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Bliss Book Donor For The Real Hair Truth Documentary

~ Joseph Kellner

  

 

I am Julie Hill. I dream, I create, and I live to be inspired.

The project began long ago as a dream – a dream of bringing visions alive for women, brides, and stylists. And through our own inspiration, we were able to make this dream a reality.

After many 10 to 12 hour days, long photo shoots, and lots of learning, Bliss was born.

During the creation of this book, we utilized our own database of models – these are real women, each with her own unique “look.” As a result, we have a beautiful range of women covering our pages. This, in turn, was our goal. When women look through our book, we want them to visualize themselves on the pages and see themselves in the hairstyles. And we think we’ve accomplished that.

We are locally produced in Ann Arbor, MI. As a small company, we strive to provide a great product and will continue to do so.

Bliss is an inspirational guide for brides, stylists, and women of all ages. If you’re looking for a style for your formal event or your wedding, this is your source. If you’re a stylist, this is the perfect “look book” for inspiration as well as a guide for your clients. Each page is simple; the styles are thoughtful, up-to-date, and focus only on the hair and make-up. Each style is classic and offers a wide range of looks for your next event. 

Bliss is printed as a soft cover book and with over 150 pages and 80 hairstyles to choose from. Bliss is the new age of “look books,” and we proudly present it to you.

Dream until your dreams come true! I dream every day.

Follow your Bliss!

 

 

Matthew Feinman Filming Director

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Matthew Feinman has been a Producer and Director of Photography (DP) for over 10 years.  Matt graduated from Full Sail University as Salutatorian of his class, and recently has returned to his alma mater to further his education with a BS and MS in Entertainment Business.  Past projects he has worked on include DP for the television show “Hot On! Homes,” Post-production PA for the television series “Hogan Knows Best,” Helicopter Videographer for Disney Quest Video, Behind-the-Scenes documentary for the feature film “Larry the Cable Guys: Health Inspector,” Production Assistant for the hit show ‘Fear Factor,” DP for the pilot season of the reality series “Supermodel Showdown,” and many other projects, both locally and internationally based.  Matt stays abreast of the industry by attending seminars featuring the newest equipment and technology, as well as workshops on the most up to date techniques in camera operation and production.  When not working, Matt spends time with his wife Sharon and their daughter Lily running k’s and half-marathons, attending outdoor local events, and relaxing at home with their dog Roxy.

Lovely Words From REGIS Salon Employees

~ Joseph Kellner

 

AS AN EMPLOYEE OF HAIR CUTTERY…REGIS BOUGHT OUT SOME OF THE SALONS. WE WERE ALL PROMISED OUR SENIORITY AND THAT THEY WOULD MEET OR EXCEED OUR PAY. I CAN SEE WHY THERE ARE SO MANY COMPLAINTS FOR THIS SALON CHAIN. THE STYLISTS ARE SIMPLY SLAVES FOR THEM. MY CHECKS ARE NOW SHORT BY 400.00 AND I’M WORKING AN EXTRA 8 HOURS . I HAVE NO SENIORTY LIKE THEY SAID I WOULD. THEY ARE ALSO TAKING THE CREDIT CARD TIPS. JUST FROM AN INSIDE VIEW, IF THE COMPANY ACTUALLY CARED A LICK ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE MAKING THEM THEIR MONEY AND STOPPED BEING SO D$$$ STINGY THEY WOULD HAVE THE OPPURTUNITY FOR A MUCH BETTER REPUTATION. I DON’T KNOW HOW THEY SLEEP AT NIGHT. THERE ARE STYLISTS AT MY SALON WHO HAVE NEVER STRUGGLED IN THEIR CAREER. TWO OF THEM NOW ARE SINGLE MOMS AND YOU CAN IMAGINE HOW A FOUR HUNDRED DOLLAR PAY CUT AFFECTS THEIR LIVES. THE COST OF DAYCARE IS SO HIGH THEY ARE SIMPLY WORKING TO PAY THE DAY CARE. THEY’D BE MUCH BETTER OFF WATCHING KIDS INSTEAD OF SLAVING AT THE SALON. . I BET THEY DON’T EVEN SLEEP AT NIGHT. I KNOW I COULDN’T IF I WERE ROBBING AND SLAVING GREAT STYLISTS OF THEIR WORTH….RUINING LIVES EVERY DAY.

They dont tell you when you are hired you wont get paid your retail commission.lost $150 a month busting my butt …for what? making more elsewhere.

It is obvious the positive opinions of the SCAM Regis Corp, were written by the creeps who back the company. I do not know ANY hairdresser who is happy about working for this CRAP company, since they bought out all other chains in America! Everyone says they are nothing more than sweat labor companies. I hope they go under! They sleep real well, the greedy creeps they are! Before they bought out the former chains, the business was booming! Hairdressers easily moved up the pay scale, and were offered incentives to keep up the good work! But not after these greedy creeps bought out. Everyone is right.. the pay checks are 400 dollars less working more hours! Regis refuses to allow the employees any regular schedule. Each day different hours. Our clients have to call in constantly to see when we work. The phone is ringing off the wall, and we are running back and forth to tell customers our schedules! How can anyone build a clientelle that way? What a joke this company is. The salons that were booming are dead now. Why, because they came in and fired all the long time hairdressers for no reason, ( the ones who were faithful to build the salons up ) then brought in new girls for min. wage! They thought the old customers would come back but they got a big one… NOne of them did. I hope their greed will put them under. We need to go back to not relying on these big corporate hogs, and do our own shops. We don’t need these creeps! The dirty tactics of this corporation will come back and bite them.. and it is already happening! It is great to see their stocks going under, and them having to close shops! It is too bad all these chains allowed them to buy them out! They were nice places to work before Regis took over.

 

MY complaint is that about a year ago we were all told we couldnt have raises because of the so-called “recession” well being from Canada the recession is not what it is in the states and our numbers haven’t gone down a bit in fact they are much higher then prev years and we even won top salon sales for our region for the 5th year in a row and yet they say the company is suffering so we have to suffer as well?!?! this is BULLSHIT!!!! we are the reason you corporate *** even have a company. and since our sales HAVEN’T suffered at all then why should we suffer with our pays?! we work our *** off for this company and in return have seen nothing, no bonus, no incentive, no RAISE!! YET are being told our managers who’s salons have highest sales in there region get a trip to Rome in October and a nice little bonus. WHERE THE *&^% is my trip and my bonus, it sure as ***(and if your work for first choice you know what i mean) isn’t our managers bringing in 4-500 a day in sales to make us the top salon. we get nothing, notta, not even a 1$ per hour raise. How about all us stylists who work for Regis and are a little irked about there “reasons for cutbacks” dont show up to work for a couple of days all at once, lets see how there sales are then. I couldnt help but want to punch my manager when she says “oh i won a trip to Rome for having top sales” then turn around and tell me “times are tough there will be no raises this year” go *&^% yourself its my *** hard *** work that got you there it sure as *** isnt your $60 in sales a day that did it. lets see where you are without me and im taking my clients with me.
The Hair industry is a industry that you DO need to work your *** off to make good coin but the results are making people feel good and educating them on Hairstyling

Joseph Kellner Booth Rental Advice

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As a booth renter the owner of the salon has no say as to how you run your business. The salon owner is mostly a landlord and you are the tenant. They should not provide you with phone, towels, products, training or tools, these should all be paid for and provided by yourself. Any repairs or improvements to your area or the salon are negotiable.

If your problem is with walk-ins, many salons do not allow renters to take any salon walk-ins at all. You are responsible for your own advertizing and furnishing your own clients. If you are being treated as an employee, where you are required to answer phones, required to be in the salon specific hours, then you have a problem. First, you should never rent a chair in a salon without having a rental agreement which spells out everything in detail. Get the salons rental agreement BEFORE starting work and sit down with the owner and make sure you understand everything. The major things that should be in any rental agreement are, how much is the rent, when its due and when it can be changed and what exactly is furnished in your rent, how are walk-ins handled, when is the salon available for your use, do you get a key, can you sell your own retail, what services are you allowed to perform, what are your specific cleaning duties. As a booth renter you have certain basic rights. You have the right to schedule your own appointments, determine your own work hours, within the guidelines you agreed upon in your lease and very important, the ability to come and go as you please. You have the right to set your own prices and determine what products you use to perform your services.
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Get Referrals Every Time Using These 3 Easy Steps!!!

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Establish rapport. Use language to meet your client or prospect at their current state of mind. You’ve done this to open the sales call by simply verifying several pieces of information with your client or prospect. Do the same thing here as well. If you are speaking to a past or returning client, use questions to get them to verify their experience. If you are speaking to a new prospect, use a cushion to acknowledge their current state, appeal to their nobler side and then reiterate some of the points about their industry that brought you to the prospect in the first place.

Describe the kind of referral that you are looking for. Describe your ideal client in as much detail as possible. When possible, use elements that are shared by the prospect or client that is sitting in front of you. And use descriptive language to create a person that your client will understand and relate to. Describing your ideal client as a young person with high energy, working in a creative hi-tech environment creating unique applications for the web will result in your prospect thinking about specific people with names that have done some of the work that you have outlined.

However, saying that you are looking for web designers will result in your prospect or client having an unfocused mind and they will most likely say, “I can’t think of anybody right now, but I’ll let you know when I do.” Remember, detailed descriptions will act as an anchor in your clients’ mind and produce concrete results. Vague descriptions of the type of referral you are asking for will produce vague results at best.

Lower the barrier to getting cooperation. Lower the barrier by reducing the risk associated with your client or prospect giving up their contacts’ information. Remember that if they are giving you their contacts, they are putting their reputation on the line. Make them look good by insuring that their contacts will get the best service or products possible. If you are getting referrals from a client that you’ve done business with before, this should be fairly easy to do. Tell your client that you will work to insure that these referrals will receive the same types of benefits that they received. You also can get creative here and offer incentives to your clients for supplying referrals that buy your stuff.

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