Stylist Profession

[Pam]

My Sim, Carina Dreamweaver, is working as a Stylist. It's slow going because I really don't know what I'm doing yet. She has trouble getting to work on time every day because the carpool doesn't pick her up. In these early levels, she has to go to the salon to work. Customers come in and she takes care of them. It's a slow business, so she gets to read sometimes between customers. I've seen the blow dryer icon with some stars flash over her head, but I don't know what it means. One time it was 3 stars, then next time it was 5 stars. It doesn't look like it's increasing her job experience.

One very strange thing...  her weekly stipend is only $182 per week and she makes only a small amount from her clients.  She had less than $2,000 in household funds when suddenly, while she was eating dinner at home, she got a payment of $9,800! I have absolutely no idea where this came from. She doesn't own property or even a car. I didn't sell anything. It was just *poof* and suddenly there was $11,000 in her family funds!

[TommyT]

That's quite a windfall!  I didn't get far at all with stylist.  I had a couple walk-ins a day and I offer styling to other Sims in-between, and with the exception of turning Darlene Bunch into the Jolly Green Giant every Sim was upset with their style (go figure).  I've heard that putting a salon station in your home allows you to invite other Sims over to change their looks, I'm guessing this is a work-at-home kind of option.
Basically I made no money and had 1/40 customers satisfied.  I'm sure I'm missing something but I think I'll leave that to you to figure out

[Pam]

I can't imagine how the big money was related to her profession as a Stylist. She was only level 1 when it happened (she's level 2 now). I think it must be some kind of bug. Also, I think maybe the dryer icon and stars that flash over her head are how satisfied the customer is, but I'm not sure. I'm playing in Twinbrook and, let me tell you, those Sims are bizarre looking. Every time one pops up in the makeover thing with a close up, I think "Yikes!" 

[dannyr783]

Maybe some stuff sold at the consignment shop? You seem to receive payment at weird times. Did you click on the message thing, and look for a message?

[Saltypaws]

You also have a portfolio and when you sketch a picture, open it up and drag your sketch and put it in there.  When you finish a client, take a photo and put it in portfolio also.  As you get further along, you show your portfolio to clients and they will give you a job to do.  I have a stylist on lvl 9 and she goes everywhere now.  She sometimes has 5 or 6 jobs a day.  I did not like it at first, but just keep them sketching in off hours and that keeps raising their experience level.

[Leto85]

I think I know what's going on Pam. My sims got a lot of money just like you for doing nothing (at first side). But than in the right upper screen I saw a message that a few of them have gotten royalties for the books they have written. Maybe this is the case with you?
When you just came back from vacation and you have write a lot of books during those days the royalties will dramaticually increase on the first next sunday.

[Crise]

Saltypaws, when you say take a picture... you mean a normal photo ie. with the mobile phone or one with the actual camera (ie. photography)

[wildredchild]

When you finish a job I have noticed, you get the option to take a picture.  I have always done this and my portfolio is getting bigger each time.  I did not know about putting the sketches in there though.  I have 12 currently and will add those when I go back in game to play and see how big my portfolio is.  Thanks for the information.

[Evadne]

The stylist was the first (and only so far) profession I tried and I finished it in about two sim weeks. I probably could have done it faster had I known what I was doing.

You can keep increasing your experience by using the makeover station to offer makeovers to whoever is in the room. During the early levels having friends is good because you can invite them over to the salon and then give them makeovers. You can makeover the same sim as many times as you want during a day but they will only pay you once. I like being paid so I only made over each sim once per day and I still advanced a level pretty much every day. You can also continue to work off hours and gain experience.

Once you reach a certain level, you can give makeovers without the station. This makes things a lot easier as you can wander the town and find large groups of sims. You don't have to be on time to work. You don't even have to go into the salon at all if you don't want to.

[Saltypaws]

The only time you get to take the pictures and it counts for the job, is when they are hired by a client and it automatically goes to picture mode and then you take it with the phone and it should go right into portfolio, but the sketches you put in there yourself.  I would like to find out if you can take pictures of your job with your camera, you probably can, I just need to go get one.

[wildredchild]

The only time you get to take the pictures and it counts for the job, is when they are hired by a client and it automatically goes to picture mode and then you take it with the phone and it should go right into portfolio, but the sketches you put in there yourself.  I would like to find out if you can take pictures of your job with your camera, you probably can, I just need to go get one.

Okay, I need some clarification of this putting sketches into the portfolio thing.  I tried to put some in and I can't.  How is it that you do this?

[Saltypaws]

Go to sim inventory, click on portfolio, click on view and drag and drop sketch into portfolio, works the same as fridge and bookshelf when you open them.

[Branr]

Go to sim inventory, click on portfolio, click on view and drag and drop sketch into portfolio, works the same as fridge and bookshelf when you open them.

a-HA! Was wondering the same thing about my architect, thanks for the info!

[Pam]

About the big payment I got...  she didn't have anything at the consignment store, she had written no books.  She was living in a small studio in the swamp with only basic items.  I didn't see anything on the tab in the upper right corner, but I might have missed it because I'm not used to how it works yet.  I still haven't figured out what the dryer icon and stars mean.  I thought maybe it was a rating of the job, but I had it appear with 3 or 5 stars when the client hated the makeover.  It's still a mystery.

[MomOfMany]

Pam did you try looking in the Prima Guide to see if it tells about the stars? I don't have one or I would.

[wildredchild]

Thanks Saltypaws!  I will test it again doing it the way you describe. *wanders off feeling a little foolish* 

[Pam]

Pam did you try looking in the Prima Guide to see if it tells about the stars? I don't have one or I would.

Yes, I read through the section on Stylists and it said nothing about the stars.  I guess I'll just have to figure it out as I play through the profession.

[accooper1020]

I'm having a problem with the stylist profession as well, Even if I give the client exactly what they ask for (example they want a new accessory, I give them new ear rings) it will say that I did not give them the requested make-over. Am I missing something? Or even if you give the client what they ask for can they still dislike it?

[Pam]

Welcome to the Forum, accooper1020!

I believe that you get more negative reviews for makeovers when you're in the early levels of the Stylist profession.  Your Sim just doesn't have the experience and skill to always do a good job, even if it seems ok to the player.  The message I get a lot says something about keep working at getting experience to have happier customers.  I'm only on level 4, so I don't yet know how it all works when my Sim gets to the higher levels.

[Saltypaws]

The higher you get, the more positive reviews you get and you don't hardly ever go to the shop. I have one on lvl 9 and making almost 2,000.00 a week.  I have made her a studio at home and she loves working, at first I wasn't sure I would like this profession, but it has turned out really pretty neat.

[accooper1020]

Ok Thank you, I also read somewhere that if you use custom content during the makeovers and will come as incompleted. I know I was using CC content so I will not use any during the makeovers and see if that makes any difference. Thanks for the help!

[Maritah]

That mystery §9800 your sim received - I've seen something like this happen since the base game.  It's a bug that happens occasionally for no apparent reason.  The amount your household gets from this bug varies, but it always seems to be the purchase price of a car - the Yomoshoto Evasion in your case.  I have seen this bug give §105000, which is the price of the most expensive car, the Margaret Vaguester.

I don't particularly like this "free money" bug as I want my sims to have to earn their simoleons, but at least it's not a game-breaking bug, and fortunately it's quite rare and doesn't happen often.

[Pam]

Thanks for the explanation, Maritah.  I hadn't heard of that bug until you mentioned it.  Very strange.

[Saltypaws]

Update on the kind of money my stylist is making.  She is lvl 10, she makes $2,760.00 a week and makes between $1,300 to $1,800 a makeover session.  I included a sketch and picture of her ceremony they gave her at city hall and presented her with key to city, plus she got a big trophy and is called a fashion icon, turned out pretty cool.

[Simbacat]

Nice pics Saltypaws! I think I'll try this one next  time I play. I was thinking of making 2 sisters who are both stylists and have a home business.

[NancyJ]

My portfolio seems to be stuck at 47%, I've nearly maxed the career but I don't get the 'take a photo for your portfolio' option at the end of the sessions any more (never got it all the time but usually 1 out of the 3 jobs per day would). Just taking a photo of the sim at the end doesn't count and adding sketches to the portfolio doesn't increase it either.

I really enjoyed this career at first (finally I can do something about all the tragic fashion victims! We just need personal trainers next) but it's starting to get a little tedious, styling the same sims day after day after you already made them look good before.

[AegisArete]

My portfolio seems to be stuck at 47%, I've nearly maxed the career but I don't get the 'take a photo for your portfolio' option at the end of the sessions any more (never got it all the time but usually 1 out of the 3 jobs per day would). Just taking a photo of the sim at the end doesn't count and adding sketches to the portfolio doesn't increase it either.

I really enjoyed this career at first (finally I can do something about all the tragic fashion victims! We just need personal trainers next) but its starting to get a little tedious, styling the same sims day after day after you already made them look good before.

Ohmigosh, tell me about it! If I have to make over Amy Bull one more time, I'm gonna shave her bald and dress her in a burlap sack. Your clothes are all ones I already picked out for you, why do you need more? It's been like two days. Gah.

That said, this was a fun little career to try out. Shark Racket turned out to be quite the cutie, post-makeover, though I have definitely seen the proliferation of spotty elders previously mentioned regarding Twinbrook. I'm up to level 5 or 6 now, and it's been quite a while since I had a dissatisfied customer. I wish I had taken the Artistic trait; I figured it would help, but I didn't realize how much it would help. I like that simply working on your portfolio levels up your career ranking somewhat; I wish there was a system like that for Inventors.

The moneymaking is slow going, but it made for a fun afternoon. I think I need a break for a little while, with a different career path. Too many makeovers!

I wish I could assist with the percentage issue, but my portfolio only recently reached 20%. I will let you know if I think of something.

[NancyJ]

I'm kinda worried that the age spots is a new thing for elders and we're all going to look like that! My sim is artistic so maybe that explains why she hasn't had many unhappy customers - I think she had maybe 3 or 4 all the way to the top of the profession and 2 of those it said I did a good job but the customer is picky. But I've had to start again anyway because it just hung when trying to save.

I have a theory about the stars too, I noticed that they're in different arrangements (so not all 3 stars are the same) I'm thinking maybe they represent the 5 different outfits and you get a star for each one that they liked? I haven't had a chance to test it yet because my computer hard locked (it doesn't like this summer weather we're having!)

[MomOfMany]

I'm kinda worried that the age spots is a new thing for elders and we're all going to look like that! My sim is artistic so maybe that explains why she hasn't had many unhappy customers - I think she had maybe 3 or 4 all the way to the top of the profession and 2 of those it said I did a good job but the customer is picky. But I've had to start again anyway because it just hung when trying to save.

I have a theory about the stars too, I noticed that they're in different arrangements (so not all 3 stars are the same) I'm thinking maybe they represent the 5 different outfits and you get a star for each one that they liked? I haven't had a chance to test it yet because my computer hard locked (it doesn't like this summer weather we're having!)

That is smart thinking. I wonder if that is it but I don't have a stylist at the moment to try that theory. You will have to let us know when you find out it that is it!

[NancyJ]

Not so sure about that now - I think what I saw before was maybe a graphics glitch (it showed 2 stars then a gap and another star) because I haven't seen it again since so it might just be a rating. I think I've sussed out the portfolio thing though, mine's at 50% now and not progressing very fast at all but I think you only get to take the photo for each new job. When you start out most of the jobs are new but as you progress you're just getting the same ones over and over which is why it really slows down - its going to take a really long time to get to 100%, I'm seeing maybe 1 new job per week.

[samoht04]

I have just made a Stylist and she got a promo over the weekend from the Research Fashion option, but can someone explain how you fill and use the portfolio?

[NancyJ]

When you go to the salon for the first time (during work hours) you'll get a client with a specific request, if the client likes your work it'll bring up the photo mode (getting a camera helps you get a better shot but that doesn't seem to affect the % portfolio). As far as I can tell you only get the photo options on unique jobs. Some jobs have the same title but different descriptions and I think those count separately but if you do a job with the same description as one you've done before you wont get the option to photograph it for your portfolio. Mine's up to 52% now and its really slow going and very tedious.  I'm doing 15 jobs a week and getting on average 1 new one per week.
When you get to level 3 you'll get jobs outside the salon and they appear on the map as well as getting notifications about them and there being a button on the careers tab for bringing them up.

[Moondark]

I can't figure out how to give the sim multiple outfits in one time.  Such as when the sim wants 3 formal outfits and 2 new swimwear.  This info in not in the 'help' feature and not in the in-case pamphlet.  I can't buy the guide for it because it is on back order and I normally never need them. But in several days, I still have not figured it out.  I'm probably missing something simple and will feel silly for having to ask once I find out what the answer it.

[kaykay]

^ When you are in the styling room and you have the outfit selector up there is a little plus sign on the side by the trash can. If you click on that you can add up to two additional outfits for whatever category you are on (everyday, sleepwear ect.), so you can end up with three in total.
I hope that helps it's difficult to describe things in words haha.

Anyways I just started the stylist career but it's going alright so far, I'm already on level four and I just received my first trophy . I've only had two bad reviews so I guess I can't be doing that bad lol. It's the only career I've tried so far but I'm having fun making the town look a little better then it does.

[Pam]

Welcome to the Forum Moondark and kaykay!

Moondark, if you have trouble finding the plus sign button from kaykay's description, let me know and I'll post a screenshot of it.

[Saltypaws]

I did find out, that when your stylist reaches level 10, any makeovers you do after that do not register, so I am not sure what the point is after that.  The bar that was the experience bar now is yellow after lvl 10, nothing else happens, I have not gotten any more opportunities, so I just switched her profession to painter, she is already maxed out painting, so why not.  I am not real happy with the stylist profession.  I wonder if all of them do that, where nothing counts when you max out the profession.

[NancyJ]

My stylist is level 10 and she still gets 2-3 jobs per work day and they count for experience (although I didn't notice my stipend go up at all when I filled in the bar, it just played a sound and then went back to being empty again). I'm also still occasionally getting portfolio work.

[samoht04]

Thanks! NancyJ 

My Sim hasn't had a proper styling job yet, the first one cancelled on her! 

[Saltypaws]

All I know, she still gets the jobs, she does the makeover and when she is done, there is nothing checked in the box and of course she does not give the customer what they wanted. I tried this out numerous times and I tried to solicit jobs, same thing.  Must be some bug or something, I know I am doing it right, because I have been doing it, it started after she reached lvl 10, oh well, she ought to do awesome in painting then, lol.

[Simbacat]

I'm finding this profession rather irksome. I made a CAS sim specifically for this career and set her down in Sunset Valley. If any sims need a makeover, they do.

Anyway, her first makeover was Molly French, who admittedly isn't atrocious looking, but there is room for improvement. I gave her a nice French twist hairdo and put her in a power suit with high heels and she looked fantastic. She got mad at my sim and left! She gave Jared Frio some new accessories and he didn't like that either. So now she is stuck at level 2. There seems to be nothing these SV sims like!

[jayseesee]

My girlfriend also found it VERY difficult to please any clients.  Some liked it, but in general, this is a VERY "touchy" career.  Might just be a lot of snobs and evil, mean-spirited people in her neighborhood, but still, who doesn't love a make-over!?

[Simbacat]

I'm not digging on this new profession at all. Maybe I just need to be more patient and let her progress a few more levels.

[Pam]

The early levels are definitely more difficult in regards to having satisfied customers.  That part of it gets much easier as you progress upward to level 10.

[jayseesee]

She did finally get level 10, and still at least 1/3 hated their make overs.  At least with Architecture you can figure out what pleases them to some extent. =P

[Saltypaws]

I am not too sure about the stylist either.  As I posted earlier, after level 10, none of her makeovers even registered, it was if I had not even done them.  I suppose there are going to be some bugs and glitches, but for the most part they can be worked around.

[Leto85]

I havent touched the stylist career yet, (partly because of the many bugs I am reading about here, and those will probably annoy me too much) but what I was wondering about: can you hire people when you own a stylist building to work for you? That way the job will get a bit more interesting for me.

[Saltypaws]

Unfortunately you cannot hire people.  It is just random on who works there.  Christopher Steel worked in one of mine.  He looked really funny strutting around the makeover station.

[NancyJ]

My Sim had 3 or 4 sims dislike their makeovers all the way to level 10 (I suspect Artistic + Perfectionist and a decent painting skill may have played a role in that) and then I had a run where 4/6 hated their makeovers and I think the other 2 weren't massively impressed but I didn't get the negative friendship thing with them (they yawned instead of doing the butt sizzle thing). So even at level 10 with 52% complete portfolio you can still get a real run of bad luck. Speaking of portfolios, has anyone got theirs to 100% yet?

[Leto85]

Unfortunately you cannot hire people.  It is just random on who works there.  Christopher Steel worked in one of mine.  He looked really funny strutting around the makeover station.

Yeah well, the point is that you can buy out a community lot and when you own it you could change the name of the lot if you like and fire who does not work as hard as you think they should.
I thought that you could hire people that way, too.

[Pam]

Christopher Steel worked in one of mine.  He looked really funny strutting around the makeover station.

That made me laugh! He's normally unemployed in Sunset Valley.

[ik]

Christopher Steel worked in one of mine.  He looked really funny strutting around the makeover station.

That made me laugh! He's normally unemployed in Sunset Valley.

Looks like he took his chance with this new expansion . In my game, he turned up as a firefighter.

[Saltypaws]

In another game I started he was in medical career, go figure.

[kaykay]

He was in the military when I was trying to get my sim to marry him, he was always working, my poor girl could never find time to flirt.

My head stylist just died at the salon, in the middle of the work day too it was very traumatic lol. I'm hoping they hire someone else soon. To be 90 though and still have your wonderful sense of style, the salon just lost a very good lady haha.

[sims96fan]

My Sim has almost reached level 10 of the stylist career, but then I think she's going to quit.  Working 5 days a week of the same thing gets old and too much like real life!  She's only 50% done with her portfolio at level 9, and it's a real grind.  Even though all of her clients have been happy except one or two, whenever she gets the wish to give fashion advice, it almost always goes over very badly, and the client ends up dropping from a good friend or friend to merely an acquaintance.  This is with a Sim with has all of the charisma skill challenges and charisma related lifetime rewards (long distance friend, etc.) completed, too.

[AriaGirl77]

Something strange that I just experienced with my Stylist sim.  She decided to do makeovers on her 4 teen aged daughters.  After the make over ALL of the daughters were either days older or younger than before the make over.  The youngest two girls are twins, and after the makeovers it made them the oldest, and the other two girls are now 14 days until age up when before they were just 5 and 8 days until age up. 

I'm kind of annoyed.  Why would having a makeover so dramatically alter your age???  I've noticed the same thing happens when a sim gets a tatoo, but at least then it's only a few days less.  This was a whole bunch of days less!

[Saltypaws]

This has me wondering now.  I have noticed since ambitions, that people seem to age differently.  What I mean, compared to playing previously, I had not played this new game very long and got a message that one of the regular townies was getting old and to pay a visit.  I thought that was kind of soon and then thinking back, some looked older early on in the game, some took forever to age.  Maybe to many are getting makeovers, lol.

[Pam]

I'm kind of annoyed.  Why would having a makeover so dramatically alter your age???  I've noticed the same thing happens when a sim gets a tatoo, but at least then it's only a few days less.  This was a whole bunch of days less!

That's got to be a bug.

[AriaGirl77]

This has me wondering now.  I have noticed since ambitions, that people seem to age differently.  What I mean, compared to playing previously, I had not played this new game very long and got a message that one of the regular townies was getting old and to pay a visit.  I thought that was kind of soon and then thinking back, some looked older early on in the game, some took forever to age.  Maybe to many are getting makeovers, lol.

In one of my games my sim married a townie, once he turned elder he kept getting the message that his brother was about to die and to go visit.  I got that message EVERY DAY for like 3 sim weeks before he actually kicked the bucket! 

I'm really wondering how all this will effect future challenges, because obviously it will have an impact if we ever decide to do a generational challenge of some sort.  It certainly effects my Legacy challenges!  Sheesh, no tattoos or make overs for them from now on!

[LlamaMama]

I'm so confused! I just started a sim on this career path and when she tries to talk to people who enter the shop, she only gets 3 options under Fashion: compliment, insult, or discuss. How exactly does she get a job in the first place? And once she does, how does she go about it?

The Bayless woman came in and chatted with her, but then went over to another stylist and stood on the pedestal. She came out looking hawt!

[masonk]

I'm so confused! I just started a sim on this career path and when she tries to talk to people who enter the shop, she only gets 3 options under Fashion: compliment, insult, or discuss. How exactly does she get a job in the first place? And once she does, how does she go about it?

The Bayless woman came in and chatted with her, but then went over to another stylist and stood on the pedestal. She came out looking hawt!

You click on the styling pedestal and you're given the option of offering a makeover to a list of people in the salon (or standing right outside on the sidewalk, I've noticed).

[LlamaMama]

Thank you! That was the missing piece of information I ended up figuring out. I think that Carl's Guide would be improved by being  expanded to include more detail.

I've read through much of this thread, but not all. I'm having trouble taking the photos. I can't seem to get the viewfinder window to get larger, or to zoom out, despite using x and z. What am I missing?

[Pam]

It helps to buy a camera.  Without one, you're very limited on the pictures you can take of your clients.

[Loira]

I just started a sim in this career a few days ago and there's something I don't really get about the portfolio. What's the point of adding the sketches they draw to it, it doesn't count for te portfolio's % or maybe I'm missing something? He's level 7 right now and just got 2 or 3 unhappy customers but the pop-up said he did a good job son it's just a bit random if the customers are happy or not and he only did a bad makeover once in his first day at work. So what I'm really missing is the portfolio thing.

[Saltypaws]

The sketches do not really add anything, but I do hang them on the wall when I get my stylist a station of their own, just adds ambience to the room.  Like Pam said, if you get a camera and use that when you start getting the option to take photo's, it does help, but even if you just take a picture of their head or even a small portion of their body, it still counts as a photo being added.  Here I was trying like crazy to get the whole sim in the picture, so when I realized all you need is a small portion, then I quit trying so hard until I finally got a camera.  If I did a makeover of just shoes, I would only take a picture of shoes, same with outfits or accessories and then I would name my photo.  It is a fairly easy profession, but my sim is on level 10 and still only has 58% of portfolio done and only getting two photo's per week, so it is very slow going.

[Loira]

Thanks for answering. I'm doing nothing wrong then. Yeah, I use the sketches as decor, some of them I really nice, as I think I have seen most of the paintings so far I'm making my sims draw sketches both from stylist and architect to put them on the walls, I really like them    It seems impossible to complete the portfolio, so far all I have read is people near 60%, as you are, but that's all. And yes, I use a camera, but as I soon as I realized that it really doesn't matter what's in the picture, I just try them to look "nice", not really bothered about what's in it.

[Saltypaws]

I still like the stylist profession.  Talking about making the town look a little better, one sim at a time, lol, especially Twinbrook.

[hottie]

Hey.

I am new to the Ambitions on Sims 3 and the stylist one is driving me nuts.

I am now Level 3 (how I don't know, as clients kept canceling).
Now every job I get at a clients home, I go there and no one is at home so I can't style them.
I have tried calling them, inviting them to mine and waiting around ALL day.
How on earth am I meant to style them if they are not at home?

Help.

[Pam]

Hey.

I am new to the Ambitions on Sims 3 and the stylist one is driving me nuts.

I am now Level 3 (how I don't know, as clients kept canceling).
Now every job I get at a clients home, I go there and no one is at home so I can't style them.
I have tried calling them, inviting them to mine and waiting around ALL day.
How on earth am I meant to style them if they are not at home?

Help.

It's been a while since I've played the Stylist career, but I remember that you are required to work at the salon during the early levels.  It may be that you're trying to do a job out in town when you're supposed to stay at the salon.  The clients come to you in the beginning, but yes, they do sometimes cancel.  If that happens at the Salon, you just have to do something else.  Once you're able to do jobs out and about, you can use the Map View to click on a job and your Sim will go straight to it.

I hope this helps. 

[Sophie4563]

I just bought Ambitions and am playing a stylist in Twinbrook. She hasn't even gained a level yet and its her first day of work. She's only gotten 1 job all day.

Do sims have to stay at the salon in order for jobs to come up?
How do the jobs appear? The one she got was a star in the building beside the salon. Are they always there or do they come up all over town?

[Pam]

I just bought Ambitions and am playing a stylist in Twinbrook. She hasn't even gained a level yet and its her first day of work. She's only gotten 1 job all day.

Do sims have to stay at the salon in order for jobs to come up?
How do the jobs appear? The one she got was a star in the building beside the salon. Are they always there or do they come up all over town?

In the beginning levels of the Stylist profession, your Sim has to spend the entire day at the Salon.  Customers walk in and you need to go to them to talk and offer makeovers.  Once you reach a certain level (I think it's level 3), you'll be able to work out and about in the town.  Jobs will be offered to you and you will travel to the customer.  But for now, everything is at the Salon.

[Leto85]

Let's see. I think I will be the first male person who actully respond to this post, because, let's face it: styling is more something for the convinced fashionly amazing members under us (who I all see coming together here actually).
I have a question for you: I've read somewhere that you will win a fashionly mirror after reaching level 10 of this career. Does this mirror gives a sim any extra moodlet or something special, like the 5star fridge after reaching culinary level 10?

[banded]

I personally don't think stylist is for girls. I mean, why should we males be denied the epic permanent moodlet?
As for the styling mirror I don't think you get one of those .

[MasterSiwel]

I personally don't think stylist is for girls. I mean, why should we males be denied the epic permanent moodlet?
As for the styling mirror I don't think you get one of those .

Agreed, I think stylist should bea male thing too. I personally like the stylin moodlet myself. But you can get a styling mirror in the "Hobbies & Skills" section.

[banded]

Agreed, I think stylist should bea male thing too. I personally like the stylin moodlet myself. But you can get a styling mirror in the "Hobbies & Skills" section.

I know where to find the styling mirror, I was just saying I don't think you get one at level 10 in the styling career.

[MasterSiwel]

I know where to find the styling mirror, I was just saying I don't think you get one at level 10 in the styling career.

Oh... Yeah you don't get one unfortunatly.

[Leto85]

I know where to find the styling mirror, I was just saying I don't think you get one at level 10 in the styling career.

Well, yes you will get one. Not directly after reaching level 10, but after doing some extra styling things (12 makeovers or so) while being at level 10. You will than get a fashion mirror who in my opinion looks quite cool! All that glimmer and glamor would do really well in my mansion.
So I was hoping someone of the Fasion Queens over here could explain more about it to me.
Btw, the mirror will grand your sim with a environment boost of 6. Pretty slik huh?

[HannahEloise]

My sim's drafting board can't research new fashion designs, instead she draws 'missing texture' all the time. I've tryed re-setting sim, re-loading the game and it's still there. It also happens on all the other games :/

[gerrr00]

My sim's drafting board can't research new fashion designs, instead she draws 'missing texture' all the time. I've tryed re-setting sim, re-loading the game and it's still there. It also happens on all the other games :/

There is a thread about this.  Here you go. 

[omegaweapon]

hi
i had problem of "my sim did a good work but my client is picky" then i search here and changed my trait to perfectionist and artistic, but nothing changed from lvl 7 to lvl 10 and beyond about 9/10 of my client made the same respose and i just make 15% of my portfilo. then for some reason (not relevent) my game crashed i cleared my cash (as i always do) and i reload to my last save i was lvl 7 in stylish profession again i changed my trait again this time everything changed now 9/10 of my client are pleased with me and until now lvl 9 35% of my portfilo is complete

btw i always save in a different file and delete the old one i am not sure if this make a difference but i thinked i must mention it

hope it help
sorry i didnt read all message in this thread so i dont know if someone else find this solution

[MarianT]

A couple have people have wondered if the new patch (1.24) got rid of the makeover glitch. I can definitely say it didn't -- one of my deca dynasty members legally gained 20 days with a makeover.

[Serena Darrin]

A couple have people have wondered if the new patch (1.24) got rid of the makeover glitch. I can definitely say it didn't -- one of my deca dynasty members legally gained 20 days with a makeover.

Oh, wow, they gained a lot of days!

As for the patch, thanks for the info.  I was wondering that myself -- I like the Stylist profession and so I was hoping 1.24 would fix this glitch.  Guess not.