The Hair Game

Latest Episodes:

Ep. 221 • (part 2) The 4 Core Principles That Guide Najah Aziz's Success Nov 29, 2021

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We continue with stylist and salon owner Najah Aziz @najahliketheriversalon and discuss the 3rd and 4th core principles of her business. We also get into how she started her salon, the education and mentoring she does, and the story of her original IG account getting hacked!

This week's topics:

• The 4 core principles:

- No waiting, double-booking policy

- Building w/ talented, licensed stylists that buy into the values

• Starting and marketing her salon

• Errors she sees during her education classes

• Mentoring

• Having her original IG account hacked

• What she would change about the industry – more community

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Ep. 220 • The 4 Core Principles That Guide Najah Aziz's Success Nov 22, 2021

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Stylist and salon owner Najah Aziz @najahliketheriversalon spent 16 years in the insurance industry before finding hair. She shares what she learned from corporate life and how she uses it to find success running a salon.

This week's topics:

• Finding her way to hair after working insurance for 16 years

• The joy of making a living doing hair

• Gaining knowledge outside the hair industry & being productive

• The principles Najah follows for success

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Ep. 219 • The Art of Transforming Your Client w/ Sal Salcedo Nov 15, 2021

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We continue our discussion with Sal Salcedo @salsalhair. We hear the story of meeting his wife and how raising their son has changed the way he approaches his leadership at the salon and in his education. We also discuss the idea of transformation and why it is an important tenet of Sal's life.

This Week's Topics:

• Meeting his wife – one of his clients

• Decision to become a father

• How fatherhood has affected his leadership at his salon

• Transformation: in life and behind the chair

• How he approaches his education classes

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Ep. 218 • From Ranch Hand to The Top of The Salon Industry w/ Sal Salcedo Nov 08, 2021

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Cut Artist and salon owner Sal Salcedo @salsalhair grew up as a ranch hand in Mexico. In this first of two episodes, we hear his amazing story about his journey to the U.S., and how he discovered his passion for being behind the chair.

This Week's Topics:

• Finding his way to hair: working on a ranch in Mexico

• Having an absentee father and how that affects his parenting

• Moving to US without knowing English; teaching himself how to cut hair and starting to to do it for money

• Finding fulfillment in cutting hair and going to cosmo school (for real :) )

• Working with older stylists and learning from them

• Outgrowing his salons and finding his next steps

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Ep. 217 • Instagram Is Killing Me w/ Heather Chapman Nov 01, 2021

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We continue our discussion with @heatherchapmanhair and find out why she has decided to leave Instagram alone and focus on promoting her online education exclusively on.... TikTok?

This Week's Topics:

• why she is quitting IG & moving to TikTok

• Her online edu: what she offers

• Dealing with effects from surgery

• Social media sapping her creativity

• Wedding Hair Horror stories

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Ep. 216 • Knowing When to Pivot Your Career w/ Heather Chapman Oct 25, 2021

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Hair Styling Educator Heather Chapman @heatherchapmanhair was inspired by the success of her stylist was and realized she needed to go back and finish beauty school.

Through self-teaching, she became a styling expert and realized her future was moving toward educating. We discuss that transition and how she has taken her in-person education online.

This Weeks Topics:

• Her journey to finish hair school

• Learning skills and refining at home through YouTube and instructional videos

• Moving to New Mexico and starting on IG

• Gaining a following and moving to full-time educating

• Building her online education platform and marketing

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Ep. 215 • Behind the American Influencer Awards w/ Josh Skinner Oct 18, 2021

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Josh Skinner is a Television Producer and Host of the podcast American Influencer Real Talk. He gives us a rundown of the awards show, as well as a frank discussion about the realities of being an influencer and the psychological effects of social media in general.

This Week's Topics:

• How society views and defines influencers

• How influencers are nominated for the AIA awards

• Adapting to the challenges of influencing

• The economy of being an influencer

• AIA Real Talk podcast - His favorite interview

• The psychological effect of social media

• The landscape of social platforms

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Ep. 214 • Overcoming a Negative Father w/ Samantha Harman Oct 11, 2021

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Stylist and Educator Samantha Harman @samanthasbeautyconfessions was constantly told she was a failure and would not amount to anything... we discuss how her relationship with her father affected her personal and professional life. She also explains how she was able to build a massive clientele and following living in a town of 4,500 people.

This Week's Topics:

• Leaving college and going to hair school instead

• Her father's reaction to her quitting college and becoming a stylist; dealing with his negativity

• How her relationship with her father affected her marriage

• Building a clientele in small town

• Her success on IG: Doing something she was looking for but couldn't find

• Auditions for brands on IG: add educational value to every post

• What it means being a part of brand teams

• Most difficult convo with a client

• What she would change about the industry

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Ep. 213 • The Journey Towards Happiness and Success Behind The Chair w/ Kelly Cardenas Oct 04, 2021

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Salon owner Kelly Cardenas @kellycardenassalon grew up with constant positive encouragement... he shares how it profoundly affected his career in hair and other aspects of his life. We also discuss his salon strategies that guarantee success for his stylists.

This Week's Topics:

• What it was like growing up with positive encouragement

• Finding his way to hair; trimming his basketball teammates

• Starting his own salons after being let go

• Putting systems in place at his salon to get rid of issues and guarantee success for his stylists

• His daily journaling and how it helps his focus

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Ep. 212 • How Motherhood Makes Me a Better Educator w/ Ashlee Norman Sep 27, 2021

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Ashlee Norman joins us again this week to continue the conversation of family and motherhood. We discuss how it has influenced her career, her education classes, as well as the effect the indie movement has had on female stylists raising children.

This Week's Topics:

• Finding financial responsibility to support marriage

• Navigating covid and quarantine: deciding to move out of California

• Going to tradeshows independently

• The most important aspects of her education

• What she would change about the industry – a hybrid salon model?

• Discussion on indie vs. Commission pros and cons

• Hair Horror Story!

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