Beauty Bound
Beauty Bound is where beauty industry conversations get real — no fluff, no filter. I’m Cristal — retired hairstylist turned bookkeeper and owner of BeautyPro Bookkeeping — and I’m here to talk about the stories, struggles, and strategies that actually help beauty pros level…
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The Reality of Being a Hairstylist: Money, Salon Life & Beauty Industry Friendships (opens the original)
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What happens when two hairstylists who haven’t spoken in five years end up sitting across from each other on a podcast? In this episode of Beauty Bound , Cristal Rubio brings together hairstylists and beauty entrepreneurs Ashley Woods of Bitter Endz Hair Artistry and Andres of Upon Request Hair for a conversation that starts with an unexpected reunion and quickly turns into a very real look at friendship, business, money, and life inside the beauty industry. Ashley and Andres first met while bui
Life & Podcast Update: CPA School, Family Business, and Beauty Bound Season 8 (opens the original)
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What happens when two hairstylists who haven’t spoken in five years end up sitting across from each other on a podcast? In this episode of Beauty Bound , Cristal Rubio brings together hairstylists and beauty entrepreneurs Ashley Woods of Bitter Endz Hair Artistry and Andres of Upon Request Hair for a conversation that starts with an unexpected reunion and quickly turns into a very real look at friendship, business, money, and life inside the beauty industry. Ashley and Andres first met while bui
From Solo Esthetician to Scaled Empire The SEBP Method & Team Systems (opens the original)
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In this episode of the Beauty Bound Podcast (Season 8), host Cristal Rubio, owner of Beauty Pro Bookkeeping, sits down with master esthetician, educator, and owner of Skin Experience by Pamela (SEBP), Pamela Escobar. Joining the studio for a special appearance is Pamela's 11-year-old son, Samuel ("Sammy"), who shares a unique look into what it's like growing up inside a family-owned beauty enterprise.Together, they dive deep into the real-world grit required to build a multi-generational skincar
Building a Thriving Esthetician Brand: Classes, Workshops & Client Boundaries (opens the original)
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Mercedes stopped renting a suite and bought the building. Here's what nobody tells you about that jump. Season 8 of Beauty Bound. Host Cristal Rubio of Beauty Pro Bookkeeping sits down with recurring co-host Mercedes, owner of The Wax Scene in Castle Hills, San Antonio. They get honest about growing past the treatment room. Teaching classes. Running workshops. Signing a commercial lease and becoming someone else's landlord. In this episode: Getting out of your own head. How to stop overthinking
What Beauty School Doesn't Teach You About Salon Ownership w Scott Halperin (opens the original)
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Thinking about going independent? Start here. Cristal sits down with Scott Halperin for a second time. Scott owns three Sola Salon Studios locations in San Antonio: Galleria Oaks, Sunset Ridge, and Stone Oak. If you are a hairstylist, esthetician, lash artist, or injector weighing a move to your own suite, this one covers what the leap actually involves. Renting a studio buys you freedom. It also hands you a business, and beauty school rarely teaches that part. Scott has 11+ years as a salon sui
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