Hair by Jenna Sharp

Last month was hard... I was sick with COVID for 2 weeks and my first day feeling normal (day after Christmas) is when I was told we were closing, I cried everyday for 9 days. While grieving I’ve been trying to figure out what I want to do with my life... I realized first and foremost I had to figure out a way to make money. I was hoping within the next couple years to make a career shift, that timeline has been spend up into one week. I love hair so much but I have learned t...hat I can’t have it as my career. I just don’t think I’m cut out for it. As far as talent goes... At risk of sounding cocky I know I’m good at what I do. On the business side I’ve always struggled. For me hair wasn’t about a paycheck. I got into what I do for the connections and relationships I make with others. I have a desire to give every guest a positive experience and make them feel good about themselves. When I started focusing more on the business side I could feel myself resenting my career. I felt like I would begin to lose myself. When COVID hit it gave me an excuse to slow down and think about my future. My body is in so much pain and I’m 27 (what will 40 look like?). I want kids, what will maternity leave look like? I want to be a home owner. I want to live in Temecula, maybe one day out of state and I can’t always take clients with me. If I wanted to grow my business I would have to become a booth renter (business owner). Do I want that? Is that smart to do in these crazy times? I want paid vacations, health insurance, to have my nights and weekends. I want to be able to work and not have it come home with me. Stability also sounds real nice. The thing that I always came back to was what about my salon and my clients... My salon is closed now and though it’s been extremely hard, it’s also freed me up to make moves. But there is still you guys... my clients. We have been through so much together and I know hairstylists are sometimes seen as therapists but to be honest I think you guys helped me just as much. You have seen me through some of the most transformative times of my life and I see you as friends and I genuinely care for all of you. More in comments

Dear friends (part 2), I’m making this post to talk about my future plans... to put it simply... I don’t have any... I wish I had good news but I’m struggling right now. Some of you know I had thoughts and plans for a career shift/ finding a salon closer to home in Temecula. I just kinda thought I maybe had a little more time to figure that out... salons are still closed right now so With how things are with COVID right now it’s challenging finding a salon to work out of. W...ith all the regulations a lot of salons lose stations so there just simply isn’t space for new people to join as well. At HBS I was an employee and now I would be looking for the booth rent situation. Part time booth renting a station would make more financial sense than doing a suite. What Booth rent means is that I would be my own boss, which means I would be starting a business. In these uncertain times I just don’t think it would be wise for me to start a business but I’m still researching. I love all of you so much and appreciate you being so loyal to me and I value you as a person and my client. Thank you for your patience and understanding at this time and I will be in touch once I have some news regarding a new location. My #1 priority at this time is to find any job so I can survive. I’m doing research and seeing what options I have. Please contact me and let me know if you would like me to reach out about my new location in Temecula when the time comes. If you would like to purchase any product or a take home color refresh kit let me know. The salon is permanently closing January 15th, any and all purchases would be wonderful. Thank you for all your love and support. I’ll be in touch!

Dear friends, I’m currently grieving so I’m struggling to get all my thoughts together, but I’ll try... A couple days ago I was informed that my salon home of over 8 years will have to close for business permanently, we just couldn’t survive this pandemic. ... First and foremost let me talk about my boss, @bethwhitfield , She is one bad ass boss lady. The amount of stress she has gone under this year, I can’t even imagine. My heart breaks for her. Over the years she has been my inspiration, my mentor, my friend, and my family. She created the most amazing environment that helped mold me into the person I am today. Working for her I had so many wonderful experiences and opportunities I never thought I would have. She taught me so much in hair and life and I am a better person and stylist because of it. Thank you so much Beth for all you have done and given to me. I love you so much! To all my Sol Sisters over the years! Thank you! I lost touch with some of you over the years but each and every one of you impacted my life in some way. I’m so grateful I had the experience working with you. Shout out to @dreamerau for surviving being around so much estrogen for 17years. Thank you for being there for me when I needed you. I haven’t had many good male role models in my life and you helped me so much over the years, more than I think you realize. I love you! To All my clients I’ll be making a separate post to inform you on my future plans. This place will always be in my heart and I’m proud to have been part of its journey. Sol Sister Forever

I may not be red head anymore but I still know how to formulate for them . #paulmitchellhairstylist #temeculahairstylist #carlsbadhairstylist #sandiegohairstylist #riversidehairstylist #redhairspecialist

We’re closed again but she got to sneak in before the 3rd shutdown. #carlsbadhairstylist #temeculahairstylist #balayage #blonding #sandiegohairstylist #riversidehairstylist

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