Blogs

Thicker Quicker

December 21, 2021

In the olden days, sugar water was a simple and popular fixative used to thicken or hold hair in place. I was given an assignment as a junior in the 1970s to set some complicated wig chignons for a show and to use sugar water.

The History of No. 1 Beaumont Street

December 21, 2021

Though hundreds of our loyal clients remember our first frenetic weeks nearly 32 years ago, many of our team, clients, and even my children have asked - ‘What was it like in the olden days?’

Our History at No. 1 Beaumont Street - Part 3

December 20, 2021

Standing at reception with the floor vibrating beneath my feet I started to see the dust rising through the floor boards...

Volumising Mousse

December 20, 2021

Mousse...maligned and misunderstood. We blame its upbringing. Right officer. What’s the charge sheet? Aiding and abetting the styling of mullets. Conspiring with

The ‘Drug Pushers’ of Haircare – Creating a cycle of need and addiction

December 19, 2021

“What’s he going to tell us now?” I hear you say. “Taliban warlords make shampoo in their poppy fields! Colombian cartels launch new crack-cocaine conditioner!”

Not quite, but...

How Hair Ages

December 18, 2021

It follows that I think about how hair ages. Why healthy roots become thin, dry, dull and split at the ends, before their time. Principles are the same in that we have what we are given, but even more so with hair.

Hair Loss - Semantics and Misunderstandings

December 17, 2021

1. Miss X sees 'hair loss' as a whole hair having fallen out and gone.

2. Mrs Y interprets 'hair loss' as the hair still being there, but each hair half as thick, maybe split and broken too.

Both are right. But most people fear No.1 whilst suffering the most loss of volume from No.2.

Fed up Being Greenwashed?

December 17, 2021

Greenwash is taking over from Corporate Social Responsibility as companies compete in the Olympics of ‘Virtue Signalling’. CSR took a beating when we found out that companies like VW, which had one of the world’s...

Cold Turkey for Hair

December 16, 2021

Most people choosing hair-salvation in LifeSaver get instant results. And used with its supporting cashmere protein shampoo and conditioner, the hair quality gets better and better over time,