is only one prize and we all have to compete to get it. To compete means that someone has to win and someone has to lose. It doesn’t have to be that way. We need to stop competing, -we […]

Mission 11 Charge a premium amount for your work  This is probably one of the most important concepts to learn.  If salons and stylists are going to be successful together,  they can’t continue to fight over who gets the largest piece of the pie.  Instead,  you come up with a fair split and bake a […]

Mission 10 Market Your Uniqueness  Once you’ve figured out what is remarkable about you,  it’s time to tell the world.  Author and Speaker Larry Winget says “Discover your uniqueness and learn to exploit it in the service of others and you will be guaranteed success,  happiness and prosperity.  Lets think about that:  Discover your uniqueness.  […]

Mission 9 Become a Purple Cow In Seth Godin’s wonderful book Purple Cow, which I highly recommend, he talks about how he and his family were driving through the countryside of France and how they were enchanted by the hundreds of storybook cows grazing on the picturesque pastures next to the highway. For miles they marveled at how […]

Next up as we follow the success of former students is Chanelle (Kelley)Chambers. Chanelle is building a great career in Georgia.  I remember that Chanelle was a hard working student who really wanted to learn and had a real artistic mind that questioned everything. Chanelle is proof of what a great career cosmetology can be. […]

Mission 8 Ask a lot of People to Buy  It doesn’t matter how talented you are if no one knows it. It’s not who you know, it’s who knows you! There are some simple things that you should always do. First, you should always carry business cards with you and always be talking about what you do for a living. Opportunities […]