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Starting your career as a hairstylist in the middle of a pandemic ain't for sissies. But this sweet woman has bravely taken it all in stride, and she's already making bold moves! 💪So without further ado, let me introduce you to @hairbyemilyrae! Emily is our company's newest associate🌻and we couldn't be more thrilled to have her on our team. She comes from California originally, but as we say in Texas, she got here as quickly as she could! She's smart, kind, level-headed, SUPER intuitive, and focused. What I love best about her is that she anticipates people's needs before they even know they need something - which means her customer service is TOP NOTCH! We can't wait to watch her soar! Welcome, Emily!

Who in their right mind opens a new business during a global pandemic!?!? That's right. US. We did that.💁‍♀️ When we set out to custom-design and 👷‍♀️build a brand new location for our growing business, we had no idea it would take over a year to turn it into reality. We had no idea it would take so much patience. 🤔So much perseverance. We had no idea what it would really mean to open our doors during a global🌎 disaster of epic proportions. We had no idea that we would have to change and shift so many things to make it work in this new world reality. But who wants to stay the same forever, anyway? Doing things the way you've always done them is a sure way to stifle growth. And in this world, if you're not growing🌻 then you're withering away. We're not the same salon we used to be - no. We're infinitely, dazzlingly BETTER. And we're waiting for YOU to join us.❤️ 📸 @pinkletoesoriginal

Listen up, hairstylists. I'm going to tell you a secret that no one else will tell you - not your salon owner, your beauty school instructors, or even your salon bestie: Success in the beauty industry does not come from getting a job at the big, fancy, high-profile salon.🙀 Once again for the ones in the back: SUCCESS 👏 DOES 👏NOT 👏COME👏 FROM GETTING A JOB IN A BIG FANCY SALON. Sure, those salons boast a few "successful" stylists who look like they're slaying that hair life. Ask any one of them about their experience in the industry, and I guarantee most say they've worked in those big salons, but it was a nightmare. Too many stylists, not enough resources to go around. Absentee owners who don't show they care for their people. An "easy come, easy go" culture where everyone is expendable. Feeling like hired help instead of family. It's almost a rite of passage🏆 isn't it? Like we expect that we'll be mistreated in some way by the salon company. Many salons are actually PROUD of how mean and hardcore they are towards their staff. Here's the secret: IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THIS WAY. Think 🤔about what kind of experience you want in your salon home. Do you want a salon family? Do you want to be treated like just a number, or would you prefer to be an essential member of the business? Well... 💁‍♀️You NEED to consider finding a salon home in a small, boutique salon. One that makes it their mission to grow PEOPLE, not just profits. 🌱One where the staff is small enough that everyone knows your name and where there's space and time to dedicate to YOU. Small salons where you have access to dedicated coaching and mentorship, the chance to be a leader yourself, and be surrounded by folks who get YOU and YOUR goals? That's where it's at, my friend. So don't be tempted by those big names and thousands of followers. Salons that fly under the radar 🤫are where the real magic is happening. 👍 📸@pinkletoesoriginal

Yesterday was this chicadee's ONE YEAR anniversary with MMBC... It feels like just yesterday that I sat down with her at a coffee shop for a quick chat, only to be blown away when she pulled out a notebook and said, "I have a few questions for you, if you don't mind." Y'all. SHE interviewed ME. 🤯 It wasn't her first rodeo. She had plenty of life and work experience, and even though she was new to the beauty industry, she already knew that our salon company had to be a good fit for HER, as much as she needed to be a good fit for us. We have some high standards here at MMBC, and for the boss to have her socks knocked off within the first 5 minutes of meeting you is a pretty unique thing. It doesn't happen often, but it has happened with EVERY single person we have on our team, which is why we are who we are.💪 I'll be forever grateful that magical moment happened with @prettyinpage that sweltering day last August. Happy 1 Year, sweets! 🎂

⚠️UNPOPULAR OPINION ALERT!⚠️ When a stylist says they won't give out their color formula, beware!That's a sign of a very insecure stylist with a bad attitude. Why, you ask? Because, listen: no two heads of hair are the same. Even using the same formula, same color brand, same mixture, same processing time, same room temperature, same everything...🤷‍♀️it can still turn out ENTIRELY different. A person's hair texture, thickness, natural color, undertones, relative body temp, supplements/meds, hormonal levels, ethnic background, and many other factors make a difference in how the color turns out. It's just not possible to replicate the same thing on two different people using the exact same formula.💣 If a stylist is using "someone else's formula," it''s up to that stylist to assess all the factors at play and make adjustments to the formula based on all factors involved, in order to get the desired result. Hair color formulas= science 👩‍🔬 - plain and simple. Clients aren't property to be owned, and color formulas aren't intellectual property to be defended. #truthbomb If a client moves away and asks for their color formula, we always give it to them - along with helpful information for their next stylist. MMBC stylists have even been known to HELP find a new stylist for our moving guests, and we even work with the new stylist long distance!😉 It's the nice thing to do, really. And to you stylists - honestly, wouldn't you rather the client be happy and feel cared for because you've gone out of your way to help them out? I promise you, it'll create more goodwill and loyalty for everyone. Because I guarantee, if that client is ever back in town - she's coming back to YOU. ❤️