Ecom Hair stylist!

Some insights when being on set shooting products!

Ever Wonder Who Does Hair on the models when you online shop?

Have you ever browsed online for clothes or beauty products and noticed how the models always have amazing hair? Well, there's a secret weapon behind those styles: a hairstylist for e-commerce photos!

This hairstylist isn't like the one at your local salon. Instead of giving haircuts, they create well executed usually very commercial hairstyles that make the product that is being sold in the pictures pop!

So, what does a hairstylist for Ecom work do?

• Work with a team: They collaborate with photographers, stylists, and makeup artists to make sure the model's hair matches the whole look.

• Be a quick changer: These shoots can involve lots of different outfits, products and set changes. So the hairstylist needs to be adaptable to working in different environments as not all shoots are in a studio some are on locations. You need to be able to work with all hair types. It is important to have a great knowledge of all up + down hairstyles and looks. They have to be fast too, because time is money!

• Think like a photographer: The hairstylist needs to know how hair will look in pictures. They might use special products to make hair shiny or keep it in place under hot studio lights.
  

How do you become an e-commerce hairstylist?

There's no one path, but here are some things that might help:

• Practice, practice, practice: Hone your hairstyling skills on friends and family. Learn lots of different braids and techniques.

• Build a portfolio: Take pictures of your best work! This could be styles you created or even cool hairstyles you see online that you can recreate.

• Be patient: It takes time and hard work to build a career. Start by assisting other stylists or working on smaller shoots to gain experience.

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Being an e-commerce hairstylist is a fun and creative job. It's all about the details and capability of working as a team to deliver the brief. making people look fabulous – even if it's just for pictures!