HairBoutique Blog

A few weeks ago I wrote a Blog where I made a specific point of listing some of my #FollowFriday (#FF) Friends in the Hair and Beauty Industry (more will eventually follow).

(Image from Jana Kollárová - All Rights Reserved).

The reason I wrote a blog instead of just Tweeting about my #FF Friends was because I have more than just a handful I appreciate and want to recommend.

Although #FollowFriday is one of my favorite days of the week on Twitter, there are mixed feelings about the now famous #FF day.

Why?  Some people consider it more like being spammed than helping to share the news about great people to follow.

Talk to ten people about why they are active on Twitter and you will get ten different reasons.  Some Tweeple specifically want to meet new friends, business contacts and have the heightened ability to network with like minds. (more…)

You know who they are.  Every employer, unless they have amazing luck, have had at least one of them pass through their doors.

The “nightmare employees” aka NEs have a hard time arriving on time (and have a myriad of excuses why they can’t), freely use company resources (ranging from company phones to PCs to email services) to make extended personal phone calls to their mothers, wives, husbands, boyfriends, kids, nannies etc.,

They also sneak out early and run their side businesses and/or projects while they are on your time.

They may steal company supplies ranging from pads and pens to food, sodas and water, provided for the rest of the company.

Nightmare employees (NEs) rarely work an honest full day and have to be micromanaged constantly. Even with micromanagement, they take it as a challenge to rebelliously do whatever they want on company time. (more…)

Agents Congregate to Boost Consumer Confidence in Cancun, Mexico
Welcomes Funjet Vacations 500 Club Travel Agents

The Mexico Tourist Board and Funjet Vacations welcomed the prestigious Funjet Vacations 500 Club May 28-31, 2009 at the El Dorado Seaside Suites in Cancun, Mexico.

The appreciation trip was strategically held in Mexico to give agents valuable, first-hand experience in the area. “Funjet Vacations is dedicated to its vast travel agent network.

This trip provided significant opportunities for our top agents to experience the destination and share their business strategies with Funjet and Mexican Government leaders,” said Mike Going, President of Funjet Vacations who was in attendance. “The trip is one piece of the strategy we’ve put together, including incentives, promotions and enhanced marketing, over the last few weeks to further reinforce our commitment to travel agents and Mexico.” (more…)

If you’ve been visiting HairBoutique.com you probably know that the website was founded back in the 1996-1997 time frame.

Yes, we are an original product of the Web1.0 era although we are currently embracing Web2.0 technologies and advances.

(Image from HairBoutique.com Hairstyle Gallery - Hair By Vivienne MacKinder from the Airs & Graces Collection - All Rights Reserved).

The HairBoutique.com site is composed of a wide range of subsections with one of the most famous being our HairBoutique.com Hairstyles Gallery which over the years has grown to include a wide range of hairstyles for visitors to view, print to take their hairdressers and generally enjoy.

The beautiful HairBoutique.com Hairstyles Gallery was specifically and solely designed by Jeffry L. Hines, who has been the chief architect and primary web developer throughout the entire history of the HairBoutique.com Gallery’s existence.  Jeff has always been, and continues to be the only architect and web developer for the Gallery section of the HairBoutique site. (more…)

One of the first full time jobs I had right after completing my Bachelor’s degree at the University of Missouri was working for a Department of Labor funded project for the City of St. Louis.

Within a few short months I found myself promoted to supervisor with 10 people reporting to me, all older than me.  It was a little freaky and scary for a 23 year old.

(Image of fire from Martin Vojta - All Rights Reserved)

I asked my father, who had been in supervisory positions for most of his life, if he had any pearls of wisdom.

He told me the most important thing was for me to maintain my own boundaries, personality integrity and operate from a place of honesty and fairness.

I learned many lessons from my hard working dad, including always being on time, respecting my boss and elders as well as always being honest.  He used to say to me, honesty is always the very best policy. (more…)