SPEAKER_00 0:00

What's going on y'all? Corpse Chris Russians back at it again. Today we are located at uh Stinger's Southside Coffee with Jaslin. Uh location uh Stinger's coffee is 7042 South Staples Suite 106. Give them a try. I got the uh white mocha frozen regular. It's one of my new favorite drinks. What you drinking?

SPEAKER_02 0:19

I got a passion tea.

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unknown 0:37

Good.

SPEAKER_00 0:39

How'd you feel when I invited you onto the show?

SPEAKER_02 0:41

Excited. I've I haven't done too many interviews before, so yeah, no, it's all good.

SPEAKER_00 0:47

It's all good. Yeah, no, like I said, I saw your Instagram profile. I was like, oh, that looks like a pretty cool chick. Let's invite her on. That's pretty much how I do it, like on Instagram and stuff.

SPEAKER_01 0:58

Okay, cool.

SPEAKER_00 0:58

So I don't think I've had a well, I think I might have had a cosmetologist on, but so you uh you during cosmetology, you're right, that's your field?

SPEAKER_02 1:07

Yes.

SPEAKER_00 1:07

Cool.

SPEAKER_02 1:08

My licensed cosmetologist. Uh I work down the street at Balayage Salon and Spa.

SPEAKER_00 1:12

What what's it called?

SPEAKER_02 1:13

Balayage Salon and Spa.

SPEAKER_00 1:15

Balayage Salon. Okay, cool. All right, that's pretty interesting to say.

SPEAKER_02 1:19

Yeah, it uh what's it like? It's it's fun. Um it doesn't really feel like work most of the times. Of course, there are there those days, but it's it's really fun overall.

SPEAKER_00 1:32

Cool. Uh so most so what is cosmetology?

SPEAKER_02 1:36

Just like haircutting or yeah, so I'm licensed to do hair, nails, um, facials, pretty much everything in between. Um but yeah, I mainly I mainly do hair.

SPEAKER_00 1:50

Yeah, yeah, I think I think you commented on one of our posts like regarding like businesses or something like that. Do you remember that? Yes. You want to share a little bit about I can't remember what I was asking, but I remember you like you said something about it. I was like, oh, that's interesting.

SPEAKER_02 2:05

Regarding like businesses or host things and stuff like that?

SPEAKER_00 2:09

Yeah, yeah. Um, maybe like uh supporting local businesses along that line.

SPEAKER_02 2:16

Um there's enough to go around for everyone. Like I think everyone just needs to um let their guard down and it doesn't hurt to support anyone.

SPEAKER_00 2:26

I mean like to to not let your yeah, yeah. So I guess support nowadays is like online.

SPEAKER_02 2:33

Yeah, that is true. Um but yeah, even then, like it's not even your friends most of the time supporting you, it's strangers online supporting.

SPEAKER_00 2:42

No kidding. Yeah, yeah, for sure. So how does that equate? Do you think that equates to like like supporting face face to face?

SPEAKER_02 2:53

Um, I mean like they're going up and should supporting you at your business, your shows.

SPEAKER_00 2:58

Yeah, just showing up going to the license. Cool. So you so you started cosmetology a year ago. Um did you have to get a license through?

SPEAKER_02 3:07

Yes.

SPEAKER_00 3:07

You did?

SPEAKER_02 3:08

I went to Del Mar and that took a year to complete. And after that, after your schooling, you had to go get licensed or you take the test in order to be licensed.

SPEAKER_00 3:18

Okay. So written test and like a practical. Oh shoot.

SPEAKER_02 3:23

Yeah. The oh yeah, they were both like pretty nerve-wracking, but anyone can do it, honestly, as long as you're passionate about it. That's all that matters.

SPEAKER_00 3:34

Okay, okay.

SPEAKER_02 3:34

They told us like day one of school, only three percent of students actually make it into the stop? I mean either you get discouraged because a lot of people think that right out of right when you get out of school, your automatically booked clients are walking in when that's not the case. You have to build up your clientele.

SPEAKER_00 3:56

That's a very interesting point that I'd like to touch on. Uh so how do you build your clientele? Is it mostly social media?

SPEAKER_02 4:02

Yes.

SPEAKER_00 4:03

I mean word of mouth, like a little bit of both.

SPEAKER_02 4:06

Like, um, yeah, I actually they had us create an Instagram for our like hair accounts, whatever, um, to start posting to get in the habit of it. And that actually helps so much because uh in the beginning I didn't really care, like, oh no one's liking it. Of course, no one's gonna like it, you know, you don't have an audience.

SPEAKER_00 4:26

Okay, so you're saying like so nobody's gonna like you, or they what it, or like what if they don't you have those thoughts?

SPEAKER_02 4:33

Yeah, okay. Oh yeah, posting online is very nerve-wracking, I think. Uh most of the times, like even now when I'm posting a real, I just post it like through my phone.

SPEAKER_00 4:42

Like, I don't I don't wanna like Well the last one where you were blow drying that lady's hair, I got a bunch of likes on it. I was I noticed that that's cool.

SPEAKER_02 4:51

Yeah, it's it's always the silly ones that get more attention. Ah, that's funny. As far as my work, everyone's like that.

SPEAKER_00 4:58

That's pretty cool. They they put that as part of your like curriculum, I guess, to like have you start an actual page.

SPEAKER_02 5:05

Yeah, because it actually helps. I mean, that's uh like what was it? Like back in the day, it'd be like the newspapers or news, radio, uh what is it called? Radio advertisements. But now the easiest way to advertise yourself is through social media.

SPEAKER_00 5:20

Do you is any of your family in the same field?

SPEAKER_02 5:23

Yeah, my my dad is, he's a barber. Um and who else? I have a couple, my my my godmother, I was gonna say my fairy godmother, I call it my godmother. Um, and my one of my great aunts, she's a cosmetologist as well.

SPEAKER_00 5:42

Yeah, I noticed that there's a lot of people that are in it, they have family members that are doing it too. So that I find I find that interesting as well.

SPEAKER_02 5:51

Yeah, I mean, it does I mean, I guess it can help if you have seen it before, like um as far as like getting into it.

SPEAKER_00 6:00

Yeah. So did you see it as like, hey, this is a way to like make money? Because everybody needs their haircut. You know what I mean?

SPEAKER_02 6:09

Yeah. Everyone needs to look good. So it's always gonna be there. And of course, you want to make people feel good, look good.

SPEAKER_00 6:18

So So do you like so do you enjoy that aspect, like once you finish uh somebody's hair, like their reaction? Yes.

SPEAKER_02 6:24

The instant results, yes. So cool. Um if someone's getting like a real big transformation, we like turn them around, like, okay, close your eyes.

SPEAKER_01 6:35

Yeah, so cool.

SPEAKER_02 6:36

And then um almost all every time they're like, Oh my god, it looks so good.

SPEAKER_00 6:42

So cool. So is there a difference? So have you done like men's hair and what's the difference between the two?

SPEAKER_02 6:49

Yeah, I have done men's hair. I feel I feel like men generally don't care what their hair looks like, so most of the times they're they're like surprised, like, oh, this came out better than I thought. I'm like, well, yeah, what is your expectation?

SPEAKER_00 7:04

It's funny because it's I mean, it's it's interesting because like for women it's like a whole thing, and men are just like, ah, it's cut, okay. That's how I am, at least, you know.

SPEAKER_02 7:15

You do not want to mess someone. I mean, uh you don't want to mess someone's hair up, period. But when it comes to women's pressure, it's like, yes, it's just like you don't want to mess up the hair. Yeah, yeah, they'll write go straight to online and blast you, or write in bad review, and you're like I didn't even think about it like that. Wow, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 7:39

Dude, that's that's like huge, that's a lot of pressure.

SPEAKER_02 7:42

Oh my gosh, and even more so now than ever, like uh I see online a lot, like, oh my gosh, she messed up my hair, my hair is fried off, everything like that. But it can be in both person a person's hands, like uh the on the client's end and the stylus end, like either there was miscommunication or someone wasn't telling the full truth. Because someone could say, like, oh I I I'd never done my hair, but in actuality they have like box dye hair and they go in with lightener and then it doesn't lift all the way or it melts off.

SPEAKER_00 8:16

Oh wow, yeah. So it's kind of miscommunication, is usually the I guess the culprit for why it comes out bad. Yes. Wow.

SPEAKER_02 8:25

No, all the times there are a few exceptions, but yeah, yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 8:29

No, that's pretty cool. Um wow. So that's super pressure. I I had a thought there, but man, that took a totally turn I didn't expect because yeah, because like like you're saying, people could go online and just say bad things and then and then not what you won't get a client for like the next, you know what I'm saying?

SPEAKER_02 8:47

Yeah, yeah, yeah. So build your reputation back up.

SPEAKER_00 8:49

Build a reputation back up. Ooh, we so okay, so posting is definitely uh a key part of getting customers in.

SPEAKER_02 8:58

Yes, it's it's like our second job. I feel like it is. Seriously, yeah, because we I mean, as like I'm a new race stylist, I don't have a full clientele, but uh um I'm building it up. I still I do have a few uh already, but um I'm still working on it. So like start on your friends, yeah, friends, family, um uh referen uh what is it called?

SPEAKER_00 9:24

What references, word of mouth?

SPEAKER_02 9:26

Yes, uh-huh.

SPEAKER_00 9:27

Yeah, like uh like you're saying, uh yeah, I know what you're talking about. I know that word too. Like a referral, yes. Uh-huh.

SPEAKER_02 9:34

I'm not referrals.

SPEAKER_00 9:35

Cool. Wow. So a year in, did you expect it to be, did you expect to be where you're at?

SPEAKER_02 9:43

Um, no, actually. I've been um giving myself grace, um, not putting like a time limit on anything. I gave myself a two-year period uh to to uh grow myself and get better.

SPEAKER_01 9:56

Yes.

SPEAKER_02 9:57

And I've already seen a major difference. Um I'm actually my boss's protege. So I'm right under her, working under her, seeing everything that she does, and she's just showing me the right way.

SPEAKER_00 10:09

Wow. So the right way and how to cut hair and stuff everything.

SPEAKER_02 10:14

Everything.

SPEAKER_00 10:14

Oh my god.

SPEAKER_02 10:15

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 10:15

That's huge.

SPEAKER_02 10:16

Mm-hmm.

SPEAKER_00 10:17

Wow, that's amazing. So you grew up here in Corpus, Christy? Or you're from Corpus? Mm-hmm. Cool, cool. Um, which high school or which school did you go to? High school?

SPEAKER_02 10:27

I went to Veterans.

SPEAKER_00 10:28

Oh, okay. Was it it was brand new when you yeah, I was like, maybe there what I don't remember.

SPEAKER_02 10:35

I graduated in 2020. Maybe I was there like the third year that they were open. I can't remember.

SPEAKER_00 10:41

No, it's so cool. I uh like that the their owner was talking about making homecoming for her daughter, right? I was like, I wonder what that looked like with the the colors that they have. Yeah, because usually it's like purple, like uh Miller and Ray, all those other ones. So that's pretty interesting. Wow, so you grew went to Veterans High School. It's nice. Did you play any sports or uh were you I was an orchestra? Oh nice. Which instrument?

SPEAKER_02 11:05

Violin.

SPEAKER_00 11:07

Yeah. Yeah, I'm a musician. I played guitar for a minute.

SPEAKER_02 11:10

Oh, nice.

SPEAKER_00 11:10

Do you still read or do you still play?

SPEAKER_02 11:13

Yeah, um more so now I'm playing for fun. I want to get back into the orchestra. I used to play with the Delmar Chamber Orchestra.

SPEAKER_00 11:20

Oh wow.

SPEAKER_02 11:21

I'm planning to get back into it soon, but I just haven't pushed myself enough.

SPEAKER_00 11:26

That's big.

SPEAKER_02 11:26

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 11:27

Yeah, the chamber orchestra is kind of difficult to get into.

SPEAKER_02 11:30

Yeah, I mean, the the that one is a little more of a community orchestra. So it practically anyone could go and play. Um, but it's it's really fun and beautiful.

SPEAKER_00 11:40

Oh yeah, definitely. Yeah. I was in the university choir for a minute. We actually played with one of the orchestras. Oh uh. Yeah, so that was a pretty cool experience.

SPEAKER_02 11:50

I love when uh the choir and the band get started too. It's beautiful, yeah, it's beautiful.

SPEAKER_00 11:55

Yeah, the Performing Arts Center at Texas AM, man, that place is really nice. Oh yeah, super nice. I got some questions from Shay. Okay, yeah, Shay Davenport. Shout out Shay Davenport. Uh she says, What inspires you to be more than just a hairstylist and getting face-to-face in the community and events and things? You're very personable and bubbly, and it's always a joy seeing you around town.

SPEAKER_02 12:23

Oh, it's so nice, Shay. I don't think I'm that bubbly, but thank you. Um, what encourages me to be what was the first part?

SPEAKER_00 12:34

It says, uh, what inspires you to be more than just a hairstylist?

SPEAKER_02 12:38

Okay, yes. Um, I've always loved being a part of everything. I always wanted to be a part of my community and help it in any way I can. Or just helping people in general. I I love helping. I've always wanted to be in a career where I could help someone.

SPEAKER_01 12:54

Wow.

SPEAKER_02 12:55

And being a hairstylist uh or being a licensed cosmetologist, I can do more than just hair or be behind the chair all day. I can actually get out and um and do other things. Like um she mentioned that I do events. I I do events sometimes uh around town doing tinsel and most of the times I offer tinsel? Yeah, like hair tensile, like the like sparkly stuff that you wear.

SPEAKER_00 13:24

Okay, okay. Oh man, my daughter would love that.

SPEAKER_02 13:26

Oh my gosh, yeah. Next time, uh Yeah, I gotta send you the dates, but yeah, I the last one I did was at the art center and it was for the kids' bazaar. Cool. And yeah, it was just I offer sometimes like for events like that, I'll do it for free.

SPEAKER_00 13:42

Oh man. So did you learn that from like you did?

SPEAKER_02 13:47

I learned that in school. Okay and that's kind of what inspired me to go out and do more events like that. Uh I can't remember the first one that I did. I think it was at um Concrete Street, and it was the Tammy C C Fest or something like that. And we're I was there with my school and we're doing hair tensile, and I was like, wow, like this is so much fun. I hope I can do more things like this in the future. And then while I was still in school, and this is another way that I advertise myself, um, I started I asked everyone, I asked like at least a hundred um venues and different people around town, like, hey, can I be a vendor here?

SPEAKER_00 14:27

Wow, do this show, and um yeah, that's how I've been getting out into the community and just being around town and doing so you enjoy like I guess commun like talking with people?

SPEAKER_02 14:39

Yeah, um just getting to know everyone, making more connections, yeah. Um yeah, just so I can be a part more things, not gent not like in a selfish way, but just like get out there and maybe bring people back in.

SPEAKER_00 14:55

Nice. That's pretty cool. Some people don't really care about that type of stuff, and they're all kind of closed off and maybe don't want to have that experience. You know?

SPEAKER_02 15:07

Yeah, and that's another thing. I hate, or I don't hate, but I generally don't go out, and so that is like a form of me like going out.

SPEAKER_00 15:16

Oh that's my going out, the working that's what I tell my coworker, like I was like, I don't like talking to people, that's why I schedule one hour a week podcast episodes.

SPEAKER_02 15:28

Yeah, that's another thing. Like yeah, I'm not that talkative, but of course when I'm with clients or someone in front of me, I'm like, okay, then time time to put a face on. For sure.

SPEAKER_00 15:39

Do you consider yourself an artist as a cosmetologist?

SPEAKER_02 15:43

I would say so. Yeah. I would I think hip hair is a canvas and you can make it look however you'd like.

SPEAKER_00 15:49

That's dope. That's pretty cool.

SPEAKER_02 15:51

As long as you can.

SPEAKER_00 15:52

Yeah, no. I was telling shade too. Like you can like you can tell artists just by how they dress, like they're real colorful, you know what I mean?

SPEAKER_02 16:00

And expressive, yes, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 16:02

Exactly. I see that in people in cosmetologists as well. Like the ladies that cut my hair, I don't I don't go to fancy, but I just go to like great clips or whatever. But you can tell, like most of them are like night before Christmas style, which is cool. I love night before Christmas. Um, and it's you just see that on them. That's why I was asking, like, do you consider it an art? Because it seems like you sh you kind of share share that to the world and how you present yourself.

SPEAKER_02 16:31

Oh yeah. Yeah like um there's many different ways, um, techniques to cut hair, paint hair, do anything. And so yeah, it takes a lot of practice, learning. You learn every day, and if you're not learning as a as a stylist, you're you're kind of stuck in time. Because things change all the time.

SPEAKER_00 16:53

Oh, that's a great point. That's a really great point.

SPEAKER_02 16:56

Like hairstyles change, trends coming back, going away, new ones coming in.

SPEAKER_00 17:02

So you gotta stay out, you gotta stay kind of on it, yeah. You gotta stay on it. Wow. That's amazing. Is there man? So is there a trend going on right now that you're having to learn, or how do you find yourself like have having to learn new things?

SPEAKER_02 17:15

I I mean I love learning. Yeah, it's uh I'm always wanting to learn and take anything in.

SPEAKER_01 17:22

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 17:22

And I I want to be well rounded. And the thing is, for me, I want to perfect my hair cutting before anything else. But I got off track. But yeah.

SPEAKER_00 17:35

That's cool. Yeah, no, no, just learning new things and having to to I would say like more than just your craft too, just other things in your lifestyle, you know, you you learn new stuff.

SPEAKER_02 17:47

Yes.

SPEAKER_00 17:47

As you go along. It's just a part of living, it's a part of being a human. I think.

SPEAKER_02 17:53

Oh, as far as trends, oh sorry, I didn't read it.

SPEAKER_00 17:55

Yeah, no, go ahead.

SPEAKER_02 17:56

Um I would say maybe more like alternative high hairstyles. I see, I guess from younger well and older clients as well. Um, but I would say that's coming back a lot.

SPEAKER_00 18:10

Oh, cool. Yeah, yeah. So that's that's an interesting point for sure. She's doing two more questions from Shay. Uh where do you see your creator? Where do you see your career five years from now?

SPEAKER_02 18:20

Oh man. Hopefully, um maybe I'll still be here. Maybe I'll be traveling around Texas. Nice. That's my not my end goal, but I would like to travel around. And I don't know, I feel like I would be a lot better in five years. Um, I feel more confident in myself, of course. With in every aspect. Yeah. Uh I feel like I uh I would at that point I'd be able to go wherever I'd like to.

SPEAKER_00 18:50

That's cool. Yeah, I could just travel around, check out the sites.

SPEAKER_02 18:55

Yeah. Maybe try out different salons.

SPEAKER_00 18:58

That's pretty that's an interesting take. That's an interesting take because when you leave your comfort zone or your city, you you do learn new stuff.

SPEAKER_02 19:07

Oh, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 19:08

Learn about yourself, about your own culture. I didn't know I had an accent until I moved to Tulsa.

SPEAKER_02 19:12

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 19:13

I did not know that. It was trippy.

SPEAKER_02 19:16

Yeah, it's so funny.

SPEAKER_00 19:17

But like, what part of Mexico are you from? Like Mexico.

SPEAKER_01 19:22

I'm from Mexico.

SPEAKER_00 19:24

That's funny. That's funny. Yeah, I didn't know that, but yeah, you definitely learn a lot of stuff when you leave and come back. And and then, too, when you come back, you kind of want to everybody else to experience it too.

SPEAKER_02 19:36

Bring back the things that you learned.

SPEAKER_00 19:38

Yes, and I think there's a lot of that in our city, like in us wanting it to grow into like an artsy city, or like that's why like a lot of us reference like Austin. Oh shoot, we like what Austin's doing. I wish we could add that here. Music-wise, art-wise, all that stuff, you know.

SPEAKER_02 19:54

I think we have it.

SPEAKER_00 19:56

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 19:56

Um, just not a lot of people are want to say that we do.

SPEAKER_00 20:00

Hmm, that's interesting. Like not be like they're embarrassed to say it.

SPEAKER_02 20:05

Like maybe, or like they think that the people who are here are not good enough or or deemed worthy of saying that they they are here.

SPEAKER_00 20:13

Oh wow.

SPEAKER_02 20:15

Like uh, we have a lot of creative people and artists, musicians, yes, a good bunch of everybody, but uh, I guess there's not enough recognition.

SPEAKER_00 20:25

Recognition? Hmm, that's an interesting point. Yeah, I wish there was. I mean, so what if we did have that recognition? What what do you think would happen to the city?

SPEAKER_02 20:36

Um, I mean I don't know. I mean, maybe more things would be going on, or maybe there'd be more coverage on it. I feel like our city is growing, whether people like it or not, but it is.

SPEAKER_00 20:54

Nice. It's good to know. It's good to know, like, because I I liked hearing that from people that other than the other mindset that we usually hear, which is the negative mindset. Yeah, like oh it's so easy to be negative too.

SPEAKER_02 21:08

It is. That's another thing, like just everybody can just share the love. There's no need to be negative, but it's I guess like you said, it's easy to be negative.

SPEAKER_00 21:18

Yeah, now I'm understanding what your point or what you were saying earlier that it's easy to share. Like it's easy for you to support somebody.

SPEAKER_02 21:26

It doesn't hurt it's not gonna hurt anyone.

SPEAKER_00 21:28

Wow.

SPEAKER_02 21:29

And it is just yeah, like you said, it's very easy to be negative. I don't know why.

SPEAKER_00 21:33

It's but it doesn't take much effort, I guess. It's it's weird. But it then again it doesn't take much effort the other way around. It doesn't I guess it's a pride thing, maybe?

SPEAKER_02 21:43

Pride of just a way of being brought up. Um I see that like a lot from like uh older generations, like it's just like oh so negative all the time. Yeah, I can see I guess which is like comforting to them. Somehow in like a crazy way, but that's just how I see it.

SPEAKER_00 22:04

Yeah. Well, I mean, I guess cause you don't want 'cause I don't know. I'm thinking about like like some of my relatives. If you be negative, you don't you're not seen as sensitive. Like you can be negative and and people think you're not sensitive. Maybe it springs from that. You know, I mean, you know, we we like you kind of like put down somebody, but you do it kind of in a joking way.

SPEAKER_02 22:31

Yeah. You know exactly like I'm trying to think of an example, but I know exactly.

SPEAKER_00 22:36

You just do it in a joking way, but it's like it's kind of harming in in the long run if you continue to do that, always do that. Yeah, and it becomes normal to do that to where you try to do it the other, like do the positive aspect of it, it feels weird.

SPEAKER_02 22:50

Yeah, it is like um, or especially hearing it from someone who's always negative, or she's like, Well, yeah, what's happening?

SPEAKER_01 22:58

Yeah, for sure.

SPEAKER_02 22:59

You okay?

SPEAKER_00 23:00

Yeah, we sh uh me and another lady were talking about that too. Like, if you say hi to somebody, people be like, You know that person? I'm like, Yeah, no, just saying hi, like what's the deal? And then they then they start thinking, like, why is this guy saying hi to me? Does he want something from me? You know, whatever whatever the thought train of thought may be that person, but it's like learning to accept it as hey, he just wants to say hi or be nice, you know. Yeah, it's kind of rare. Uh what's something regarding your skills that you'd really like to do that have that you haven't done yet?

SPEAKER_02 23:37

Um maybe well I'm honestly trying to get more men clients because I want to perfect uh using want to use clippers. Clippers? I haven't had the chance to do many. I've had a few, but not too many.

SPEAKER_00 23:55

Yeah, yeah. So I okay, so is that specific to the salon or the place that is this a salon? It's a salon, right? Is it specific to the salon? Uh like having do you think having to learn like that? Like clear learning to use clippers? Like, I guess do do men go into the salon that you are hidden? Men do, okay.

SPEAKER_02 24:17

Um not too many clipper cuts, they prefer like the gentleman color, like where it's not like a fade.

SPEAKER_00 24:22

Okay, okay. Oh, no kidding, okay.

SPEAKER_02 24:23

Or uh sometimes I'll get uh longer haired clients. And yeah, I don't mind I love I love cutting all types of hair. But I really want to get uh my clipper work down. So if anyone wants to come in, but um there's there's a lot of skills that I want to get down, like um well just in everything at this point. I'm I'm brand new. Yeah, but I learn as well. I feel like I I'm confident enough to say that I am good at what I do. But I there's always room to grow.

SPEAKER_00 24:56

Right. You do do you feel like there's a enough I this could be like in any field. Do you feel like there's in terms of competition, like there's not enough clients for everybody to go around?

SPEAKER_02 25:11

I believe there is, and a lot of uh what I've heard is that like a lot of stylists say like, oh, that's my client, she's only mine, but in actuality, like that client is free to go to wherever they choose to, and they can hop around to salons or some clients are very loyal and you will stick by their one person until they die.

SPEAKER_00 25:32

Oh wow. Yeah, do you so is that something that you've studied? Like, how do I try to get a client, like a long-term client? Yes.

SPEAKER_02 25:41

Yes, yeah, of course. I always want my clients to come back and see me whenever they can or whenever they want to. Um, but yeah, I mean, not every single client is like that.

SPEAKER_01 25:52

Mm-hmm.

SPEAKER_00 25:53

Yeah. I know when I go to get my hair cut, like I don't care who cuts my hair. And there was it was like a lady there like like wanting to like claim me or whatever. She's not does that happen? Have you seen? I mean, obviously that would probably have to be Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 26:08

There there's clients all the time, like, oh I want they'll ask for my boss, or sometimes they'll ask for me. I'm like, really? Yes.

SPEAKER_00 26:17

I always wonder this. So I okay, so do they obviously they might like get mad like that if they ask for somebody? Do you know what I'm saying? Like and they get someone else, or like, okay, I'll go in and I'll and I'll ask for another person that works at your place. Would you or somebody else be like upset because I picked that person? Upset at me? You know what I'm saying?

SPEAKER_02 26:38

No, yeah, no. Like at our salon, we're uh we're a strong team and like if we all shout out, we also give them a shout out.

SPEAKER_00 26:45

What's the name of the salon?

SPEAKER_02 26:46

Balyage salon and spa. I love them, I love y'all. Um they yeah, we're always supporting each other, and um even when like uh there's only one stylist working on someone, we'll go over and be like, hey, what are y'all doing? Or just like say, like, oh, your work is beautiful. I mean, not just because it is. And we all do the same thing, so yeah. Uh we would we wouldn't be mad if someone's like, Oh, like I want that stylus. Because we're always like I said, supporting each other, supporting each other, that's good.

SPEAKER_00 27:21

That's good. Do you feel like that's important to a salon, like having that sort of like teamwork?

SPEAKER_02 27:26

Yes. There uh I've heard four stories of like um stylists being on a salon and it's like um super toxic or just uh um when I'm thinking of a certain word, but yeah, but yeah, they're just uh they're dreading going into work because of their environment. And thank goodness I don't feel that at all.

SPEAKER_00 27:49

That's amazing.

SPEAKER_02 27:50

Yeah, like I love going to work. It doesn't like I said, it doesn't feel like work at all.

SPEAKER_00 27:54

That's cool. Yeah, and and if you like it too, that's that's even more, that's even better. Um Yeah, no, I was thinking that um that it can probably affect how they cut hair too, if it's a toxic environment.

SPEAKER_02 28:08

Oh yeah, you know what I mean? Having eyes on you all the time or just uh someone not having your back. Sometimes you need help and it's like, hey, can you help me real quick? They're like, yeah, let me help you real quick. Wow.

SPEAKER_00 28:22

Oh my god. Otherwise, you have to like learn it the hard way instead of man, that's that's rough. That's tough. Yes, wow, man, it's a good conversation. Uh is there anything you'd like to share? No, we talked about I wanted to talk a little bit about the cosmetology kind of world stuff there. You want to share anything? Um what did you expect when when I invited you on? What did you expect to talk about?

SPEAKER_02 28:48

Um, I don't know. I guess yeah, stuff regarding uh what I do. I don't know.

SPEAKER_00 28:56

Cool, cool. Man, well, thanks a lot for coming on the show. I don't know how long. Was that 30 minutes at least? Yes. Let's go. We hit the 30-minute mark. Glad it wasn't like 15 minutes. Yeah. Cool. Yeah, we got Stinger's Coffee, you guys. Check them out. Got the white mocha frozen. She's got uh tea, got a tea there. They serve tea here. Not really nice environment if you want to come and study or whatever, hang out. They stay open pretty late, um, later than most uh local coffee shops. They also have a location on airline, uh, Stinger's Coffee on Airline, check them out. Um shout out to uh Premier Hearing Solutions of South Texas for sponsoring the video. Thanks a lot, Ivonne. Appreciate you. Uh let's see. Oh, the the parting question for the Corpus Christie person. What's your favorite HEB?

SPEAKER_02 29:46

Oh my gosh.

SPEAKER_00 29:47

Or what's your your not so favorite HEB?

SPEAKER_02 29:50

Ooh, my favorite. I guess the one I go to all the time on the Weber and Holly. I know I know it on the back like the back of my hand. Go in and out in five minutes and get everything I need. My least favorite, oh my goodness. I don't know. I don't have I love my HEBs, Air Corpus. Yeah, I love going to all of them. If I'm in a certain mood, like okay, if we're going to the beach, we'll play the one in the bluff.

SPEAKER_01 30:16

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 30:17

If I feel like uh if we're having like a barbecue, maybe the one on port. And then if I'm feeling a little fancy, maybe the one on Robert's or uh uh what is it over?

SPEAKER_00 30:30

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Aluminum Robert, yeah, yeah, yeah. What do you say?

SPEAKER_02 30:33

I said if I'm if I'm feeling fancy, that one or um the one over here. Um what is it? Oh my gosh. The HB Plus over here.

SPEAKER_00 30:40

H B plus staples? Uh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_02 30:43

Yeah, whatever that one is over here.

SPEAKER_00 30:45

Yeah, the one on Robert is fancy. It is super fancy. And then I guess it, I guess the layout would throw me off if if it's not the normal, like this is supposed to be over here. This is supposed to be fine.

SPEAKER_02 30:54

That's for if I have time to like float around.

SPEAKER_00 30:58

Time to shop.

unknown 30:59

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 31:01

That's what's up. Well, thanks for coming on the show, uh, Jaslin.

SPEAKER_02 31:05

Yes.

SPEAKER_00 31:06

Cool.

SPEAKER_02 31:06

Thank you for inviting me.

SPEAKER_00 31:07

You're welcome. I'll be making some clips, putting them on there so people can get to know you a little better. Hopefully, get some more clientele in there for you. Yeah. Um, for your new, your new your upcoming second year as a cosmetologist. Um, but thank you again for coming on the show. Yes, thank you. We'll see you guys later. Bye.