All right, good morning guys, welcome to feedback. We're working on a lesson for a headphone lesson. Right, Brian? Yeah, I'm learning slowly. Brian's very uncomfortable having headphones on his head. It's because they have to be huge if they're on his head. Is it because it's like a weird feeling? Did you have a childhood thing where people were covering your ears or what? No, I just think I've never been a fan. I wasn't a big Irma fan either as a child. Neither was I. I don't think anybody liked Irma's. You didn't think that? I don't think anyone did. Oh, good call. Well, welcome to Splitting Hares, the hairdressers podcast. We're back with another episode, episode eight. So we're excited. We're also excited to announce that you can now get Splitting Hares on iTunes. So just check out Splitting Hares or Free Salon Education. You can type in whatever and it should pop up. And you can subscribe and check out the podcast. So excited, excited for that. Super exciting. Yeah. We're like Beyonce. Like Beyonce? I got to figure out the feedback. What is it? I don't know. Help me. So OK, so let's get into what we want to talk about today. Do I have those papers? Right here. See if we can. Actually, if I turn down these headphones, that might help as well. Does that seem better for you guys? Let's go with yes. Let's go with I think that's going to work. All right, cool. So we have a couple of things that we want to go over today. We have a one dimension that you can definitely get us on iTunes, so we're good with that. Also, make sure that you subscribe on YouTube if you're watching this for the first time on YouTube. And then our Twitter is at Salon Education. And also my Instagram is underscore Matt Beck. We have at hairstyle with an E. Dre day. Dre day. How do you spell that? D-R-E-D-A-Y. So just you can follow us on social media. Also, I want to plug a couple of companies that have jumped on board with us that are really helping us out with freesaloneducation.com. And that is freestyle systems, the hanging blow dryers that we love and use every day. And also millennium software because they are always supportive of any venture that we decide to take. So thank you for that. And let's get into, we have some questions from social media. I tried not to overload it. Tried to go with just some of the main questions. We also put out a thing last night on Facebook asking people for questions as well. So we have a couple from that. So let's get into the first one. Do you, it's from Crystal. She says, do you have a video tutorial about cutting super curly hair on guys? The answer to that is we do not yet, but we are working on it. So we're trying to find a really curly hair guy to be a model, but we have Brian out at the bars on a lookout for that. I'm keeping my eye out. He's on it. Or we're just gonna keep growing his hair out and then we'll cut it. We'll just perm it, make it a little bit curlier. Yeah, so, all right now, and then we have Maria. She said she would love to watch a red violet video. So I wanted to put that out there for, you know, color people. What are we coloring tonight, Tria? I wanna do a dimensional brunette tonight, so. Okay, very cool. So not red violet. Not very violet, but I mean. There was a chance. There was a chance that it could have happened. I mean, if I can talk her into it, there is that option. All right, cool. And then Estella says, so only six rods fit in there, which she was talking about in the Neuro XL. Did we touch on this? Cause this was about a week ago that she wrote it, but I don't think we. Fin where? In the actual cell. So I think what people get concerned about with the Neuro cell from Paul Mitchell is that that you can't, you don't set the rollers in it. Oh yeah. Like a traditional set. Yeah, it's just, it's one at a time, but it's because it charges so fast that it's okay that it's one at a time. Because I guarantee, you know, no matter how quick you are, by the time you get that one roller in, the next one's already charged up and ready to go. Because they heat in like what, eight seconds? Anywhere from eight to 14. Yeah, so. Anywhere where the setting is. They were heating up fast and I think the other thing was that they didn't actually, they don't heat up, they charge up. Right. So that was the, you know, the big difference between old rollers and what a Neuro cell is, is that it heats up, it doesn't heat up, it charges up and then you put it in the hair so it's not hot and then it gets hot. Right. So. Once you get it off of the base, you have about 20 seconds before it heats up. Yeah. So it's like a time bomb. Exactly. Right. Okay, so hopefully that answers your question. William, one of our good friends on Facebook and has been a big follower of us on Hairbrained as well, says what is the best advice for someone who lives in an incredibly small town and wants to become an educator? So I think that speaks for almost every single one of us sitting here right now. So let's start with, Jaya, why don't you put in your two cents in there and then, or five cents. My five cents? Yeah. Okay. Two cents sounds too cheap. You know, to be an educator, I just think, you know, making yourself aware at the different distributors ships, find a company that you want to work with or represent and just start networking and making connections. We can't see it at all. We just see the back of our head. Just throw that at them. It's okay though, because really what they're watching is us recording this for iTunes. So that's kind of how, I've come to grips with, we will not be a professional video. But for the three people that watch it. Right, for all three of you watching. So it's okay, Drea. Just as long as your voice sounds great, that's all that matters. I didn't say to face that. So what you were saying was distributorship. Find a distributor. Distributors are really the key to becoming an educator because they're the ones that basically host the brands and allow you to get in with the brands, right? Well, that's definitely the route that you're gonna want to go if you want to be an educator with a certain company. Well, look at what we're doing. There's new ways to sort of just strike out and do it on your own if you want to. You pick up some kind of camera you find in a website like freeeducations or freesaloneducation.com. Shameless plug. That was a good plug. You like that? That was good how close you got to the microphone too. I'm learning. I told you, it's a process. But yeah, if you're not necessarily looking to go with a specific company's education, then just keeping yourself available, again, like Drea said, with distributorships because they sort of house lots and lots of different companies in one place. You have to, I think the biggest thing that I did when I was trying to become one myself was I made sure that every single person I met knew that I wanted to become an educator. So that as soon as the first question comes up from what we look, we're looking for some new leaders, people remembered me and they knew to seek me out and say, hey, weren't you trying to do this? Come on board.  Drea was pretty small. Compared to my town, Drea lived in a city. But I grew up in the middle of Illinois and it was 750, 800 people and 150 people in my whole entire high school. So, you know, I don't live there anymore because I wanted to further my career and get a little bit further. I'm not saying, that's what Brian was saying. The beauty of now, I needed to move out here to get exposure and to put myself in a bigger territory to be able to do that. You can be an educator in the middle of Illinois now and you can do it right from your computer, which is great. And if you're looking to attach yourself to the company like Brian said, you know, we attached with Paul Mitchell real quick and I had worked for them 10 years ago. And, you know, I think it depends on what you want because I wanted to be in front of as many people as possible, so I made the move and moved out to the East Coast to try to further my education and my career, get it more exposure. So, I think, you know, it just depends on your career goals. If you just want to educate people, you can do it starting today in front of your computer. And, you know, William, we're always ready to, if you want to help us out with videos or anything like that, you know, you can always send them our way and we'll figure it out. But I think that's what we're trying to create now is a network of hairdressers from all over the country that are going to be putting things towards, you know, free salon education. I was actually, crazy thing is I was working on a new website. That's actually not that crazy, but I was working on a new website this weekend and I'm hoping to launch it sometime next year, which will be the new freesaloneducation.com, but it'll be, you'll be able to post your own videos to it. So it won't just be us posting.  You know, eventually we need people. So we talked about that last week, but there will be in the future a website where you guys can post them. But for now, if you make a video, put it up on YouTube, send me the link and I'd love to watch it. And you know, we might get it up there on freesaloneducation.com, so. And I think what's good about that is, I mean, I've seen so many people just in the few years that I've been in this business that really thought they wanted to educate, they wanted to teach, they wanted to do it, and then as soon as they get into it, they were like, okay, maybe not. So what's great about this is, now we have something, you can kind of just get your feet wet a little bit.  Right.  See if that's the route you want to go and then decide what you need to do from there to keep going. And the other thing is we put up a video last week during our video shoot with Barrett and it was showing kind of, a little bit, we had some fun with it, but it was a little bit of behind the scenes kind of showing just the minimal equipment that we used to make the videos. And I'm not saying we make the best videos ever at all, but we make videos that people can watch, that people can watch and learn from. And so I think it's pretty easy task to do and everybody's got an iMovie on their computer so just being able to use that and edit. And when you go back six months ago, the equipment we have now versus back then is a huge difference. Right. I mean, we still, look at the ombre video, that was back, we made that with, we drew pictures, it's a sketchbook. Right, right, yeah. So, you know, make it happen. And that's what really being an educator is all about is just making it happen. There's certain things that I wanted in my career and even a year ago things I wanted in my career, sometimes you don't, they're not handed to you. So freesoneducation.com was born. We're handing it to you. So now we just decided to hand it to you. So that's it. We have another question from The Beauty Loft. I thought this was a great question. This was on our Facebook as well. How do you handle new clients inquiring about prices for services? Some think $40 is too high for a wash cut and style. Ready, go. All right. One, two, three, nod it. Take the lead. Okay, you know what? I think there's always gonna be people who are gonna think something's too expensive and whatnot. Those aren't your, that's not your market that you want to, you never want to devalue a service that you're providing. And if that's the set price for your haircuts, that's what it is. Right.  I mean, that's- And to the point she says- It's not a negotiation. Right. And I worked like a lot of front desks before and I feel like people try to negotiate and bargain and- Yeah, we're not the flea market. This is not a flea market. But the other thing is, our salon is the cheapest in town and the most expensive. So we have a range of prices and I know the salon that Brian was working at prior did not have a range of prices. And I think it's really important to have that so that you can cater to each type of person. And it also will kind of give stylist opportunity for growth as well. So that would be my thing is if $40 is too high, maybe you bring on new stylists that are a little bit cheaper, but help them understand that the $40 haircut is for somebody that's in demand. It's a stylist that's worked really hard for that for their reputation. And Robert Croming says his saying was red. It's reputation, experience and demand. And I've kind of lived by that for a long time because it's really important that people are paying for your reputation. So don't raise prices too high, too quick. Just you'll feel it. When you feel your book getting fuller and people talking about you, you'll feel the buzz and you'll know when $40 should not feel too high. I don't think it's industry average haircut price anyways is $42, so I don't think it's too much at all. Just be confident. And just to hit on the other little part of that question is how do you handle describing it? I think especially in a salon like ours that has that tiered pricing system, at some point you have to sit down and work out this is how we describe this. Because you have to be very careful when describing that to people because it can kind of just go a little bit crazy because I don't think it's such a common thing that people that don't work in salons really get it yet. So have that simple dialogue that everyone sort of goes off of to describe it, it's based on education, time in the whatever, whatever you decide your thing is, make sure everyone's saying the same thing so it doesn't just come off like, oh well she thinks she's worth an $80 haircut so that's what it is. Right, exactly. That's it. That was the end. That was it. Okay, great. End on a strong note, move on. Yes. So yeah, in the end of it all, just $40 is not too much. Be confident about it, especially if you're cutting and styling the hair, cutting, washing, and styling the hair. I mean, yeah, the wash in there, it's worth $40, right? Anywhere else that they go they're gonna pay at least $40 once everything is added on the wash, or the style, and everything else. So $40, be confident. You're totally worth it. The beauty loft. Do it. Okay, I wanna announce that we're gonna have another contest starting today. Because I like giving things away, I don't know why. This is like my new favorite thing and I also think that if you're gonna follow us, then I think it's just like a loyalty program with your salon, right? So that's kinda how I look at it. We have these loyal followers now. We just hit 5,100 subscribers on YouTube, so thank you guys for that. You know, and the more we grow, the more free things I can give away, so. True story. Make sure you subscribe to this and make sure you follow us on Facebook because that's where the giveaways come from. And what I'm doing is basically calling companies and saying, hey, I have all these followers and you have a great product, let's give it to them. So. Next year we're shooting for a car. Yes, yes. So maybe if we get 100,000 subscribers, we can work that out. Actually, probably a million. But whatever, whatever. One at a time, one at a time. So we're gonna do a contest, we're gonna give away another YS Park little kit, which will have a 334 comb, clip, couple clips in there. Just one. Just one. One clip. Make it count. And also a YS Park tail comb as well. So it's about $35 value. And so we're gonna give that out over the next 24 hours. So make sure you like us on Facebook and then Gratitude Salon Education. And we can, you can be part of that giveaway. All right, industry news. We're gonna look at a couple different things. I wanna show this picture. And we now have it hooked up so that Drea and Brian can see this. But here is the trend of the season is what they're saying. And can you guys guess what that is? It's the light hair and dark brows. Okay, all right, well, you've read the paper already. No, I can see it. I've been doing this forever. So this is what they're saying is the trend for the end of 2013. And this is by ubeauty.com. So don't, I didn't make this up, they did. But you can follow them at ubeauty on Twitter. But I was reading their website, actually really liked their website. And it's how to own the look of the season, blonde hair and dark brows. So what do we think about this? And I know that a lot of clients that we've, that I've had in the past, if you make them blonde, they think they need blonde eyebrows. Yes. So they think that their hair color needs to match their eyebrows. So this being the trend of 2013 is actually very exciting for me.  And that they compliment, they're there for a reason.  They draw attention to them. And if you have a blonde eyebrow, it just kind of feeds away into the existence. Right. I'll let you know that I went ahead and conducted an experiment on myself a couple of years ago in this whole topic. I prefer to be blonde. I try to do it as often as possible, bothering me that I'm not right now, but I'll get there. So a couple of years ago, I had lightened my hair to as white as you could get it. And I was like, let's try the eyebrows too. I was probably 23 years old at the time. And then after I did it, I looked about 111. It's just, it's not flattering. I think what's tough, if you go back to that picture, are our lovely blonde on the right there. I mean, she, that's maybe two weeks worth of growth before that root comes back in. And if you would lighten those eyebrows up, then she's just not going to be matching at all. No. Right. I think the brows, having the darker brows also kind of help make it so that it's a more graceful grow out, because it's going to happen. I mean, you can't stop the hair from growing. Right. So the darker brows just sort of helps keep it all together. Also, have you ever seen where someone is growing out, bleached out eyebrows? Oh, it's awful. I've done it. Well, I didn't know if you'd colored them back right away. They're like icing? I call it icing. What is it called? Frosted. Well, it starts looking cheetah print, because eyebrows don't grow like hair does. Speaking of cheetah print, wait. So I had a hairdresser when I was like, and I think her name is Heather. I'm going to say this, because I used to be on the radio. And we had this place called Time for Tan. It was in Illinois. And they had a hair salon connected to it. So it kind of makes me realize that this is what I wanted to do, because I would hang out in that hair salon all the time. Well, did you say hi to the male lady? Yes, I did. She said hi to me. She waved. So we should invite her in. So what happened was she highlighted my hair. She actually blonded my eyebrows. They matched my skin tone. It was embarrassing. But when you talk about cheetah print, she used to give me highlights with the cap. And it looked like a spotted cheetah on my head. And she would tell me that that was the cool thing. Like that was a cool thing. You're in the middle of Illinois. She didn't tell you anything she wants. But and I went with it. I wore. I rocked that look for like a year. And I thought it was cool too. But now that I think about it, I think she was just pulling my hair through the cap and it was bleeding. Yes. Right? So I've never used a highlighting cap. I don't know how that. Have you guys used it? I've never used one. But when I was in hair school, the salon I worked for, the owner was very old school. And she had three clients that insisted on still having the. Really? Yes. And as an assistant, I hated it. Please comment below if you have clients that are insisting on the highlighting cap. And you haven't called us. I've seen it. A few months ago, I wasn't my guest. But I watched it happen right in front of me. A woman came in and insisted it was the only way to make highlights look natural on her hair. Well, they'd have to move on to a new salon. So I'm not buying those caps. No, no, I have no interest. When me and Thad were in Arizona, there was the guy who invented. No way. The cap highlight. Yeah. You know, good for him, though. Yeah. Because what was it before that? That's true. I don't know. What was it? I don't know. We should research that. That's a Google. Comment below. Yes, comment below. If you know, comment below so we don't have to Google it. But otherwise, we'll Google it and figure it out. We'll let you know next week. OK, so the look of the season, we're into it. I'm into it. I like the dark brow. I'm not mad at it. I think the Michelle Williams one, it's pulled off because it almost looks like a really, really short ombre. And I really dig not that I know anything about lipstick, but the dark brows, the lipstick, and the blonde hair. I just think it's a cool look. So change everybody into that. On it. On it. All right. Let's see. Oh, and the other question was, do you have to go platinum to make that work? I don't think so. No. I don't think so either. I think it almost works better without going crazy, crazy white light. Yeah. I think even, you know, you hit that nice, like, goldeny level nine. It'll almost pull in the root color and the eyebrow color more seamlessly. Right. OK. All right. Beauty's next big ingredient. This is insane, just so you know. Ready? I'm excited. Are you at the edge of your seat for the fact that Clorox bleach or bleach is now, what researchers are finding is that anti-aging powers in our popular household disinfectant. So basically what they're saying, and I'm not saying to do this, neither is Brian, neither is Dreia. Just putting that out there. What you're going to do is take just a little bit. I think it was, like, half a cup of bleach. It could be a cap full two. I know it's half a cup of bleach. That's done a little bit. I know. That's a lot. Well, hang on. So half a cup of bleach in a full bathtub of water for a weekly 10-minute soak. No. That sounds like chemical burn. That's what they're saying. I know. I know. It's, hey.  I understand the logic behind it, because most anti-aging skin care products are exfoliating. But what is it? Is it exfoliating, though? They exfoliate to remove the fine lines and wrinkles. I mean, this has nothing to do with hair, but I came across it last night.  But my question is, what's the difference between doing that and sitting in a pool for 10 minutes? Chlorine? You got a point there. Everyone looks better in the summer. Because, I mean, I was a swimmer, and I spent a lot of time in the pool. And I feel like it just dried out my skin. Yeah, but what is the difference between Chlorox bleach and chlorine? They're very similar. Another thing next week, well, Google. Although the only thing that I can say that makes me almost want to say I get it, is after you do a base lightning on your head when I sit there and just leave lightener on for 40 minutes. And for two days, your scalp just feels really tight. Like I just had Botox in my scalp. All right, so I get it. I'm going to go home and try this. I just don't think I want to do anything that abrasive. So Brian, we're going to put Brian to the test on this. He's going to come back next week and give us a full. I'll give you the bleach. You'll see. I won't even have freckles anymore. Right. My tattoos will be gone. Nice. All right. OK, so moving on from that, I'm not trying it. Brian will try it. Let's see. Next one is, could mirrorless, mirrorless, mirrorless hair salons become a thing? There is a new hair salon, sans or sans mirrors, hopes to create a more relaxing, positive experience for clients, but whether women are willing to give up the total control over their locks is debatable, which is very debatable. But do you think a mirrorless salon, which in this picture, I also got this from UBeauty. They provided all of our tips this week, but it's interesting. I definitely see some pros and cons to this. I think it's probably just a trend right now. But pros, people don't have to look at themselves with wet hair or color on their scalp. Cons, now a stranger is looking at them with wet hair and color in their hair. Right, yeah, and they're staring at each other. Right. Other big con is you can't teach someone how to do their own hair because they can't watch you. If you're trying to help them learn how to blow dry their own hair or comb their own hair or any of that, I'm just going to describe it really, really well. The only big benefit I saw from this is that you can have definitely more chairs. Absolutely. Spacewise, it's going to save. But I mean, really, I think that's the only benefit. That just looks like someone's dining room. I know. So I don't know how I feel about it. I mean, I do think maybe, I understand when people are coloring hair and stuff, when they don't have the mirror, but I just don't think right now, it's just you can't teach with that, and that's our goal. I see pros and cons. I think I'm a little bit more on the I don't want it. Yes, coming back in on a weekly basis, then I could see this being a good thing because we're going to be styling their hair for them all the time. But if they got to do it at home and we got to teach them and help recreate, then I think you're right. It's just maybe a little much. But hey, teach their own. I mean, it's a cool idea. And I love people that push things. That are different. Yeah, that are different to another level. So all right, now let's get into our trending tresses. Dun, dun, dun, dun, dun, dun. Nice guys. Yeah, that was good. I need a theme song for that. No, that was it. I was about to hit it. That was your theme song. I know. I know. Dun, dun, dun, dun. OK. It's my ringtone. So let's kick it off with our first celeb. Well, we have Khloe Kardashian following. You know how I knew this was a Kardashian? Because Christina loved it. Well, do you know Christina is at Kelly and Michael? Yeah, Barry gave her the tickets. Because of Instagram is why I know that. Yeah, OK. So I was super jealous because I'm getting ready watching Kelly and Michael. And you know I like them. I do. So I watched it yesterday. I know it's weird. I just hadn't thought about you. You did? So it's weird. But she's like, I really wish you could come. And I'm like, I got things. I have my own show here for three people that I have to do. It's true. Yeah. So anyways. But it says Kardashian on the bottom. That's the only reason I know. Oh, it does. So yes. It looks like Khloe is following Kim's footsteps with going Blonder for the season. OK. I just don't like them Blonde. I like hers better than Kim's. Because I feel like the dark isn't as dark. Yeah.  I mean I do like this one better than Kim's, like you said. But I just, I prefer them dark. I'm not mad at it. It'll be cute when she has to do a bob. Yeah. Exactly. To get rid of those extremely lightened ends. Yeah, you know what's so funny? When we talked about Jennifer Aniston cutting her hair off last week, did we talk about her frying it? No. But yeah, I totally forgot about that. And I thought about it last night when I saw the picture, I was like, she cut her hair because she fried it. And we didn't even talk about that, but whatever. Well, we hit on Jennifer Lawrence. So everyone's doing. All right, next one. All right, so we have Shea Mitchell. She is one of the stars of Pretty Little Liars. I don't know if you guys watch that. No, I trust you. No, but look at her fried ends and look how she chopped it off. Look how healthy it looks. It is super healthy. So that's a good thing. I'm glad that healthy hair seems to be the trend now. Yeah. Yeah, I am enjoying that as well. I think it's like a lot of, I like that they're finally cutting it off. I just feel like, I know we talk about this every week, I feel like it's finally like this dried fried ends. It's going to get people in our salons more often. That's what I'm excited about. Well, I think it's more realistic hair as well. Not everybody can afford to do extensions upon extensions upon extensions. Right. I do feel like the bob, though, that they're cutting. This one that's kind of like two inches below shoulder and they're calling it a bob is driving me crazy now. But I mean, I think that's realistically salon reality a good length because I know I'm a big fan of that, just barely touching the collarbone kind of length because it doesn't take much to decide, OK, I want long hair again and grow it out from there. Right. Or it's like, OK, I wanted to try having shorter hair and you could kind of consider the shorter hair. Yeah. It's that good when people are on the fence, length. Yeah, and it looks great. It looks healthy, good for her. Thank you for cutting your hair off. Appreciate it. It made my life better. I'm going to get Tina to watch that snap. Yeah, there you go. Yeah, show it. This is the other cool thing. Now that we've been doing all this research, whenever we have guests in the salon, it's like, hey, check out this celebrity and this celebrity. It's very, very important to know this stuff, I think. And what we should do is post this stuff on Facebook so that people have the images. We'll make like when we put out the Trending Tresses video, we'll post like an album for the week. I think that would be cool for people. We'll do all the work for everyone. Right, yeah. Perfect. Plus it'll help us from doing the same thing twice. Yeah, exactly. OK, explain to me. All right, so apparently John Cryer has been talking about the fact that his hair on the top of his head is painted on. OK. Watch Ducky. Wow, good for him. That he actually has only, he claims five hairs on the top of his head. OK.  And then it goes in with a powder. With a roller? With, he said a roller. OK, all right. I mean, I would like to know what exactly this product is. Yeah, miracle product. And why not just get plugs? It sounds like a lot of work for every day. Have you ever seen anybody with plugs? It's awful. No, people with only one round of plugs looks like a little bit of a Barbie doll. But if they actually commit to it and go through the full thing, then I think you can totally get away with it. Well, I've also seen a couple of my male clients tell to get like the little bit removed. Is that in plugs? Yeah, they take it from here and they move it to the front. That does look good. But the old school plugs. What's funny is if I ever have to do that, I'm in trouble. Because back here, my hair is like 10 times curlier than it is up here. I'll just be, I'll have a fro. So if you see me with a fro, it's no because I got plugs. That's great. OK, so, well, that's pretty cool. I think it's cool that he's coming out and saying that. Guys are too freaked out about their hair. I know. I hate that. Like, trying to explain to a guy that color is OK, trying to explain to a guy that plugs are OK, that it's OK that your hair is coming out. We'll take it a little shorter. Guys get so freaked out, you would think. But they only do it either here in the salon or probably at home. Because otherwise they get angry about it. Right, exactly. So help guys out, and this is a great story to kind of show that there is other things. I wouldn't suggest necessarily, but I mean, you can't tell. You look at this, it's like. Well, my question is, wouldn't it be easier just to get, I know we see them all the time, the hairspray colors to touch up the roots that we stay away from for our female clients. But why couldn't they just spray that on their scalp? I don't know. I mean, this is like a blurry iPhone photo. So you never know what that really looks like. But it's working. But it is working. But it's on camera. Yeah, so good for him. I'm a little confused by this picture, Jaya. What's this one? So this was apparently, Rihanna, has been sporting a new bob and bangs. A mop? Oh, a wig? Yeah. Well, we're not sure if it's a wig or not. OK. But she, in her Instagram photo, she did thank her hairstylist. OK. For the good that? For that, yeah. Oh, thank god I'm not the hairstylist on that one. Thank you for my wig. Yes. But yeah, it's very heavy. Yeah. Yeah, I think she's shaved in the side right now. I think that's just a little door of the Explorer wig. Yeah, maybe she was a joke or something. I don't know. This is the one thing. And I want to talk about this because Jennifer Lawrence, we talked about last week and we showed a picture of her hair. And this is my challenge with pictures because I was totally not for Jennifer Lawrence's haircut. And then I saw like five more pictures of it. And it looks great. I've seen her in video. And it's actually really cute. Yeah.  I'm like, oh, that looks a little S.K. Gosselin. It's actually kind of cute. Exactly. Yeah, so that picture was just terrible. And the color was terrible on that picture. She has a beautiful color. And that's one of my all-time favorite haircuts, the one that she's wearing right now. I love it. A little undercut on the side. The heavy bang comes over top of that. I really like it a lot. So I just want to say that in case, you know, anyone. In case you're mad at us. In case anyone cared. All right. Last one here. Nice. My favorite person of all time. Yes. Yes, Justin Timberlake, who apparently is getting flack for his hair looking too similar to Robin Thicke. OK. So now he's trying to be Robin Thicke? Probably. No way. No. Justin Timberlake is way cooler than Robin Thicke. That's just the typical short on the sides, some length on top. Robin Thicke did not invent it. I know. This is what kills me about everything in life. Let me rant for one minute. When people think that they created everything, everything is an evolution of everything. And that haircut has been done a million times. And Robin Thicke is definitely not the first one to wear it. Along with haircuts that we do, we did not invent them. We don't claim to invent them. We learn technique and show you guys. And we show you, as opposed to you going out and paying a few hundred dollars to get a DVD, to learn a technique that you can learn in 10 minutes. And that is the goal. And I just think that when people think that they create, I could see if you were watching the creator of something charging you $300 for something.  And it's the one DVD that's worth it. But ever since then, it's been an evolution of people creating haircuts that are still charging $300 using stuff that was not the creator of it. So I never claimed to create these things. I'm not. I think that I got to get off the ramp. But that's my piece there. Justin Timberlake did not steal that haircut. That's what I was saying. He did not. But it looks good. I'm digging his new look. It looks great. I think a lot of guys should wear this little disconnection. It's not super tight on the fade. But I just think it's such a, I mean, to think back to what it was when he looked like 10 years ago, it's such a big, fantastic change. Like, I would love to sit down with his hairdresser for five minutes and be like, just walk me through all of the different things that you do to create this. Because, I mean, that's created. That is not that fuzzy little bleached out fro that he had. And the top, you can definitely tell there's something. I mean, there's color. There's chemical. There's all kinds of stuff going on in that hair. And I just, I think it looks awesome. I just think it looks great that it's showing men with a more styled look, but it's not overly styled. It's something that they could accomplish at home. Very cool. All right, let's finish up this episode. We want to talk about Barrett real quick. Barrett is produced three different styling videos last week. She got a little under the weather over the weekend. So we couldn't get the voice over. So it'll come out on Monday for you guys, at least one of those videos. And we'll put them out after that. She did a wave set. She did a round brush blow dry, step by step, and then a smoothing blow dry, step by step. So we're really excited for that. And we're hoping she feel good yesterday. She didn't serious. Yeah, cool. So she's back in action. She's back and ready. So I want to say thank you again to Freestyle Systems, one of our big supporters. We have Millennium Software. They've always been there for us, helping us out. And then True Beauty Concepts has really given us a few different products to try out. So we have some reviews on a product called Kune coming up. Thank you, it's Kune. We've been using it in the salon for about a week and a half. So we want to give you our opinions on that. And it's always our truthful opinion. Kune is not paying us for that. And then also Tara, our winner last week of the Indie Hair Contest. The Indie has sent out that package. They're much quicker at that than I am. So that's great. 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The Cavalcade of America presented by DuPont. In weeks and weeks, these presentations of the Cavalcade of America brought to you by DuPont have featured the contributions made to our national life and ideals by farmers, railroad builders, sailors, school teachers, physicians, explorers, and many others. All have played their part with steadfast faith and quiet courage. Not so well known to most of our listeners is the work done by people in America's chemical industry in carrying forward the discoveries of research chemistry and turning them into useful products. Some of these chemical products come to you identified by the DuPont oval trademark. Many are produced by DuPont for use by other manufacturers who in turn create countless items of comfort and convenience for you which are physical expression of the phrase, better thing chemistry. The DuPont Cavalcade Orchestra plays as an overture, two compositions of Victor Herbert, Jester Thorpe and Funtionello are the inventive pioneers who looked into the future and began the vision that men could go down to the sea and steam ship. It began on the quaker farm of Joseph Longstaff in Buck County, Pennsylvania. There in the spring of 1785, Joseph's son Joshua finds a neighbor named John Fitch busy on the banks of a stream. Joshua, what is it? It's only my busy with other matters. Very well. What has he got there? A boat. A very strange looking boat. It's only two feet long. It's a model, Joshua. I don't think I ever saw anything quite like it before. No right, Joshua, or anyone else. I ain't got the idea of a man. Two rows of paddles, six on each side. Oh, that ain't worth. No man could move all those 12 paddles. No man is supposed to move. Connected with his driving rod. And that disappears into a box. What is in the little box, John? Magic? No, Joshua. Steam. And when there's plenty of steam, blow this little whistle. That's called a safety valve. Then what happens? Then I'll let some of the steam into the box, and don't be frightened, it's perfectly safe. She and she is trialed safe. Help me put it in the water. Yes, John. Yeah. Oh, it's heavy. Yes, it's heavy laden. Months of work, and all my hopes are in it. There we are. Well, it's close to all right. Too bad there are no sails or anything to make it go. Oh, it shouldn't need sails, or even a wind, Joshua. Just the steam. Now, when I pull this lever, it should start to work. There. Steam. Paddles begin to move. So does I both. Yes, Joshua, yes. John, what does he call this wonder? Well, I haven't thought of any special name for it. It's just a steamboat. John Fitzpatten for his invention, and secured from the states of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Delaware, and Virginia the exclusive privilege to build and operate steamboats on all their waterways for 14 years. He raised enough money in Philadelphia to build a steamboat 45 feet long for the assistance of Henry Boyce, the watchmaker. At last, on August 22, 1787, the boat is ready to be launched into the Delaware River. Great crowds are on the bank to see this wonder. John Morris, one of the syndicates that raised money for the experiment, stands anxiously with John Fitz near the waves.  Mr. Morris, nothing on earth is certain. On the water, it's even more uncertain. Well, your invention has cost a lot of money. If your toy should fail to work, it's not a toy, Mr. Morris. Even though it's only the fourth steam engine in America, so many distinguished persons do not gather to watch toys. What just were? What are you doing in town here? Bothers drove me in to see the real boat on the Delaware. I hope you don't see it go to the bottom of it. How can they say such a thing? Most of this crowd here thinks it more than likely. If they didn't see the launch by model, this big boat looks a very image of it. It is, exactly. Then it must float, too. But it's heavier. And it's bigger, so it'll float even better. You give me courage, Joshua. John, cool all those men over there. And while there's a special place to set aside for them, are they builders of boats, too? No, well, in a way they are. But they're building a ship much greater than mine, Joshua. Another steamboat? No. It's mightier power than steam. They're building our ship of states. Those men are members of the new constitutional convention. Everything's ready, John. The tide is right. Oh, boy. Is steam up? I've got full pressure ready. All right. Let's launch it. I'm aboard, John. Well, John, I'll go back to my father. All right, Joshua. Wish me well. Good voyage, John. Thank you. Hey, give me a hand, boy. There you are. I'm aboard. Thanks. Hey, you'll be in back there. Got away the phone. All right, man. Knock those shocks out. Yeah. When she's afloat, boy, I'll give you a signal. Then give her the steam. Very good, John. She's moving, John. Guys, don't, it's all right. But we may need the tall line to get it short.  This is no canal boat. We'll sink or swim, but we won't be towed. We're nearly at the water. The lord be with us, boys. She surely does. Oh, how well she rides. Give her steam, boy. Give her steam. I'll take the helm. All right. That was a turning. Is everything all right, John? I don't know, boy. I don't know. She's making headway against the tide. Good. Listen to the people cheer. Well, we've made a good start. I wonder where we'll end. Why, will we? Finish at Bloomington. 20 miles of steam. No, boys. I think the steamboat is tired of the boys. That won't be finished for a century. So successful was his 45 foot steamboat that in 1788, which built a 60 footer, had carried 30 passengers. And two years later, a larger boat with a stern paddle wheel rammed the 20 miles upstream to Burlington in three hours and 10 minutes in regular service. But the cost of operating the lines was very high, and the mechanics of steam engines were not well known then. Besides competition from stagecoaches was greater along the Delaware than any other river. The outlook was unprofitable. Within a few years, the steamboat of John Fitch was but a memory. A new name loomed on the horizon, Robert Fulton. Although Fulton did not launch his first boat till after Fitch had died, he had been interested in canals and inland navigation. His work takes him to Paris, where in 1802, Robert Livingston, the American minister to France, hears what he has accomplished and sends for him. You, uh, sent for me, Mr. Livingston? Yes, Mr. Fulton. Since you built your diving boat for Napoleon, I've been thinking about your work.  Well, I'm afraid it was more curious than useful. Well, still, I'm told it stayed submerged for four hours. Four hours and a half to be exact. Er, not that it mattered.  I see. But would you like to use your inventive power for purposes of daily use? They prefer it. You know, when I was a boy of ten, I made my own pencils out of sheet lead so that I could draw. I've heard you were a good draftman. But my interest in mechanics has a less, uh, praiseworthy origin, which is laziness. Well, yes, when I live near Lancaster, er, I'm a pencil vaning, you see. I used to like to go fishing on the Conestoga Creek, but I hated to roll boats. So I fashioned a pair of paddle wheels connected with an offset bar, like a turn-by-hand with a gentle swaying of the body. Very pleasant. Have you ever thought of turning those paddle wheels with anything but muscle? Oh, what else? Oh, I see. You mean steam. Exactly. Well, I have no funds, and such toys cost money. I have the money, and something more. I'm interested in developing the steamboat in America. You see, I have the franchise for steamboat navigation in the state of New York. Well, there are plenty of bad roads and good water there to make steamboat transportation desirable, and you're practical enough to make it profitable. Thank you. Unfortunately, New York's a long way off. Do you object to going back? Well, my prospects at present seem quite excellent with Napoleon. I'm not sure I want to return to America this time. Oh, Uncle Robert. Uncle Robert, I... Oh, I'm sorry. Am I interrupting? Come in, my dear. Now, this is Mr. Fulton. My niece, Miss Harriet Livingston. How do you do? Mr. Robert Fulton, who invented the diving boat? Your servant, ma'am. I've just been trying to persuade Mr. Fulton to go back to America and build a steamboat for me. And you refused, Mr. Fulton? I hesitated, Miss Livingston. I appreciate your uncle's offer, but, well, I want you to think it over before you make a final decision, Mr. Fulton. I'm sailing in a week's time, and I'd be very happy to know that you were going to be on the same packet with my niece and myself. Oh, may I add a word to my uncle's plea, Mr. Fulton? It doesn't seem right that America's talented men should give their inventions to any but their own country. Can't I appeal to your patriotism? Well, I only hesitated, Miss Livingston, because so far, France has offered more opportunities for my work. I am offering you a chance not only to make a name for yourself, but to be of some service to your country. Arrive at Brown Shipyards and Greenwich Village to meet Fulton for the trial trip. Well, there she is, Harriet. Ready and waiting. It's wonderful, Robert, to see that you made it all yourself. Oh, hardly myself, my dear. The engine was designed by Joe Barlow. It was built in England by Bolton and Watt. And the boat itself was built by Charles Brown. But it was your idea. Well, it was your uncle's idea, really. And if it hadn't been for your persuasive powers, I'd probably still be in France trying to build a diving boat. Oh, it's certainly a lovely ship, Robert. How long is it? A hundred and thirty-three feet and seven feet deep. Oh, I didn't notice it first. The name painted on the side there. You've named it Claremont after Uncle Robert's place on the Hudson. Claremont is your home, too, you know. And who is supposed to be complimented the more? Uncle Robert or me? I resisted the temptation to name her Harriet because, well, if she turned out to be a failure... The success of this venture means a lot to you, doesn't it, Robert? More than I can say, Harriet. If I succeed, I'll no longer be a penniless inventor. I'll be able to ask your father for permission to announce our engagement. I gave you that permission long ago. Oh, I know, dear, but... Well, Robert... Oh, here comes your uncle now. Everything in readiness for the trial? Oh, yes, Mr. Livingston. The steam has been up for some time. Shall we walk over to the dock and go aboard? Robert, are you sure it won't explode? Don't be frightened. Mr. Fulton can swim. Oh, I'm sure it's safe, Harriet. What provision have you made against fire? Well, I hope to keep it entirely confined to the boilers. Up there under that housing is a 20-foot boiler set in brick. The engine is forward. Will steam really turn those paddle wheels? Well, they look enormous. They're over 15 feet across. How fast will it go? I don't know, but we'll soon see. The crowd on the dock seems interested. Yes, yes, hoping to see a catastrophe, undoubtedly. Will you let us pass, please? We want to get aboard. Oh, thanks. You know what I had, I'm sure I wouldn't take a chance. Oh, Fulton's folly is about to start. I hope so, my friend. I bet she blows up before she gets out in the river. Well, I'm not afraid. I'm going aboard. Let her take sail along with you, mister. Come, Robert. Come, Harriet. Yes, I do. Look at them. Crazy fools. Anyone knows you can't drive a boat by steam? Well, sure. Say them notables aboard don't look any too happy. I'm waiting to see them all get a wetting in the river. Well, we'll soon know. Casting off. Say, where's she planning to go? Albany, he says. Oh. Tides against her. Winds against her. She'll never make it. Here, cast against her. Watch it. She'll blow up in a minute. There you go. Hey, hey, hey. Well, will you look at that? Well, she's moving. Trying to see. Against the wind and tide. I never would have believed it. Hey! You was the one who said it wouldn't work. Well, it can change your mind, can't I? Well, please. Made her first trip to Albany and returned in 62 hours running time, averaging nearly five miles per hour. The only other ways of travel up the Hudson then were by very bad roads or by sailboats, often against wind and tide. So the comfortable, reliable clear amount was a commercial success. City of America presented by DuPont moves on. More steamboats are built, but all of them depended on wood for fuel under their boilers. One of these is operated by Captain Daniel Peck. One day Peck has as his passenger a delightful old gentleman, the Rev. Deliplet Knott, President of Union College, who cheerfully comes to the wharf at Albany. Well, Captain, nice day. I'm looking forward to a delightful trip down the Hudson. Yes, a boring accident. Well, that Captain is as always in the hands of Providence. Shall I go aboard?  Oh, why the barge? Why not here on the steamboat? Well, sir, you'll find the barge more comfortable. And cheaper too? No, sir. To be honest with you, sir, places in the barge cost more. Well, then I have two good reasons for riding on the steamboat. First, it is cheaper. And second, I want to see how the engine works. Well, suit yourself, sir. I don't say I didn't advise you differently. But I can't understand why it's cheaper to ride on the boat instead of the barge. You don't have to understand it. All you have to do is believe it. Well, anyway, I look more closely at the engine. It's a strange thing to see a clergyman and a teacher so interested in engines. The fact is I'm more interested in the boiler. The boilers could stand more attention than they get. On board there. Throw another one for the wood on the fire. Aye, aye, sir. It's seasoned wood, sir. It burns fast and hot. I should think it'd make a lot of difference what kind of wood it is if you want to control the fire. Sir, nobody can control fire under a boiler. It gives you too much steam or no steam or some steam. There's no telling what. There's no one invented a way to control it. It's like making soup, every man to his own taste. Well, now, maybe I could give that problem some thought. Are you an adventer, too? I have experimented with the properties of heat and made some improvements in stoves and so forth. Wood stoves? No coal stoves. Coal would be no good for steamboats. How would you get it to burn right? Well, I couldn't tell you at the moment, but it's something to think about. Yeah, wood is so very unsatisfactory and so unreliable. All right. I'll give orders to start as thank you. Look out! Look out! Am I doctor? Yes, I think so. At least I didn't have to dive in the water for safety like some of your other passengers. Ever want to count a car? Aye, aye, Captain. Not a soul hood. That's good. I tried not to let you in for this, doctor. I think I understand now why the seats in the barge are more expensive. We really should find some way to prevent a similar accident. Dr. Aleph Lipnot decided to combine the improvements on a domestic stove with the problem of a good steam boiler and in 1829 filed six patents covering the application of heat to steam boilers. They brought into existence the first base-burning stove to use the hard anthracite coal. In order to test the practicability of this new boiler, he designed a boat 150 feet long and had it built in New York. Captain Peck was given command and on the evening of May 18th, 1831, Dr. Knott's boat, as it was called, docked at Albany where it was greeted by an interested crowd. Dr.  Well, I don't think they'll blow up, Captain.  Just a moment, young man. Dr. Knott's going ashore. Dr. Knott, I represent the Albany Argus and I'd appreciate a word or two about your new boat. Gladly, sir. She's a fine-looking boat, doctor. Most unusual, in fact. She's full of new improvements. That's why I call her the novelty. I understand the boilers are your invention.  Yes, yes. It gives the greatest heat for the smallest fuel space. How far will the coal take you? Well, many times further than the same space filled with wood. That's very interesting, sir. I think I am safe to predict that within 12 months, ships equipped with anthracite boilers like those will be crossing the Atlantic. May I quote you on that, sir? Certainly, sir. Thank you very much, Dr. Knott. You've done something big for navigation. Now, one more question.  Well, we left New York at 9 this morning. 13 hours? That's a record. Just think, all that power coming from anthracite coal. Give some credit, my friend, to man's inventive minds and the guidance of divine providence. Three men of vision, each endowed with a spirit of experiment, imagination, and service to mankind, did the pioneer work that developed steam navigation. All honor to these men who have their inspiration to the power of progress in the cavalcade of America. Early steamboats are just memories today. Phantom ships of the past brought to life for these few fleeting minutes in the cavalcade of America. Today, as we read the daily papers, go to the newsreels, or scan the travel folders, our minds are centered on such noble ships as the Queen Mary, the Normandy, and other floating palaces. John Fitch's first steamboat could be tucked into that part of the smoke stack of the Normandy that rises above the top deck with plenty of room to spare. But modern progress in shipbuilding is more than a matter of size alone. It has to do with every kind of material and equipment. DuPont Chemical Research has contributed much to this progress, and one good example is found in Dulux Marine Finishes. If you've ever seen discarded ships anchored in some backwater, deserted and uncared for, rusting and rotting away under the attacks of water and weather, you will appreciate the importance of the finish used to protect the hull and superstructure. That's why sailors are always busy with paintbrushes. For years, DuPont Chemists carried on tests to find the base for a finishing material that would be superior to anything in the world for endurance and appearance, especially for protection against the vicious attacks of such destroyers as salt spray, salt air, and harbor gases. Finally, after countless experiments, they found such a base, and various finishes made from it are called Dulux. Another feature of Dulux Marine Finishes is the ease with which they can be cleaned and washed. You may well imagine that the constant scrubbing and hosing down received by ships in order to keep them trim and ship-shaped is a wearing process. Not only does Dulux stand up under this wear, but its remarkable, glossy smoothness makes cleaning much easier. Wherever Dulux is used, it protects against deterioration. In the home, it retains its clean, white beauty on refrigerators despite humidity, grease, and abrasion. On steel structures, it retards rust and corrosion. On other surfaces, it withstands changing temperatures, excessive moisture, dust, and grime. It is used in hundreds of ways on thousands of articles. This DuPont chemical achievement is just one more illustration of the way DuPont makes good its pledge. Better things for better living through chemistry. American journalism will be the title of the broadcast when next week, at the same time, DuPont again presents the Cavalcade of America. This is the Columbia Broadcasting System. WABC, New York.