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  • 5 tips to become a Successful Hairdresser

    5 tips to become a Successful Hairdresser

    It is your job as a hairdresser to make your client look like a million bucks! Making clients feel good in your chair means you’ll need to have a few tricks up your sleeve. Play Academy brings to you 5 tips to become a successful hairdresser.

    1. Strong foundation

    Establish strong skills required for your trade and also understand the business side of beauty. Commit to continuing education inside the classroom and out. Information and inspiration are all around you and every experience can enrich you. Look around; remain constantly aware of the world.

    2. Effective Communication

    Giving your client the perfect cut and color, while trying to talk and make eye contact, takes a lot of skill and practice. Once they do sit down in your chair, your next job is to really listen to what your client wants during the consultation. Keep the conversation professional. This means steering away from gossip and controversial subjects. Remember, it is your client’s time to relax at the salon.

    3. Advertise your work on Social Media

    As a hairdresser, if you project great energy, attitude, and technical skills, you’ll always have lots of interesting clients and a very loyal clientele. With the permission of your clients take before and after shots and post them on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

    4. Give it your 100%

    There’s no substitute for hard work! Believe in yourself and give it your best shot. Don’t be afraid to make mistakes; if something turns out a bit shorter or longer or redder than you intended, figure out why, learn from it and move forward.

    5. Timeliness

    Be there to welcome your client on time. In case you are running late, make sure you keep your client informed. On the other hand, you should also be flexible with you clients. If one of your clients is having difficulty booking an appointment time with you, offer to see what time works best for them. Being flexible like this will make you stand out from the rest.

    Drop in to Play Academy, Bangalore and enroll yourself today for one of our professional hair stylist course. What’s more, we also offer accommodation and 100% placement opportunities.

  • Dreaming of becoming a Makeup artist?

    Dreaming of becoming a Makeup artist?

    Are you creative and artistic? Do you enjoy experimenting with ideas and cosmetics? If yes, then your dream of becoming a makeup artist just got easier! Beauty and the Wellness industry is booming, spend is on an all time high and the lack of skilled resources is making it hard to bridge the gap between demand and supply. To start your exciting and creative career as a makeup artist, Play Academy for Hair & Beauty brings to you top 5 qualities that will transform you into a master makeup artist.

    Be an efficient and effective makeup artist

    A successful makeup artist knows what she or he is doing, and will be able to quickly and efficiently create the look that she or he has been paid to produce. They’ve got the skills.You have to be able to quickly understand a person’s skin tone and facial contours and what would look best on them, but sometimes you’ll need to create a look that surprises you.

    Gain enough experience

    Practice makes perfect they say, and so, you just need to get out there and work with as many people as you can. If that means you have to use your own face then do it! Try different looks, different products, different lighting. Find what works and what doesn’t work. Become an expert on your face. Having said that, don’t restrict yourself to just your face, experiment on your friends, relatives, colleagues etc, the more you try the better you get!

    Show up on time!

    Being punctual is nothing but a skill and you need to perfect this skill as well. Some of the most capable makeup artists around had to really work on being on time. For most gigs, makeup is applied before anything else happens-before the photo shoot, the runway, or the walk down the aisle. Being there at the appropriate time is INCREDIBLY important. Makeup artists may work long hours, mostly on busy days, requiring both stamina and fitness.

    Effective Communication

    When you communicate well, your client begins to trust you. Most often than not, they depend on you to suggest what is going to suit them the best. You should be able to articulate well what you are planning to do prior to doing it, and set expectations for the customer so that there are no surprises.

    Love your job!

    You have got to love what you are doing! If you are planning to make a serious career out of it then you have got to absolutely love everything about makeup – applying makeup, creating new looks and lots practice. Be well informed about new products, techniques, and trends to be successful. Attend workshops, training programs and product shows regularly to maintain a current knowledge in the field.

    If you have what it takes to be a professional makeup artist, Play Academy is offering some exciting courses to help you build your dream career.

  • Easy Installments, Loans and Accommodation and More

    Easy Installments, Loans and Accommodation and More

    If you have always dreamt of helping others look their best, here is what Play Academy can do to help you, over and above the world-class Hair Dressing courses offered here.

    For those who came in late, Hair and Beauty courses at the Play Academy for Hair & Beauty are taught in a state-of-the-art training salon, with personal guidance and monitoring throughout the course, to help you achieve your learning goals and be successful. With continuous assessment of the participant’s theoretical and practical knowledge, augmented with L’Oréal Professionnel’s international curriculum, the courses on offer are guaranteed to make one’s world look & feel beautiful.

    Play Academy would also assist you with Easy Instalments, Easy Loans and convenient Accommodation facilities to power your dream Hair dressing Career, at Bengaluru.

    You could reach out through a quick inquiry or call us, and one of us would be right by you.

  • The Work of a Hairdresser| Mastering the Art of Hair care

    The Work of a Hairdresser| Mastering the Art of Hair care

    To become a hairdresser is not just about the passion for working with hair. To choose hairdressing as a career, one needs excessive training, dedication, and passion. Hairdressing is also an outlet for the hairdresser to show their creativity and artistic skill to make a person look beautiful.

    A hairdresser provides hair care service to clients; both men and women. They will come across different people with different hair texture, color, and taste. It is a challenging job to deliver the best the client wants and make them feel good about themselves.

    So you want to become a hairdresser?

    Hairdressing is more than cutting hair and styling them. Depending on the look desired by the clients, a hairdresser should be able to wash, shampoo, condition, trim or cut the hair, color, and blow-dry it to the style. It is necessary that a hairdresser knows the right product for the clients hair to get the best outcome. In the society where hairstyle of person is their fashion statement, the service of a well-trained hairdresser is inestimable.  So, it is important that a hairdresser should receive  training and education to offer the clients the latest trend in hairstyle and cut.

    It is also important for a hairdresser to be expertise in chemical services for the hair, like perming, curling, straightening with and without heat. The work of a hairdresser also includes hair treatments Keratin treatment, Brazilian blowouts, olive oil and henna treatments.

    A hairdresser is also an educator. It is the duty of a hairdresser to educate clients about hair and scalp care and give tips about style and maintenance. They also make recommendations about the best product available in the market that works best for the client’s hair.

  • Opportunities for a Hair Stylist

    Opportunities for a Hair Stylist

    We are often asked about the opportunities of a Hair stylist, once they graduate from Play Academy, as a dual-certified Stylist, armed with knowledge, skill and style to take on the world.

    According to the last reported facts & figures of the Indian cosmetic industry status, “India’s retail beauty and cosmetics industry, currently estimated at $950 million, is likely to almost treble to $2.68 billion by 2020.” And it just doesn’t stop there. “India’s cosmetics market is reportedly growing at 15-20 per cent annually, twice as fast as that of the US and European markets,” according to Massooma, Editor at New Age Salon & Spa magazine, as reported in the TOI report in December 2013.

    In terms of growth, here is another perspective – “The number of salons have also gone up. Its growth rate is 35 percent. Cosmetic treatments are also growing at the rate of 5 per cent. The hair and beauty industry is seeing a per capita annual spend of $1.2 which is expected to grow to $ 6.2 by 2015. The spa and body treatment segment is estimated to grow approximately $772 million over the next five to eight years.”

    So, if that does not spell like opportunity for those with the right kind of skill sets, talent and certification in Beauty & Hair Care, nothing will.

    Given the above figures and trend, it is not surprising to see a steady increase in the number of people wanting build their career and business in this booming Beauty and Wellness industry. People who want to find a well paid job or start their own businesses are constantly looking out for good beautician courses.  This is where Play Academy makes its contribution valuable. All hair and beauty courses at the Play Academy  are taught in a state-of-the-art training salon, with personal guidance and monitoring throughout the course.

  • What is ARTH from L’Oreal Professionnel in Hair & Beauty Care ?

    What is ARTH from L’Oreal Professionnel in Hair & Beauty Care ?

    ARTH from L’Oreal is not just another hair and beauty course. The Absolute Route to Hairdressing (ARTH) course is the ultimate introduction to hairdressing. This course has been created by L’Oreal Professionnel in collaboration with some of the world’s best hairdressers and teaches you the latest cutting, colouring and styling techniques and includes in salon experience. The course also puts equal emphasis on Hair Science, Communication and Retail skills to make you a well-rounded professional.

    Training with L’Oreal Professionnel’s ARTH course, ensures that you are educated on the best possible curriculum taught by professional trainers who themselves have been trained by L’Oreal Professionnel. Moreover, all our students are eligible to sit the L’Oreal Professionnel ARTH Diploma exam which is an independent exam conducted and evaluated by L’Oreal Professionnel trainers. The Diploma is recognized not only in India but around the world as well.

  • Guess which city is India’s current beauty and fashion capital?

    Guess which city is India’s current beauty and fashion capital?

    The Fashion Capital of India, believe it or not, it is Chennai.

    According to a latest report, “Chennai is home to the largest number of organized beauty salons in the country, and is the fastest growing market for the beauty and hair care industry in India.”

    From the report, “Our products are selling very well in Chennai, and the market is growing twice as fast as other cities like Bangalore,” says Aseem Kaushik, director of L’Oreal Professional Products, the division that sells products for use in beauty salons. The company is seeing high sales of not just its mass products but also its premium products like Kerastase, and in Chennai as well as in non-metros like Coimbatore. L’Oreal has doubled its distribution footprint in Chennai over the last three years, he says.”

    Amazing, when you come to think of it.