What It Means To Be A Master Hairdresser

 

 

 “If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn’t seem so wonderful at all” Michelangelo

Instant mastery of hairdressing skills is something we all like to achieve as soon as we complete beauty school. Wait, not so fast! The reality is that the road ahead can be demanding and laborious. Becoming a master hairdresser requires humility, patience and hard work.

Like any other field, hairdressing has its specialties (color and hairstyling) and sub specialties (keratin, texture hair, sessions, updo, etc.). It gives us ample choices to select an area to master.

It's been tested and tried, no matter the field, that time and practice leads to expertise. No matter where you are, it takes at least two years of preparation to be a good hairdresser and six years and above to be great or achieve mastery. No matter how skillful you may think you are, the more you learn the greater you’ll be.

Albert Einstein once said “Only one who devotes himself to a use with his whole strength and soul can be a true master. For this reason, mastery demands all of a person”

Devoting yourself to the demands of mastery requires you as a hairdresser to:

Choose a specialty (as many as you can handle), but be careful not become a "jack of all trades and a master at none."

Learn from masters in the respective specialty and then apply the lessons learned to confirm that you are indeed learning and understanding how it works. Do not get discouraged when mistakes are made because they lead you to mastery.

Learn and apply, learn and apply, learn and apply… that is it!!!

It is rare to find a hairdresser to be in total control and proficient in ALL areas of hairdressing. Those who are, I consider them to be “world class” hairdressers. 

 

Maria Polanco-Arias,

Master Hair Colorist