Blogs

In the Chair - Real People Real Hair - Saffy

February 08, 2023

People with curly hair suffer more with frizz. It’s the nature of the texture, but what many people don’t realise is how frizziness can be exaggerated by the haircut and the drying process. Shelf-like step layers make frizz much worse as...

Shiny Hair

February 07, 2023

Shiny, glossy, lustrous hair. The glorious reflection of health and vitality that we emit and search for when choosing a mate to produce our offspring.

Winter Sun - Marrakech

February 04, 2023

When Aman Resorts gate crashed the 5-star market in 1987 it blew the gilt off luxury and ushered in a quieter understated quality of hospitality.

Instead of overt excess, luxury could be less. Less bells, less whistles and most importantly, less other people. Here was a resort with

In the Chair - Real People Real Hair - Poppy Towers

February 04, 2023

I first met Poppy in the salon this month for a makeover. Yet when Poppy turned up, I liked her hair as it was. But then Poppy explained, and I understood. She’d washed her hair and applied our...

Do You DIY?

February 01, 2023

Are you fed up waiting around for builders? Or even getting them to commit to a time and day? I believe that for ourselves and society’s sake, we should mostly operate at our highest level of value. I’m responsible for a salon team of 50 staff looking after 5000 clients. I run a...

In the Chair - Real People Real Hair - Jack 2023

January 28, 2023

Would you let your twin brother cut your hair? How do you persuade a child to have their haircut? “What if James has a go at cutting your hair and we’ll film it and make you a Tik-Tok star!”...

Fighting Inflation - Part 2

January 26, 2023

Is it old age that gives rise to ranting and casting opinions on authority? Or just that most of the people dictating our lives are younger than me now? But then hairdressers have always had opinions along with black-taxi drivers.

Fighting Inflation

January 19, 2023

Declining productivity has been the Western World’s conundrum these last few decades. Whether you blame social media, low interest rates, WFH or ‘The Age of Entitlement’, there’s no denying the zeitgeist, and as a business, we haven’t been immune.

5 New Year Tips

January 05, 2023

If your hair is six inches long, the ends have been around for 365 days. Twelve inches long and that’s 730 days, etc. How you habitually treat your hair in those days all adds up. Using a less damaging technique...

Winter Haircare

December 10, 2022

Cold dry air outside, warm dry air inside; this seasonal pincer movement rips the moisture from the hairshaft leaving it thin, brittle and up to 3% shorter.

The Secret to Thicker Shiny Hair - it's not what you think

December 03, 2022

We’ve been taught as a society to reach for a pill when something's wrong. A quick fix, often with a sting in the tail that’s rarely mentioned. For thicker hair, people like to think...

Home Blowdry Tips

December 02, 2022

Need to smooth out frizz? Put more body into hair? Using the best techniques and the right equipment makes blow drying simple.

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