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Every day, more and more customers look for services that promote safe, clean, and green businesses. Grocery stores, offer wipes for shopping carts. Tissue dispensers are starting to be placed near bathroom exits and door knobs. And Yogini clean mats in between yoga sessions. Whenever you have a service where one client leaves and another takes their place in a chair or work station, you owe it to the new client to make sure that the area has been refreshed and sanitized. That is especially true for beauty shops. You would not believe, the germs and illness that visit your...

DONNA BELLA BUSINESS TIP FOR February 16, 2011 Question: My friend and I were talking about hair extensions and were wondering where they originated. I think it was India and she guesses that they were first created somewhere on the African continent. Can you settle our friendly dispute? Pershawn A. – Jennings, Indiana Answer: No one seems to be making a claim as to the origin of hair extensions so let’s explain how they came about. Indian women have a long and established tradition of hair care and lengthy, shinny locks. Many women donate their hair to temples dotted around...

The salon and beauty industry is constantly changing and there is no better way for you to keep up with innovation than to attend a national or regional trade show. Trade shows give you a professional shot-in-the-arm and reenergize your connection to the beauty industry. For those of you who have never lived near or traveled to a large beauty event, you are in for a real treat. Take a camera to record your impressions. The color, sound, and human energy pulsates up and down every isle of the show. It’s an educational extravaganza on steroids. The big question for...

Stylists throw money at the Internal Revenue Service as if the IRS was a long lost relative that comes begging for assistance each year. It’s crazy! If you had a few hundred dollars set aside at the end of the year, and wanted to give it away, would the IRS be your first choice? Absolutely not. So let’s look at one business expense that will put hundreds of extra dollars in your pocket each year. Let’s talk about Business Mileage. Yes, letting Uncle Sam pay for filling up your gas tank and getting you around town. This is what the...

Stylists have soft hearts and helping hands. It’s part of what makes the beauty business so enjoyable. But when it comes to business budgeting you have to use tough love to make sure that you reach your financial goals. With a well thought out budget, your business will thrive and heal from the bumps and bruises of economic downturns. Every stylist should have two working documents; a business plan and a budget. A business plan is like a road map. It explains where you want to go and how you are going to get there. A budget is more like...