By William McCranie
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Salon Seven is a salon located in Perry, Georgia. Brooke Temple opened the salon over 10 years ago and has been running the business and cutting hair ever since.
The walkway up to the door has a little smoking area for the customers and workers. Many of Salon Seven's customers are older, with many of them still smoking.
Brooke is in the middle of her first appointment of the day. Pamela Noble is the lucky customer who also works at Mercer University.
Brooke is blowing and brushing Pamela's wet hair. Brooke has been cutting hair for over 20 years and running her own business for over 10.
Pamela is busy explaining why Mercer was out of school for Good Friday and why she was able to get her hair done during the week at mid-morning. Brooke said she wished her daughter's college were off so she could come early for Easter.
Brooke is done drying Pamela's hair and is now using hairspray to style it. She sells this same hairspray and said it is her best seller for the entire salon.
Brooke is mixing colors for her next appointment. A big part of working in a salon is knowing how to mix colors and dye hair.
To be able to mix colors and offer hair dyeing as a service, you have to have a cosmetology license. This is because of how dangerous the chemicals can be if the person doesn't know what they are doing.
While waiting for her next appointment to show up, Brooke is putting out and pricing some products that she sells. She explained that she still likes doing everything manually, including writing down the prices. |
Some of the products that Brooke is selling. She only sells products that she uses herself or that her workers use.
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| Brooke also sells beauty and makeup products inside the salon and online. She has become a mini makeup influencer, with a Facebook group with around 1,000 people that she runs to give advice and sell products. |
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| While preparing for her next customer, someone came in to buy some of Brooke's merchandise. His wife sent him to buy more hairspray, which is the same hairspray Brooke uses while she works. |
Brooke is starting on her next client, who will be getting their hair dyed and a little trim. This is Jillinda Falen, who is a local real estate agent.
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| Brooke is putting on the color with a brush and layering it with tinfoil. The tinfoil helps target specific hair strands and helps trap heat into the scalp to speed up the process. |
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| Brooke and Jillinda are laughing about their conversation. Brooke gets along great with her customers, with many of them being friends or turning into friends after cutting and styling their hair for 20 years. |
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| Brooke is putting Jillinda under the hooded dryers. These are used along with the tinfoil to provide gentle heat that helps the color treatment to work quickly and evenly. |
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| Brooke is washing Jillinda's hair out. She needs to make sure all the excess chemicals get washed out. |
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| Brooke is using shampoo to wash Jillinda's hair. When dyeing hair at home, you might not shampoo right after, but at the salon, it is used to stop the chemical process. |
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| Brooke is giving Jillinda's hair a trim after washing it. Jillinda has very long hair, and it was difficult for Brooke to make sure she got a straight cut. |
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| Brooke is wrapping up with Jillinda's hair. She is blowing and brushing Jillinda's hair to get it just how she likes it. |
