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Do You Know Your Hair Type?

Do You Know Your Hair Type?

April 14, 2025

It’s almost certainly a combination. You won’t have one hair type, in the same way that you’re unlikely to have one skin type on your face. Treating your eye area like your T-zone will cause...

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Gaby's Bakery - Almond & Lemon Pesach Cookies

Gaby's Bakery - Almond & Lemon Pesach Cookies

April 11, 2025

This delicious gluten-free Passover treat is a variant to many of the sweet recipes from the Mediterranean and Middle East. Best of all it's quick and easy to make.

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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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Gaby's Bakery - Lemon Mascarpone Easter Meringues

Gaby's Bakery - Lemon Mascarpone Easter Meringues

April 05, 2025

If you're looking for decorative dish for Easter then this is an easy recipe and fun to do with the kids. The boys used the excess for decorations so we had a farmyard of furry chicks all round the kitchen. 

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Your Scalp Detox Routine

Your Scalp Detox Routine

April 04, 2025

The Winter Season is a great time to consider our personal care rituals. One area that’s often overlooked is scalp health. Like elsewhere it can become clogged and dull.

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Gaby's Bakery - Mini Egg Easter Brownies

Gaby's Bakery - Mini Egg Easter Brownies

March 29, 2025

The salon is decked out in Easter decorations now, so I thought it would be seasonal to have some fun with a most loved brownie recipe. Kids will want to help but you'll need to keep an eye on the sweets...

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Size Isn't Everything

Size Isn't Everything

March 28, 2025

How can I get more volume in my hair?” is a question so often asked and I’d like to clarify an important distinction between size and body.

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Holding Spray

Holding Spray

March 25, 2025

It’s at high-pressure events that our salon professional products really come into their own. Take the humble Holding Spray in the Van Clarke range. “Tut tut. A hairspray’s a hairspray”, you may say.

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Heavenly Body

Heavenly Body

March 22, 2025

This light texturising mist effortlessly vamps up your hair in seconds, giving enviable body, volume, and airy texture to finish and lightly hold your style. Extracts deliver powerful antioxidants to maintain moisture and protect colour, without leaving the hair feeling heavy or clogged.

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Why Hair Goes Frizzy - and what you can do about it

Why Hair Goes Frizzy - and what you can do about it

March 13, 2025

One of the most popular hair searches on Google is, how to deal with frizz. This blog covers why hair goes frizzy and what you can do about it without creating more frizz for next week. 

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The ‘Drug Pushers’ of Haircare – Creating a cycle of need and addiction

The ‘Drug Pushers’ of Haircare – Creating a cycle of need and addiction

March 06, 2025

“What’s he going to tell us now?” I hear you say. “Taliban warlords make shampoo in their poppy fields! Colombian cartels launch new crack-cocaine conditioner!”

Not quite, but...

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Gaby's Bakery - Upside-down Blood Orange Cake

Gaby's Bakery - Upside-down Blood Orange Cake

March 06, 2025

These are the last months of plentiful blood oranges which go to make this recipe such a mouth-watering treat.

The fruit has crimson or blood coloured flesh which comes from the anthocyanins, a family of polyphenols. The red colour comes when the fruit develops with low overnight temperatures as in the Mediterranean winters, so peak season is February to April.

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