A Hair Stylist, or Salon Hair Stylist, cuts and styles customers’ hair. Their main duties include washing, coloring and cleaning hair, recommending and selling salon products and staying updated on ongoing hair styling trends.
A Hair Stylist should be able to fulfill various duties and responsibilities. The following are some duties and responsibilities a Hair Stylist should be able to execute:
- Give clients advice on how to maintain a hairstyle or look
- Explain the best ways to maintain hair health and why it’s important
- Maintain supplies needed for hair styling
A competitive Hair Stylist will have certain skills and qualifications, including:
- Experience using different types of scissors, trimmers and other tools to create hairstyles
- An understanding of the different types of hairstyles a person can request and how to achieve those looks
- A willingness to learn about new styles and techniques
- The ability to communicate with customers and understand a look they want, even if they don’t know the technical terms for a certain style