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Is a Trim Considered a Haircut?

Hair Trim

The short answer is, YES! Let us explain.

Your Hair Stylist will still be going through your entire haircut with the same focus, sectioning, precision and effort as they would if they were making a major transformation.

There’s no difference in our approach regardless of the amount of length you’re going to be removing. We may just be taking ¼” off of the ends which is what we call external cutting or perimeter cutting. But remember that we do a lot of internal cutting as well. This means we’re looking at your style with an approach custom to you. Your head may have swirls in areas others do not. We must cut this a specific way to ensure it lays properly. Or, you may wear more hair to one side over the other. That side is probably ‘heavier’ so we need to customize weight removal specifically for this situation as well. All of this requires more thought and better execution that far exceeds the ‘trimming’ of your ends.

 “Trims” usually require more attention to detail.

As professionals, if we’re removing an inch or more from your hair, we see a clear guideline of where we’ve been and where we’re heading. It takes more precision, consistency and focus to produce flawless results for taking ¼” off throughout. Raise your hand if you wanted a trim and the Stylist took waaaay more off than you wanted? We’re raising our hands with you! Usually it’s due to lack of experience and/or lack of skill. There’s a reason for the saying, “you get what you pay for”…

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We’re in a professional relationship where you do in fact pay for our time.

Performing a “trim” will take us the same amount of time regardless of the removal amount. It may be a difference of opinion and we may not all agree…but, at Be Inspired Salon we hold the same regard for our Hair Stylists as we do our Estate Planning Attorneys. When you schedule time for us to provide you advice, direction and/or a service, this time is what we get paid for. This is how we earn our living. And we believe we have chosen one of the most intense professions for the following reasons.

  1. We are “on” emotionally all the time. We are positive and engage with guests each and every day that we’re behind the chair.
  2. We use both sides of the brain. Though most of us are very outgoing personality types, we are also chemists, and we use geometry each day when providing hair cutting and coloring services.
  3. We are physically engaged each time we work. This is not a desk job…it can be extremely fatiguing.
  4. We are visionaries. We are not only ensuring you receive your best results today.  We are also creating a plan for your next visit and the next season of trends.
  5. We are constantly invested in education. We are a rare group of professionals in which if we are not devoted to constant education, we will fall behind and will become ill-equipped to produce the very best results. Most of us work over 40 hours per week when you include our advanced education as well as our ongoing customer service and guest communications.

The Good News Is, We Offer COMPLIMENTARY Services!

We want to work with guests that value us and understand our vision for our careers. We provide services at a superior price point so you should always expect superior results and a superior relationship with us.  We also want to provide an amazing value in working with us so we offer COMPLIMENTARY services for you in between your regular visits!

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