Skilled to Work: What it takes to become a hairstylist or barber

Skilled to Work: What it takes to become a hairstylist or barber

When it comes to creating the perfect look, some people rely on a pair of skilled hands, a sharp blade, and a keen eye for style.

The hairdressers keeping their profession alive

In 2023, just 1,520 students completed their hairdressing training, down from 8,660 in 2015 – that's astonishingly low numbers for an industry that’s essentially AI-proof. But these lot aren't letting their clippers gather dust.

Cut short the tips or yet an elaborate blond update? A hairdresser visit to Thuringia can quickly go into the money.

Even before crossing the door, one can perceive the characteristic aromas that facilitate the identification of the site.Once inside, the mirrors, the wardrobes, the furniture and certain utensils also denounce what in the past constituted the sanctuary par excellence of the good male bearing and vanity in Saltillo.But it is the noise of the scissors, of the cutting machines and of the rubbing of the knife against the leather strip that usually …

Two out of three employees earn less than expected by the hairdressing collective agreement in Switzerland. The industry's controls in 2024 reveal malfunctions in almost all the hairdressing salons and barbershops visited. The latter combine the largest fines.

The street of the Moscatel of Jerez has in the hairdresser Pepe Galindo one of its great references. Between La Serrana and Icovesa there is an establishment that has been cutting the hair of the sherry. And those that remain. José María and Pedro, the fourth generation, are in charge of the business for about 35 years, but the establishment opened in 1980 and there it continues, continuously. The hairdresser tradition comes from the great grand…