In the run up to National Apprenticeship Week (10-16 February 2025) KH Hair has underscored the power of apprenticeships. It has revealed that every single one of its 27 franchisees/salon owners began their careers as an apprentice with the group.
KH Hair is synonymous with the provision of exceptional, forward-thinking training. Its apprenticeship programme takes raw talent from across the East Midlands and helps train and also develop young people for a successful career in hairdressing. The Group has been delivering apprenticeships/training opportunities to young people for 78 years and, during this time, has graduated around 2,300 apprentices/trainees.
The Group has...
Two-time Men’s Hairdresser of the Year winner Kevin Luchmun has reached an exciting new milestone with the opening of Luchmun Studios in Hertford, Hertfordshire (UK).
More than just a men’s hairdressing studio, Luchmun Studios is a creative hub where the art of hair, photography, and education merge seamlessly. In this exclusive interview, the amazing Kevin Luchmun shares the inspiration behind this next step in his career, how his new studio reflects his signature style and philosophy, and what we can expect from this exciting new chapter.
Congratulations on opening your new studio in Hertford, Hertfordshire! What inspired you to take this...
It's Destination Japan for Glasgow-based salon group, Rainbow Room International! The team is to take part in a pioneering educational trip to the land of the rising sun.
For the past 45 years, Rainbow Room International has been at the forefront of hairdressing and hairdressing training internationally. They have built up a stellar reputation for standards of hairdressing, customer service and the education of their team. Furthermore, the group provides outstanding educational opportunities for international students at their bespoke training Academy in Glasgow. Academy Director at RRI in Glasgow is Laura Leigh Kerr. She was instrumental in making the successful...
Is cutting a cowlick short the best way to minimize it…make it less noticeable by preventing hair from sticking up as much? That’s one approach, and very often works well on layered curly hair.
However, Becka Bradshaw, Sam Villa Ambassador and Redken Artist @beckabradshaw has a hot tip for preventing a cowlick that takes another approach. She says to keep hair long – see here.
“If you have explosive growth patterns that you can’t get to lay down, rather than take them short where sometimes they can explode, keep them longer and texturize them to soften their presence and help them blend,” says Bradshaw.
Hot Tip: How to Cut...
How short can you go when it comes to cutting hair and keeping your client happy? Sam Villa shares his secret.
“Ever have a guest ask you if they would look good with short hair? Ever get the feeling that you don’t know?” asks Sam Villa, Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer of Sam Villa® and Global Artistic Ambassador for Redken.
Face shape, hair texture, personality and maintenance must all be considered. But Villa recently shared a failsafe tip he learned in Paris for determining if someone will actually look good with cropped locks. The post was from an Oriac event where he...
Organised by HC Salon and AirTouch Milano in Naples, the Hair Visual Show Training Event welcomed artistic teams, 10 leading professional companies and 150 guest hairdressers.
This was third event scheduled for 2024 of the event in the format proposed by Andrea Bozzano of HC Salon and Shi Parrucchieri of AirTouch Milano. Since the first edition in Milan held in 2023, this new concept of professional training created by two artistic teams has succeeded in attracting more and more interest from the hairdressing industry, with results improving with each event that is staged.
The Results of Hair Visual Show Naples
The beautiful city of Naples was the destination...
