Rachel Eggie-Gibbs wants to change the hair industry. Her plan: mentoring the next generation of stylists.
She’ll do so from her new Eggie Salon Studio, which opened on Goodwood Boulevard in November. Inside the salon, she’s assembled a team she hopes to shape into industry leaders.
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With employees as young as 19, Gibbs hires for personality and passion rather than experience. Her coaching goes beyond coloring techniques. It’s about marketing, running a business and facing conflict in the workplace. Most importantly, Gibbs is teaching her employees to break down the barriers many stylists worry about when considering hair as a long-term career.
“I’m teaching them how to hit goals and raise their prices. Why can’t this be like any other industry, where you have the potential for growth, promotions and moving up?” she asks. “You can only do so much with your hands, and once stylists hit a certain level, they can feel stagnant.”
The 29-year-old hit her own goal of opening a salon this past year, despite the pandemic, and it’s part of why she’s one of 225‘s People to Watch for 2021. Read on for Eggie’s full story here.