The Hair Bros are a new crop of breakthrough hair artists to a watch out for in 2020. Over the last year I've been following two hairstylists based at Hershesons London, Nick Latham and Sean Paul Nother aka The Hair Bros. I'm a massive fan on how they've been creating brilliant and engaging content on their @thehairbros Instagram account. They know exactly what their story is and why this has been key to their growing fan base a far – both to …
In Partnership with www.wella.com Todays episode is very special for two reasons. Firstly, I'm delighted to reach the landmark of 150 'How To Cut It' episodes, and secondly, to celebrate this I'm bringing you a slice of hairdressing history – the worlds first ever recorded podcast live hair event in partnership with Wella Professionals UK, Colour Conversation. Thats seriously special! Back in early March 2020 pre-lockdown, I was delighted to be invited to host and record in front of a live …
In todays podcast, I'm joined by Global Community and Engagement manager for Wella Passionistas, Fergal Doyle. In this episode he will be debunking the strategies to everything you need to know to becoming a hairdressing influencer. This includes choosing your social platform, develop the right content strategy, understanding your story and engaging with you followers. He will also be sharing how global brands identify influencers ,and in turn, what this could mean for you. Influencer seems to be a buzzword easily bandied …
David Bowie, Brian Ferry, Hugh Durrant, Grace Jones, Zandra Rhodes and Anthony Mascolo. Do these names mean much to you? Well let me tell you, they are some of the most influential names to come from the world of music, fashion and hair in the 1970's and 80's. And todays guest, British hairdressings most celebrated fashion stylist, Bernard Connolly, has worked with them all. A true icon himself! Renowned for his forte of glamorous styling and his larger than life personality, …
Starting a hairdressing career at her mothers boutique salon in a small UK county town, todays guest Ashleigh Hodges is proof you don't need to be from a big salon in a city to make it. Achieving many industry successes so early on in her career, Ashleigh is regarded by many in the industry as one of British hairdressings brightest stars. But this has come at a cost. Hitting burnout! Ashleigh's hairdressing story so far is one that you need to …
Today's special guest is Matthew Sutcliffe. A former UK L'Oreal Colour Trophy winner and Creative Head 'It List Guy', Matthew is a hairdresser I've long admired. Most recently I've become a huge fan of the salon he co-owns, Tint Leeds. A salon where all it's stylists are self-employed, Matthew got inspiration to open Tint Leeds after the negative experiences he had when he went from being employed to a self-employed hairdresser. He hated it. In this HTCI podcast, Matthew talks us through his …
Have you ever considered joining forces with a fellow industry colleague to create unique hair education? Interested to know more, then we've a treat for you today. In todays episode we have to heavy hitters of Irish Hairdressing, as I'm joined by the owner of Cut Social, Katrina Kelly, and L'Oreal Young Colourist winner, Conor Doyle. Both with an aligned common goal of collaboratively sharing to the industry their experiences and passions for their craft, I love how and why these …
Now more than ever you need to work really hard at being a happy successful hairdresser. This is hard when we are all at home in isolation, right? No, it's never been such a good time! With so much down time, nows the time to absorb new information and ideas. With a wealth of digital and online education in the palm of our hands, planning daily training into your routine will see you come out of isolation a much more happier …
What did it mean for you to go into industry lockdown? How did you prepare for it? How will you cope being in lockdown for the next 12 weeks or more? This was the question I put out to our 'How To Cut It' Community. I was not disappointed with what I got back in reply to this question. In this midweek podcast special, I'm delighted to bring you some of our listeners to share their experiences firsthand as they prepared …
No one says it's easy being a salon owner! That's certainly one thing todays guest, Brooke Evans, would certainly agree with. As a 26 year old hairdresser, Brooke is a new salon owner who is having to learn fast in dealing with circumstances way out of her own control so early on. Today, she shares how opening her brand new salon in December 2019, has been the toughest start to life as new salon owner. Faced with a two week salon closure …