Hair Product Line

14 Tips For Starting A Successful Hair Product Line (2024)

Pat Walls

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Updated: January 19th, 2023

Want to start your own hair product line? Here are some tips you should know:

Learn more about starting a hair product line:

Where to start?

-> How much does it cost to start a hair product line?
-> Pros and cons of a hair product line

Need inspiration?

-> Other hair product line success stories
-> Marketing ideas for a hair product line
-> Hair product line slogans
-> Hair product line names

Other resources

-> Profitability of a hair product line

We've interviewed thousands of successful founders at Starter Story and asked what advice they would give to entrepreneurs who are just getting started.

Here's the best advice we discovered for starting a hair product line:

#1: Jordynn Wynn, Sharon Pak, Kevin Gould, founder of INH Hair:

We chatted with with Jordynn, founder of INH Hair ($/month). In our interview, Jordynn says:

You need team members who have a “whatever it takes” mentality who are wanting to learn and grow.

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#2: Mikey Moran, founder of Private Label Extensions:

We chatted with with Mikey, founder of Private Label Extensions ($650K/month). In our interview, Mikey says:

Growth is a struggle. It’s just part of the process. It means discomfort, trial and error, and losses - but what you gain in knowledge and experience is priceless for your business.

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#3: Chris Healy, founder of The Longhairs:

We chatted with with Chris, founder of The Longhairs ($100K/month). In our interview, Chris says:

Doesn’t matter how well you prepare or how pumped you are, sometimes things happen that will take you out.

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#4: Chris Healy, founder of The Longhairs:

We chatted with with Chris, founder of The Longhairs ($100K/month). In our interview, Chris says:

The idea struck: Hair Ties...For Guys! We had it! The idea was funny, punchy, and a little ridiculous...it was perfect!

Additionally:

Our secret then is not in the formula ; it’s in the execution, the result of showing up every single week, continuously refining, improving, tweaking, and re-doing it all over again until it works.

Further:

The secret is to create. Create your idea, your brand, your message, your purpose, your website, your content, your product, your templates and business processes and whatever else you need to create after that.

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#5: Chris Healy, founder of The Longhairs:

We chatted with with Chris, founder of The Longhairs ($100K/month). In our interview, Chris says:

It takes a lot of time and patience and doing things the right way.

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#6: Leslie Wheeler, founder of Bristle Products- L. Archie Brands LLC :

We chatted with with Leslie, founder of Bristle Products- L. Archie Brands LLC ($550/month). In our interview, Leslie says:

If you have an idea for anything that can make the world a little brighter and more exciting on any level, just dive in!

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#7: Mikey Moran, founder of Private Label Extensions:

We chatted with with Mikey, founder of Private Label Extensions ($650K/month). In our interview, Mikey says:

The real key to success is being consistent. This goes for every aspect of your business and personal growth.

Additionally:

Being an Entrepreneur is tough enough. Unless you have a huge savings account, I highly recommend working your business as a side hustle while you have a steady income.

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#8: Eli Halliwell, founder of Hairstory™:

We chatted with with Eli, founder of Hairstory™ ($2M/month). In our interview, Eli says:

Taking VC funding is very fraught with risks because the incentives simply are not aligned.

Additionally:

We focus on doing the best we can now to build something of true value to our customers, our employees, and by correlation, our investors.

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#9: Nathan Failla, founder of PocketGel:

We chatted with with Nathan, founder of PocketGel ($2.5K/month). In our interview, Nathan says:

I always knew that starting a business was a goal that I always had and PocketGel came to me at the right time, when I started to discover that law school wasn’t for me.

Additionally: