In Most part of Asia countries, most people seems to be rushing for time in their daily life. You can see them walk with super fast pace; seems like they are late for some kind of appointments or they just seems that there is not enough time in a day for them. However that is the pace set by these "financial hub" countries.
These countries are so competitive that even the citizens are educated to be that way. Small market and tight competition makes everything come down to two things; that is speed and cost.
Needless to say, it affects the hair industry as well. Customers who come to the salon seems to rush to have their hair done. They expect fast and good haircut; fast, cheap and good hair coloring or perm. These really turn the industry into a frenzy. Salon owners, hairdressers and even Importers started to search for products that process faster, cheaper and easy to use. This kind of demand forces the hairdressers to skip on the fundamental steps of chemical services, thus enable the process to be faster and cheaper. However, WHO CARES? we are talking about competition and bottom line.
Experienced hairdressers may no longer be interested in educational workshop or seminars, but they are more interested to find out which product line promises faster and cheaper result. This is sure a sad thing happening to our industry, as quality is no longer a priority in their work or product used. As a professional hairdresser, we should educate our clients about better quality products and services. Often when salons get complaints from customers that hair colors or perm are not done well or are not lasting enough and these blames are often targeted back to the product line. These complaints should not happen if hairdressers stick to their fundamental and keep their standard in place. This way, salons might have more happier customers and lesser complaints.
Just a five cents worth of advise; "is that as hairdresser, regardless of years of experience, we should keep upgrading ourselves and keep sourcing for quality workshops and seminars to attend. Get refreshed on our fundamental hairdressing skills that at times, we tend to forget."
