Blogs

How Hair Ages

January 30, 2026

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.

What Style Suits Your Face Shape?

January 30, 2026

We’d all like the killer look. The haircut that’s supremely flattering and confidence boosting. And fashion is far less dictatorial now.

Do You Care What's on Your Hair? - how to read ingredient lists

January 22, 2026

I’ve spent decades formulating products. When I read the ingredients list of many high street products, I’m attuned to the toxins and the superfluous guff that pads out the formula. Most of it adding nothing to hair health and...

5 New Year Tips

January 22, 2026

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...

Gaby's Bakery - Butterfinger Bars - Gluten Free

January 22, 2026

This simple recipe only takes fifteen minutes to make, and gives you a healthier version of a popular American sweet. I love the range of textures and tastes that play on the taste buds from the firm to then creamy chocolate, the crispy cornflake and chewy peanut butter.

In the Chair - Real People Real Hair - Amy

January 22, 2026

Cut, Condition and Colour. Why these 3 steps all count in getting curl and movement. Amy wanted to wear her hair fuller sometimes, more vamped up. She found it difficult to put bend into the hair, and if she managed, it wouldn’t last.

Gaby's Bakery - Apple and Vanilla Loaf Cake

January 17, 2026

'Use your loaf' is another of those colloquial British expressions which the younger generations aren't adopting much and will probably die out. It comes from the cockney rhyming slang of 'loaf of bread" for head thence brain. On a dim wet Saturday afternoon, with a random

How to Grow Your Hair Longer this Year - ready for that summer holiday

January 15, 2026

7 Simple Tips - Don’t obsess about the growth. Keep yourself healthy and your body takes care of that, happily pumping out half inch a month, night and day. 99% of achieving longer thicker hair, is about looking after what you have. Stopping the rot, the shrinkage and breakage of the hair-shaft once it’s birthed into day

In the Chair - Real People Real Hair - Polly

January 15, 2026

Polly’s hair looked quite fine at first sight. But as soon as I ran my hands through, could feel that it was so much thicker than it appeared. An unbalanced previous haircut hadn’t improved leaving...

In the Chair - Real People Real Hair - Mehwish

January 09, 2026

If you're not a client of ours and have long layered hair, there's a 98% chance that you have this haircut on the left. The lazy A-line and 3-Step Bob. Some get 4-Steps! Each clunky step thinned out to try to disguise the clumsiness of a hairstyle that hasn't been properly layered

Gaby's Bakery - Sticky Toffee Mini Cakes

January 09, 2026

Michael says that a full serving of sticky toffee pudding with vanilla ice-cream is just too much of a sugar-rush. Here's a bite-sized twist with a buttercream topping that still melds all the oozing tastes and textures without the pump and dump mood swing.

Your Scalp Detox Routine

January 05, 2026

The Winter Season is a great time to consider our personal care rituals. One area that’s often overlooked is scalp health. Like elsewhere it can become clogged and dull.

All