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Why a Wedding Hair Stylist Needs a Beauty Contract

Weddings are both exciting and stressful events. After all, your wedding day is one of the most important days of your life. Brides, their partners, and their families invest a lot of time and money into planning their nuptial celebrations. Yet if one of your carefully chosen vendors cancels on you at the last minute, your big day might erupt into a crisis.

Because a hairstylist is an essential member of the wedding day team, you need to know that you can count on them to show up when you need them. Far too many brides-to-be have experienced the panic of realizing that someone from their beauty team has failed to appear on the morning of their wedding. Enacting a beauty contract with your hairstylist can help protect you from this and other potential wedding day nightmares.

Here are a few reasons you should never hire a wedding hair stylist without a beauty contract.

Keeping Everyone Honest

All parties to a business relationship have the right to expect transparency. A well-drafted agreement can prevent confusion about what you and your hairstylist should expect from each other. Your stylist’s contract should include their policies about:

  • Payments
  • Deposits
  • Cancellation (x weeks/days before the event)
  • Prices
  • Additional fees

The contract should clearly spell out your obligations and those of your stylist, covering various possible contingencies and leaving no room for error.

Nobody’s memory is perfect. When you are in the frenzy of planning a wedding, you might be more likely to forget some of the details you have established with each of your vendors. A beauty contract can give you something concrete to fall back on if any confusion or disagreements come up at any point down the line. This is how contracts can keep all parties honest about the obligations they have agreed to.

Providing Recourse for Action

If your hired professional fails to appear on your wedding day, you might not have any recourse to pursue legal action without a written agreement in place. Your beauty contract should set out the terms under which you can claim a refund if something goes wrong.

Similarly, your beauty professional should want a means of holding their clients accountable if they fail to pay the invoice. As with any professional agreement, a beauty contract can protect parties on both sides of an arrangement.

beauty contractMaintaining a Professional Standard

While people in the wedding industry have a reputation for being friendly, their goal is to provide a service in exchange for payment. This fact does not take anything away from the fact that they care about helping you have the best wedding day possible. It simply means that they are there to work in a professional capacity. Any self-respecting businessperson has certain standards to maintain, and implementing a professional contract is a crucial way of doing so.

If your prospective wedding hairstylist does not require a contract, you might want to look elsewhere. While it might be tempting to trust your gut and hope all will go well, risking a crisis on one of the biggest days of your life is simply not worth it.

Additional Contract Considerations

Many people wonder whether agreements set out in email or text message conversations can serve as a formal contract. The answer is no. You must ensure that the contract is a legitimate, legally enforceable document. If something about a contract your stylist provided does not seem right, ask them to explain what it means. If you need further assurance, ask a trusted legal professional to help you make sure it is legit.

Having clear, open, and professional communications about your expectations is essential when planning your big day. If you have found an artist you love with good reviews and a professional beauty contract, you have one less thing to worry about as your dream wedding approaches.

Contact Us for the Perfect Professional Wedding Hairstyle

As a bride-to-be, you want your hair to be flawless and elegant. Hire a professional hair stylist you can count on to make your bridal dreams come true.

Therapy Hair Studio is proud to offer wedding packages to suit your personality and desired aesthetic. Our professionals will be clear and upfront about what you should expect from us so you can have peace of mind. Call us at (713) 355-4247 or contact us online for an appointment to talk about your ideal wedding hairstyle. We look forward to being a part of your big day.

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