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00:00:04] and many, many more, I know how much celebrity stylists can make, so watch
until the end to find out what to expect for your salary as a celebrity stylist, and how
much I made on my highest payday.
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Basia Richard: I'm sure you're dying to know what is an earning potential for celebrity
stylists, so stay tuned until the end because I will give you all the details about the
salary of a celebrity stylist.
Hi, I'm Basia Richard and I'm a founder of mystylistacademy.com, an online course for
aspiring stylists.
Today I'm sharing celebrity stylist money secrets that no one else is talking about.
So let's dive in.
Basia Richard: Let's start with, what is the stylist salary based on?
A stylist's salary is based on a day rate and what does that mean?
Most of the jobs you'll be working on will be based on a day rate, not hourly wage.
So many jobs that you'll be working on will have rates that are already established, meaning
clients already have a day rate that they are willing to pay for that one particular
job.
It's regardless of your experience and complexity of the job, which means that you can always
decide if you want to work for that rate or not.
As you will get more established in the industry, you will have some leverage to get higher
rate and you, maybe your agent can also help you, negotiate your rate.
There are a couple of factors that can help you get that higher rate, such as: How many
people you have to dress for that one particular job.
How complex is that job?
Maybe if you're working with top A list celebrities, how much experience you have under your belt.
Basia Richard: I will give you a bonus tip.
When working in styling celebrities, most of jobs you'll be hired on will be paid by
an actual client, who your celebrity is working for as a spokesperson.
So now let's say that you just got hired for a Coca Cola commercial.
To style your celebrity client for that job, Coca Cola would be the one paying your day
rate.
So now let's get down to business.
Are you ready?
Do you want to find out?
Well, let's start with a junior stylist.
Getting your first client, your day rate should be anywhere between $500 for a day to $1,000
per day, and of course it all depends on the job and the client you're working for.
Basia Richard: Remember, you'll be working on different types of jobs, from commercials,
music videos, red carpet events, advertising, so your day rate can fluctuate, which is totally
normal.
Like I said, the client will come to you with their desired day rate that they are willing
to pay for that particular project.
But getting paid between $500 to up to $1,000 per day sounds amazing to me.
Comment below, let me know what product you're dying to work on.
Maybe it's a music video, maybe you'd say commercial, a red carpet event.
Let me know in a comment below and let's move on.
Basia Richard: Let's talk about a senior stylist.
As a senior stylist you'll make anywhere between $1,000 per day up to $10,000 per day.
Now your eyes just got really, really big right now.
Let me explain to you why there's such a big difference in numbers.
Again, it all depends on the client.
Some clients will have big budgets and will pay a higher rate than your typical rate,
and some of them won't do that.
Basia Richard: Of course the big reason why your rate will go up is number one, your experience,
so how many jobs you worked on and how many years of experience you have under your belt
will play a really, really big part in getting your rate bumped up.
Number two, your celebrity client.
The bigger A list celebrity client you're working with, the bigger your day rate can
get.
Number three, your portfolio.
Having a killer portfolio filled with top celebrities and variety of the jobs will also
help getting your rate bumped up.
Remember, even though you made, let's say $5,000 day rate for one of the jobs, it doesn't
mean that you will make that for all the jobs.
That's just the nature of styling business.
When you'll be working as a senior stylist and have a killer portfolio and you will be
in a position that you might not want to take lower paid jobs.
Basia Richard: You've been waiting to find out what's my highest payday celebrity stylist.
My highest payday, drum rolls, was seven thousand dollars.
It only happened a couple times in my entire career, but those are totally realistic numbers
and you can make that as a celebrity stylist.
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