Award-winning Oxford hairdresser Anne Veck is calling on more salon owners to take personal responsibility for Salon Sustainability; especially by reducing the carbon footprint of their business.
Anne has made substantial adjustments on a personal and professional level to introduce Salon Sustainability that make a real difference. Hers is now the first salon business in the UK to have been certified carbon neutral* in 2019.
Salon Sustainability: Everyone can help make positive changes
‘The hairdressing industry has huge importance in society both as an industry and culturally. By setting an example, we can contribute to the positive changes needed. These will also...
With summer in full swing, Blonding Hair Techniques are becoming more popular in the salon. With a rise in requests for caramel highlights and vanilla balayage, Matrix Artist Carol Ritchie offers her tips for getting the best beautiful blondes this season.
Here are Carol's top tips:
1 Do have an in-depth consultation with your clients prior to bleaching where you can find out the history of their hair. Also find out what blonde they are actually looking to go for and manage their expectations. Using images with different Blonding Hair Techniques and shades of blonde is great because your interpretation of...
As a hairdresser the last year hasn’t been easy. Maybe it’s made you realise that working in the same salon just isn’t for you anymore. Maybe you’re ready to be your own boss but you’re not sure where to start. That’s why Indola launches its free eBook.
Priding themselves on supporting freelance hairdressers Indola has launched their very own free eBook. It's a guide on setting up as a freelance hairdresser or opening your own at-home salon.
Many hairdressers circumstances have changed over the past year; it’s got many thinking that the time to go freelance is now. Perhaps you’ve realised that...
Business consultant Phil Jackson from Build Your Salon, offers these tips for getting the most from your objectives and turning goals into actions!
It used to be rare to encounter a salon owner who had any kind of plan for their business, much less tangible action plans to turning goals into actions. But not anymore. I guess we have had to get to grips with the business side of salons - the competitive market is too fierce, our finances too precarious to leave these things to chance. But it’s not all good news.
As much as I welcome seeing owners...
Lockdown caused most industries to rethink how business was done, and although hairdressing faced more challenges than most, Brighton Hairdresser Samuel Chapman believes many of the changes he implemented were for the best – and are here to stay.
The Brighton salon owner introduced an online store, developed his own product line and introduced some much-needed changes to salon culture; all of which he believes changed business for the better.
The Launch of the Online Store
If the past year has taught us anything, it’s that cutting and colouring needs leaving to the experts! Whilst Samuel couldn’t stop his clients from taking...
You know that: blow drying hair is hard… holding a heavy dryer while maneuvering a brush, especially in the back of the head, is really hard for people to do on themselves. Here's why lots of people need a blow dry bar in their lives...
...and that’s why blow dry bars are so hot right now – they offer an affordable treat that doesn’t take a lot of time or money… very appealing after being secluded for the past year.
Wash and Blow Hair Salon is the first official blow dry bar to open on Maui. They believe in a swingy...
