An English-speaking client sits down. You don’t reach for the translator.
Salon English is the English you actually use at the chair — 26 real situations, the words clients really say, and one confirm-back habit. Ten minutes a day for 30 days; the quick-reference cards are free from day one.
Three moments you already know
“Just a trim.”
How much is a trim? Half an inch or two? Guess wrong and it’s a complaint.
“Short, but not too short.”
You heard it. You still don’t know where to stop — so you play safe, and she leaves feeling nothing changed.
“Whatever you think. You’re the expert.”
The scariest sentence in the salon. You have the skill; you just can’t ask the three questions that turn it into a plan.
None of this is a grammar problem. It’s forty situations and the words for each.
Quick Help: the right English in 3 seconds, mid-service
Quick Help is freeOpen it on your phone at the chair. Every card has what to ask, what she might say back, the keywords to catch, and one confirm-back line — plus a rescue button that is always there.
26 situation cards
From the first 60 seconds to checkout, color tone words, perms, complaints and emergencies.
Show-the-client boards
Length, bangs, layers, curl, tone and clipper guards — turn the phone around and let her point.
Search what you heard
Type “brassy”, “taper”, “lived-in” — or your own language — and get the card.
“I used the translator”
One tap to log the moment. Those moments become next week’s practice.
Explanations in three languages; the English lines are identical in all three. 繁體中文 · 한국어 · 日本語
How the 30 days run
- Week 0 — baseline
Work as usual. After each English client, a 20-second log. One 20-minute listening check, no scores, no ranking.
- Weeks 1–4 — ten minutes a day
A morning message with five lines, two minutes of listening, one “today’s task” to say to a real client. Fridays: an AI client roleplay.
- Week 5 — Chair-Ready check
Retake the listening check, serve one English client observed. Pass, and the Chair-Ready ✓ badge is yours.
- Week 9 — did it stick?
One more week of logs, nothing else. The only number that matters: how often you still reach for the translator.
What’s in Salon English 30
- 30 daily lessons with audio — real client phrasing, slow and normal speed
- Listening trainer: 8 stages, 40 clips, from slow English to slang and difficult clients
- 6 AI clients to rehearse with (use your own ChatGPT or Claude — no extra cost)
- Baseline and week-5 checks, with a Chair-Ready ✓ badge when you pass
- Printable station card, consultation sheet and visual boards
- Quick Help stays free after the course — you never lose the cards
- Explanations in Traditional Chinese, Korean or Japanese
- Built and piloted in a real US salon, not a classroom
What it won’t do
- It won’t teach you grammar or make you fluent. It teaches the English of the chair, and only that.
- The translator isn’t banned. Safety first — we just want you to need it less every week.
- It doesn’t replace a real person. Some audio is computer voice; your salon’s own recordings replace it over time.
Pricing
One course, paid once. The cards stay free. No subscription — a course you graduate from shouldn’t bill you forever.
founding price · then $99
The 30-day course, listening trainer, AI clients, checks and badge.
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$149 per seat for 5+
Per stylist, bought by the owner. Includes the weekly 20-minute huddle, observation form and progress tracker.
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The course opens to the waitlist first. Founding prices are shown so you know what you’re waiting for; nothing is charged until checkout exists.
For salon owners
Stop being the translator. A stylist who stops avoiding English clients takes more of them, gets tipped, gets rebooked. Buy seats for your team; you get the huddle script, the observation form and a tracker that shows who is on which day.
Example, not a promise: one stylist takes two more English clients a week at an $80 ticket — about $7,700 a year in service revenue. At a 45–50% commission split, roughly $3,500 stays with the salon. The pilot numbers will replace this example.
Questions
Who is this for?
Stylists working in US salons whose first language is Chinese, Korean or Japanese, with beginner to lower-intermediate English (A1–B1). If you can greet a client but freeze at “just a trim”, this is for you.
Is Quick Help really free?
Yes. It needs a free HAO Profile so it lives in your workspace, and it stays free whether or not you ever buy the course.
Do I need a class or a teacher?
No. Ten minutes a day on your phone, plus one task you say to a real client. The AI client roleplay runs in your own ChatGPT or Claude with the scripts we give you.
What if my English is better than A1?
Skip the first days and use the listening trainer’s later stages — vague clients, slang, clients who change their mind. The station card still earns its place at your mirror.
Where do the English phrases come from?
From what US clients actually say — collected from stylist communities, interviews and salon education material. Phrases we could only infer are marked so, and salon recordings replace them over time.
Can a salon buy it for the whole team?
That’s the team option: the owner buys seats and gets the owner tools. Join the waitlist and say how many chairs you have.
Next time she says “just a trim”, you’ll know what to ask.
Open Quick Help now. Join the waitlist for the 30 days.
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