Knot Kaitlin

I swear some days I try! 😂

Here’s your sign to go ahead and chop your hair into a lob.

One thing I’ve learned as I’ve gotten older is that being kind to people who think & live exactly like you is easy…

The real test of your character is how you treat people when you disagree…

You don’t have to compromise your values to show respect. You don’t have to agree with someone to be kind to them. And you definitely don’t have to tear people down just because they see the world differently than you do.

The world has enough division. Be the person who chooses grace anyway.

✨Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you should answer each person. Colossians 4:6

Attention baby stylists & cosmetology students!

One of the most common questions I get when it comes to foiling is how to avoid bleeders, warm bands at the root, and foil lines.

Bleeders usually happen when you’re using a lightener that swells or when product is applied past your foil line. That’s why I prefer Redken Flash Lift Power 9 or Blonde IQ for foils placed close to the scalp, and I pay close attention to my application.

Warm roots are often caused by inconsistent saturation due to feathering up the lightener too much or foils slipping after placement. Make sure your lightener is evenly applied and avoid messing with your foils too much.

Foil lines can be minimized by elevating the hair out of its natural fall when applying lightener. You can use a board or simply lift the section with your hand. Taking fine, clean sections also makes a big difference and helps create a softer, more seamless result.

Now that clients want their color to look like it’s naturally growing out of their head, we can’t rely on root smudges to hide poor foil work. Master the fundamentals first.🩷

Kidding… kinda. 😂

Having 20K+ followers and getting 55 likes while my sister has 1,500 followers and casually pulls 600 likes is honestly the funniest, most humbling, social media plot twist ever. 😂

People assume lower likes with a bigger following means someone “bought followers,” but social media is way more complicated than that.

Follower count doesn’t guarantee reach, algorithms change constantly, and plenty of people follow without ever liking posts!

We’re all way too obsessed with numbers anyway. Some of the most talented people I know have no followers!
I personally would never spend my hard earned money on followers or likes because I truly don’t feel like throwing my money away for funsies. I started posting to get clients, not chase numbers but… worrying about someone else’s followers and engagement is weird energy.

Ever since I was a little girl, I wanted to be a hairstylist just like my aunt. I watched her make women feel beautiful, confident, and cared for! I didn’t just see hair… I saw connection, creativity, freedom, and the ability to change someone’s entire day with your hands.

Now I get to live that dream every day.

Being a hairstylist has given me so much more than a career. It’s given me relationships, flexibility, creativity, laughter, lessons, and the opportunity to help women feel like themselves again.

Little me would think this life is pretty cool. 🥹✨

To anyone chasing the thing they dreamed about as a child… keep going. Sometimes God plants those desires early for a reason.

I’ll never forget the time I let a client talk me into putting all of her hair on one row because she didn’t want to pay the maintenance for two rows… but still wanted the length and fullness that realistically required two.

Against my better judgment, I stacked 8 genius wefts onto one row trying to make her happy. Three weeks later the thread snapped, the weight was too heavy, and I was the problem.

That was the moment I learned one of the biggest lessons in this industry: just because you can do something doesn’t mean you should. You can’t be a people pleaser and be great at your job.

Sometimes clients ask for things that go against what’s healthiest or most realistic, and it’s our job to have enough backbone to say no. If they don’t like it, they’re free to find someone else. But me? I’m not sacrificing hair integrity to people-please.

Everything is a mess, Trump thinks he is a Red Cross doctor, nobody knows what’s real, we are being poisoned, fed propaganda, and the world feels slightly unhinged…
but at least AI can’t take my job. 🤷🏼‍♀️😂

If you don’t love your hair… tell 👏 your 👏 hairstylist 👏

Not your group chat. Not social media. Not your friends.
The person who can actually fix it!

And tell them ASAP—so y’all can make a plan. Maybe something got missed, maybe you changed your mind… either way, there are so many solutions that don’t involve hating your hair or dragging your stylist online.

Honestly… this goes for anything in life though! Communication is key! If you don’t speak up then nothing will change!

And stylists… if a client isn’t happy, check your pride at the door and make it right! We’re in the service industry after all!