Life as a Hairstylist’s Apprentice – braids

Many girls, boys, men, and women graduate from Beauty School, but what then? Beauty school is really just a preparation for your state’s licensing exam. Each state has their own requirements for beauty school training, but some students expect to be world class hairstylists right out of class. This isn’t the case, and maybe you’ve never stopped to realize the training and dedication it takes to become a successful hairstylist. Following graduation your next step is to land an apprenticeship where you begin to develop your technique and become a real hairstylist. Beautysmack is now following Marina, and her life as the real beauty school apprentice.

Although I did work in the salon for three years prior to deciding to start the apprenticeship I was still very nervous! You master styling your own hair because you’ve done it your whole life, and now there I am standing over a Miss Suzy-kin head with a comb and a clip saying “Oh No!” Thank god Miss Suzy can’t talk back when I stabbed her with the comb accidentally. It was tough to get the hang of things, but being alone in the salon with just my teacher and Miss Suzy-kin helped A LOT! I really was feeling like I was getting the attention I needed, and I’m feeling much more confident that I’m on my way to success, at least with braiding.

Which brings me to my first task, braiding Miss Suzy-kin’s hair! The braid is simple, you take three strands of hair and criss-cross them until there is no hair left, and then you have a braid! Bing! Bang! Boom! Braid! Sounds so simple, well not exactly. A professional French braid or “Invisible Braid” * is slightly more challenging. The first five minutes are spent trying to position your hands and then your combs, but once I was comfortable it was easy as pie.

“First try, perfect braid!” My teachers says.

This should be easy…not!

If you disagree try the Visible Braid**! That one is tough. It took me at least 10 trys before I could create the full and final masterpiece..actually half

You can see my pics above.

After dropping my comb a 1000 times I had finally completed my 100th braid of the day- practice makes perfect. I was told to please stop doing such perfect braids because I was making everyone look bad! And funny enough for me what followed their comments was a tail comb in Miss Suzy-kin’s eye! Joking of course! There is never a dull moment at Salon Evol.

Day 1 complete. I’m feeling proud and excited that I made the choice to take on this career challenge. We’ll see what tomorrow brings. I’ll be waiting, comb, hand, and smiles.

Marina

* The invisible braid is also known as the ‘French Braid’. see picture 1

** The visible braid is shown as woven above the scalp. see picture 2

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