Vent: A client told me my color work looked 'dated' last week

I had a regular who usually loves what I do come in for a refresh last Wednesday. Halfway through foils she said my technique felt old school and asked if I ever use those new 'painting' methods she saw on Instagram. It stung a bit because I've been doing this for 12 years and pride myself on clean roots. She wasn't mean about it but it got me thinking about whether I should try some newer approaches. Has anyone else had a client make you question your go-to methods?

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adamgreen7d ago

Learn the painting methods as a backup but don't ditch your roots technique totally. I've added a couple of those newer techniques just for finicky clients who want something specific, and it actually made my regular work look even cleaner in comparison. Honestly, most clients who ask for that instagram stuff end up loving my normal technique once I show them side by side photos of healed results.

blakem376d ago

Used to be pretty hard headed about sticking to just my old school methods... thought all that new stuff was just for the gram. But hearing it from someone whos actually put it into practice that way changes things. Makes sense that having more tools in the box would tighten up your main technique too, like cross training. And that part about showing healed photos side by side is dead on, social media only shows fresh work. Might have to swallow my pride and give a couple of those painting tricks a try now.

lane.eric6d ago

Yeah but have you noticed any difference in how fast those painting methods heal compared to your regular technique? I'm always worried about stuff that looks good on the gram but takes forever to settle.