Is being a hairdresser hard work?

Is being a hairdresser hard work?

Trevor Sorbie (Director) gives expert video advice on: How do you get your own salon?; Is being a hairdresser hard work?; What is a day in the life of a hairdresser like? and more...

Yes, in one word. It's more about the stamina of having this smile on your face all day and that can be tough when you're not feeling so great. Standing on your feet for 8 to 10 hours per day, that can be hard on your feet, your back. You're physically working your arms and when you're blow drying someone's hair who's got thick, long hair and you're been doing this for an hour, you know you've done a blow dry at the end of it. It's very hard work and in my life as a hairdresser, I've had to do shows and stuff around the world and many times if a show started at 1, you're the first show on, I'd have to be up at 3 in the morning to prepare all the models for the 1 o'clock start. So things like that, but that's obviously the top of the tree, so to speak. But, on a day to day basis out of 10 people that joined me, for example, ten young assistants, I'd say four sort of stick at it and the reason the other six don't is it's physically too demanding for them.