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How to Get Volume that Lasts

How to Get Volume that Lasts

March 06, 2025

You can fake it with the ‘head upside down and empty a can of hairspray’ trick, but I don’t recommend this. For volume that looks and feels natural and lasts, the following ideas help. The more techniques you use the more lasting the volume.

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Home Blowdry Tips

Home Blowdry Tips

March 06, 2025

Need to smooth out frizz? Put more body into hair? Using the best techniques and the right equipment makes blow drying simple.

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Do You Make These Mistakes When Blowdrying?

Do You Make These Mistakes When Blowdrying?

March 06, 2025

One of my clients with fabulous thick shoulder length hair, struggled with the front always breaking, splitting, and hanging poker straight at the ends. It didn't make sense to me as her wavy hair...

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Gaby's Bakery - Mediterranean Egg Muffins

Gaby's Bakery - Mediterranean Egg Muffins

March 01, 2025

A short trip away from sweet this week with a moreish egg muffin. Michael is my normally obedient taster but wasn't responsive when I gently proffered one at him. "Taste this." I said. "I'm not in the mood for savoury and I've just brushed my teeth."

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Winter Sun - Vietnam - in search of authenticity

Winter Sun - Vietnam - in search of authenticity

February 28, 2025

Globalism, has given us identikit cities worldwide. A seeping monoculture squeezing out heritage and diversity, leaving streets dominated by similar constructions and the same international brands. 

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Difficult Blondes

Difficult Blondes

February 28, 2025

Where were you standing when you decided to adjust your hair colour? Do you stand there often?

At the first salon I worked as a junior, back in the last century, the colourists at the salon had an interesting technique for showing clients their finished results; escorting them to the ladies toilet where a single electric wall light seemed to cast a favourable glow.

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How to Stay Fit Without Ruining Your Hair

How to Stay Fit Without Ruining Your Hair

February 27, 2025

When people devote themselves to keeping fit, they can inadvertently damage their hair. Here’s what to watch out for and how to make keep-fit sessions the perfect opportunity for healthier hair.

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Gaby's Bakery - Blueberry Muffins

Gaby's Bakery - Blueberry Muffins

February 22, 2025

What have the Welsh ever done for us? Well, apparently muffins originated in Wales sometime in the 11th century and are now just about everywhere having been popularised by the Americans in the 19th century. You needn't go to the high street, as you can make a beautiful light fluffy version for yourself. Try this.

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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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How to Grow Your Hair Longer this Year - ready for that summer holiday you missed last time

How to Grow Your Hair Longer this Year - ready for that summer holiday you missed last time

February 20, 2025

7 Simple Tips - Don’t obsess about the growth. Keep yourself healthy and your body takes care of that, happily pumping out half inch a month, night and day. 99% of achieving longer thicker hair, is about looking after what you have. Stopping the rot, the shrinkage and breakage of the hair-shaft once it’s birthed into day

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How to Handle Curly Hair

How to Handle Curly Hair

February 14, 2025

Wavy and curly hair can be the most enchantingly gorgeous, but for some people it can be a beast to manage. Here we go through the whys and the wherefores.

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Gaby's Bakery - Valentine's Jammy Dodgers

Gaby's Bakery - Valentine's Jammy Dodgers

February 14, 2025

The Valentine holiday has origins in the pagan festival of Lupercalia, held in mid-February, to celebrate the coming of Spring. It included fertility rites where men would strip naked and sacrifice a goat, and a lottery where boys drew names of girls from a box.

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