Episode 154
Celebrity Clients & Mastering Your Craft | Shannon Romano aka “PIGMENT” Professional Hairstylist + Artist + Wig Designer
Tune in to hear Shannon aka "PIGMENT" share how to get celebrity clients and the truth about mastering your craft!
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KEY TAKEAWAYS:
- Shannon did an apprenticeship program, no formal school. This is where you get to learn on the job.
-- Her apprenticeship led to automatic clients within the shop where she worked. Clients gain trust, and you are cheaper, so they switch to you. Then, if a stylist leaves, you get their clients too.
-- Shannon moved to Vegas only to realize building anew is very challenging if you didn't work in a salon and have those relationships. So she left hair, only to come back!
-- Starting back off, she went to a commission salon to build with the help of the salon and its brand AND without the cost of rent.
-- Shannon began pursuing her passion for design and creativity to explore her hair piece and wig designing.
-- This process required a LARGE investment of time and energy to hone her craft. This also cost her money for the wigs and hairpieces. She was her own model and worked with what she had to grow herself.
-- Now, Shannon works with designers, charitable organizations, and celebrities like Cardi-B
-- Try to stay mindful of your emotions and ask yourself why you are feeling the emotions you are feeling. Do not give into them, but ask yourself why.
-- Why do you feel those things and figure out how to work on the reasons why, and not the feelings you are feeling...they will consume you, think depression and anxiety.
-- If you want to work with celebrities, you have to be a master of your craft...this takes serious amounts of time, no way around it.
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