Tabatha’s Salon Takeover is my guilty pleasure. I love the show so much that I have declared Tuesdays as TSTT (Tabatha’s Salon Takeover Tuesday). Then I got to thinking about marketing strategies, promoting salons and just how unreal REALITY TV is.

Ok seriously if someone were to walk in the spa that I call home and tell the Glam Squad that they canceled our appointments for a week. I can guarantee it would not go over well. Think about it, I’ve seen technician’s have a break down over a no-show or a last minute cancellation, and you come in and cancel their entire book for a week and live. I am thinking NOT!

On the show Tabatha’s Salon teams often hit the overly populated streets of some sunshiny state and start handing out flyers (can you say eco-friendly boys and girls) to passers by and people smile at them and take the flyers. It gets better, the poor unsuspecting souls agree to come to a grand reopening of the salon. With stylists they’ve never met. I am thinking NOT, again!

I am just saying, Life doesn’t really work that way.  TST should come with a “don’t try this in real life” disclaimer, results are not typical.

Bang Salon was a quite the bust before Tabatha stepped in and took things over. The owner Darren Anselmo was on the verge of losing it all.

Tabatha said it best when she called Bang the “Most unprofessional salon ever”. I spent most of this episode of TST in shock. Call me old fashioned, but their behavior was not funny to me. Can you say sexual harassment boys and girls?

This kind of behavior has jaded our profession and it is sad. Kudos to Tabatha for speaking up. After realizing that his entire staff was ready to take a hike leaving Darren holding the bag, he had a change of heart.

Despite his change of heart the images of him gyrating on the the couch, Leona’s urine sample, and the fully stocked bar are forever burned into my memory, and not in a good way;(. Best wishes to the team at bang salon.