The Christmas party season is now upon us. So this is that perfect time to fill up any of those remaining column gaps with some express colour service menus. But how can you do this? Step up todays guest; Wella Professionals UK & Ireland Colour Craft Expert and the newly crowned London Hairdresser of the Year 2022, Jordanna Cobella. I've invited the brilliant Jordanna back onto the show to share with us some of her top tips when it comes to boosting …
What does life look like for todays salon owners that are leading an employed team? This is what I want to find out from todays guest, Colin McAndrew. As the Managing Director of Medusa, Colin is responsible for the fastest growing salon group in Scotland. Six salons and a 4,000 sq ft academy, the brand has continued to strengthen over recent years as Colin’s plans have come to fruition. All this sounds great! Right? It's fair to say that Colin McAndrew is …
Always going beyond Great Lengths. These words communicate Great Lengths commitment to work constantly to improving the environmental and social impact, while maintaining the care and dedication invested in the research of high-quality products for their customers. In the second of our collaborative podcast series with Great Lengths UKI, I'm so excited to learn why and how Great Lengths have become the first company in the extension industry worldwide to achieve a B Corp certification (more to come on this), by having …
Meet Emma Fowler: An award-winning colourist who over the last 2 years has gone from a relatively unknown to becoming one of the UK's top independent colour educators. All achieved whilst raising two young children! So how has she done it? Emma has grown a loyal and committed community of hairdressers who are looking to gain confidence in the new era of modern colouring techniques like Balayage. Her story to becoming such a highly regarded educator is inspiring. We'll hear all …
In todays show we’ll be talking about something there’s no great controversy about - screening for allergy. It’s not controversial as we all need to do it, and the good businesses do. It’s also not controversial to say it’s one of the least popular parts of a salon’s operation. It’s not controversial either to say not enough people understand the issue well enough to make informed choices. So I've invited two amazing guest onto the show to talk about it. This is …
Here's something for you: Work with another brand that aligns to your business, profile and core values. But why does this matter? What does it mean? Put simply, having a strong loyal relationship with a brand will help your business and profile grow through support, education and aligned core values. So what examples do we have of a business and a profile successfully aligning with a brand? Thats what we are going to share with you today, In the last of our four …
Do you embrace working with textured & curly hair? For the third of our collaborative podcast series with MATRIX UKI, we are getting a masterclass on why we need to embrace working with textured & curly hair. We're talking everything from texture equality right through to the different types of curls and how to recognise them. Theres so much to take from this episode! Giving us this masterclass today is the Award Winning Hair Session Stylist and MATRIX UKI ambassador, Lisa …
The best way to keep growing as a hair professional is never stop evolving and learning. But if you're not then theres a good chance you're getting stayed and bored! Right? So how can we keep ourselves evolving, learning and growing? In the second of our podcast collaboration series with MATRIX, I'm incredibly excited to have Matrix and Biolage ambassador Desmond Murray on the show. Multi-award winning Desmond is at the top of the industry for good reasons. Bold vision and big …
Today we launch the first of a brand new four part podcast series brought to you by leading professional haircare and hair colour brand, MATRIX. In this collaborative series we are inviting on to the show some of their ambassadors to share their industry expertise, knowledge and experiences to help you evolve your hairdressing careers. To Kick-off the series I've the pleasure to once again be chatting to Simon Townley. As a Matrix & Biolage Ambassador and Creator of online hair community, Hairsocials, its …
Statistics show that 42.9% of women are colouring their hair vs 52% in March 2018. And did you know that one of the main reasons why people stop colouring their hair is that they want a more natural appearance and feel that colouring involves too much maintenance. But Fear not, where there is a threat to our colour business comes new opportunities. This episode in collaboration with Wella Professionals UK and Ireland, I'm joined by their Colour Craft Expert, Jordanna …