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In the Chair - Real People Real Hair - Rosie

In the Chair - Real People Real Hair - Rosie

April 04, 2024

Sometimes a more dramatic change is called for and Rosie was clearly in the mood for something different.

Some days she thought about a very short crop but I thought that was a look we could ease towards gradually. We could start today with a short transformation into a sassy, chic, shorter layered 

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In the Chair - Real People Real Hair - Fringes

In the Chair - Real People Real Hair - Fringes

April 01, 2024

Some clients have never had a fringe and yet others wouldn't be without one. But most people like to experiment and fringes can make a dramatic difference to your look, whether long 'curtains-bangs' or all the way up to 'suicide-fringe'.

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In the Chair - Real People Real Hair - Ashley

In the Chair - Real People Real Hair - Ashley

March 22, 2024

Ashley’s haircut lacked versatility so needed adjusting. The A-Line one-length outline could just about work if it was always kept perfectly smooth. But’s that’s unrealistic and...

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In the Chair - Real People Real Hair - Elif

In the Chair - Real People Real Hair - Elif

March 15, 2024

Frizzy hair can be a struggle. Unfortunately, it’s made much worse by poor haircutting, and by many of the hair products that tame frizz for today, but create more frizz tomorrow.

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In the Chair - Real People Real Hair - Isabella

In the Chair - Real People Real Hair - Isabella

March 14, 2024

What do you have to do to get noticed? Rubi had a clear idea what she wanted. A crisper looking Bob. But when Rubi posted a reel on Instagram and a lot of the comments said they saw no difference.

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In the Chair - Real People Real Hair - Emma

In the Chair - Real People Real Hair - Emma

March 01, 2024

Heavy hair visually saps energy and adds weight. In bringing hair to life, cut, colour and condition all play their part.

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In the Chair - Real People Real Hair Disaster - Sonam

In the Chair - Real People Real Hair Disaster - Sonam

February 23, 2024

This is the most common mistake I see in hairdressing. It’s a simplistic one-length Bob with another Bob hacked out 4 or 5 inches up. Absurd? Yes! But...

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In the Chair - Real People Real Hair - Saffy

In the Chair - Real People Real Hair - Saffy

February 16, 2024

People with curly hair suffer more with frizz. It’s the nature of the texture, but what many people don’t realise is how frizziness can be exaggerated by the haircut and the drying process. Shelf-like step layers make frizz much worse as...

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In the Chair - Real People Real Hair - Alice

In the Chair - Real People Real Hair - Alice

February 08, 2024

I’d like to say Alice’s haircut was unusual when she arrived, but sadly it sported all the errors I see on 95% of new clients these days. Essentially a badly...

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In the Chair - Real People Real Hair - Poonam

In the Chair - Real People Real Hair - Poonam

February 01, 2024

Is your hair drowning you? Einstein told us that energy cannot be created or destroyed. It can only be changed from one form to another. Friction energy into heat energy, heat into light, light into electricity, us into daisies eventually etc. it’s endlessly morphing into something else but the amount of matter/energy in the Universe is finite.

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In the Chair - Real People Real Hair - Emily

In the Chair - Real People Real Hair - Emily

January 26, 2024

Emily had relied on extensions for thicker and longer hair. She’d taken them out just before visiting me, and as is often the case, they'd put a strain on her own hair which was quite broken and depleted. Emily’s hair was thick and healthy enough at the roots to grow long if it was cared for properly, but now the ends

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In the Chair - Real People Real Hair - Poppy Towers

In the Chair - Real People Real Hair - Poppy Towers

January 25, 2024

I first met Poppy in the salon this month for a makeover. Yet when Poppy turned up, I liked her hair as it was. But then Poppy explained, and I understood. She’d washed her hair and applied our...

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