In today's episode I'm joined by one of British hairdressings most exciting new generation of stars, Harriet Stokes. A Senior stylist, colourist and international educator for the word famous Not Another Salon, I'm really keen to learn how under the guidance of Sophia Hilton, Harriet's non-stop creative talent for strikingly tasteful hair has seen her go from relative unknown to an award-winning hairdresser in her short time of being in London. And I know you'll be inspired by hearing this, too! We're about …
Are you noticing the cultural shift going on in hair right now? Woman around the world are beginning to embrace their natural textured hair again, and this is seeing the rise of the dry haircutting technique. Leading the way specialising in this niche of haircutting is Sydney based hairdresser, Tara Walker, owner of her independent salon business, Mousey Browne. In todays podcast we learn all about the techniques of dry haircutting, and why you need to be offering this service to …
To make the best of our potential we need to get out of our comfort zone. As hairdressers with talent and knowledge it's very easy to sit on what we know, and more dangerously, to stop learning! This can lead us to complacency and eventually becoming bored in all what we do. Don't you agree we all owe it to both ourselves and our clients to keep our continual development growing by learning new skills and ideas? Jean Baptise Mazella (JB), …
There's no doubt that working as a self-employed hairdresser has never been so popular. Whether you for it or against it, it's here to stay! But what does it take to become a self-employed hairdresser, and what could you expect?? Thats why today I'm in conversation with a leading independent hairdresser, Freya Haines, who'll be answering these questions and more on working as a self-employed hairdresser. Getting disillusioned with hairdressing, Freya felt ready for a new direction in her hairdressing career. Leaving …
Hands up who wants to expand their salon business, 'FAST'? If this sounds like you then you're in for a treat today. Joining me is Jeff Letter, an award-winning businessman and Managing Director of The PENNEYS group. A name that you may not all be familiar with just yet, but I'm seriously charged to share with you all how Jeff has flipped on it's head the common salon business model, and created something so unique that it's seeing his salon group …
Many of our guests have achieved true iconic status in the hair industry, and I love having them come on to the podcast to share their stories with us. And today I've a legendary icon, because joining us is Vivienne Mackinder – one of the most iconic names to ever come out of international hairdressing. A visionary, pioneer and innovator, Vivienne's heritage as the former Artistic Director at Vidal Sassoon and Creative Director for international icon Trevor Sorbie is a story …
I'm big time pumped up for today's podcast, because joining me for this episode is Ricky Walters, the creator and owner of Salon64 – a salon concept that is revolutionising the traditional hair salon. Top London hairstylist Ricky developed the unique Salon64 concept whilst walking around London and was bored of seeing all hair salons looking the same. Seeing a gap in the market, he went about asking himself: what a salon is and what a salon does?? The final push …
I'm being honest, if you were to have told me sometime back that a salon business dedicated purley to curly hair could be successful, I would have been doubtful! How wrong could I be! I'm psyched to talk to this weeks guest, Matthew Surplice, the founder and owner of Spring – the UK's first dedicated curly hair salon, and today he'll be sharing how he found success by niching down to specialise in curly hair only. As many of you know, …
I'm going to shout this one out aloud: we need our industry to become better at being green and sustainable. Helping create a sustainable earth is one the most important issues facing each and every person on the planet. But how can our industry play it's part in achieving this? Well, this is why I have Rob Cooper Founder of Scrummi on this Bonus Episode podcast with me today to share his mission to creating a more greener and sustainable …