August 30, 2024
We’ve seen generations of clients go through menopause. For 40 years I’ve touched and felt the changes, witnessing the difference in hair with my own eyes.
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August 23, 2024
Beat the Summer heat with these fun up-dos. You can try out our YouTube tutorials or easier still, come into the salon to enjoy a new look.
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August 17, 2024
A Palmier comes from the French, Feuille de Palmier or 'palm tree leaf' but this delicious pastry has names all over the world related to its shape. Pig's ear, palm heart, elephants ear, butterfly, Prussiane, glasses, and more. Some countries top them with chocolate, coconut or honey.
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August 16, 2024
Where do myths come from? They’ve been around since before people could write as a way of explaining natural phenomena, or cultural issues. Many of the myths around hair come from...
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August 09, 2024
The cause of endless arguments over hundreds of years. Cream or jam first? In Cornwall the jam goes on first. Apparently this is how the Queen prefers it. The Devonshire method is for the cream first as shown in the image above, but I guess you could always turn it over to
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August 03, 2024
A handy recipe to dip into when you want to express your love. It could be a birthday or Valentine's, or just to brighten up someone's day.
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August 01, 2024
At the Michael Van Clarke Salon we are passionate about beautiful strong shiny hair. Our entire 3’’’More Inches product range is created to deliver Healthcare for Hair.
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July 27, 2024
Michael planted more herbs on our roof garden and the basil went wild. Harvesting for the salon Deli and giving to friends still left a verdant surplus. Hence my recipe this week which made a small dent in supplies.
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July 09, 2024
This week we were honoured with the title of UK Salon of the Year at the British Hairdressing Business Awards - our industry’s not quite so A-List version of the Oscars, but fun, glamorous and full of drama.
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July 05, 2024
Bye bye belly fat.
For most of my life, my problem was keeping weight on. So I’ve never had much interest in diets other than eating healthily, and if I didn’t at times, my metabolism just dealt with it. But then surreptitiously, middle age crept in and whilst still being generally athletic, a layer of belly fat made it
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June 30, 2024
This Mexican milk cake is popular through Latin America and from the Mexican influence into North America too. The light fluffy sponge cake is soaked in three kinds of milk: evaporated milk, condensed milk, and whole milk, hence the name tres leches, and topped with whipped cream and strawberries.
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