Blogs

In the Chair - Real People Real Hair - Tara

March 24, 2023

I love long hair. But sometimes you can have too much of a good thing, and if it’s not cut properly it can drown the wearer and make shampoo-days a dreaded event. Tara had gorgeous hair but the haircut had no shape. Just the usual...

In the Chair - Real People Real Hair - Kazz

March 20, 2023

I don’t normally start by showing the back. But the breakage and damage was so bad that the entire top portion at the back had snapped off. Kazz had been paying a lot for hair colouring and for regular Olaplex treatments over the years. Yet her extremely damaged hair quality was something I regularly see. Unnecessarily weak thin broken hair, and dull colour.

In the Chair - Real Hair Real People - Emily

March 20, 2023

How many Bobs have you got?

These quick clunky haircuts are becoming prolific as hairdressers become less and less able to layer hair properly. Emily had the very common 3-step Bob. The baseline, a step four inches off the bottom, and a sort of torn irregular piece suggestive of a long

In the Chair - Real People Real Hair - Francesca

March 11, 2023

I love long hair. But sometimes it’s better to cut it back and start again fresh. Especially when the ends have suffered serious over-processing of colour on multiple occasions. And it’s great to have a change too.

Vermeer - Catch it if You Can

March 04, 2023

Getting 80% of Vermeer’s known works under one roof is quite an achievement; the 20% refuseniks mostly citing the fragility of their treasures whose travelling days were over. It’s unlikely to happen again in my lifetime if ever, so off we went to the city of space-cakes and tulips to get close to the Old Masters’ work, an artist and era that’s captivated me from a young age.

In the Chair - Real People Real Hair - Marlenka

March 03, 2023

Flat oily hair? It could be your haircut. Marlenka always struggled to get any life in her hair. She said it always felt and looked oily. I explained just how the haircut wasn’t helping.

Want to Know More About Sulphates?

March 01, 2023

We're passionate about beautiful, strong, shiny hair and our entire 3'''More Inches product range is created to deliver Healthcare for Hair.

What the Heck is Work/Life Balance?

February 25, 2023

Have you noticed more and more negative baggage being hung off the word ‘work’?

I’ve never understood the term work/life balance myself. Is work not part of my life? Perhaps the term was coined by someone brain-dead while at work. And I get that many people hate their work. I feel sorry for them, yet for many a change in attitude and input could alter perceptions.

Frizz Free Hair

February 24, 2023

It’s been a long time since the first Brazilian Blowdry products were being used. The few people that supplied these unbranded products here in the late 1990s worked in the shadows like drug dealers distributing hooch from the cottage industry of stills in the jungle and favelas.

In the Chair - Real People Real Hair - Julie

February 18, 2023

Coupe Sauvage was the brief. That French term from the 1970s encapsulating all lengths of very layered, textured, vibrant styles that hinted at the sexuality of wild, rampant and raw. And growing out tint isn't always successful, most people return to having colour, but Julie's was a rare case where the...

Fear of Conversation

February 18, 2023

I hate to think of any client feeling anxious about their time in the salon.

Rosie the Londoner (Professional Influencer) highlighted this issue on her last visit and set our whole team talking. Not just the issue itself which we’re sensitive to, but the stream of responses on her IG site chiming in with those feelings.

How to Shampoo Without Ruining Your Hair

February 09, 2023

At the Michael Van Clarke Salon we are passionate about beautiful strong shiny hair. Our entire 3’’’More Inches product range is created to deliver Healthcare for Hair...

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