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Winning Step Up and Shine... Hey everyone, my name is Amanda Linehan and I'm excited to take a moment to share with you my career changing moment that happened to me. Winning Step Up and Shine in 2019! Why did it take me so long? I'm a hairdresser in the Kent area and have been hairdressing for just over 17 years now. Until very recently, I had worked in the same salon since I was still at school before leaving to follow one …
Going self-employed Hello, for those of you that don’t know me my name’s Craig Parkinson. I would like to share my views on keeping motivated as a freelance ‘rent-a-chair’ stylist. I’ve been freelance for 4 years now and I love everything about it. I’m currently based at Mane Hairdressing in Barnsley. The opportunity came 4 years ago when my then employer gave the stylists at our salon the opportunity to rebrand and go self-employed. Education is key In this time, I’ve planned and …
It's a good time to get going... Hi all, my names Patrick Marrow and I’ve been meaning to write a blog for a number of months now, maybe even years! Not for any other reason than to initially keep clients or anyone else informed and interested on what’s going on at the salon. It turns out that being subjected to countless episodes of ‘Sex And The City’ by my sisters whilst growing up had more of an impact on me than …
Let me introduce myself... I'm Darrel Starkey-Gettings, owner of Taylor’s Hair Studio in Skegness. For those of you that know me will have seen that I've been on an exciting journey. For others who don’t, I want to share how I went from never winning industry competitions, to assisting and learning from some of the biggest names in hairdressing right now. In early 2018 my journey really began, as I started entering industry competitions. Initially I never really got anywhere entering them. By …
Hello everyone I’m Justin Mackland, an apprentice stylist from Ishoka hair and beauty in Aberdeen. Although being fairly new to the industry, 2019 saw me successfully become a Digital Ambassador, representing the UK in Schwarzkopf Professionals #SKPCOLLECTIVE Team. Today, I’m absolutely honoured to be able to share my experience with you all on How To Cut it. What is the #SKPCOLLECTIVE? The #SKPCOLLECTIVE is an elite group of 12 digitally active Schwarzkopf Professional hairdressers from all over the UK and Ireland. This is …
Proud to be a Menspire Academy educator My name is Sean Moore and I'm proud to be an educator at the MENSPIRE Academy. My experience teaching beginners started 6 years ago when I first qualified as a stylist. I jumped at the opportunity to build my experience in education by taking on the role of teaching apprentices in my salon. I think for any new stylist stepping onto the shop floor, the best way to ensure you do not start to …
Why haven't I done it before? The last few months have been prime time for our hair industry. Why? Because anyone trying to make something of themselves within the industry have been preparing, prepping and being creative for a numerous of things. Some of those things I refer to being The British Hairdressing Awards and The Creative Head Most Wanted and It List. For myself, this is the first year I have felt confident enough to actually put my work out there …
Diverse and exciting role Today I'm delighted to have the opportunity to share with you my industry journey to this diverse and exciting role as Commercial Technical Education Manager for Wella. But if I’m being completely honest I never really set out to working in hairdressing, I just wanted to learn a trade that would allow me to travel, be interactive with people and have continual progression.... Embarking on a career in hairdressing and makeupAfter leaving The Laban Centre where I was training …
Let me introduce myself Hi, my name is Georgia Bell, and whilst I'm either no industry star or name that you may not recognise, YET :), I jumped at the chance to share with you on How To Cut It my adventure and passion for hairdressing – along with some of my most recent standout moments I've currently experienced. Where it started I've always known that I wanted a career in hairdressing, and that one day I wanted to run my own hair …
You know what, I never wanted to be a hairdresser! That’s right, my aspirations had always been set on being a professional golfer. But before I share with you my career journey into hairdressing and the pathways I’ve taken, I want to reveal to you that I don’t work in the same salon five days a week!! Curious, then below is my current working schedule at the time of writing this blog: Week 1 Monday/Tuesday: North Lane Hair Co, Brighton. Wednesday/Thursday: Radio, London. Friday: North Lane …