How To Cut It in the Hairdressing Industry

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EP268: Inspiring, Exciting and Supporting the Next Generation of Stylists & Salons with Carolyn Newman Dec 19, 2022

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How do you succeed at becoming the very best hair professional you can possibly be? The best starting point is to make sure you are continually growing and developing in all areas of the industry. For sure!

Thats what the most successful people in the hair industry do. I should know! I’ve had the pleasure to interview many of them, and I get to learn theres a common thread that runs through each of them. They never stop learning.

So if 2023 is the year that you will throw yourself into learning, then todays guest Carolyn Newman is someone who can help you achieve all of the this.

Carolyn is a genuine hair icon who is respected by many of the hair industries biggest names. An award-winning hairdresser, she has been hairdressing for 41 years and in 1993 was a member of the first ever FAME Team for the Fellowship of British Hairdressing. She was at the helm of Charles Worthington Salons for 25 years.

Today Carolyn’s ‘Colour and Education Consultancy’ is inspiring, exiting and motivating the next generation of stylists and salons with the skills, communication tools and ideas to use in the day to day salon life. Helping them become the very best hair professionals they can be.

In my conversation with Carolyn today, she’ll share many of those skills, communication tools and ideas. Im sure they will help get you charged up for the new year ahead. We also get to hear Carolyn’s thoughts on what hair education will look like in 2023, along with our industry’s future – the positive actions that are needed, and what does it mean for apprentices, hairdressers, employers and most importantly clients.

There’s lots to come. Enjoy!

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EP267: The 17 Year Old Hairdresser Who Entered and Won ‘Quif Centre Stage’ 2022 Dec 12, 2022

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It might surprise you that a 17 year old hairdresser was the winner of Quif Centre Stage 2022. Yes at just 17 years of age Vinny-Lee Brennan entered and won the innagural Quif Centre Stage 2022.

Quif Centre Stage is a brand new hair industry competition open to all levels of hair professionals and has been created to find the next Generation of Hair Colour Stage Artists. The competitions live finals were held back in September at the Alan Howard HQ in Stockport, UK and I had the pleasure to host this.

In this episode today, we are going to inspire a new generation of hair professionals on why they too should throw themselves into entering hair industry competitions like Quif Centre Stage. And who better to help us than Vinny-Lee Brennan himself.

Vinny is currently completing his training apprenticeship at his mums salon, Colour-Code Hair Lounge in Stoke-on-Trent, and is certainly an emerging hair talent to watch out for.

Already in his short time working in the hair industry he has worked on stage at Salon International 2022 styling for Alfa Italia, and was on the styling team at Cheshire Fashion week. Vinny really is throwing himself into the hair industry, and grabbing every opportunity it gives to him. I love that!

So we are to kickoff our conversation on what excites Vinny about the hair industry, leading in to what life looks like for 17 year old hairdresser in 2022? Im keen to also get his experiences of entering and winning Quif Centre Stage 2022 so young.

We cover all this and lots more in todays episode. I know all you young hair professionals will be pumped on what Vinny shares. It’s a great listen from a extremely focused and impressive young hair professional. Enjoy!

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EP266: Jordanna Cobella’s Top Tips to Boosting your Colour Business this Party Season! Dec 05, 2022

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The Christmas party season is now upon us. So this is that perfect time to fill up any of those remaining column gaps with some express colour service menus. But how can you do this?

Step up todays guest; Wella Professionals UK & Ireland Colour Craft Expert and the newly crowned London Hairdresser of the Year 2022, Jordanna Cobella.

I’ve invited the brilliant Jordanna back onto the show to share with us some of her top tips when it comes to boosting your colour business using express colour service menus from Wella professionals.

We will get Top Tips like: How to implement more express colour services that will boost your colour business this party season? How to use this opportunity to book in clients for the upcoming year? How to create a consultation that sells? And how to get playful with colour names for your express colour service menu?

We learn about all of this from Jordanna today. Join us for this fab festive conversation that will give you all the ideas you need to know when it comes to making sure you keep all those empty column gaps filled to maximise your business revenue this Christmas.

Trust me––you don’t want to miss this one. Enjoy!

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EP265: The Pressures and Responsibilities of Todays Salon Owners, with Colin McAndrew Nov 28, 2022

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What does life look like for todays salon owners that are leading an employed team? This is what I want to find out from todays guest, Colin McAndrew.

As the Managing Director of Medusa, Colin is responsible for the fastest growing salon group in Scotland. Six salons and a 4,000 sq ft academy, the brand has continued to strengthen over recent years as Colin’s plans have come to fruition. All this sounds great! Right?

It’s fair to say that Colin McAndrew is the definition of leadership. Honest and hardworking, Colin credits his success to the team around him. But the pressure and responsibility that comes with all these successes for not just Colin, but all salons owners, has gone untold for too long. Until now!

For todays salon owners, running a business is extremely high right now due to the world we’re living in.

A changing salon culture, cost of living etc, it’s having an impact on the mental health for many of todays salon owners. Those same people that feel they have to be superhuman, but who still have the same fears and health issues as the team they lead has.

Today I want to talk to Colin’s about his own experiences of being a salon owner leading an employed team across six salon. He’s to reveal so openly how all of this leaves him at times feeling anxious and vulnerable.

This is one heck of an inspiring chat. Hearing Colin’s own struggles at the ‘top’ can only benefit all of us that tune in to this entire episode. Colin’s transparent vulnerability does not equal weakness. It’s quite the opposite! Join us, listen in, and enjoy!

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Great Lengths Hair Extensions — **EP264: Pioneering the Way as a Responsible & Sustainable Extensions B-Corp Company, with Vicky Demetriou** Nov 21, 2022
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Always going beyond Great Lengths.
These words communicate Great Lengths commitment to work constantly to improving the environmental and social impact, while maintaining the care and dedication invested in the research of high-quality products for their customers.

In the second of our collaborative podcast series with Great Lengths UKI, I’m so excited to learn why and how Great Lengths have become the first company in the extension industry worldwide to achieve a B Corp certification (more to come on this), by having a philosophy that’s respecting the needs and values of the world.

Helping us understand all of this and more, I’m to be joined today guest, Great Lengths UKI Elite and one of the UK’s leading hair extensions expert, Vicky Demetriou.

Vicky was described by British Vogue as ‘the best in the business when it comes to natural looking, perfectly colour matched hair extensionist’, so it’s fair to say that Vicky knows her stuff when it comes to using hair extensions.

For Vicky, having hair that’s not only the highest of quality, but is responsibly sourced and produced hair are hugely important to align with her own sustainable values. You’ll hear all about this in our conversation, along with how Great Lengths are continually investing in renewing their Italian production centre that reduces energy impact and CO2 emissions.

As mentioned, Great Lengths are a B Corp. But what does it mean to be a B-Corp? In short, becoming a B Corp is a journey of responsibility towards the planet. We are diving deep into this conversation in todays brilliant podcast episode! Check it out!

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EP263: Teaching Everyday Hairdressers to Colour with Confidence… Meet Emma Fowler Nov 14, 2022

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Meet Emma Fowler: An award-winning colourist who over the last 2 years has gone from a relatively unknown to becoming one of the UK’s top independent colour educators. All achieved whilst raising two young children! So how has she done it?

Emma has grown a loyal and committed community of hairdressers who are looking to gain confidence in the new era of modern colouring techniques like Balayage. Her story to becoming such a highly regarded educator is inspiring. We’ll hear all about this in todays episode.

It’s no fluke for where Emma is in her career today. She has certainly earned her stripes as a leading hair colour educator. She has been educating for most of her hairdressing career. Starting as an in-salon trainer, then working for two of the leading brands before moving onto her own independent education.

Based in in her studio in Essex, UK for in person education, Emma is also founder of ‘The Community’ – the ultimate membership for Hairdressers and runs online colour courses, too. We get some valuable lessons today from Emma’s forthcoming ‘The Colour Confidence Programme’, a 12 module online course designed to help the everyday hairdresser feel confident in their colour work behind the chair.

For all you everyday hairdressers, you’ll want to listen from one of your very own – an everyday hairdresser just like you!

Her story and teachings are powerful on what you can successfully achieve, whether working behind the chair or becoming an independent educator.

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EP262: How we Screen for Allergy Screams Quality, with Sophia Hilton and a Very Special Guest. Nov 07, 2022

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In todays show we’ll be talking about something there’s no great controversy about – screening for allergy.

It’s not controversial as we all need to do it, and the good businesses do. It’s also not controversial to say it’s one of the least popular parts of a salon’s operation. It’s not controversial either to say not enough people understand the issue well enough to make informed choices. So I’ve invited two amazing guest onto the show to talk about it.

This is the first time we’ve have two world renowned guests from completely different industries in one show. Legendary colourist Sophia Hilton is joined by Dr David Basketter, expert in hair colour toxicology, to talk allergy screening.

Far from being complicated, Sophia’s transformed the way Not Another Salon screens for allergy into an easily recognisable badge of quality for her thriving business. While supercharging colour convenience and unlocking creative freedom. This always brings up a scientific debate, but we knew that already, so David’s with us to get the facts straight on the science supporting Sophia’s approach. Visionary as always, Sophia’s cracked it in her business.

I don’t know any colourists with more followers than Sophia or scientists with more literature citations on hair colour than David! Thats why this conversation is the most informative and engaging listen you can get on why we need to screen for allergy using the highest standards possible. Let’s dive in!

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