Honduran Hairdresser Elizabeth Townsend AKA Jason's Mom!

Jason sits down with his mother, Elizabeth Townsend—a Honduran immigrant and veteran hairdresser with 47 years behind the chair—to share the real, unfiltered truth about building a long-term career in the beauty industry. Elizabeth recounts immigrating from Honduras to California as a teenager, starting her hairdressing career in the late 1960s, and building a loyal clientele without social media, influencers, or modern marketing. She shares how consistent work ethic, saving money, and smart decisions allowed her to turn hairdressing into long-term financial stability and real estate wealth. The conversation also exposes the hidden health risks of hairdressing, including long-term exposure to hair color chemicals and the link to cancer—an issue rarely discussed openly in the salon industry. Elizabeth shares her personal experience battling cancer multiple times and why today’s stylists need to take chemical safety seriously. From old-school salon culture and unforgettable client stories to lessons on resilience, money, and longevity, this episode is a must-listen for hairdressers, beauty professionals, immigrants, and anyone building a career from the ground up. Jason Townsend and Paula Dahlberg pull back the curtain on the beauty industry with unfiltered conversations about salon culture, hairstylist life, toxic work environments, nightmare clients, celebrity encounters, relationships, burnout, and the chaos that happens behind the chair. From hilarious salon horror stories to serious conversations about identity, mental health, beauty standards, and industry politics, Sh!t I Told My Hairdresser says the quiet parts out loud with raw honesty, dark humor, and zero filter. New episodes weekly featuring hairstylists, salon owners, beauty insiders, celebrities, and real stories the industry usually keeps behind closed doors. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.