Hair Stylists work with salon clients on delivering their requested hairstyle. Their main duties include conducting hair consultations with clients, washing, cutting, coloring, and styling hair, educating clients about home hair routines, and recommending salon professional hair products.
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Hair Stylist Duties
Welcome clients to the salon
Conduct hair consultations with salon clients
Listen to the client's request and determine their preferences
Recommend hairstyles according to clients face shapes, current trends, and clients request
Analyze the condition of the hair and prepare for styling
Provide quality customer services and maintain a high standard of professionalism
Wash, rinse, and dry clients’ hair with appropriate shampoos and hair conditioners (e.g. for dry hair)
Give relaxing scalp, neck, and face massage
Cut, trim, and shave hair using professional equipment
Use curlers, rollers, hot irons, and curling irons
Apply a wide range of hair coloring techniques e.g. highlights, ombre, balayage
Style hair, including blowouts, curls, braids, ponytails, and updos
Create hairstyles for formal events and everyday looks, including braids, ponytails, and buns
Style hairpieces, extensions, and wigs
Wax eyebrows and facial hair
Apply chemical setting, straightening, or curling solutions
Apply additional hair treatment products, as needed (e.g. protection creams when coloring hair)
Educate clients on additional salon services and upsell them without being pushy
Emphasize professional hair product benefits and make recommendations to clients according to their hair care needs
Consult clients and advise them on home hair care routines
Form bonds with loyal customers and remember their hairstyle preferences
Schedules clients, cancel by the request of clients, and assures customers that they will receive adequate service on time
Ensure clients rebook during checkout
Manage bookings and serve walk-ins
Proactively develop new clients
Watch out for the safety and health of clients by applying standards of the hair salon and legal regulations
Maintain hygiene and cleanliness in the salon (e.g. sterilize tools)
Assist with salon inventory management
Adhere to salon policies and procedures to ensure operational efficiency
Stay abreast with the latest hairstyling trends, techniques, and treatments
Stay aware of new hair products
Assist junior stylists in their job duties when needed
Maintain and update client records in the salon software system
Attend formal in-house training as required
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Hair Stylist Duties Template
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Citations
The hair stylist, the corn merchant, and the doctor: ambiguously altruistic https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-law-medicine-and-ethic
A Career as a Hairstylist https://books.google.com/books?hl=ru&lr=&id=Ht
On duties https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=3xfMDAAAQBAJ