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 …
In light of the global Coronavirus (COVID-19) we are joined in this podcast special by leading international salon coach, Richard McCabe. Offering his independent advice on how your hairdressing business should be preparing for these unprecedented lockdown times, this is a listen that requires your attention. With each country dealing with the Coronavirus pandemic in a different way, we hope no matter where in the world you are, that these words from Richard will give your salon business some creative ideas …
If your fearful of becoming a salon owner, then today's podcast is set up to inspire you. Let me introduce you to today's guest Sophie Bullivant – aka Colour Me Sophie B ™. A Master Colour Expert, Sophie reveals big in this episode on what made her frightened of her owning a salon business. The turning point came after receiving some one-to-one business coaching, that she credits to the shift of mindset to her becoming a salon owner by saying, "I …
The hair industry is facing a crisis! It's regularly being said that there's no young people coming into hairdressing. The passion has gone out of young hairdressers. Salons are not keeping on to their staff. But what are we doing to solving this big problem? In this episode, we're talking once more with The Fantastic Hairdresser co-founder, Alan Austin-Smith, on how we need to rethink the way we are marketing our industry message. In doing just that, Alan is confident it …