July 24, 2021
I have 43 years of practice in my craft. An American PR once said to me, “just say 25 years, more than that and you’ll sound over the hill.” Experienced is good it seems, ‘passed it’ not so attractive. I want to look my best, but without
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July 02, 2021
Following on from the twin’s school sports day last week, we were nominated for six accolades in The British Hairdressing Business Awards 2021. We will know in October if we win any of them. These are our industry’s version of the Oscars, and...
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June 24, 2021
We’re changing the way we package our products. Having dispensed with many outer cartons, we're moving more products out of plastic into glass or aluminium. Both easily recyclable. Next month...
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June 17, 2021
Not another green-wash, this could be the real deal. A new material dubbed vegan spider silk, has been created by scientists at the University of Cambridge. It may finally be the replacement we’ve been waiting for to deal with single use plastic.
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June 11, 2021
Earlier this year a Facebook fan group for Dyson Airwrap discovered our products. Seeing how much they improved their hair, word spread like wildfire. These 3’’’More Inches fans created a private online community called...
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May 12, 2021
The boys are six. I thought it about time they knew the business end of a chisel and their mitres from their dovetails. I was also being slowly suffocated by colour-pollution and an outlet of Hamley’s in our lounge.
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April 09, 2021
If you know any young candidates that would like to join us in this exciting, creative and glamorous industry please pass our details on to: summer@vanclarke.com
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March 26, 2021
Greenwash is taking over from Corporate Social Responsibility as companies compete in the Olympics of ‘Virtue Signalling’. CSR took a beating when we found out that companies like VW, which had one of the world’s...
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March 19, 2021
I’ve always felt there was something very Zen about hairdressing. It’s one of the few jobs/practices that so absorbs the head, heart and hands.
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January 20, 2021
Lockdown continues to force adjustments to our lifestyles. I used to work at the upper echelons of our profession. Near 43 years of glamorous Vogue shoots, Paris fashion shows...
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September 25, 2020
Standing at reception with the floor vibrating beneath my feet I started to see the dust rising through the floor boards...
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September 18, 2020
They couldn’t sell their newly refurbished flats on, so decided to let them. Unfortunately some of the female tenants they let them to, had an awful lot of male visitors so we asked the Council to step in.
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