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In the Chair - Real People Real Hair - Tara

In the Chair - Real People Real Hair - Tara

May 02, 2025

I love long hair. But sometimes you can have too much of a good thing, and if it’s not cut properly it can drown the wearer and make shampoo-days a dreaded event. Tara had gorgeous hair but the haircut had no shape. Just the usual...

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In the Chair - Real People Real Hair - Jessica

In the Chair - Real People Real Hair - Jessica

April 15, 2025

When an industry gangs up on its customers to suit itself, it never ends well. Eventually the mis-selling and other scandals come to light, then the providers close ranks, obfuscate, and gaslight the customers into thinking they are in the wrong or they themselves are the problem. 

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In the Chair - Real People Real Hair - Elif

In the Chair - Real People Real Hair - Elif

April 10, 2025

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 - Emma

In the Chair - Real People Real Hair - Emma

March 13, 2025

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 - Emily

In the Chair - Real People Real Hair - Emily

February 20, 2025

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 - Isabel

In the Chair - Real People Real Hair - Isabel

February 06, 2025

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 

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In the Chair - Real Models Real Hair - Linnea

In the Chair - Real Models Real Hair - Linnea

January 31, 2025

A model’s life is tough on hair. Our industry problem is that some hairdressers only care about today – once you’re home it’s your problem. It’s bad enough in salons with stylists and colourists only concerned with impressing you now.

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In the Chair - Real People Real Hair - Lizzie

In the Chair - Real People Real Hair - Lizzie

January 16, 2025

Lizzie was a bit overwhelmed by her hair. She called it a lion's mess, as opposed to a lion's mane, which was a shame as she had great quality hair, but it didn't benefit from the simplistic one-step long Bob she came in with.

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In the Chair - Real People Real Hair - Lauren

In the Chair - Real People Real Hair - Lauren

December 19, 2024

Bad hair can creep up on you. Time is scarce. Life gets too busy and you put yourself last. Hair starts to take longer and longer at home to get less and less of a style.

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In the Chair - Real People Real Hair - Rosie

In the Chair - Real People Real Hair - Rosie

November 29, 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 - Kazz

In the Chair - Real People Real Hair - Kazz

November 22, 2024

I don’t normally start by showing the back. But the breakage and damage was so bad that the entire top portion at the back had snapped off. Kazz had been paying a lot for hair colouring and for regular Olaplex treatments over the years. Yet her extremely damaged hair quality was something I regularly see. Unnecessarily weak thin broken hair, and dull colour.

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In the Chair - Real People Real Hair - Lola

In the Chair - Real People Real Hair - Lola

October 25, 2024

Kids grow up fast enough as it is, in my humble opinion. So, I’ve never been fond of the American pageant ideal of getting ten-year-olds to look like Dolly Parton. But what style for a thirteen-year-old? It's a difficult age for girls, the 13-17 stage, as they mature quickly and...

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