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In the Chair - Real People Real Hair - Emily

In the Chair - Real People Real Hair - Emily

February 14, 2025

How many Bobs have you got?

These quick clunky haircuts are becoming prolific as hairdressers become less and less able to layer hair properly. Emily had the very common 3-step Bob. The baseline, a step four inches off the bottom, and a sort of torn irregular piece suggestive of a long 

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Gaby's Bakery - Lemon Curd Cakes

Gaby's Bakery - Lemon Curd Cakes

February 07, 2025

Fluffy and fresh. These light vanilla flavoured sponges melt in the mouth while the zesty curd gives a tangy hit, soothed by the marscapone. Ten minutes prep, and twenty minutes to bake, then a quick compilation once they cool down. Try them.

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Winter Haircare

Winter Haircare

February 06, 2025

Winter gives hair a hard time. Dry cold air outside, dry warm air inside; this seasonal pincer movement rips the moisture from the hairshaft leaving it thin, brittle and up to 3% shorter.

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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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Gaby's Bakery - Hamantaschen

Gaby's Bakery - Hamantaschen

February 01, 2025

Beginners in origami will like this one. Hamantaschen or hamantash, are triangular pocket-filled pastries associated with the Jewish holiday of Purim. The pastry texture can range between biscuit and cake but I prefer a more biscuity quality.

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How do You Handle Chaos?

How do You Handle Chaos?

January 31, 2025

It was a good question, and one that many clients have asked in different ways over the years while watching the drama of their hair transformation.

Through the mirror, it may appear to lack method in the waving arms and the madness of swirling hair. But it is highly complex and technical. The difficulty in carving shapes in hair as opposed to

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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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What Style Suits Your Face Shape?

What Style Suits Your Face Shape?

January 31, 2025

We’d all like the killer look. The haircut that’s supremely flattering and confidence boosting. And fashion is far less dictatorial now.

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In the Chair - Real People Real Hair - Polly

In the Chair - Real People Real Hair - Polly

January 24, 2025

Polly’s hair looked quite fine at first sight. But as soon as I ran my hands through, could feel that it was so much thicker than it appeared. An unbalanced previous haircut hadn’t improved leaving...

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Gaby's Bakery - Lamingtons

Gaby's Bakery - Lamingtons

January 24, 2025

All the way from down-under, Lamingtons are an iconic butter or vanilla-sponge cake traditionally made on Australia Day. The cake squares are coated in an outer layer of chocolate sauce and rolled in desiccated coconut. The thin mixture absorbs into the surface of the sponge cake giving the cake its distinctive texture 

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LifeSaver Vs Olaplex - Have you misunderstood too?

LifeSaver Vs Olaplex - Have you misunderstood too?

January 24, 2025

Human nature likes to take sides, and then dig heels in. Leave or Remain. Labour or Tory. Trump or anyone but. Taking a stand can be seen as virtuous or obstinate. It depends on...

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Ten Second Transformation

Ten Second Transformation

January 23, 2025

I won’t lie. It may take you 30 seconds while you get the hang of it. And I know you’re busy. If you can’t give it the time then please don’t buy it.

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