We recently connected with Rose Mosley and have shared our conversation below.

Rose, thanks for taking the time to share your stories with us today We believe kindness is contagious and so we’d love for you to share with us and our audience about the kindest thing anyone has ever done for you?

The kindest – describes my friend Alex, a fellow hairdresser.

Two and a half years ago I ran a successful business for 14 yrs in NM, On making the big decision to leave my business and lovely clients, I decided to give all my clients and formulas to a young hairdresser named Amira. She had a passion for the industry and a desire to open her own salon, this would give her the start she needed.

My daughter moved to the east for college, we moved to FL.
I met with the owner of the first salon I contacted in Orlando, though the salon was not quite what I was looking for I did meet Alex, a fellow hairdresser from the UK who has since being in FL has always wanted to work with another stylist from the UK. We became friends. Alex moved on shortly after we met, and opened her own salon.

I found a job in a Cuttery salon, I had never heard of the company, they don’t have them on the west side of the country. I started October 29th and was out of there by December 5th. Being an independent contractor for the last 22 yrs I did not fit in the corporate world.

Alex my friend, was helping me find salons that needed stylists. A new salon in Dr Phillips opened in the Marketplace. I went and met with owner, he offered me a chair in his salon. I had a great experience there, having opportunities to work on music artists, athletes, and other people with interesting backgrounds that you usually only see at a distance.

The salon closed, I was there only 6 months. Alex offered me a room to rent, in her salon condo. I had 6 months of clients built up, not usually enough to start your own business, Alex said “you can do it” I took my friend up on her offer, and have never looked back.

Relating to business this is the kindest thing anyone has done for me, giving me an opportunity to start my business here in Orlando. Good Karma perhaps. What goes around comes around.

Great, appreciate you sharing that with us. Before we ask you to share more of your insights, can you take a moment to introduce yourself and how you got to where you are today to our readers.

At 16 years old I started as an apprentice of a student of Vidal Sassoon, at a very successful salon in England. Shortly after completing my apprenticeship I moved to California. I had the opportunity to work for the Oprah magazine and other smaller publications.
After that I started a successful business in NM that I gave to an upcoming stylist, before we moved out east.

We have been in the Orlando area for almost 2 years now. Thanks in part to my friend Alex believing in me, and my loyal clients I built up in Dr Phillips that followed me, my business ‘Vintage Rose Hairdressing studio’ is thriving.

Personally I love a good hair challenge, even now after all these years behind the chair, i’ll get a client in wanting a color correction that looks insane! and is scary! lol. I know i’m looking at several hours of work, the great thing about working for myself is, I can say lets do it, “I’ll make sure you are my only client that day, we’ll work on your hair carefully without time constraints, to get the desired result, based on what we have to work with’.
With all the online videos these days, clients see a lot of looks and techniques, and they want them. What they don’t always understand, is that it may not work well for their hair, that 5 minute clipped video, it can’t be done in one session. Being able to say no, it comes with years of experience.

Quality products is a huge deal for me, quality product will give quality looks in my opinion.
I love the Italian brand GlossX for color, the company Sustainable glam. I like redken Shades toners. A smaller CA company Enjoy, I love their shampoo, I love lots of different products but these mentioned are my favorites at the moment, the GlossX in particular, I have used for several years, I can’t see my self using anything else.

I think for any hairdresser wanting to go out on their own, my advice would be to build a good solid clientele first. Always do your best work. If you can, use the best quality products. Don’t squeeze in clients, go for quality not quantity. Always have your clients hair interests at heart, don’t do a service just for the money. Have pride in your work, it has your name on it. Don’t sell products just for the sale, look at what your clients need to manage their hair at home, to help them duplicate as close as possible what was created for them in the salon.

Where do you think you get most of your clients from?

Hmm.. The best source of clients has been from word of mouth, Alex referring when she is booked (she operates her business in the same building) google for sure, oh my website helps too. Where I am located we get no walk in traffic.

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

Over the years I have had some really fun hair opportunities, I never took photos. I wish I had taken photos of my work in the past. The ones I have, I took in the last few years.
If a stylist stays in the same location for a long amount of time, it’s easy to get comfortable and taking photos may not be a priority, BUT if you move, no one knows you, only you know what you can do, people want to see what you can do. Take those photos!! do it.

Contact Info:

• Website: www.windermerehairstylist.com
• Instagram: www.instagram.com/vintagerosehairdressingstudio