The Tight Curl Experience Journal
Cut It Kinky's Tight Curl Experience Journal offers first-hand insight to help cosmetologists & barbers serve their tight curl clients at the highest level possible.
Featured Journal Entries
YOU ARE THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT
How To Find A Mentor
Mentors don’t have time or energy to waste. You have to be someone the mentor sees pouring into will at least 10x the ROI. Not necessarily financially but they must be able to know you will listen, apply, iterate, and succeed.
Why The New Textured Hair Law In New York State Isn’t Doing What You Think.
The Cut It Kinky SWOT Analysis of the New York State Textured Hair Law
Your Work Certifies You
Forget a certificate. It’s time to reprogram ourselves from the traditional salon and stylist mindset surrounding them. Is it truly possible to retain enough information from a 1-3 day class to return to the salon and excellently execute what you learned?
It Took Me Five Years to Learn How to Cut Hair
Cut It Kinky isn’t going to teach you a specific haircut. In cosmetology school the step by step haircuts in my Milady’s/Aveda textbook looked like Greek to me. I had such trouble understanding partings and elevation that my instructor stayed with me after school for two hours on a Saturday night just reviewing how to cut the occipital of this particular haircut.
Tight Curls Defined
Tight Curls are more than a curl pattern or a designation in the imaginary curl alphabet. Tight curls are cultural. They exist in historical hair care practices, community aesthetics, and shared stories/memories.
It’s the Joy for Us
Recie gave us all the lewks after her session as a client model for our in person Tight Curl Mastery workshop in Santa Rosa, CA. Her reaction to the transformation we were able to make with her hair is why Cut It Kinky is not your traditional cosmetology education company.
We’re In for the Long Game
What are your expectations when you go to continuing education courses? Learning a new skill? Perfecting a current skill? Meeting a like minded community? What if we told you taking 50-11 technical classes can be a very indirect and long suffering way to increase and improve your business.
You Are the Subject Matter Expert
Today in social media, video content is king, queen, and joker. As fellow stylists we know you did not go to cosmetology school to become a photographer, videographer, digital marketer, content creator, and media personality. But in 2022 those are the hats we wear as we desire to grow our clientele and our revenue.
Loyal to Results
Making a play off the words of the great rapper Juicy J “These brands . . . They for everybody.” There are two types of stylists. The ones who drink the kool aid and the ones who don’t. As an Aveda Institute grad, I’ve witnessed that one of the first things that happens when you hitch your wagon to a product company is complete indoctrination.
Representation Matters
If you have been asking yourself “How do I/we attract more tight curly + natural hair clients?” The short and the long answer is, REPRESENTATION MATTERS. Just like your prospective clients, we do a bit of internet stalking of our current and prospective students Online Real Estate.
The Texture Elephant In the Room
Stylists...Let’s have a real serious conversation about “texture”. The word “texture “ is often used in our industry to describe curly, tight curly, and coily hair, but when it comes down to visual presentation much of the time we’re shown smooth/silky hair like Jillian’s on the left.
Why Cut It Kinky Education Doesn’t Use Mannequin Heads
During a first time client appointment we are often doing a corrective cut on hair that may have holes throughout the shape, a baby crown, or variations of both. Our job as curl specialists is to assess the current condition of the hair and explain to our clients where their hair is currently.
What Are Tight Curl Clients Seeking?
What are tight curl clients seeking? Insight. They’ve watched all the YouTube, read all the blogs, and asked all of the questions in their free Facebook groups. Information is everywhere and they have consumed it like they were drinking from a firehose.