January 14, 2023
Is it old age that gives rise to ranting and casting opinions on authority? Or just that most of the people dictating our lives are younger than me now? But then hairdressers have always had opinions along with black-taxi drivers.
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January 14, 2023
Declining productivity has been the Western World’s conundrum these last few decades. Whether you blame social media, low interest rates, WFH or ‘The Age of Entitlement’, there’s no denying the zeitgeist, and as a business, we haven’t been immune.
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December 31, 2022
Are you fed up waiting around for builders? Or even getting them to commit to a time and day? I believe that for ourselves and society’s sake, we should mostly operate at our highest level of value. I’m responsible for a salon team of 50 staff looking after 5000 clients. I run a...
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September 17, 2022
It’s now a few weeks since schools returned. The chill of winter is breezing through intermittently. The holiday glow has faded and the hair may reveal the dry, faded consequences of zero sun-protection. Aggravated scalps may also be flakier.
This seasonal shift beckons us to assess, repair and renew, ready for the next chapter. Investing in
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September 09, 2022
I’ve spent 20 years worrying about Mum (mostly needlessly) and thinking of this day. But it still didn’t prepare me for the sudden loss of the enormous energy field she held and the waves of grief that follow. Grief… the price you pay for love, as Queen Elizabeth II said. RIP - mother figure of our nation. Another shock this week. We’re all carrying much sadness.
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August 24, 2022
Do you know anyone under 50 with one of these at home? Either I’m showing my age or perhaps at the cusp of a trend-shift in fashions 😀 but I saw this, loved it and bought it.
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August 24, 2022
They say patience is a virtue. I also think it develops with age as we realise some things just come in their own time. Or not as maybe. C’est la vie. Or ‘Them’s the breaks’ as Boris said...
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July 22, 2022
How do we teach kids to handle risk? Not by cradling them too tightly, but yet we also want them to be safe, and risk, the chance for loss or gain, is an unavoidable part of life.
All actions or inactions involve risk, but risky doesn’t mean reckless.
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July 02, 2022
As they say. "Eyes are the windows to the soul". And a window can be transformed with a fine set of drapes. Hina is our resident expert and we are offering four different versions of eyelash extension from Classic to Mega Volume.
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May 26, 2022
This month we passed our fifteenth anniversary as a Partnership. We've always wanted to attract good people to work with us and I’d long wanted to align my interests...
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November 27, 2021
The Maldives is the perfect respite from Metropolitan life, and Gili goes further to create a dreamy eco-luxury wilderness. Easier to get to than Soneva Fushi, the original ‘Robinson Crusoe’ resort, Gili is...
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November 12, 2021
I know it’s our industry cliché. But it’s not the only thing we talk about in the salon. Hairdressers acquire quite a range of knowledge through their clients. Even the late George Burns quipped, “all the people that know how to run the country are...
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