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Growing Grey Gracefully…

Growing Grey Gracefully…

I am a colourist and I celebrate grey hair! I love grey hair on women!

Some of my clients come to a stage in their life where I encourage them to stop colouring their hair, or certainly change their colour method. I have a client in mind now, who has been a beautiful blonde most of my hairdressing life and now I am just doing really pretty highlights in there, in with her grey and white to make it sparkle and look cleaner, brighter and younger!

Sometimes there is nothing more confident on a women with grey than it looking its best, looking its strongest grey and white! BUT it has to shine and sparkle!

So, because it changes texture, you have got to help this. It can’t just be left. You have got to put in almost a creamy blonde highlight, an ash or Icelandic tone, that makes it look more polished and finished. Follow with a fabulous shampoo and conditioner, a shine product to help your hair look more youthful and then problem fixed! Recommended Product: A Touch of Silver by PRO:VOKE

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New You – Annual Consultation

New You – Your Annual Consultation

The way we work is to give you a bit of a consultation overhaul once a year! This usually takes place in January. We sit and really look at YOU! How you’ve changed, if anything external has changed i.e budget, work situation, personal life dramas etc.

Sometimes work determines your end look. Certain professions such as Lawyers, Air Hostess’ etc that come to see me, can’t have a root in sight, however, some professions are more relaxed so job is an important part of our chat!

Personal changes have a big impact too. Whether you are in a new relationship or out of an old one, lost weight or gained weight etc, we all change as we trot along through life! SO must your hair!

Once we’ve agreed your particular look then we map out a 12 month hair plan especially for you! This then takes into consideration all cost / maintenance / expectation etc so you don’t have to worry about a thing. We just feel this gives total hair clarity. Obviously tweaks can be made along the way but that’s all in a days work!

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The Perfect Base for Blondes

The Perfect Base for Blondes…

One of the most common mistakes that people make when covering grey hair, is for some reason, they put hair colour on that is just too warm for most european skin. I see it all the time, clients with brassy, orangery undertones. My philosophy is different! I flatten and cool clients hair down so its as close as possible to what you could have been born with. I tend to cover the hair with a neutral base, like a mousey tone,  but then the magic follows. We then decorate throughout the base with pretty blonde high/lowlights and or balayage. Once you get this mix right, you will never change it!

I tend to do the base every 6 – 8 weeks, then probably Balayage twice a year which keeps the base fresh and interesting – it’s a great combination. It can give an instant ten years younger feel. To look after this combo, use moisture products for coloured hair.

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Tips for a Young Hairdresser

Tips for A Young Hairdresser

Get yourself somewhere fabulous with a great mentor!

Off the high-street or smaller salons are a GRT start to teach you ‘bread and butter’ work, a good solid blow dry can be the perfect base for anything, so somebody that can do traditional hairdressing is worth their weight in gold in any salon. It is this vital prep knowledge that you’ll see backstage at most shows or for any good photo-shoot. I always make sure I have a key member of my team with this experience and skillset and that is certainly what I have done in my careers past.

BUT, if you want to progress further and wider into the industry then really you need to be alongside somebody who does the type of work that you want to end up doing.

For me, when I met my old boss, he was doing all of that in the industry so i was just his ‘bag carrier’ and I went along to everything and absorbed everything. I loved it! The biggest piece of advice for a young hairdresser is to make sure you work with and alongside the best! Choose somebody you admire, someone you respect, someone you look up to and someone that has already achieved. Offer your services for free if need be – unfortunately sometimes this can be your way in, but you can’t put a price on that type of knowledge that you will learn and therefore build your blocks for your career.

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Blonde Tips: How to Fix Brassy Blonde Hair

Hot to fix that Brassy Blonde Hair!

So firstly, you would need to make sure you have a fantastic range of ‘anti-brassy’ shampoos such as ‘A touch of Silver’ by PRO:VOKE.

You need to make sure that you have top ups of blonde regularly, but you will need to have a full head every now and again so that you can clean out the residue.

You will need to make sure that you have a go-to product on your bathroom shelf such as ‘Igora Colour Gloss Mousse’ in ‘moonshine’ that is a direct tone that will knock out the yellow and last longer than a shampoo and conditioner.

Tone shots are great because they will add moisture, shine, but also they have them in a blue #VioletFamily.

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Should You Colour Your Hair At Home?

Should You Colour Your Hair At Home?

I get asked this question almost every day and in fact yes i do think people can colour their hair at home but it has to be within reason. Being a colour correction specialist, what i see people doing wrong most of the time is they simply choose the wrong box, the colour choice is what we have trained for years for and it can be tricky, the consultation is hugely important! Some of the best colourists i know struggle with colour correction. It is such a difficult process. It is very intricate and very delicate.

Therefore, I would say, if you are colouring your hair at home, just choose something simple. Glosses and root touch up’s are absolutely fine. The moment you start thinking about going lighter, going darker, no matter how subtle – should only be done by a Pro –  Colour Removal should only ever be done by a specialist or it can end up costing you a fortune to get it corrected!

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