Trending hair salon at Itaewon that Sam Okyere goes to! [Guesthouse Daughters2017.05.02]

(Foreign Language Institute) We want to hear what the students of the Foreign Language Institute want. What would you like to do with us today, David? Ever since I was young my mom made me "sangga." - What? / - Cooked. Oh, cooked for you. What's sangga? It's a dish made of corn.

I am reminded of myself when I got here eight years ago when I see David. I didn't have any friends, and I didn't know where Ghanaian restaurants were. Today, I'd like to eat good African food with him. That's why I invited some of my friends over.

Thank you. Your friends? Why? "He's from my gym." Why did you invite them without getting our permission? That's good. (For David) Natasha and Anna. What do you two want? I want borscht that my mom made me.

- What? / - Borscht. (Red soup made of beet) I haven't been to Russia for 3 years and I miss her cooking. It's been 3 years since you've been to Russia. What about you, Anna? Blini.

Blini. (Russian pancakes made of buckwheat powder) It's like crepe. It's thinner than crepe. Lastly, Ani from Armenia.

It's been almost a year since I've come here. But there aren't any Armenian restaurants in Korea. I really want to eat Armenian food, but there is none. What should we do for you? It's Easter in Armenia.

I found an Armenian family living in Suwon. You found an Armenian family in Suwon? They invited me. They're holding a small party for Easter. Right.

Right. So there would be many Armenians there today. Yes. So I invited my friends, too.

You have friends, too? - How many? / - Two. This is what Sam told me. Armenia is the country of beautiful women. (Embarrassed) Armenia is the country of beautiful women.

(Perplexed) Tell us now. Be honest, Sam. Is it going to be Armenia or Cameroon? Be honest. There's no time.

(What will Okyere choose?) Is it going to be Armenia or Cameroon? I can't betray David. Brotherhood. Brotherhood to the end. He is so sly.

Let's do our best. ("Russia" Misook & Sugeun team) ("Armenia" Siyeon & Iljung team) ("Cameroon" Dahey & Okyere & Yuan team) (They're off to cook the students' hometown dishes) Sangga is corn porridge, right? Yes. Sangga is not Korean, right? (No, it doesn't mean an apartment complex) The point is you have to call your mom and we have to follow her exact recipe. That's how we try to satisfy you.

Is your mom from Cameroon? Yes. My dad is Korean. Oh, your dad is Korean. Sangga is Cameroonian and your mom cooks it.

We should call your mom and get her recipe. Is your dad in Cameroon? Or in Korea? In Cameroon. He lives with your mother in Cameroon. - You came to Korea by yourself? / - Yes.

You should learn the Cameroonian dance. There's a Cameroonian dance? - Coupe-Decale. / - Coupe-Decale. Coupe-Decale? Oh.

Coupe-Decale. Coupe-Decale. (Great pronunciation) - Did I pronounce it well? / - Yes. I pronounced it right.

Coupe-Decale. Young people love this song these days. It's the hottest group. (Music video of "Coupe-Decale") (Fluent) (You're good) You're good.

What does it mean? Men must get close to women. (Oh) (Whoa) (Oh my) It's too sexual. It's too erotic. (But she can't take her eyes off it) (She's feeling the African rhythm) You know Maitre Gims, right? Maitre Gims.

Yes. (Another hottest African musician) (Sapes comme jamais- Maitre Gims) (Sapes comme jamais~) (Men must dress up well) (Music video of "Sapes comme jamais") (She's releasing her hidden African groove) Why am I enjoying this? I want to go to Ghana! It's totally my style. It's nice. (Dahey, come on!) We must keep our hair short to look good.

(Black people's pride in their hairline) The angle is very important. So you don't like his hair right now? I don't think he knows a good barber. Where do you get your haircut? - Haircut. / - Hairdresser.

Hairdresser. Nearby my place. There's a beauty parlor. I'll take you to the place that I go to.

Again? Today is David's day. I want to do everything for me. Really? Thank you. Your friend doesn't own the place, does he? We're close friends.

Seriously? Everybody knows me there. I admit. You're quite impressive, Sam. Please stop here.

(They've arrived in Itaewon) (A small global village in Seoul, Itaewon) Welcome to Itaewon. Please show us around. (Welcome to Itaewon by Okyere) Dahey, do you come here often? No. Do you come often? It's my second time.

Itaewon is awesome. Really? There are many great restaurants. And there are so many things to do. We're in Korea.

Why am I asking you what Itaewon is like? We must get David a haircut. The beauty parlor is here. There's a barbershop and a beauty parlor. I don't need to get a haircut.

Look at this place. We're suddenly not in Korea. (The entrance looks very exotic) (Okyere's friends happen to come out) Are we really in Korea? Hi. Hello.

(Nice to meet you) Are you Sam's friends? Yes. (Do you speak Korean?) (A little) (Another friend?) Is he your friend, too? No? He's a stranger. (Perplexed) Come in. Let's go.

Oh my. (Looks very exotic) Wow! (The center of this zone is Sam "Ochili") This is what you're going to do. (They must be going to a club after doing their hair) - It's gotten too quiet. / - This place is nice.

I usually get my hair done here. (After passing through an exotic alley) (There's a hot beauty parlor for black people) It doesn't feel like I'm in Korea. Hello. Hello.

Excuse me. (Dahey is in a new world) (Okyere's friends are everywhere) He knows everybody. You can have a seat here, Dahey. Be comfortable.

There are so many customers here. It's a hot place on weekends. (Many types of hairstyles) Choose what you'd like. I like no.

3. That doesn't look good. No. 12.

No. 12. David likes no. 12.

He wants the no. 12 Style He made a good choice. No. 12 Is very similar to the shape of David's head.

- No. 12? / - Yes. - He must know it. / - He knows.

They all look the same to me. I can't tell what the differences are but he knows it well. (The customer is done) Is it David's turn now? (David, you're up next) He can speak French. (Today's hair designer) I'll take off your jacket.

Relax. (This is Korea... Who am I?) (It's an unbelievable situation) I don't know what I'm going through right now. (She dances to a song she's never heard before) Why am I enjoying this? (She gets a tour guide from foreigners) (This is strange) (I'm the only Korean in Korea) Are we in Korea? (What is this strange place?) (I've never experienced this before...) This is something you've never experienced.

This is Korea, but I'm the foreigner. There's Chinese here. How could be this? This is so strange. (Hairstyling begins) (Please make him look good) You seem to be nervous.

Are you alright? Oh! (What's going on here?) He's brushing David's hair. That looks quite strange. Doesn't it hurt? Does it feel good? (Amazed) It's amazing how he brushes his hair. (Customized tool for customers' hair) It's different.

(Amazed) I never knew a haircut could be this interesting. David looks very satisfied. (This is just my style) David, you're okay with it? Call me often. (The highlight of the today's haircut) He's doing it right now.

Making the hairline. (Black people's hairstyle is all about hairline) Hairline is very important. I don't think he knows a good barber. (Okyere's favorite place / Professional hairline place) (Focused) (That's it) (She's impressed by the professional's touch) (They're the best with hairlines) (Detailed hairline) (David smiles big with his hairline) You look so much better.

You look so cute. Let's see. You look great. (Everybody seems satisfied) (Clean) You look like a poodle.

I own a poodle. I must pay. (Dahey will pay for David all day) - What do you think? / - I love it. You like it? Now that he looks good, where are we headed? I said my friends are here, right? Let's go meet my friends.

Sangga. We must buy the ingredients. Let's go. (Thank you.

We'll be back next time) Is it okay to barge into your friend's place? Wait. Is there a party going on? They're having fun. (It's party time) Is anybody home? Is anybody home? (Immersed in dancing) (Knock knock) You told your friends that we're coming, right? Someone's opening the door. (Nice to see you, buddy) Come in.

Come in. Hello. (It's nice to meet you...) Hello. Hello.

Nice to meet you. (Slightly awkward) - Hello. / - David, come in. Hello.

They were already holding a party. Beer. Beer. Beer.

Beer. That's awesome. Drunken broadcasting. It's 4 p.M.

And they're already drinking. Is it okay to be drunk on television? (After they say hello to each other) (They become close quite fast) Were you two friends before? He's younger than I am. How nice. He's your older brother.

(It's like separated family members reunited) You two look so happy. Where did you get this? - You brought it from home? / - Yes. From where? (The jembe is from Africa) You brought it by plane from your country? (This video...) (I know this song) One, two, three, four. (Let's have fun) (Again, Party time) (She's letting her mind go?) (Coming soon).

Treating Myself Korean Nail Salon & Acne Treatment

Today is a very beautiful day, Especially because I got 10 hours of sleep. I am so awake and energized. I feel like it's been a very long time since I felt this way, So it feels great. However, When I was in New York, right when I was getting over the jet lag, I came to Korea.

And then now that I'm getting over jet lag, I am leaving for LA tomorrow. So today is basically a treat yourself kind of day. I'm gonna get my nails done and my last skincare treatment before I go to America because I won't be able to go in for a checkup for like a month. So yeah, we're just gonna treat my nails and my skin.

It's getting better, but I have been breaking out near my Chin area because of the lack of sleep, But it's getting better, okay? So let's go inside I'm at N'Olive. They're having like a massive summer sale right now. So a lot of the nails, as well as the skincare treatments, Are discounted so I'll include all the information In the description box so that you guys can check it out. I'm wearing sunglasses today because I'm not wearing Eye makeup so yeah, sorry about that.

All right. Let's go. Everyone who works here are so pretty but they don't Like being on camera. So that's okay, but I wanted to ask..

Green, blue, red Yellow So basically the Google colors. But today we're gonna do something simple that will Match all my outfits. I'm thinking navy or red. But I feel like I should go for navy We'll see...

This one with this one, or... Or should I go for pink? What will go well with this? This kind of pink? This will go well together. Look at all these colors you can choose from. So pretty.

But I'm gonna go for this silver one right here And this dark purple. It looks navy, almost, but I've been Eyeing this color for a while now. They're gonna put the sunscreen on my- on the back of my hands. Just finished my nails! This is what they look like.

And now it's time for my skincare. I almost forgot to mention earlier that I will be doing A Q&A about my life in Korea because next Friday marks My third year. I honestly can't believe it. So if you have any questions, I know some of you guys Asked on Twitter, But ask down below in this video and hopefully you guys Will make it to that video! All right, time to change.

Just finished my treatment, and they did tell me that My skin is getting better. However, I am getting a lot of scars in this area, so, I do have to take really good care of it. Now I'm gonna go get dinner with my mom And my brother so let's go on over! Mom: I'm gonna eat Korean cold noodles. Joan: Spicy beef stew for me.

Aren't you sad that Spiderman is coming out the day after we leave? Abe: I don't wanna talk about it. Well, watch it in America. Abe: Yeah. Abe: I'm really not hungry.

My brother paid for dinner. Thank you! Abe: I'm the best Mom: Thank you.
Abe: Yeah. All right, I hope you guys enjoyed watching today's vlog. Here's the shoutout of the day for those of you guys Who translated and transcribed my vlogs.

And I'll see you guys in tomorrow's vlog! Have a nice day! Bye!.

Toy Hair Salon ! Toys and Dolls Fun with Rapunzel Hairstyles & Draw N Style Hair Color Markers

Mother Gothel: Rapunzel, Rapunzel!! Rapunzel: Yes mother Gothel, I'm here. Mother Gothel: Look what I brought you for your eighteenth birthday. Rapunzel: Oh mother Gothel its beautiful I love it. Mother Gothel: It's for you to take care of your hair, my source of eternal youth (laughs evilly) I hope this would keep you entertained and will get that silly idea of seeing the world out of your head.

Rapunzel: Oh mother Gothel I love it I love it, thank you very much. Mother Gothel: Goodbye, Rapunzel Rapunzel: Goodbye mother Gothel. Oh this is so much fun. I'll do my hair before I have a chance to
go see the world.

(Music) Storieswithdolls: Hi boys and girls, today we will be playing with these Rapunzel toys and I am so excited because I love long hair. Today we are going to create many hair styles for Rapunzel. Lets start!! First lets open the beauty salon. The back of the box tells us what we can do with this toy.

(Music) We're almost done, putting Rapunzel's beauty salon together. It comes with all kinds of fun things and accessories. These hooks over here for hanging the scissors. This brush with Rapunzel on the back.

Shampoo and conditioner which we can put here on this shelf that is decorated like Rapunzel's tower. And right here in this tower we can put this
little piece that looks like strands of Rapunzels hair, and thats exactly where we will hang
these strands of hair that we can add to Rapunzels hair. It also comes with this Pascal hair clip. Lets put it here.

Boys and girls, how exciting!! Rapunzels beauty salon is ready. Lets open the doll so we can start styling
her hair. I really like this doll because it comes with these markers and these stencils so that we can draw on her hair. Well I guess the first thing that came out
of the box is this comb, now here's the doll.

I love her transparent glittery shoes. They remind me of Cinderellas glass slippers. It comes with this barrette in the shape of
a magic flower. It also comes with two more barrettes, one with sun that is typical of Rapunzel and this one with the flower again.

It comes with this magic mirror that can be
converted into a stencil. We put it in Rapunzels hair and close it. And here we can color her hair with this marker, it comes with two more stencils that we can use and these two markers. Now for the fun part lets start making
hair styles for Rapunzel.

I'm going to take a strand of hair from here, one from here and I am going to add this barrette. And now I'm going to do the same by taking a strand of hair from here and another from here, and I'm going to add this one. Finally I am going to take a strand of hair from here and another from here and I'm going to put this barrette. Here is how the hair style turned out.

Lets call it Spring Fest. Now we are going to take two strands from
the front again. But this time thicker. I'm going to twist them, I'm going to bring them together, and I'm going to continue twisting them until they form a bun.

With this leftover hair, I'm going to clip
it to a strand of hair from down here using this barrette. Lets comb her hair...And this is her hair
style. We'll call this one...Glamour nights. How about if we do another one? This time we're going to take all the hair
in the front and we're going to add the braid.

Now lets take half of the hair that was
left over and circle the braide around it. We'll secure her hair with a sun clip,
and here it is, all done. We'll call this hair style Rapunzels
Flower and Sun. For this last one I'm going to cheat a bit,
because the set doesnt come with a rubber band but I am going to use this one.

I'm going to make a pony tail, tie it down here. Then I'm going to make a space in the middle and pass the hair through the space. And lets add the Pascal clip. We will call this one, Pascal on vacation.

And now, lets pretend to cut her hair. We connect the two flowers like this and attach it to the hair here. Now her hair is really long. We're going to cut her hair.

Oh no!! We cut Rapunzel's hair! (Laugh) Just kidding friends, we can put it back and make her hair very long. Or we can also use it to decorate her hair
with different colors. Now what do you think if we draw hearts to
match the highlights in her hair? We clip the hair, we put the magic mirror,
and, let's color! Ready! Lets see how it looks!! Oh look how nicely the heart turn out!! Now lets try the purple, oh a purple heart!! And now her hair is purple and pink! Rapunzel: (laugh) I'm having so much fun with all these things. (Laugh) Lets see what this could be.

Lets see, let leave this here. Oh it sprays water, it must be some sort of
shower head to wash my hair. (Footsteps) Huh, what was that? Flynn: Hi Rapunzel! Rapunzel: Flynn! What a surprise! Flynn: I was passing by and I said, I should visit that cute girl from the tower, ha ha but I
see today you look more beautiful than ever. Rapunzel: (laugh) Are you referring to the crazy things I am
doing to my hair? Oh yes, I was having so much fun.

Flynn: Thats good because now we can go get some ice cream. What do you think? Rapunzel:
I think that is a great idea, lets go!! Mother Gothel: Rapunzel!! Rapunzel: (gasps) Mother Gothel, oh Flynn what am I going to do? Flynn: Hit her with a pan, like you've hit me before. Rapunzel: Flynn! I can't do that! Go hide, go hide! Flynn: But where? Where? Rapunzel: I dont know, anywhere!! I'm coming mother Gothel! Go hide! Flynn: Uh uh uh, where do I hide? Where do I hide? I'll just go behind the mirror. Mother Gothel: I came to see how you're doing with the gift I gave you.

Rapunzel: Great mother Gothel, look how I did my hair. Do you like it? Mother Gothel: Youll take good care of it right? Rapunzel: Yes of course Mother Gothel: Lets see I have to make sure you have everything you need. Rapunzel: Oh, wait Mother Gothel, (laugh) Mother Gothel: Whats wrong Rapunzel? Rapunzel: (nervous laughter) Nothing, why dont you comb my hair in the kitchen instead? Yes, lets go to the kitchen. Mother Gothel: And why would we go to the kitchen if all your stuff is here? Rapunzel: (nervous stammering) it's because, it's because, because I'm a little hungry.

Why dont we have dinner instead? Mother Gothel: Dinner? But its only two!! Rapunzel: (Laughs) I'm so silly it must be because I'm so hungry. How about lunch? Can we have lunch together? Mother Gothel: Rapunzel!! If you're hungry, go to the kitchen and eat. I'm really not hungry. I'll wait here.

Rapunzel: Mother Gothel!! Mother Gothel:
Go eat girl, you need to eat well. What is going on with that girl? She's acting so weird. Flynn: Oh no!! What should I do, she's coming, she's coming over here! Mother Gothel & Flynn: (screaming) Rapunzel: Mother Gothel! Mother Gothel! Flynn: I'll take the opportunity to leave. Mother Gothel: Rapunzel, there was a man there.

I'm sure I saw him, I'm sure I saw him. Rapunzel: Mother Gothel, l dont know what you're talking about. There's nothing there, come Mother Gothel, I'll make some camomille tea to calm you. Storieswithdolls: Later.

Rapunzel: Ugh, finally she's gone and best of all I was able to convince her that there was nobody there. Flynn: So what do you say. Can we go for that ice cream now? Rapunzel: Oh Flynn I thought you left. Flynn: No, I found a better place to hide.

I'd invited you for ice cream and you said yes. Rapunzel: Oh Flynn, ok, lets go. Storieswithdolls: Boys and girls, I hope you liked these Rapunzel toys. If you enjoyed the video, dont forget to like it.

And, in the comments tell me which hair style you like best..

The Hippest Korean Hair Salon + Best Products for Bleached & Damaged Hair

Good morning everyone! Today, I have another hair video. I know I just did the video
on the Rainbow Hair, But then, I think it's two days after that, I went to go get it
professionally bleached, and now my hair has gray,
purple and pink in it. Subtitle presented by
innisfree Say goodbye to this hair color. Innisfree launches event booth
on KCON 2017 NY.

So, they covered my ears, so that none of the bleach
will get into my ears and also, it protects my earrings. Say hello to my hairdresser. She's so cute. Meet us at KCON 2017 NY
Prudential Center (June 23-24) I look like a superhero,
but she's bleaching my hair, and then, you guys will see.

Say hi to the captain. Yeah. Hello. He's the captain.

Say goodbye. Innisfree launches event booth
on KCON 2017 NY. In Korea, you get to really know
your hairdresser. So we like shared
about each other's lives and she used to be a model.

Doesn't she looked like one, though? I wanna film a video with her, so, if you are interested,
comment down below. Let's film a video together. Gosh. Gosh.

She's so cute. And she's so young, she's 21,
Korean age. In the US her age would be 20. -Is it past your birthday?
-No, not yet.

-Oh, so she's 19.
-Gosh! -Nineteen.
-No way. She's so cute. It turned out a little brighter. -But it's still reddish.
-Okay.

We need to get rid of the red color more. So, first round of bleaching done. On to part two. We're switching over.
The captain is now going to do my hair.

Meet us at KCON 2017 NY
Prudential Center (June 23-24) So excited. Meet us at KCON 2017 NY
Prudential Center (June 23-24) We're finally going to wash this off. Oh my gosh, there's puppies in here! Okay, shampoo time. Oh, I'm so excited.

Bad angle. Wash is finished. Secret. I'm so excited to see how it came out.

-You're all set.
-Thank you. Innisfree launches event booth
on KCON 2017 NY. This is a product that's going
to protect my scalp, because we're about to go into the dye. She's so cute.

She says I'm so cute. Oh man. He's using a special hair dye that is basically
going to treat my hair as well which is very important because my hair
is so damaged right now. And this hair dye
actually smells quite good.

It was at Lumio,
and if you guys go in and tell them that I referred you guys, you guys will get 30 percent off, so check the details
to find out where it is and, yeah, I highly wanna recommend them just because they're super nice people
and they're super hip. But the color looks
even greater outside so, I'm so obsessed
with my hair right now. So, thank you, Lumio. And I wanted to share
how I will start taking care of this because it is really important
to make sure you treat your hair with the proper oils
when your hair is bleached and damaged.

And, first, we have the Daddy-O shampoo
from Lush. And I actually picked this up
when I was in London, and it was much cheaper than Korea. Because Korea tends to double the price
of Lush products. And, at first,
when I shared it in the haul, a lot of you guys commented
saying that it dried out your hair, But, luckily,
that wasn't the case for me because I always follow up
with a conditioner and some kind of hair treatment.

So, I didn't have that problem yet. But this is helping me maintain
the color of my hair. A lot of you guys might think
that my hair color hasn't changed too much but it definitely has balanced because before,
my roots were very black and dark, but then, now, it's kinda even and the hair dresser did say that through every wash,
the color will start changing so, I'm very excited to see
how it will turn out. But the Daddy-O shampoo is the only
purple shampoo I could find in Korea, but then since I am going to America soon I think I'm gonna pick up a bigger bottle
of another brand of purple shampoo, so if you wanna recommend any,
comment down below because I will be on the search
for that purple shampoo.

For conditioner,
I have the Lush Hair Conditioner. And this is also from the Daddy-O line, and I received this as a gift
from a subscriber from Korea, so thank you so much, because I am obsessed
with how soft it makes my hair feel. And for those of you guys who use
a shampoo or conditioner bars, can you please, like, give me tips
on how to take care of it? Or like how you store it? Because I feel like every time
that water gets on it, it gets really mushy
at the very bottom, so, I would love some tips on that, but, yes,
I've been loving the hair conditioner because this also helps with the color and it definitely makes my hair
feel smooth. On days when you don't
wanna wash your hair, I highly wanna recommend
the Bumble and Bumble dry shampoo.

This is in powder form. And, I feel like this might gross you out, but I really don't wash my hair everyday, it's usually every other day or sometimes I could go three
or four days without washing my hair. My brother absolutely hates it, but honestly my hair doesn't
really get oily, so, I don't know why he's complaining. But yes, this is definitely a product
that really helps control the shine and I'm basically shampooing my hair
every morning using this.

So this powder, I fell in love. I prefer it more than sprays just because I feel like the powder lasts And the... It controls the shine better. I have two hair oils
that I wanna rave about.

And I feel like you guys already know. But, first, we have the Lucido-L
Triple Beauty Vitamin Oil, and this was first introduced to me
from Sunnydahye, and I fell in love and I needed more. So, when I went to Malaysia,
I was looking around for it, couldn't find it. But, luckily, I received about ten
of these hair oils when I was in Malaysia, so thanks to all of you guys
who brought me one I absolutely love how affordable
this hair oil is and the quality of the product.

It definitely makes my hair
feels very smooth and soft, and even though my hair is bleached
and damaged, every time I brushed through it,
it doesn't feel like damaged hair. But if you wanna spend
ten times the price, because I think
this is about three dollars, I do wanna recommend Ouai's...
Ouia? Ouia's hair oil. Compared to the vitamin oil,
it is a lot smoother in my opinion, and there's a lovely scent to it. It makes your hair smell like flowers.

And, when I was at the Lohacell event, the makeup artist and the hair stylist, she was basically complementing
the smell of my hair and I knew it was this product only because the dry shampoo
has no scent to it. So, I told her about it,
and she was, like, obsessed because I promise you, you don't even
need a perfume when you use this just because the smell lingers
and usually, when you spray perfume, I heard that if you spray it on your hair
it'll last longer. Well, this is gonna play the perfume
and the hair oil part and it'll make your hair feel super smooth. So, depending on what your budget is
for a hair oil, I wanna recommend these two.

And finally, if you're like me and you love to use hot tools
to whether straighten or curl your hair, it's very important
to use a heat protectant. And one of my favorites is this one
from Bumble and Bumble. This is the Hair Dresser's Invisible Oil, and I just love
how lightweight this feels and it doesn't make your hair feel sticky. Actually, the hair oils as well, it doesn't make your hair looking greasy
and oily, I forgot to mention, but yeah, I love this heat protectant and it's one of my favorites,
I've actually bought the bigger version.

That's it for today's video, I hope you guys enjoy the short vlog of me
going to the hair salon, as well as recommendations of products
I'll be using to protect my hair because it's very important
to take care of it now, otherwise, I'm gonna have to cut
all of it off in the future. So, I hope that this video was helpful. If you have any products
you wanna recommend, comment down below
as well as let me know how you feel about these products because I love it when
the comment sections becomes a place where everyone starts sharing
their reviews and opinions on the products because not everyone might like
the products I just mentioned now. So, let's make the comment section a helpful place for everybody
looking for products.

All right,
I'll see you guys in my next video. Goodbye! Subtitle presented by
innisfree.

Should I Buy a Hair Salon Franchise

Robert Edwards here from Franchise.City and
today we are going to look at Hair Salon or hair Care franchises. Before we start I want to clarify that all
franchises in this industry are different so this is going to be a very general look
at the business. What I say may or may not be applicable to
your particular franchise Firstly most salon franchises are created
with the passive investor in mind. So in most situations you can own a salon
and keep a job or other business in conjunction with owning the salons.

This is unlike many food service franchises
that require a hands on owner actively working in the store. So that's a good thing right? I can just sit back and earn money? Not necessarily. That benefit can quickly become a disadvantage
if you live in an area that makes it difficult to find and retain good staff. Without a good manager and staff to run your
store you can quickly find your location becoming locally unpopular.

And with the advent of online review sites
like Yelp, Google and Angies List it is critical to keep customers happy and your reputation
stellar so the ability to find and retain good staff is critical. Now hair salons are typically not huge moneymakers
if you own only one store. For that reason some hair franchises require
a minimum commitment of 3 locations. But remember this is essentially passive or
semi passive ownership, so financial returns should really be compared to stocks, bonds
or other type of investments not other franchises that require full time participation of the
owner.

As with other retail type franchises you will
be very much at the mercy of the location of your shop. So do your homework of how many other competing
salons of the same or different franchise there are nearby. Even take time to monitor foot traffic to the locals stores.  To
try and differentiate within the market several hair franchises have focused on niche markets
like kids haircuts, or mens only salons.

And this can be a way to attract a specific
demographic but remember will also cut down on your pool of potential customers in your
region. Here are a couple of the things we suggest
to our own clients who are exploring buying a hair care franchise, first check the FDD
for failure rates. How many have failed and are these failures
mostly found in certain territories. Some franchises do very well in certain states
and not so well in others.

Next up - if the FDD does not indicate an
earnings claim in their item 19 of the FDD, call other franchise owners. All their names are listed in the FDD. Among other questions see if they will give
you an idea of their earnings first, second and following years. After a few calls you should begin to see
a trend.

And don't forget to call a few that left the
franchise to see what happened in their situation. If you haven't heard of a SWOT analysis now
you have. A SWOT should be done really for any business
you intend to open. It stands for "Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities
and Threats" and it is these 4 things you will explore in your own proposed territory.

Look at how much your prospective franchise
is charging then call other salons locally. How do those prices compete. Remember higher prices aren't a bad thing
only in economically depressed areas. Check the local review sites.

Are the competing salons filled with bad reviews? Then you might have an opportunity to inherit
people looking for a reliable salon. Also if the same franchise you are considering nearby has good or bad reviews that will also impact your store. And here is a very simple trick to implement to see if you could find good employees at the proposed pay scale - place
an ad! It takes 5 minutes to place an ad in Craigslist
or Kijiji saying I am opening a salon in the city looking for stylists, managers, whatever
you will need and the money you will pay. That response is likely a decent indicator
of labor market conditions.

So a Hair franchise can be a good choice for
a passive investor who has the money to open several units. Some of the niche salons can also work for
an owner operator and generally provide a higher average income. Franchise.City works with most of the top
hair care franchises as well as others with passive ownership models and we can help you
identify research and compare which one might be best for you. There is never a charge for our service and
your franchise will never cost more by using a broker.

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