We recently connected with Brittany Boggs and have shared our conversation below.

Hi Brittany, thanks for joining us today. Have you been able to earn a full-time living from your creative work? If so, can you walk us through your journey and how you made it happen? Was it like that from day one? If not, what were some of the major steps and milestones and do you think you could have sped up the process somehow knowing what you know now?

Absolutely I have! Of course not in the beginning like almost all hairstylist know. You have to start on the bottom of the totem pole and build your clientele. I’ve had my fair share of times where I sat with my mom crying, wondering if I made a mistake getting into this industry. But once I went out on my own I learned how to grow my business myself and build the type of clients I wanted and had always dreamed of. Thank god for social media and the power of small town talk!

Brittany, before we move on to more of these sorts of questions, can you take some time to bring our readers up to speed on you and what you do?

Well for starters my name is Brittany and I’m a local of Meban NC. I originally had no plans of being a hairstylist growing up, other than going with my mamaw to the salon every Friday and loving that. I worked some bank jobs and honestly hated it, and I knew there was more for me than a 9-5. So I took the jump and got into Aveda Institute in Chapel Hill down on Franklin Street. After graduating I worked in a commission salon that also really had me questioning if I even liked doing hair if we’re honest. Lucky for me I ended up (with the help of my parents) going out on my own in my own salon suite and falling in love with hair again just like I had in school. Fast forward now, I moved back from Chapel Hill and I’m back in Mebane and working at the cutest salon right in downtown and I couldn’t be happier with where I’m at. You could call it a full circle moment.

Learning and unlearning are both critical parts of growth – can you share a story of a time when you had to unlearn a lesson?

I quickly had to learn that you’re not going to please everybody. You really have to have thick skin in this industry. You’re not built to be the hairstylist for every person. You will always have your bad days, you’ll always have times when a client might make you cry in the break room and you might have your days where you don’t use the correct formula on a client. And that’s okay. Beating yourself up is what will quickly put you into a rough burn out and for every client you can’t please, another client is in your chair singing your praises.

For you, what’s the most rewarding aspect of being a creative?

The most rewarding is definitely seeing your client looking at themselves in the mirror and loving what you’ve done. I’ve seen hairstylists become their clients best friends, secret keepers, therapists and a shoulder to cry on. It’s a very true statement when we say it all comes out in the salon chair. We love growing with our clients and going through life with them. They truly become like family to us and I wouldn’t trade a single one of my clients for anything. Sharing that bond and friendship with people is so rewarding and there’s no better feeling than looking at your books and seeing a full day of some of your favorite people coming in.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.palmetto-salon.com/
• Instagram: brittany_embellished