Alelou wrote:Oh-oh. Highlights are the first thing I give up when I don't have steady income.
Although, you might pick up other color work. I mean, if you're really turning grey, and you're desperately trying to get a job, dye might be an important part of your job-hunting strategy. I know I think about going back to a fulltime non-freelance job not because I really want one but because I'm conscious that I'll be fifty soon and it could be a lot harder to get one after that.
Yeah, tell me about it. Everyone thinks my industry is bulletproof when it comes to the economy. People cut back on colors, and they start stretching out the time between haircuts.
So for now, my marketing strategies for myself are "job interview" specials geared toward the unemployed, and high school/college students who may be fashion conscious but are on a budget, either because allowances don't go far, or because after paying for tuition and books there isn't much left. The job interview specials do place emphasis on color...either for people who want to be tinted back to their natural color because they can't afford the upkeep on hilites, etc. any more, and the gray coverage you mentioned, because even though age discrimination is illegal, we all know it's alive and well in this competitive job market.
