Episode 1

Salon vs Suite by SALON STYLIST, Khoung Tran

Khoung Tran of Tysons, VA: Salon Stylist, Educator, Artistic Team Member, Awesome Human

IMPORTANT POINTS:

  • COVID helped us all realized our income potential if we went out on our own
  • Support and collaboration from Salon Life enables success
  • Not being around co-workers will be like being without your family
  • Suite Life you have to do EVERYTHING

Thinking about going out on your own or joining a salon? Listen to the SALON VS SUITE SERIES first! We ask suite owners, salon owners, salon stylists, and rising stylists to weigh the pros and cons of these two pathways. By crowdsourcing views, perspectives and advice, RISING STYLISTS are able to navigate the biased views we hear online and in our circles. Having this well-rounded perspective will support them in their careers!

Tune in as we sit with Khoung Tran ( @tranzillaforilla ), salon stylists, educator, artistic team member, and awesome human, as he weighs the pros and cons of the SUITE LIFE vs SALON LIFE.

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Robert Hughes

“I THINK HAIRSTYLISTS ARE THE COOLEST, NICEST, AND MOST FUN GROUP OF PEOPLE ON THE PLANET! I AM PASSIONATE ABOUT USHERING IN AN EMPOWERED-STYLIST FUTURE, AND I ABSOLUTELY LOVE GETTING STYLISTS FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE TOGETHER IN A NON-COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT WHERE WE CAN LEARN, LAUGH, AND GROW TOGETHER.”
-Said by ME!
Robert started his hair journey as a kid in rural America offering haircuts on the street to kids in the neighborhood, not realizing, one day, he would find himself working the front desk at a hair salon while in high school. From there, his experience from salon-to-salon has included the front of the house, back of the house, stylist, educator, and consultant. It was during this movement through various salons he developed a passion to empower stylists and educate owners on how to raise the industry standard of excellence, mutual respect, and professionalism amongst stylists, managers, owners, and clients. Robert currently is the General Manager and a Master Stylist at Violet Salon in Georgetown, DC.