final weekly reflection

new teachings

Today I went to school from 10 - 3. I spent the day learning new hairstyles. However, instead of practicing myself, one of the barbers thought it would be beneficial to have him perform several short hair hairstyles. He started me with a low "blow out" cut. Then he moved into "tape-ups", and finally finishing with a high fade.

I liked this method of learning. Pete was able to give me hints that are so small he never brings them up in class. Plus its easy to understand what they're doing because you can feel where the clippers or scissors are on your head.

one length

Today I went to the salon at 10 am. I finished at 3 pm. I spent the day reviewing haircuts I had learned from the previous 2 weeks. I began with a "one length" cut. It is a scissor over comb cut, used on both males and females. 

The key with long hair is being able to divide the hair into several parts and then again into small sections. If you try and take on all the hair at once it is overwhelming and will never come out the way people expect.

coloring

Today I was in the shop from 10-230. I started on a new manikin today. Before I began cutting the hair Mr. Riccio had me applying color. Last week I learned the foiling technique for coloring hair, this weeks method was a little bit different. 

This time I broke the hair into four sections, a part down the middle and then two on the side. I used the same technique for foiling hair except this time I didn't stick foils in between the hair to seperate each section. 

After you break the hair into 4 parts, you must pull small sections of hair through your fingers and a special coloring comb. For each section you must be sure to evenly apply the color so no streaks are seen. Tomorrow I'll begin cutting my manikin, I'll be doing each haircut a second time, I'm excited to see how i've improved

Day off

Today the school was closed so I spent the day traveling to different barber shops in the area. Of the three barber shops I went to only 1 was helpful. Manny's, on main street in Monroe, Connecticut, had job openings and was told me that they're always looking for new barbers. He said, "as long as your certified we could find you hours". This was good to know, in case I ever decided to pursue a haircutting career. Job availabilty is rare in today's society so this gives me more incentive to look more seriously into the barbering occupation. The other two barber shops were more old fashioned. The 3 barbers is a shop run by 3 older italian men. They each work all day and have no interest in hiring new employees. Who could blame them, they are one of the most famous  shops in the fairfield county region. They didn't even hold job applications for prospective barbers. The third barbershop V.I.P in Bridgeport didn't take me seriously when I asked him about his business and applying for a job. However, they did have sign up information for becoming a barber.

Weekly report 2

First day of work

Today I spent about 2 hours lining my friends up. I had 5 of my close friends who needed me to edge up their sideburns and neck. Line ups are my specialty, even before I learned to cut hair I would line myself and some of my buddies up with the trimmers. 

Tomorrow Mr. Riccio wants me and his son Matt to cut hair because none of the students will be at school. Students get payed a small fee for cutting hair, it's mostly done for the I'm a little bit nervous about cutting people that I don't know so hopefully I won't screw up too bad.