Brand Talk With Rachel and Drew
Welcome to the ”Brand Talk with Rachel and Drew,” where we dive deep into the world of beauty, entrepreneurship, and salon success. If you’re a stylist, salon owner, or beauty enthusiast with big dreams, you’re in the right place. We’re here to unlock the secrets, strategies, and stories behind building million-dollar beauty empires.
Welcome to the ”Brand Talk with Rachel and Drew,” where we dive deep into the world of beauty, entrepreneurship, and salon success. If you’re a stylist, salon owner, or beauty enthusiast with big dreams, you’re in the right place. We’re here to unlock the secrets, strategies, and stories behind building million-dollar beauty empires.
Episodes
39 minutes ago
E202 - Stop Paying an Agency to Run Your Ads
39 minutes ago
39 minutes ago
11 min
Organic is walking to the store and ads are driving, both get you there, one just costs money and moves faster. An agency wanted 23,000 dollars a month plus 40% of sales to do what you can learn to run yourself.
Brand Talk with Rachel & Drew is the podcast for salon owners who are great at their craft, capped by their hours, done making the big brands richer & ready to build a product brand THEY actually own. Each week, Rachel & Drew Thomas break down how they built a private-label hair extension brand inside their own salons & how hundreds of salon owners are now doing the same. You get the REAL systems, the ACTUAL numbers & none of the hustle-harder noise. You bring the 10 percent only you can bring, and we show you the engine that carries the rest. If you are done trading hours for dollars, follow the show and start building something YOU own.
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► ATTEND A BRAND WORKSHOP (start here)
https://www.thebyob.com/discovery-session
► WORK WITH US + FREE TOOLS
Build your business (course): https://course.thebyob.com/business-edition
The AI Team Playbook (free): https://course.thebyob.com/ai-team-playbook
Leave a review + send a screenshot, get our BYOB Hiring Guide free: https://www.thebyob.com/review
► WATCH + LISTEN
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Brandtalkwithrachelanddrew
Podcast: https://themilliondollarsalon.podbean.com/
► FOLLOW
Rachel: https://www.instagram.com/rachelpaigexo
Drew: https://www.instagram.com/mdrewthomas
Boulevard ambassador: https://get.joinblvd.com/ambassador-rachel-paige/
#salonownereducation #salonownership #salonowners #hairextensions #salonbusiness #productbrand #recurringrevenue
DISCLAIMER
Rachel and Drew are not CPAs, attorneys, insurance agents, contractors, lenders, or financial advisors. Nothing here is tax, legal, insurance, or financial advice, and it may be outdated or inaccurate. Verify everything yourself. For educational and entertainment purposes only.
5 days ago
5 days ago
24 min
Brand Talk with Rachel & Drew is the podcast for salon owners who are great at their craft, capped by their hours, done making the big brands richer & ready to build a product brand THEY actually own. Each week, Rachel & Drew Thomas break down how they built a private-label hair extension brand inside their own salons & how hundreds of salon owners are now doing the same. You get the REAL systems, the ACTUAL numbers & none of the hustle-harder noise. You bring the 10 percent only you can bring, and we show you the engine that carries the rest. If you are done trading hours for dollars, follow the show and start building something YOU own.
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► ATTEND A BRAND WORKSHOP (start here)
https://www.thebyob.com/discovery-session
► WORK WITH US + FREE TOOLS
Build your business (course): https://course.thebyob.com/business-edition
The AI Team Playbook (free): https://course.thebyob.com/ai-team-playbook
Leave a review + send a screenshot, get our BYOB Hiring Guide free: https://www.thebyob.com/review
► WATCH + LISTEN
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Brandtalkwithrachelanddrew
Podcast: https://themilliondollarsalon.podbean.com/
► FOLLOW
Rachel: https://www.instagram.com/rachelpaigexo
Drew: https://www.instagram.com/mdrewthomas
Boulevard ambassador: https://get.joinblvd.com/ambassador-rachel-paige/
#salonownereducation #salonownership #salonowners #hairextensions #salonbusiness #productbrand #recurringrevenue
DISCLAIMER
Rachel and Drew are not CPAs, attorneys, insurance agents, contractors, lenders, or financial advisors. Nothing here is tax, legal, insurance, or financial advice, and it may be outdated or inaccurate. Verify everything yourself. For educational and entertainment purposes only.
7 days ago
7 days ago
22 min
Everyone overcomplicates content until they never start. Set up a tripod, capture what you already do all day, and you can make a month of posts in one afternoon.
Brand Talk with Rachel & Drew is the podcast for salon owners who are great at their craft, capped by their hours, done making the big brands richer & ready to build a product brand THEY actually own. Each week, Rachel & Drew Thomas break down how they built a private-label hair extension brand inside their own salons & how hundreds of salon owners are now doing the same. You get the REAL systems, the ACTUAL numbers & none of the hustle-harder noise. You bring the 10 percent only you can bring, and we show you the engine that carries the rest. If you are done trading hours for dollars, follow the show and start building something YOU own.
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
► ATTEND A BRAND WORKSHOP (start here)
https://www.thebyob.com/discovery-session
► WORK WITH US + FREE TOOLS
Build your business (course): https://course.thebyob.com/business-edition
The AI Team Playbook (free): https://course.thebyob.com/ai-team-playbook
Leave a review + send a screenshot, get our BYOB Hiring Guide free: https://www.thebyob.com/review
► WATCH + LISTEN
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Brandtalkwithrachelanddrew
Podcast: https://themilliondollarsalon.podbean.com/
► FOLLOW
Rachel: https://www.instagram.com/rachelpaigexo
Drew: https://www.instagram.com/mdrewthomas
Boulevard ambassador: https://get.joinblvd.com/ambassador-rachel-paige/
#salonownereducation #salonownership #salonowners #hairextensions #salonbusiness #productbrand #recurringrevenue
DISCLAIMER
Rachel and Drew are not CPAs, attorneys, insurance agents, contractors, lenders, or financial advisors. Nothing here is tax, legal, insurance, or financial advice, and it may be outdated or inaccurate. Verify everything yourself. For educational and entertainment purposes only.
Aug 10, 2026
Aug 10, 2026
33 min
You became the queen bee behind the chair because it made you feel wanted and important, and now you cannot get out. The way out is turning what only you can do into a system anyone on your team can run.
Brand Talk with Rachel & Drew is the podcast for salon owners who are great at their craft, capped by their hours, done making the big brands richer & ready to build a product brand THEY actually own. Each week, Rachel & Drew Thomas break down how they built a private-label hair extension brand inside their own salons & how hundreds of salon owners are now doing the same. You get the REAL systems, the ACTUAL numbers & none of the hustle-harder noise. You bring the 10 percent only you can bring, and we show you the engine that carries the rest. If you are done trading hours for dollars, follow the show and start building something YOU own.
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
► ATTEND A BRAND WORKSHOP (start here)
https://www.thebyob.com/discovery-session
► WORK WITH US + FREE TOOLS
Build your business (course): https://course.thebyob.com/business-edition
The AI Team Playbook (free): https://course.thebyob.com/ai-team-playbook
Leave a review + send a screenshot, get our BYOB Hiring Guide free: https://www.thebyob.com/review
► WATCH + LISTEN
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Brandtalkwithrachelanddrew
Podcast: https://themilliondollarsalon.podbean.com/
► FOLLOW
Rachel: https://www.instagram.com/rachelpaigexo
Drew: https://www.instagram.com/mdrewthomas
Boulevard ambassador: https://get.joinblvd.com/ambassador-rachel-paige/
#salonownereducation #salonownership #salonowners #hairextensions #salonbusiness #productbrand #recurringrevenue
DISCLAIMER
Rachel and Drew are not CPAs, attorneys, insurance agents, contractors, lenders, or financial advisors. Nothing here is tax, legal, insurance, or financial advice, and it may be outdated or inaccurate. Verify everything yourself. For educational and entertainment purposes only.
Aug 7, 2026
Aug 7, 2026
29 min
You taught the classes, sold the product, and kept the relationship alive, and the checks never came. This is the side of beauty education the contracts are built to keep you quiet about.
Brand Talk with Rachel & Drew is the podcast for salon owners who are great at their craft, capped by their hours, done making the big brands richer & ready to build a product brand THEY actually own. Each week, Rachel & Drew Thomas break down how they built a private-label hair extension brand inside their own salons & how hundreds of salon owners are now doing the same. You get the REAL systems, the ACTUAL numbers & none of the hustle-harder noise. You bring the 10 percent only you can bring, and we show you the engine that carries the rest. If you are done trading hours for dollars, follow the show and start building something YOU own.
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
► ATTEND A BRAND WORKSHOP (start here)
https://www.thebyob.com/discovery-session
► WORK WITH US + FREE TOOLS
Build your business (course): https://course.thebyob.com/business-edition
The AI Team Playbook (free): https://course.thebyob.com/ai-team-playbook
Leave a review + send a screenshot, get our BYOB Hiring Guide free: https://www.thebyob.com/review
► WATCH + LISTEN
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Brandtalkwithrachelanddrew
Podcast: https://themilliondollarsalon.podbean.com/
► FOLLOW
Rachel: https://www.instagram.com/rachelpaigexo
Drew: https://www.instagram.com/mdrewthomas
Boulevard ambassador: https://get.joinblvd.com/ambassador-rachel-paige/
#salonownereducation #salonownership #salonowners #hairextensions #salonbusiness #productbrand #recurringrevenue
DISCLAIMER
Rachel and Drew are not CPAs, attorneys, insurance agents, contractors, lenders, or financial advisors. Nothing here is tax, legal, insurance, or financial advice, and it may be outdated or inaccurate. Verify everything yourself. For educational and entertainment purposes only.
Aug 3, 2026
E197 - You're the Bottleneck in Your Salon
Aug 3, 2026
Aug 3, 2026
37 min
Your four stylists doing 5K a month could each be doing 10K. That gap is 220,000 dollars a year, and the reason it is not happening is probably you.
Brand Talk with Rachel & Drew is the podcast for salon owners who are great at their craft, capped by their hours, done making the big brands richer & ready to build a product brand THEY actually own. Each week, Rachel & Drew Thomas break down how they built a private-label hair extension brand inside their own salons & how hundreds of salon owners are now doing the same. You get the REAL systems, the ACTUAL numbers & none of the hustle-harder noise. You bring the 10 percent only you can bring, and we show you the engine that carries the rest. If you are done trading hours for dollars, follow the show and start building something YOU own.
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
► ATTEND A BRAND WORKSHOP (start here)
https://www.thebyob.com/discovery-session
► WORK WITH US + FREE TOOLS
Build your business (course): https://course.thebyob.com/business-edition?htrafficsource=podbean&el=e197
The AI Team Playbook (free): https://course.thebyob.com/ai-team-playbook
Leave a review + send a screenshot, get our BYOB Hiring Guide free: https://www.thebyob.com/review
► WATCH + LISTEN
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Brandtalkwithrachelanddrew
Podcast: https://themilliondollarsalon.podbean.com/
► FOLLOW
Rachel: https://www.instagram.com/rachelpaigexo
Drew: https://www.instagram.com/mdrewthomas
Boulevard ambassador: https://get.joinblvd.com/ambassador-rachel-paige/
#salonownereducation #salonownership #salonowners #hairextensions #salonbusiness #productbrand #recurringrevenue
DISCLAIMER
Rachel and Drew are not CPAs, attorneys, insurance agents, contractors, lenders, or financial advisors. Nothing here is tax, legal, insurance, or financial advice, and it may be outdated or inaccurate. Verify everything yourself. For educational and entertainment purposes only.
Jul 31, 2026
I Stayed Quiet for Years. Not Anymore.
Jul 31, 2026
Jul 31, 2026
9 min
I stayed quiet about this for years because speaking up could mean cease and desist letters and a legal fight, and I have five kids to think about. I am opening the files anyway, every name and brand redacted, because educators deserve to know what really happens. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ► ATTEND A BRAND WORKSHOP (start here) https://www.thebyob.com/discovery-session ► WORK WITH US + FREE TOOLS Build your business (course): https://course.thebyob.com/business-edition The AI Team Playbook (free): https://course.thebyob.com/ai-team-playbook Leave a review + send a screenshot, get our BYOB Hiring Guide free: https://www.thebyob.com/review ► WATCH + LISTEN YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Brandtalkwithrachelanddrew Podcast: https://themilliondollarsalon.podbean.com/ ► FOLLOW Rachel: https://www.instagram.com/rachelpaigexo Drew: https://www.instagram.com/mdrewthomas Boulevard ambassador: https://get.joinblvd.com/ambassador-rachel-paige/ #salonownereducation #salonownership #salonowners #hairextensions #salonbusiness #productbrand #recurringrevenue DISCLAIMER Rachel and Drew are not CPAs, attorneys, insurance agents, contractors, lenders, or financial advisors. Nothing here is tax, legal, insurance, or financial advice, and it may be outdated or inaccurate. Verify everything yourself. For educational and entertainment purposes only.
Jul 27, 2026
Jul 27, 2026
23 min
The brand on your shelf makes you sign a contract, approve your floor plan, and hold your prices, then sells the same products cheaper on Amazon and at Nordstrom. Your client is not leaving retail. Retail is leaving you.
Brand Talk with Rachel & Drew is the podcast for salon owners who are great at their craft, capped by their hours, done making the big brands richer & ready to build a product brand THEY actually own. Each week, Rachel & Drew Thomas break down how they built a private-label hair extension brand inside their own salons & how hundreds of salon owners are now doing the same. You get the REAL systems, the ACTUAL numbers & none of the hustle-harder noise. You bring the 10 percent only you can bring, and we show you the engine that carries the rest. If you are done trading hours for dollars, follow the show and start building something YOU own.
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
► ATTEND A BRAND WORKSHOP (start here)
https://www.thebyob.com/discovery-session
► WORK WITH US + FREE TOOLS
Build your business (course): https://course.thebyob.com/business-edition
The AI Team Playbook (free): https://course.thebyob.com/ai-team-playbook
Leave a review + send a screenshot, get our BYOB Hiring Guide free: https://www.thebyob.com/review
► WATCH + LISTEN
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Brandtalkwithrachelanddrew
Podcast: https://themilliondollarsalon.podbean.com/
► FOLLOW
Rachel: https://www.instagram.com/rachelpaigexo
Drew: https://www.instagram.com/mdrewthomas
Boulevard ambassador: https://get.joinblvd.com/ambassador-rachel-paige/
#salonownereducation #salonownership #salonowners #hairextensions #salonbusiness #productbrand #recurringrevenue
DISCLAIMER
Rachel and Drew are not CPAs, attorneys, insurance agents, contractors, lenders, or financial advisors. Nothing here is tax, legal, insurance, or financial advice, and it may be outdated or inaccurate. Verify everything yourself. For educational and entertainment purposes only.
Jul 24, 2026
Jul 24, 2026
8 min
We flew lead stylists in from all over the country, and by the end of two days half the room was in tears. The warehouse we have been building for a year is finally getting AC this week, which means we move in.
Brand Talk with Rachel & Drew is the podcast for salon owners who are great at their craft, capped by their hours, done making the big brands richer & ready to build a product brand THEY actually own. Each week, Rachel & Drew Thomas break down how they built a private-label hair extension brand inside their own salons & how hundreds of salon owners are now doing the same. You get the REAL systems, the ACTUAL numbers & none of the hustle-harder noise. You bring the 10 percent only you can bring, and we show you the engine that carries the rest. If you are done trading hours for dollars, follow the show and start building something YOU own.
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
► ATTEND A BRAND WORKSHOP (start here)
https://www.thebyob.com/discovery-session
► WORK WITH US + FREE TOOLS
Build your business (course): https://course.thebyob.com/business-edition
The AI Team Playbook (free): https://course.thebyob.com/ai-team-playbook
Leave a review + send a screenshot, get our BYOB Hiring Guide free: https://www.thebyob.com/review
► WATCH + LISTEN
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Brandtalkwithrachelanddrew
Podcast: https://themilliondollarsalon.podbean.com/
► FOLLOW
Rachel: https://www.instagram.com/rachelpaigexo
Drew: https://www.instagram.com/mdrewthomas
Boulevard ambassador: https://get.joinblvd.com/ambassador-rachel-paige/
#salonownereducation #salonownership #salonowners #hairextensions #salonbusiness #productbrand #recurringrevenue
DISCLAIMER
Rachel and Drew are not CPAs, attorneys, insurance agents, contractors, lenders, or financial advisors. Nothing here is tax, legal, insurance, or financial advice, and it may be outdated or inaccurate. Verify everything yourself. For educational and entertainment purposes only.
Jul 20, 2026
Jul 20, 2026
21 min
There is an ugly side to being a beauty brand educator that nobody warns you about. The free product, the fame, the stages, it all comes with a contract that can quietly own you and pay you in nickels.
Brand Talk with Rachel & Drew is the podcast for salon owners who are great at their craft, capped by their hours, done making the big brands richer & ready to build a product brand THEY actually own. Each week, Rachel & Drew Thomas break down how they built a private-label hair extension brand inside their own salons & how hundreds of salon owners are now doing the same. You get the REAL systems, the ACTUAL numbers & none of the hustle-harder noise. You bring the 10 percent only you can bring, and we show you the engine that carries the rest. If you are done trading hours for dollars, follow the show and start building something YOU own.
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
► ATTEND A BRAND WORKSHOP (start here)
https://www.thebyob.com/discovery-session
► WORK WITH US + FREE TOOLS
Build your business (course): https://course.thebyob.com/business-edition
The AI Team Playbook (free): https://course.thebyob.com/ai-team-playbook
Leave a review + send a screenshot, get our BYOB Hiring Guide free: https://www.thebyob.com/review
► WATCH + LISTEN
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Brandtalkwithrachelanddrew
Podcast: https://themilliondollarsalon.podbean.com/
► FOLLOW
Rachel: https://www.instagram.com/rachelpaigexo
Drew: https://www.instagram.com/mdrewthomas
Boulevard ambassador: https://get.joinblvd.com/ambassador-rachel-paige/
#salonownereducation #salonownership #salonowners #hairextensions #salonbusiness #productbrand #recurringrevenue
DISCLAIMER
Rachel and Drew are not CPAs, attorneys, insurance agents, contractors, lenders, or financial advisors. Nothing here is tax, legal, insurance, or financial advice, and it may be outdated or inaccurate. Verify everything yourself. For educational and entertainment purposes only.






