Conversations with Molly Scher

Today we’d like to introduce you to Molly Scher.

Hi Molly, so excited to have you on the platform. So before we get into questions about your work-life, maybe you can bring our readers up to speed on your story and how you got to where you are today?
I first started doing hair in high school. During my sophomore year, my guidance counselor told me about an opportunity to attend a vocational school part-time where I could start my training as a hairstylist. I had already been doing my own hair and experimenting with special effects makeup for a few years, and I had been painting and sculpting pretty much my whole life. Hair became another medium that I could work with, and I had fallen in love with the work. I ended up graduating high school a year early, so I finished up my cosmetology schooling at the Aveda Institute in downtown Denver. While in school, I got involved with Massif Fashion Week and right after graduating in early 2018, I was a part of the hair team for London Fashion Week. While working Massif, I was able to make some amazing connections with photographers and models, which led to my work being published in magazines. Now, I work behind the chair at Sage + Serpent and do hair and makeup for photoshoots in my free time.

Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
It has definitely not been a smooth road. The biggest challenge for me was my own health. I was very sick my freshman year of high school, so I missed a lot of schools and stayed in bed most days. I spent a lot of time working on art and doing makeup because it was something that I could still do while I was at home or in bed. It took years and years of going to a million different doctors and trying a billion different medications to figure out something that would help me. I had already been struggling with my mental health, so all of that just made it worse. When I started doing hair, it didn’t seem to matter how much pain I was in, just because I loved it so much. In fact, when I first started, it actually made me sicker. I had never realized how hard being a hairstylist was on the body. Eventually, I found a way to cope with my health issues and I stopped letting it control what I could and couldn’t do.

Can you tell our readers more about what you do and what you think sets you apart from others?
I’m a hairstylist and makeup artist. In the salon, I specialize in curly hair, color, and gender-versatile styles, but I also do a lot of editorial work, some of which has been featured in fashion and beauty publications. I’m extremely proud of how hard I work and all that I have overcome to be where I am today. I feel like I have already accomplished so much when in reality, I am still at the beginning of my career. I think that my passion for my craft and my care for my clients set me apart from other people. I consider my clients a huge part of my life, and I often spend more time with them than with my own family, especially now during the pandemic.

Is there a quality that you most attribute to your success?
I think that my resilience and ability to learn from my mistakes have been essential to my success. As I am only 22 years old, I understand that I am not perfect, and I still have so much to learn. Embracing my mistakes has often led to innovation and creativity.

Pricing:

• Women’s Cut + Blow Dry – $90
• Men’s Cut – $35
• Balayage – $250
• All-over Color – $100
• Partial Highlight – $200

Contact Info:

• Website: https://sageandserpenthair.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mollyscherdoeshair/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mollyscherdoeshair

Image Credits
B+W braids photographed by Emily Strock
Fishnet masks photographed by Katya Nuñez