My rugged road to success

My Rugged Road to Success



When I became a stylist at "Professional Hair Weaving by Julie," the job was not as I had dreamed

it would be. I began dreaming of becoming a hairstylist at the age of fourteen. I used to picture myself

styling wigs, hairpieces, and applying hair extensions to people in the entertainment field. Most of my

styling experience came from my natural ability and practicing different styles on my mother’s wigs

and hairpieces; however, that was not enough to feed the hunger I had to learn more about hair replacement.

When my husband and I moved to California, I got a job at “Professional Hair Weaving by Julie” as a hair

replacement stylist. My employment there included on-the-job training on walk-in clients. I thought I

would be happy learning from Julie, but I found I was spending a great deal of time on my own. I learned

how be an excellent hair replacement stylist from my mistakes and asking for help from my coworke...