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Is it Real, or is it Make Believe?

Is it Real, or is it Make Believe?

July 22, 2023

To what degree can we design our lives? The great industrialist Henry Ford said, “Whether you think you can, or you think you can't - you're right.” But the central idea of this had already been expressed by Greek philosophers and in 

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We Love a Wedding

We Love a Wedding

June 30, 2023

We're totally dedicated to our clients, and if there’s a wedding, we’ll be there making sure the hair and make-up are catwalk or church-aisle ready.

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HELP! I Have Split Ends

HELP! I Have Split Ends

June 08, 2023

Those fuzzy white dots really spoil the look. But if it’s any consolation they’re even worse under the microscope.

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You Can Burn Your Bra - but here's an easier way to feel liberated

You Can Burn Your Bra - but here's an easier way to feel liberated

April 26, 2023

You can burn your bra. But here's an easier way to feel liberated. In the 1960s women were also freed from their weekly roller-sets under a hood dryer, by Sassoon’s short flat bobs. Those short bobs have now become long bobs and the hood dryer exchanged for...

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Can you bear a grey hair? - grey-blending may be for you

Can you bear a grey hair? - grey-blending may be for you

April 20, 2023

Lockdowns brought many shifts in behaviour and thinking. Two years in, it’s a very different world and one thing that has changed is people’s tolerance to grey hair. Before lockdowns most clients...

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Everything You Wanted to Know about Colour - but were too afraid to ask

Everything You Wanted to Know about Colour - but were too afraid to ask

April 19, 2023

I love using hair colour. And who wouldn’t benefit from hair colour in some form? Maybe Vin Diesel, and age-appropriate of course - I'm not recommending for babies or children. But whether a subtle whisper or full on drama...

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How to Handle Curly Hair

How to Handle Curly Hair

March 02, 2023

Wavy and curly hair can be the most enchantingly gorgeous, but for some people it can be a beast to manage. Here we go through the whys and the wherefores.

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Want to Know More About Sulphates?

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.

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Frizz Free Hair

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.

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Do You Make These Mistakes When Blowdrying?

Do You Make These Mistakes When Blowdrying?

January 18, 2023

One of my clients with fabulous thick shoulder length hair, struggled with the front always breaking, splitting, and hanging poker straight at the ends. It didn't make sense to me as her wavy hair...

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Cool Down Your Colour

Cool Down Your Colour

October 28, 2022

One of the after effects of the long hot summer can be unwanted warmth in the colour of your hair. Now I’m not talking down gingers, as I proudly lean that way with my natural warm Nordic-blonde tones!

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SPF for Hair

SPF for Hair

July 05, 2022

We know that too much sun wrecks our skin. For two generations we’ve been drilled about SPF sun cream, and we use it.

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