

Everything else was literally the worst salon experience I've ever had, included witnessing the dated color techniques of the colorists. The floor managers were nice, and that was the only decent part. No, your salon working environment is terrible, and it's not setup to help new assistants learn or thrive. They have a mentality that if you can make it there, you can make it anywhere. Once I got there, I was appalled at the lack of skill from the colorists, the lack of education, and the way the assistants were being used in the hopes of one day working in the salon.

I was excited to try Rita Hazan and learn from the best. Rita's current assistant has been with her for 6 years! Hello, people, you are being taken advantage of. At Rita Hazan, their assistants are treated like the housekeepers to the head colorists, and kept in training for minimum 5 years. A salon that is truly supportive of their team will teach their assistants while on the job, and promote them on the floor once they are ready. She's the perfect model for that: working woman, mom, superstar, businesswoman.Modern salon assistants are not glorified housekeepers and should not be kept in training for more than three years. It's a great to make: I'm beautiful, sexy, bold and I can do it all. "She had great thick, long hair, which she cut off because she's ready to make a statement. It's natural hair." Her usual hairstylist, Kimberly Kimble, echoes that sentiment to People Style Watch. By strategically highlighting her whole head in very tiny sections, we achieved the perfect look." When asked via email if Beyonce's hair was a wig or if it was her actual hair, we were told, "Of course. We wanted the color to be soft and sexy, so I chose to highlight her hair with champagne and summer blond tones. She issued a statement saying, "Beyonce's new look is modern and old Hollywood at the same time, and makes such a statement. Colorist to the stars Rita Hazan created Beyonce's color for her new pixie. Want more details? Here's what I've learned so far. While it was received with mixed reviews, we can all agree that people are so interested in the cut. It was the chop seen 'round the world: Beyonce revealed her new short 'do on Instagram. As drawn-out as my start was, I'm glad that it She felt that I belonged on the floor, and I was finally promoted. I got my big break seven months into my job assisting the color director at the John Barrett Salon. As I got a little older, I started coloring my own hair and fell so in love with it that I signed up for beauty school-I never looked back! Eventually, I assisted at a few big salons in New York City, including Oribe and Peter Coppola, before they closed. Is this your dream job? I've always been fascinated with color and wanted to do something in the arts. You're a colorist at one of the biggest salons in the New York City. First up, Carlina Ortega, a colorist at the Rita Hazan Salon in New York City. And since we figured you'd want to meet her too, we're introducing a new series, "How I Got My Beauty Job," where you'll hear from the colorists, manicurists, hairstylists, makeup artists, and others who have caught our eye.

True story: We get giddy when we meet a Latina who's out there doing her thing in the beauty industry.
