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Myths & Misunderstandings - Can I over-protein my hair?

Myths & Misunderstandings - Can I over-protein my hair?

March 23, 2024

Can I over-protein my hair? Did you think that too? It’s a myth whizzing around the internet and popping up in forums, so let me explain. Healthy hair is essentially 97% protein and 3% water. Hair cannot be overloaded with protein but it can become so dehydrated with

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Could this be the answer for your hair? The multipurpose natural styling treatment.

Could this be the answer for your hair? The multipurpose natural styling treatment.

March 08, 2024

Life is short. We all get just 24 hours a day. Killing two birds with one stone (a small flock even) gives us more bang for our buck. So what if you could style...

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5 New Year Tips

5 New Year Tips

December 29, 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...

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Haircare Dirty Secrets #1

Haircare Dirty Secrets #1

October 13, 2023

It’s easy to knock out a hair product that makes hair look and feel instantly better. Supermarket shelves are full of them. Apparently crack cocaine makes you feel instantly better too. It’s almost as good the second and third time too so I’ve heard.

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How to Get Thicker Hair - Part 3

How to Get Thicker Hair - Part 3

September 22, 2023

If you want more of something it’s normal to think about what needs adding. But in hair, the biggest gains come from stopping the losses. As Lord Weinstock stated when asked his best investment tip for getting rich, he said...

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How to Have Thicker Hair - Part 2

How to Have Thicker Hair - Part 2

September 21, 2023

Following on from last week’s, How to Get Thicker Hair Part 1. I didn’t want to exclude people who struggle with a bush and think these tips are only for people with fine hair. If you have thicker unruly hair all the tips will help you too because healthy hair is softer, vibrant and more manageable.

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How to Get Thicker Hair - Part 1

How to Get Thicker Hair - Part 1

September 08, 2023

I love hair. I’ve been feeling it professionally for over forty years and no matter what type or length, I enthusiastically want it to be its best. Healthy hair emits a vibrant energy that’s enticing to onlookers and confidence-boosting to the wearer.

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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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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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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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Bridal Boom

Bridal Boom

June 18, 2022

Two years of COVID-deprivation have brought a surge in wedding bookings. Our Bridal Team is looking after at least one every week now and a recent event was a glorious day for Tiffany Watson with several of the cast from Made in Chelsea.

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