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Notes on the business of independent beauty — pricing, clients, booth economics, and going out on your own. From Glamer, for the pros in the chair.

2 stories · July 2026

Featured · business

You Did the Work. Why Does the Salon Keep the Reviews?

Your five-star reviews live on the salon listing, not yours — so changing chairs resets you to zero. The same trap runs in software as platform lock-in. What portability actually fixes.

By Glamer · July 22, 2026 · 2 min read

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