Every time I cut my hair at home, I butcher myself...

". my mom always cut my hair when i was a kid. best way to prevent teenage pregnancies."

when she was five, my youngest daughter cut her own bangs to about a quarter of an inch long.

The next day, on Dr Suess' birthday, the mayor of Sedona came in to read to the kindergarten.

Daughter and mayor ended up on the front page of the Red Rock News in living color.

Yes they have the training and experience, but when they work at home they can make their own hours. Probably at least some of their income goes unreported. Home operators only give appointments to friends and long-time customers so they have a better clientele. They can charge what they want to charge, and knock off early or reserve days off whenever they need to. It's mostly women who do this, so their kids have mom at home rather than a babysitter.

This puts home operators in direct competition with the Cost-Cutter/Fantastic Sam's type places, but so what? The over-regulation of this field (and expensive licensing) has created the competition. I believe in free enterprise and I think this is a good thing.

they work at a salon and eventually give their home phone number to regular customers and cut out the middle man.

the salon operators hate this because it steals their best customers.

that has a lot to do with the push to regulate the in-home business.

The beauticians should be treated like they're partners of the business, rather than easily replaceable part-timers. It goes a long way towards creating loyalty with their employees and their customers.

Just sayin'

on the contrary, my point is that the push for regulation is a bit disingenuous as it probably has more to do with profit motive of the salons than any health/safety concerns for the customers.

if the beauticians didn't sign any non-circumvent/non-compete agreement, then it's all fair game. i don't know if that sort of thing is common in that business.