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STRONGER
TOGETHER
STRONGER TOGETHER
During times of change, during times of
hardship, during times of joy and of sorrow
– we can overcome and conquer common challenges
when we stand together. As an industry, it has never
een more important to dene and shape our agenda
for the way forward. It will only be by working together
and supporting each other that this will be achieved
and L’Oréal Professionnel is dedicated to doing just that.
Alongside the L’Oréal Professional Products
Division portfolio of brands we have devised a variety
of support packages and initiatives to the wider
hairdressing industry and partnering with trade bodies
such as the British Beauty Council and NHBF.
We continue to work hand-in-hand with the beauty
and creative communities and our salon partners.
From practical support in the form of Back-to-
Business and Hygiene guides,* to freezing payments
due from end of March for all independent salons
while they remain closed, we are there to help as
salons open their doors again.
Standing alongside salons, a full programme of complimentary digital
education has also been produced and is available on the virtual education
platform Access. With more than 30,000 UK and Ireland Access users,
L’Oréal Professional Products Division has enaled and offered a wealth of
fundamental education, helping hairdressers at every level to continue their
training, to be prepared and inspired for re-opening.
s we enter a new world together, we not only need to reect on previous
achievements but also draw on our resilience and adaptability to embolden
ourselves for the future. It will be this preparation of the highest safety
and hygiene standards, together with our business agility, that will help
us successfully navigate this new normality and continue to delight our
devoted clients.
The following pages will hopefully provide some inspiration, positivity and
helpful information from the community as we all start a new chapter. What
we do today will dene our tomorrow L’Oréal Professionnel is with you,
and the entire industry, every step of the way.”
Mica Teodo, general manager, L ’Oréal Preß inel UK & Ireland
Daniel Galvin OBE
Sinéad Kelly
Jamie Stevens
Jason and India MIller
Sally Brooks
Lorenzo Colangelo
Trevor Sorbie MBE
Charles Worthington MBE
CREATIVE HEAD ADVERTORIAL
UNITED BY
#PROPOSITIVITY
As lockdown became real, L’Oréal Professionnel wanted to show how
it stood by salons, stylists and their beloved clientele. It delivered
#PROPOSITIVITY, an online initiative to keep hairdressers connected with
their community and clients. Spearheaded by industry icon Trevor Sorbie
MBE, #PROPOSITIVITY became a place for advice, ideas and stories on
how others navigate the issues presented by Covid-19.
“The L’Oréal Professionnel #PROPOSITIVITY campaign allowed us
all to share and connect with our industry,” Trevor explains. “I’ve shared
multiple ideas and strategies that have helped me to achieve my goals.”
The campaign also saw, to name but a few examples, Lorenzo Colangelo,
owner of The Gallery in Southborough, discuss the books that have
guided his philosophy and positivity throughout his career.
Jamie Stevens, director of Jamie Stevens Hair Salons, took the time to
ruminate over how a career in hair provides a lifetime of useful skills and
unleashes creative potential.
Sally Brooks encapsulated her glass half-full approach to work and life
that has seen Brooks & Brooks become one of the most successful salons
in London.
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the importance of refreshing skills and learning new ones.
BACK TO BUSINESS
YOUR SALON LOOKS AND FEELS QUITE DIFFERENT NOW YOU ARE BACK.
L’ORÉAL PROFESSIONAL PRODUCTS DIVISION IS HERE TO HELP YOUR TRANSITION TO THE NEW NORMAL
Re-evaluate your service offerings to identify changes you need to make. Quick, effective colour services
using Majirel and Dia or colour removal with Effasor from L’Oréal Professionnel are your key players for
shorter appointments. Here are some salons that feel the need for speed…
DARREN FOWLER,
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JENNIFER LINTON,
LINTON & MAC
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THE FUTURE IS HERE
ONE OF THE FIRST COVID-ADAPTED SALONS, GATSBY & MILLER
ILLUSTRATES HOW THE SALON CAN STUN AFTER LOCKDOWN
John Roads, founder of super-salon Gatsby & Miller in
Amersham, knew his salon needed to change post-lockdown,
and the salon journey had to be updated. He set about
clients and how to minimise exposure while still retaining the
levels of service the salon is known for.
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customers feel safe and supported. “We’ve really enjoyed
working with the brand,” he told us. “The guidelines have been
incredibly useful.” Sourcing protective equipment has been
helped immensely through the salon’s partnership with L’Oréal
Professionnel. “The brand has been a great source of comfort at
a time when the supply chain is troubled,” John explains.
ACCESS ALL AREAS
AS STYLISTS FOUND THEMSELVES LOCKED DOWN, ACCESS FROM L’ORÉAL PROFESSIONAL PRODUCTS DIVISION
PROVIDED A VIRTUAL WORLD OF PROGRAMMES AND CONTENT AVAILABLE TO ALL
There’s so much to consider as salons re-open, it can be hard to know where to
start. Sometimes it’s best to go back to basics and re-learn from the ground up. The
fundamentals of hairdressing education are key at this time as we consider how to do
business in the new normal. Knowing your essential skills inside-out means that you can
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The Covid-19 crisis has changed things in so many ways, and we are about to
see how this will impact our business. We care for our clients; it is crucial that they
feel valued, listened to individually and have received a service that is value for money too.
Our team is like a family - they matter, their opinions, their voices and their needs. It’s
always been our ethos that they know and understand this, and so do our clients. So
even more so now: what are their fears, what will reassure them and how do we get
them back into doing what they love the most? Ultimately, returning to the salon is about
connecting with each other, and the social aspect of visiting the salon again.”
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Education is ALWAYS key, no matter what else is going on. But in these
strange times education is more important than ever. It’s been able to give you
something to activate your mind, an opportunity to brush up on skills that you have let
slip, and an opportunity to look at planning your future education needs and desires.
Whether that’s looking into a whole new skill set or setting your plans to achieve an
upgrade to existing skills, L’Oréal Access has everything that you need, set out perfectly
for you to achieve all of your education goals, whatever level you are.”
Adam Reed, ner, Adam Reed Ld
BY YOUR SIDE
HERE ARE JUST SOME OF THE SUPPORT MEASURES IN PLACE
FROM L’ORÉAL PROFESSIONAL PRODUCTS DIVISION:
•A Back to Business Salon Support Guide*
to help salons prepare for a safe reopening.
•Hygiene & Safety Guidelines* created in
collaboration with trade bodies the NHBF
and British Beauty Council.
•The procurement of more than one
million masks and production of more
than 100,000 hand sanitiser gels for
UK and Irish salons.
•Since 26 March 2020, L’Oréal Professional
Products Division has frozen payments due
from all independent salons.
* Please note that through any information supplied within any guides, this article, any courses offered or any other means, L’Oréal (UK) Limited is not providing legal or financial or other advice.
This information is not a substitute for obtaining independent legal or financial or other advice from any relevant third party such as an appointed accountant, solicitor or bank. L’Oréal wanted
to amass some information & resources in one easy place. You should, of course, not rely on any information, and ensure you have undertaken your own independent research alongside it.
** Please note that any certificates provided by L’Oréal (UK) Limited are not official accreditation for any regulated course and are not formalised by any external third party.
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Editor’s letter
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BRITISH HAIRDRESSING AND BARBERING have never been
so valued and adored in the public eye as they are right now. Three
months (at least!) away from their salons, barbers and stylists means that
the public has a fresh understanding of the important role you play in the
fabric of life. You are a community advocate, a counsellor to so many, a purveyor
of self-esteem and confidence. For so long, the vast majority of the public and the
media just didn’t take this industry seriously. Well, now that they’re eager to get
back to the salon and government has seen first-hand the nation’s obsession with
hair, they’ll stop looking at it as an industry of school dropouts. Our Lockdown Liftoff
special (from page 46) celebrates salons opening once again and is packed
with the practical, from PPE to express services to help your business
recover. Yet while we mark this return we also need to face some difficult
realities. Apprentice numbers are down, Brexit threatens future
recruitment from EU countries because the Home Office deems
hairdressing as “lower skilled”, yet we have virtual queues for
services. Now is the time to harness the love and appreciation of
your craft and your place in society and ensure it helps make
a real difference.
Amanda Nottage
Editor
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JOIN US!
Here’s to you, dear entrants,
because this is how YOU do
MWIT! Yes, thanks to you and
your exceptional effort and
awesome talent, entries to
Creative HEAD’s 2020 Most
Wanted and The It List
Awards arrived en masse.
And the wait is almost
over WIT fi nalists
will be announced online
on Wednesday 8 July.
Good luck, everybody!
Meanwhile, we’ve
revealed the shortlist for
the coveted Most Wanted
Hair Icon award, see
page 16. Congratulations
to all of our nominees.
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THE NEWS AND KNOW-HOW FROM YOUR INDUSTRY
Colour the Cut Gold
Colour the Cut Silver
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PETITION TO
MAKE AFRO
SKILLS PART
OF SYLLABUS
A CHANGE.ORG PETITION has been started
by a junior stylist at Blue Tit London to make
Afro hair education mandatory at all levels
of the NVQ syllabus as well as its soon-to-be
introduced replacement qualification, the
Trailblazer Apprenticeship standard.
Jemima Bradley’s Texture Matters petition
is gathering pace as the industry looks
more closely at issues surrounding diversity
following the recent Black Lives Matter
protests in the UK and the US. She wants to
help ensure all trainees are equipped with
a working knowledge of Afro hair, so that
they are able to give the best service to any
individual who sits in their chair. Jemima said:
“We need to get Afro hair out of the fringes of
education and make it compulsory.”
The petition’s goal is 25,000 signatures and
at time of press it stood at more than 17,000.
It has already received backing from names
such as Lisa Farrall and Little Mix stylist
Aaron Carlo, who said: “Hairstylists are
suffering with this lack of training. They’re
closing themselves off to a whole market of
clients. I would have lost out on so much work
if I wasn’t able to style textured hair.”
WATCH Jemima, Lisa and model
Sofi a Elhaj discuss this further
@creativeheadmag on Instagram TV
Creative Colour Gold
Creative Colour Silver
Wella announces
XPOSURE winners
WELLA PROFESSIONALS HAS
revealed the winners of its 2020
XPOSURE competition.
Hairdressing students across the
UK and Ireland with fewer than
five years’ experience submitted
photographic entries showcasing
their skills in either Creative Colour
or Colour the Cut categories.
The live regional heats were
adapted into digital entries due to
the Covid-19 crisis, including a short
video explaining their entries, a
written document detailing the look
and drawings to fully illustrate the
techniques used.
“We have had a record number of
entries this year which, under the
current circumstances, is incredible.
The standard throughout has been
incredibly impressive. British
hairdressing is clearly in safe hands if
this entry level standard is anything
to go by,” said Allison Hargreaves,
national education operations and
events manager UK & Ireland.
Colour the Cut
GOLD Lily Cumper,
Reflections Training Academy
SILVER Roisin Moore,
House of Colour
BRONZE Chenise Johnson,
Fife College
Creative Colour
GOLD Siobhan Hearns,
Rhona McCallum Hair
SILVER Skye Lewis,
KH Hair
BRONZE Hannah Millar,
Frances Hunter
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MY month
AHEAD
What July has
in store for...
SALLY
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NICOLA
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NAOMI BROOKS
THE HAIR SANCTUARY
This will be the busiest July
we have ever seen. We’ll be
using new express menus
for our chemical services,
with only one client per stylist
in the salon at any time and
some stations closed to
keep stylists
apart, as well
as increased
hygiene and
PPE to protect
both staff
and clients.
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MOST WANTED
HAIR ICON
FINALISTS
REVEALED
FOLLOWING NOMINATIONS FROM 95 influencers from the worlds of hair, beauty, fashion and
the media, the shortlist of 10 names for Most Wanted’s Hair Icon award have been revealed for
2020. The category is to determine the most inspirational hairdresser, and is by nomination only.
In the line-up are session stars Syd Hayes, Guido Palau, Adam Reed, Eugene Souleiman
and Anthony Turner, who will be jostling for the trophy against colour legends Nicola Clarke,
Zoë Irwin and Josh Wood, and industry doyenne Sally Brooks. Backstage favourite Gary Gill
also scored his first ever shortlist place. In 2019, Sam McKnight scored his third Hair Icon win,
ensuring he now receives a second Most Wanted Legend trophy, having already scooped one for
winning three Most Wanted Session Stylist awards.
Judging will take place on 6 July, when a second panel of experts will determine who takes
home this most coveted trophy on 29 November – and in Most Wanted’s most fabulous 20th
anniversary year, no less!
For details on when the full list of Most Wanted and The It List 2020 finalists is revealed,
turn to page 36
COLIN MCANDREW
THE MEDUSA GROUP
I’m overseeing a refi t and
rebranding of our three new
salons while we wait to open
here in Edinburgh. We’re also
staging the Medusa 2020
Awards online, due to social
distancing, and running a
No Judgement campaign
to ensure
clients return
regardless of
what they’ve
done to their
hair during
lockdown.
SALON OWNERS:
HAVE YOUR SAY!
HAIRDRESSING HAS NEVER
BEEN MORE IMPORTANT
TO THE PUBLIC THAN IT
IS TODAY, BUT THERE IS A
CRISIS IN RECRUITMENT
TO OUR INDUSTRY THAT
WILL BE AFFECTED BY NEW
APPRENTICESHIPS AND NEW
IMMIGRATION RULES. TAKE
PART IN OUR SKILLS AND
IMMIGRATION SURVEY AT
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CHANGE! SEE PAGE 58
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WHY DID YOU WANT TO BE
A HAIRDRESSER?
I’ve always been really
creative with my own hair
and style. I knew I just
had to be a hairdresser!
From a young age I
watched my uncle doing
hair and I couldn’t wait
to have my own pair of
scissors. I love making
people feel beautiful and I
love chatting, so I knew I
wouldn’t last a minute in
an office. The salon is the
perfect home for me.
JUSTINE WEIR
AGE: 23
SALON: TWEEDIE & MARSHALL HAIRDRESSING
WHAT HAVE BEEN YOUR HIGHLIGHTS
SO FAR?
There have been so many!
I was so grateful to make it
to London to be part of the
Schwarzkopf Professional
Young Artist Team. It meant
I’ve worked with so many
amazing people and trained
with the best in the business
such as Lesley Jennison, and
Tyler Johnston on the Inspire
shoot. He’s the coolest guy
ever; I still get a buzz when
I see him liking my photos
on Instagram.
WHERE DO YOU SEE YOURSELF
IN 10 YEARS’ TIME?
It would be amazing to win
a big award, that’s what I’m
aiming for. I want to show
the younger generation that
coming from a small town –
I’m from Falkirk – doesn’t
hold you back.
WHAT WOULD BE YOUR DREAM
HAIRDRESSING GIG?
I would love to be part of the
London and Paris Fashion
Week teams and to be one of
the top hairstylists at events
all around the world.
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HAS COVID ALTERED
YOUR BRAND VALUES?
MARY PORTAS, QUEEN of consumer
habits and high street hero, has predicted
that release from lockdown will trigger
changes in spending behaviour. Dubbed
‘The Kindness Economy’, it’s the idea of
people committing to brands they identify
with. Every pound spent is a message.
RCNQ in Manchester has always been
a place of acceptance, but the pandemic
has changed the mindset of owner Rob
Czlapka in surprising ways. “We built RCNQ
based on creating connections with people.
Operating under social distancing has given
me an opportunity to look at connecting
from a distance. Our social media strategy
has changed dramatically. We used to treat
it as a business, but recently we have shown
vulnerability, which has gained a hugely
positive response.”
KH Hair invested in mental health
training for managers last year – a move
managing director Darren Messias sees as
invaluable. “Undoubtedly, these issues will
be even more prevalent due to the anxiety
that lockdown has caused to some people,”
he explains. “We pride ourselves on being
caring and compassionate, so our empathy
and patience is going to be crucial in giving
our clients and staff the support they need.”
Jo Hardardt, manager of Elements
Salon in Oxted, Surrey, is also looking
at her team. “Our core values have not
changed, but within them there is scope for
change. Before lockdown we had started
a self-leadership programme, ‘The Hero
Advantage’, based on the premise that
with more autonomy a team member will
flourish, enjoy work more and be more
engaged. Social distancing rules have
increased autonomy, so why not go with it?”
JOE HEMMINGS
BLOGGS SALON, BRISTOL
I’m looking at ways of giving
my team more time off. It’s
an idea that I have flirted with
over the years but with my
team having spent more time
at home with loved ones and
finding new interests, they
will want to continue this and
have re-evaluated their work/
life balance. By allowing the
team to work longer hours but
fewer days, it will enable them
to spend more time to do those
things. The Covid-19 crisis
has made me re-evaluate what
the business is and I want the
overarching philosophy to be
how you feel about yourself.
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Before the crisis, customer experience was fast
becoming the number one driver for business.
Delighting customers on every step of the salon
journey was a way to ensure loyalty. But how
do you deliver great customer experience with
restrictions and social distancing guidelines?
First, what is deemed as a ‘good’ or ‘bad’
experience is usually judged on whether it
lived up to expectations or not. Therefore, it’s
important to make sure your clients are aware
the experience they have been used to will be
very different in the future. No magazines, perhaps
no refreshments, the use of PPE such as visors, the
list goes on. But this doesn’t mean it will be a ‘bad’
experience; you just need to manage expectations.
Over the past six weeks I feel that we have
seen a rapid acceleration of digital adoption that is
probably equivalent to what we would have done
in six years! Having a video call with my 98-yearold
grandmother was something I would never
have expected to do. So how are you optimising
DELIVER A GREAT EXPERIENCE
IN A POST COVID-19 WORLD
digitalisation within your customer experience to
ensure it’s as smooth as possible? Offering online
bookings, pre-payment and digital consultations
are all a great place to start. You could also think
about offering ‘click and collect’ services for your
retail business.
Finally, when it comes to customer experience,
remember that your clients are going through
their own experiences and many could be craving
human contact. So, balancing the need to get
back to business alongside being even more
sensitive to what your clients need from you is
important. And after all, human connection is what
you and your teams do best.
TOP TIPS FOR GREAT CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE
Manage the expectations of each client by
communicating what is changing and why.
Adopt digitalisation in the customer journey.
Focus on the human connection and be
sensitive to your client’s individual experiences.
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all muck in as a junior at the moment!
I feel like my team would benefit from
someone with experience (more of a
senior role) and this would help with
training also. In the current climate
– we’ve been through a devastating
flood as well as lockdown – would you
entertain taking on someone new?”
BROOKE EVANS, BE IRONBRIDGE
KEN’S DIAGNOSIS
This is an interesting question, especially when we were
still considering the restrictions coming into play after
lockdown as we went to press. At any time you should only
take on new team members if you can justify them financially.
We would normally look at the volume of work that you’re
turning away to see if the business can provide enough work
for a new team member, but post-lockdown all salons will be
artificially busy.
I know that you get involved with session work away from the
salon and work with a major brand but, with the current size of
your team, you need to be their mentor and role model. There
is always a conflict between trying to build
a business and taking time out for other
ventures. Any work done outside your
salon must bring added PR benefits to
your salon and should be maximised as
such. Another experienced person would
come with a price tag and you need to be
sure that you can absorb this cost during
the initial period as they build a
column. Nowadays this can
take anywhere from 12 to
18 months, perhaps longer.
Depending on what you
would have to pay someone,
you would need them to
be generating about £1,500
net of VAT a week to be cost
efficient in your salon. Were
you all generating that in
your salon before lockdown?
If you’re going to involve
the new team member in training then you will need to
compensate them for the time they are off the floor, but this
will also reduce their income-producing ability. This is why the
owner does most of the training in small salons or outsources it.
After lockdown your key focus is generating income. After
the initial tsunami of clients, it’s possible that business could
slow down. Many customers will still be wary of visiting a salon,
many will have learned new skills and may feel they no longer
need us. We are going to need to inspire clients with new ideas
and techniques to remind them of what makes a visit to a salon
so valuable. Unless they perceive us as valuable, why would
they spend the money that you need to charge to be profitable?
Which brings me to my key post-lockdown focus for salon
owners. If you haven’t spent lockdown totally understanding
exactly how and where you generate profit, then you have
missed a golden opportunity. Most salons make profit by
accident and not by intentional planning. Most prices are set
based upon the competition and not by understanding the
true costs of delivering a service. Salons have lost a massive
chunk of their annual income and many of their costs have
still remained, albeit postponed temporarily. Many salons have
needed to incur debt to survive but will now need to service
that debt, albeit postponed temporarily. All salons will have the
extra cost of complying with the operating restrictions placed
upon them and the health and safety routines they will have to
implement, let alone the added burden of increased National
Minimum Wage. All of this may come at a heavy cost and, if a
salon was not generating excess profit before lockdown, then
where is the money going to come from to cover these costs?
This may not sound the answer to your question, Brooke,
but believe me it is. You need to consider all of it before you
take the leap.
DO YOU HAVE A BUSINESS HEADACHE YOU’D LIKE KEN TO HELP WITH?
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TIPS FOR TIPPING
A survey by Ask Traders suggests the
hairdressing industry could miss out
on £81m in tips as clients return and go
cashless to reduce the risk of spreading
coronavirus. The survey also found that
63 per cent of consumers would avoid
tipping if they couldn’t use cash.
“Ask clients to add tips to their
contactless or card payment instead,”
advises NHBF director Tina Beaumont-
Goddard. “But bear in mind that this will
affect how tips have to be dealt with from a
tax and National Insurance point of view.”
If you do allow cash tips, Tina suggests
providing a slotted container for each
member of staff for clients to use. She says:
“It should be regularly sanitised and, to be
on the safe side, the money inside should
be washed too. Hands should always be
washed after handling the container or
the money in it.”
NHBF members can download a free
fact sheet about this at nhbf.co.uk/tipping
Law: leave can
be carried over
SOME EMPLOYMENT LAW has changed
during lockdown, reveals NHBF director Tina
Beaumont-Goddard. “For example, employees
can now carry over up to four weeks’ (20 days
for those who are full time) paid statutory annual
leave from their current leave year into the next
two annual leave years.” This is to ensure that
employees who could not take their statutory
annual leave due to the Covid-19 coronavirus
will not lose it.
Other new employment laws have also
come into force in 2020. Find out more at
nhbf.co.uk/new-employment-law
RISK ASSESSMENTS:
WHAT YOU NEED TO DO
TO BE READY for reopening you will need to carry out a detailed risk
assessment to ensure you’re taking every precaution you can to protect your
employees and clients when you’re back in business.
“As part of your risk assessment, consult with your employees,” says NHBF
chief executive Hilary Hall. “Make sure you act on any workable suggestions
that will help everyone to manage their workload as safely as possible and
reduce anxiety levels.”
Be aware that failing to complete a risk assessment, or completing one but
then failing to follow through on the safety measures required to manage the
risk of coronavirus, could result in a breach of health and safety law.
“Finally, when you write to your staff to tell them about plans for
reopening, include a copy of the completed risk assessment and list the
measures you are taking to help keep them safe,” adds Hilary.
NHBF members can download free Covid-19 coronavirus resources
including risk assessments
Gear up your clean machine
MAKE SURE YOU have shared with your staff a schedule for cleaning, disinfection and
sterilisation in the salon throughout the day and make sure they understand what is
required, says NHBF chief executive Hilary Hall. “It’s also a good idea to put up posters
around your salon or barber shop reminding staff of key actions they must take before
and after each client’s appointment.”
This will include, for example, washing hands, using single-use tools or cleaning/
sterilising reusable ones such as face visors, cleaning any furniture, equipment, door
handles, payment machines and so on that the client may have touched, and changing
towels, gowns and any PPE used on the client. “It’s also important to ensure clients
understand what is required of them,” says Hilary. “Remind them verbally and via posters
that they should touch as little as possible.”
A free reopening guide can be downloaded at nhbf.co.uk/back-to-business-guide.
Non-members will need to register on the NHBF website to download it: nhbf.co.uk/join
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SOPHIA HILTON’S
(OF NOT ANOTHER SALON)
POST CORONA COLOUR COURSE ONLINE!
FIVE HOURS OF EDUCATION WITH SOPHIA HILTON
COST: £100
WATCH AS MANY TIMES AS YOU LIKE!
CREATIVE HEAD ADVERTORIAL
“There is so much talk on the
internet about life after reopening
right now, but the
one thing we weren’t talking
about was what’s going to be
the most challenging for our
colourists, and that’s the
colour itself.
“Five months of roots,
grown-out bleach and
DIY disasters...
This is the reality
of what we will
face, and there
are lots of
colourists out
there feeling
anxious about
having such
challenges in their
chair once they get
back. My favourite
thing as an educator is
to settle those feelings
of anxiety.
“It seems like a good idea
to change this frightening
time into an exciting time,
and start to think about
all the creative ways we
can change our clients over
to new looks, now we have
the space to do it in. And
remember this: so many of
our clients have been doing
their hair at home and it has
never been more important to
make sure that you are doing
something special that they
cannot replicate; our business
depends on that.”
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MISSION CONTROL
PUTTING YOU IN THE DRIVING SEAT OF YOUR SALON
in association with Phorest Salon Software
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DUE TO SALON closures
because of the Covid-19
coronavirus crisis, this issue we
explore how we can learn from
our European counterparts
about life after lockdown. We
investigate the facts and figures
behind Germany’s reopening
and the tools that can help
reopened salons stay safe and
enjoy a boost to business.
30%
OF GERMAN SALONS
ARE OPEN ONE
EXTRA DAY A WEEK
POST-LOCKDOWN
THE MISSION: BOOSTING RETAIL REVENUE ONLINE
Salons
looking for
additional revenue
streams that don’t
require in-salon visits
are turning to the
new Online Store
feature with
Phorest
£3,016.92
average revenue
of top 10 Online
Stores in May
WILLKOMMEN!
IN THE WEEKS AFTER
REOPENING, GERMAN
SALONS SAW…
+12%
IN RETAIL REVENUE
+23%
IN SERVICES
REVENUE
+€9(£8)
AVERAGE
TICKET PRICE
£60.52
average
online sale
“In the fi rst 24 hours I had £530-worth of orders. That helped cover my full rent
for the next month. I was over the moon! We’re appointment-only and encourage
people not to be here unless we’re expecting them to be, so having the Online
Store stops a lot of clients walking into the salon to buy products. It also looks
more professional and will help us attract more clients in the future.”
SOPHIE GRAHAM, SOPHIE GRAHAM HAIR
DID YOU KNOW…
SALONS SHOULD PREPARE
TO MAKE MORE MONEY
POST-LOCKDOWN
FIRST UP, let’s say this: you made it through
lockdown, which makes you a hero. It has
been a long few months of waiting and
anticipating when salons might be able to
open their doors again but fi nally the end
is here! Reopening while the ‘new normal’
of the future is still being written is no easy
task. While waiting has been tough, one
benefi t has been looking to urope to see
how the fi rst month of reopening has been
for them. Thanks to an increasing client base
in Germany, Phorest was able to analyse the
stats of the fi rst few weeks of reopening and
discover that salons have been seeing more
clients, working more hours and making
more revenue than in their pre-lockdown life.
It showed the importance of boosting retail
revenue, opening extra hours and increasing
service prices to allow for charges.
Technology is also making safe, successful
and long-term reopening easier in a postlockdown
world. Phorest has launched a
suite of new features that make contact
tracing, pre-appointment digital consultations
and essential messaging possible for every
booking as well as a clientspecifi c I online
booking functionality to let salons control their
fi rst bookings in the smartest way possible.
The jewel in the crown is a new Online Store
function, an easy to set-up way of introducing
online retail that is already connected to
your stock levels and client lists. For more
information on the Phorest features that are
helping salons, visit phorest.com. And for
all salons, whatever software you use, go to
phorest.com/back-in-business to access free
tools, templates and calculators to help you as
you reopen safely and successfully.
Shauna O’Halloran is content &
marketing manager at Phorest
Salon Software. Find out more
at phorest.com and
@phorestsalonsoftware
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COLOUR VISION
EDUCATION
IN ASSOCIATION WITH
WELCOME TO THE FAMILY
FOR A LIMITED TIME, WELLA PROFESSIONALS IS OFFERING FREE ACCESS TO EXCLUSIVE EDUCATION CONTENT FROM THE #WELLAFAMILY
All salons can benefi t from three amaing online Wella seminars in
the olor raft series for free. This limited time offer covers olor
raft ssential olor raft ighlights and olor raft orrection.
ach online seminar is minutes long and gives students the
perfect start on their ourney to becoming truly confi dent in colour.
This is usually a blended learning eperience bringing online and
facetoface education into one seminar. Wella has shaken things
up so you can benefi t from learning the theory when and where
you want with the benefi t of specifi c bespoke handson sessions
with your amaing Wella ducator. or a limited time only Wella
has opened up the courses for all salons to begin working through
allowing them to earn a certifi cate from home and for free
The online training works in modules at the end of which there
are uestions. ach module is designed to feature the technical
background to the decisions that hairdressers need to make on a
daily basis. o what are you waiting for
THE COLOUR CLINIC IS OPEN…
HOW TO SATISFY CLIENTS WHILE KEEPING EVERYONE SAFE? ROBERT EATON, WELLA PROFESSIONALS TECHNICAL DIRECTOR UK & IRELAND,
KNOWS THAT EXPRESS COLOUR SERVICES NEED TO BE THE FUTURE OF SALON APPOINTMENTS
“Time will be crucial for us all as we get back to the new normal in salons. We are working
hard to look after our clients, and there will be huge demand for our services. One of the
areas we have been focusing on with our team is a possible change in the kind of services
and techniques we expect our clients to request. We’re anticipating a shift in trends towards
colour placement, conscious colouring and techniques that ensure the perfect colour blend.
A move towards a softer saturation of tone and glossing techniques seems on the cards.
Glossing techniques and express colour will be an important tool for us to use on our return
to salon life. It will enable us to create high-impact colour results with ease, and in timings that
work well for post-lockdown appointments. Glossing services can offer great shine and condition while blending
grey and white hairs, giving a more modern colour result and one that offers less maintenance to clients. One
important tool is the virtual consultation; it helps us with time management and planning appointments. Hair
aside, it will also help us establish if clients are conscious about how long they spend in the salon when there’s
still anxiety around social distancing. Express lightening techniques, using Blondor Mèche Cream and heat
application, also offer amazing results within salon-friendly appointment times.”
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#ColourVision
SHELFIE TIME
“I’m a massive fan of the Wella
Professionals Blondor range and
couldn’t be without it. Blondor Mèches
is a really exciting product, especially
if you’re a fan of freehand lightening like
I am. You can create blonde highlights with
up to 5 levels of lift in just 15 minutes with heat, as it
has a genius way of automatically slowing down the
lightening effect when the development time is complete.
It gives perfect control over highlighting – what more
could you want?”
CHARLOTTE HICKEY, HAIR BY CHARLOTTE
CREATIVE HEAD ADVERTORIAL
WHY I’M
WELLA
I’ve worked with Wella Professionals my whole career and I am proud of the
incredible relationship we have together. I work closely with my partners Clive Collins
and Paul Simbler, and Wella Professionals is our other partner. As much as they
are a part of our business, we are part of theirs, with regular meetings
and discussions to develop both companies. The opportunities we
have had together – through international shows and platform
education – have been amazing. We have worked together
with Wella Professionals to push boundaries with colour, with
education, with motivating hairdressers around the world and
with the products and tools we use. Wella Professionals is
conscious of the wellbeing and development of the industry, as
well as the consumer, and the hairdresser is at the forefront of
everything it does. Wella Professionals is truly a family that is
there whenever we need it, through good times and bad.”
AKIN KONIZI, INTERNATIONAL
CREATIVE DIRECTOR, HOB ACADEMY
CONTINUING EDUCATION IS THE ONLY WAY TO KEEP YOUR SKILLS FRESH. TAKE THE EXPRESS HIGHLIGHTS WITH BLONDOR MÈCHES CREAM MASTERCLASS
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CREATIVE HEAD
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express
highlights
natural looking,
sunkissed hair
makechange
Hair by Robert Eaton, Wella Professionals Technical Director UK&I
BLONDOR
BLONDE MÈCHES
YOUR FAVOURITE SALON LIGHTENER
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HEAT
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YOUR PERFECT PARTNER
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With the use of heat you are able to
half the development time of your
colour, maximising on column time
enabling you to fit in one more colour
client per working day.
FIND OUT MORE
Talk to your Account Manager/Education Team or visit education.wella.com to find out more.
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THE AUTHENTIC ARTISANS
SALONS AND STYLISTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE EMBRACED THE NO-FILTER FORMULA OF TRUTH,
INDIVIDUALITY AND REALITY OF AUTHENTIC BEAUTY CONCEPT, AND AS A COMMUNITY HAS SEEN
THEIR BUSINESSES GROW. AS LOCKDOWN STRUCK, THAT COMMUNITY SPIRIT KICKED IN EVEN
FURTHER AND, AS WE REOPEN, THEY’LL BE THERE ONCE AGAIN TO HELP CLIENTS DEALING WITH
SO MUCH IN THEIR LIVES FIND A LITTLE PEACE, A MOMENT FOR THEMSELVES. LET’S FIND OUT HOW
AUTHENTIC BEAUTY CONCEPT IS A PARTNER THEY’RE PROUD OF
FROM THE SALON, WITH LOVE
When salons closed because of the Covid-19
pandemic, many loyal clients were keen to show
their support in a very real way, knowing these
valuable local businesses wouldn’t have any
income for some time. One method of support
was online shopping. At Mewies & Co in Leicester,
AUTHENTIC BEAUTY CONCEPT UK ambassador Dan
Mewies has been working hard to ensure every
delivery is a hand-picked parcel of perfection. “It’s
not just about selling products; it’s the concept of
creating a generation of people who embrace a
‘no-filter’ and ‘be authentic’ attitude,” he says.
TEAM PLAYERS
The newly renovated Tim Scott Wright @ The Hair
Surgery in Stourbridge also has a relatively new name
on the shelves. It’s a big decision to change the
products you work with every day, but it wasn’t a
decision taken by founder Tim alone. He says: “The
salon’s switch to AUTHENTIC BEAUTY CONCEPT was
initiated by the team, who were keen to find products
that are forward-thinking, cruelty-free and vegan.”
Being included in the decision making meant that
the team was already committed to the brand,
excited about using the products and motivated to
tell their clients all about them, making retail sales easy.
KNOWLEDGE IS POWER
As part of the brand’s commitment to supporting the
hairdressing community during lockdown, AUTHENTIC
BEAUTY CONCEPT unveiled a free-to-use education hub,
accessible from its UK website.
Packed full of tutorials and podcasts, stylists could get
to know the brand, learn more about how AUTHENTIC
BEAUTY CONCEPT products work and be inspired with
demonstrations from some of the world’s top hairdessers
including Adam Garland, Hester Wernert-Rijn and Jean-
Philippe Beaupied.
What’s more, there’s a comprehensive glossary of
hair product vocabulary, providing a valuable tool
for professionals keen to brush up on their product
knowledge and information about the powerful
ingredients found in AUTHENTIC BEAUTY CONCEPT
ranges, such as basil, mango, green tea, date
and cinnamon extract. Every Wednesday an ‘ingredient
of the week’ was shared on its Instagram Stories
@authenticbeautyconceptuk too. Do you have
a favourite?
VEGAN = GREAT FOR HAIR
The benefits to hair are actually pretty clear. Vegan
haircare doesn’t contain any additives such as parabens,
sulphates or silicones, which means hair’s natural oils are
preserved and colour is prolonged – something clients
certainly notice in between appointments.
Because they’re packed with natural ingredients,
vegan products are generally more hydrating and
work to promote all-round healthier hair. At Mewies &
Co, they’ve found that this moisture-rich quality can
be particularly beneficial for clients experiencing hair
loss. Founder Dan Mewies says: “Our clients appreciate
the efforts we make as a salon to be ethical and
environmentally friendly. The use of vegan products helps
us to commit to a more ‘conscious’ culture in our salon.”
We’ve all become more conscious of what we use
and consume, which has a direct impact on what you
decide to stock in the salon. Joseph Ferraro, owner of
Joseph Ferraro Hair in Harrogate, says: “Knowing that
our products are vegan and cruelty-free is peace of
mind for us and our environmentally-conscious clientele.”
SE-REN-I-TY {NOUN}
THE STATE OR QUALITY OF BEING SERENE, CALM OR TRANQUIL; SERENENESS
Illness, work stress, isolation from loved ones – there has been plenty in recent months to cause your clients
anxiety and worry. How wonderful would it be if you could take all that away, just for a few precious moments…
That’s where an AUTHENTIC BEAUTY CONCEPT Memento service can make a real difference. It allows the
hairdresser to customise treatments and services to best suit their clients’ mood, schedule and hair needs.
It’s a sensorial treat, with stylists mixing a carefully selected Essence with a chosen Mask from the range to
create a bespoke care treatment. For an extended Memento service, a combination of massage gestures are
incorporated to aid inner peace, reviving beauty from within. For a final moment of calm, special earplugs and a
blindfold block out the outside world so clients can take a moment to pause and reconnect with themselves.
EVERYDAY
EFFORTLESS
MANY HAVE EMBRACED A LOW MAINTENANCE VIBE WHEN IT COMES TO LOCKDOWN BEAUTY,
SOMETHING THAT CHIMES PERFECTLY WITH AUTHENTIC BEAUTY CONCEPT’S MISSION. AMBASSADORS
DAN MEWIES, OWNER OF MEWIES & CO; AND JOSEPH FERRARO, OWNER OF JOSEPH FERRARO HAIR;
ARE READY WITH TWO LOOKS THAT DEMONSTRATE CAREFREE CHIC – JUST WHAT CLIENTS NEED
CREATIVE HEAD ADVERTORIAL
A TOUSLED FINISH
FROM DAN MEWIES
SOFT AND UNDONE
FROM JOSEPH FERRARO
1. Start with AUTHENTIC BEAUTY CONCEPT Amplify
Mousse on damp hair. Tilt the hair forward and rough
dry until all the moisture is removed. This will offer
volume to soften the roots and enhance the lift.
2. If you feel the hair needs it, gently run a
straightener through, though I recommend leaving
the hair to form a more natural wave.
3. Use a hair bobble to gently pull the hair into a low
ponytail but don’t apply this too close to the root and
nape. Leave it loose so the hair hangs a little more.
4. Pull a small piece of hair away from the rest of the
tail and wrap around the bobble, securing it with a
small grip underneath. You could even use a small
piece of ribbon to wrap around.
5. Finally, apply AUTHENTIC BEAUTY CONCEPT
Working Hairspray and then tease pieces with your
fi ngers to add height at the root, or add texture for
a more organic fi nish.
1. Apply AUTHENTIC BEAUTY CONCEPT Amplify Mousse
and gently blow-dry the hair with a round brush.
2. For texture and hold, spritz AUTHENTIC BEAUTY
CONCEPT Nymph Salt Spray on each section before
tonging it to create a wave, not a curl. When
wrapping the hair around the tong make sure you
twist the hair and then run the tong up and down the
hair shaft for a loose, beach wave effect.
3. Once it’s all tonged, loosely pick up the top half
of the hair to create a messy knot that has a very
undone feel. Try not to overdo it, and don’t play
around too much. Let it take shape organically.
4. When you’re happy with the knot, pinch the top
section of the hair and drag it forward to create a
soft texture.
5. To fi nish, apply a touch more AUTHENTIC BEAUTY
CONCEPT Nymph Salt Spray while using your hands to
scrunch it into the hair.
As a brand founded on collaboration, AUTHENTIC BEAUTY CONCEPT firmly believes in co-creation.
Discover more about the #authenticbeautymovement at authenticbeautyconcept.com
@authenticbeautyconcept
#MyBelief
# MYBELIEF
BEAUTY
STARTS
FROM
WITHIN.
Authentic beauty begins the very
moment you decide to be yourself.
When you’re present in the now that’s
when you rebalance your mind and soul.
Look within and bring out your inner
beauty to truly express yourself.
#AuthenticBeautyMovement.
ALIANA KING
Model & Artist
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WE
HAVE
LIFT
OFF!
After waiting more than three months,
salons in England and Northern
Ireland have opened their doors to
a clamouring public, with Wales
and Scotland welcoming clients
back imminently. Everyone knows
salon life won’t be the same;
staff will be under enormous
pressure in the hot summer,
wearing visors while working
to see as many clients as
possible across longer days...
all while regularly cleaning
and keeping a safe distance. It’s a
challenge, but we’re with you – ready to give you
the fuel you need for a stratospheric relaunch
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TO PROTECT
AND SERVE
GATSBY & MILLER HAS BEEN REDESIGNED TO BE COVID-19
SAFE. FOUNDER JOHN ROADS TALKS US THROUGH THE
CHANGES HE HAS MADE TO THE SALON EXPERIENCE
L’Oréal Professionnel salon partner Gatsby & Miller in Amersham
shared its new-look space with The Daily Telegraph, illustrating
how lots of UK salons were preparing for life post-lockdown,
even if at the time no government guidelines had been shared.
With protective screens at reception and the backwash, and
stylists wearing PPE, this was a detailed look at the client
journey through the salon. Founder John Roads has a
background in risk assessment and health and safety, so
perhaps was a step ahead in pre-planning while waiting for
government guidelines to be issued. But he also worked with
L’Oréal Professional Product Division’s Back-to-Business support
guide as well as keeping a close eye on salons reopening across
Europe. It’s not been easy – the price of gloves has risen and
protective screen prices tripled between enuiry and fitting
such is demand. He stresses that these are all precautionary
measures taken following a diligent risk assessment. From
a health questionnaire and hand sanitiser at the entrance to
consultations via the mirror and a client PPE pack, there are
control measures in place to minimise risk throughout. So what
about clients feeling like their appointment is a treat, a luxurious
experience? “It’s the biggest single challenge for the industry,”
he admits. “It’s about rebuilding trust and a sense of balance
between an experience and a safe environment.”
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IN YOUR
DEFENCE
BOTH CLIENTS AND STAFF ARE CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY, SO YOU NEED TO
REASSURE THEM THAT YOU’RE ON TOP OF HYGIENE. HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
o Face visors
Face visors are required PPE for all staff
under the government guidelines. A visor
should extend to below the chin, cover the
ears and leave no exposed gap between
the forehead and the headpiece. They are
reusable and easy to clean, and help keep
people from touching their own faces.
Denman offers the HeroShield, a faceguard
originally developed for use in the NHS.
o D isinfectant
Staff will need plenty of disinfectant to clean everything from chairs to tools. Remember
that cleaning with a detergent-based liquid should precede disinfecting. As with
handwashing, the detergent molecules break down the shell of the virus, and the
disinfectant then kills anything that remains. You need to disinfect each piece of your
kit after use with each client, and store them in an airtight container. When with a client,
have a designated tray or space that you place used tools into so that you know what to
clean, before storing away. Concentrated liquids, hand sanitiser, handy spray bottles and
tool jars – Disicide from Hair Tools offers all manner of disinfectant solutions.
hairtools.co.uk
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o Perspex screens
‘Mitigating actions’ in goverment guidelines
to reduce risk include screens and barriers,
which are suggested between clients
where practical. It’s another large surface
that will need cleaning regularly, however.
o Liquid soap
For both staff and clients to use, and plenty
of it as regular handwashing remains one
of the most effective precautions. Look
into touch-free soap dispensers for the
bathroom to reduce exposed touch-points.
o Cling film
Once disinfected, you can wrap tools with
cling fi lm if you dont have airtight storage
for them. It’s another clear sign to clients
that you’re taking their hygiene and safety
seriously, so stock up and get into the habit.
o Hand sanitiser
Set up multiple hand sanitiser stations
around the salon, including at the front
door. isibly applying sanitiser at the
station before beginning any service
goes a long way to instilling trust.
o D isposables
Think gloves, aprons, capes and towels,
most of which are available from your
wholesaler. Consider disposable capes and
neck guards and remember a fresh set of
disposables should be used for each client.
o Bin liners
With so many single-use items, you’ll be
going through bin liners at an exceptional
rate. You should dispose of each bin liner
by carefully sealing them, wiping the bin
down and then putting in a new liner.
o Masks
Required now on public transport, face
masks and coverings are not required for
stylists or clients but many might still opt to
wear them. Masks are ineffective when wet,
so you’ll want spares at the backwash for
those using them. A fi velayer fi lter system
is built into these reathe and rotect
protective facemasks, available in child and
adult sizes, and you can even brand them
with your salon logo.
breatheandprotect.com
GARY HOOKER AND MICHAEL YOUNG
HOOKER & YOUNG
We are missing a chair in between each station, which gives
us more than two metres between each seated client. We have
given each stylist their own zone of two seats which they work
at exclusively. The idea is to try to minimise how long each
client will be in the salon. We’re trying to keep it down to
90 minutes. We’ve decided to stop all blow-drying to give us
more time to clean between client visits. The additional time,
about 20 minutes, is used to fully sanitise each work station in
preparation. It ensures that we are working within guidelines
and giving each client the assurance that we are doing
everything possible to create the safest environment for them
and for our salon team.
ELENA TAYLEUR LINNAEAN
We are a Goldwell and Oribe ambassador salon and we’ve
used the Kao Salon Recovery Guide to help get us back
to work. In acknowledgment of our menu price range and
appropriate client market we are hosting only four working
hairdressers at any one time. The extra allowance is being
communicated to all clients on booking our services in order
to increase their confi dence. ur team wears including
full-face screens and disposable aprons, while clients wear
disposable gowns and disposable towels, and masks at their
discretion. At the front desk there is a full protective screen. We
no longer accept cash and have four machines that are
sterilised after every use. We are still working from our original
service menu but adding a eible cover charge for materials.
Don’t forget L’Oréal Professionnel’s free 30-minute Hygiene & Safety e-learning module,
available to all hairdressers For each completed course and certificate issued, it’s donating
1 to beauty charities, up to a total of 10,000. emember to clearly display your certificate in
the salon so clients know you’ve done it! Visit uk.lorealaccess.com for more information
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SOMETHING TO
SHOUT ABOUT
YOU’VE SPENT TIME, EFFORT AND HARD CASH GETTING THE SALON AS SAFE AND CLEAN
AS POSSIBLE – BUT YOU NEED CLIENTS TO DO THEIR BIT, TOO. HOW DO YOU GET THEM ONSIDE?
Having planned for the day that you’d be back in the salon you’re
aware it’s a different place to the one you knew before. You’ll
have been through training days to make sure the team is up
to speed, but clients have a role to play here – they need to be
active participants in the new protocols, and it’s best to share all
the details so that they come to the salon fully prepped. Melissa
Timperley, founder of the eponymous salon in Manchester, has
implemented temperature checks into her ‘house rules’, which
also include no waiting in reception. “Unfortunately, our costs
have gone up signifi cantly since introducing stringent hygiene
measures,” says Melissa. “So, we’re telling everyone up front
that to survive as a business we need to temporarily increase our
prices to cover these costs.”
Action plan
EGO HAIR DESIGN IN SCOTLAND REOPENS IN MID JULY.
OWNER CAROLINE SANDERSON SHARES HER GOALS
o Have our hygiene action plan on our website, pin it to the
top of social media and when clients book send an SMS
with a link to the information
o Share the Barbicide hygiene course staff have completed
o Place instructions around the salon so clients know what
they can and cant do with guides on the oor
o lients who need patch tests will be invited in for the
patch test appointment a day or two prior to opening
o Use a private room for our more vulnerable clients
ELENA LAVAGNI NEVILLE HAIR & BEAUTY
We are following strict guidelines in order to protect the safety
of clients and employees. Each client has their temperature
taken using an infrared thermometer if its above .
they’re sent home immediately. Before any services, all clients
entering the salon are asked questions about symptoms, too.
To practice social distancing we accept clients by appointment
only, through telephone or online scheduling. We recommend
clients wait outside the salon until the stylist is ready. There is
no kitchen service, so clients are asked to bring their own food
and beverages. To limit the risk of infection there is no cloakroom
service either. We have shared our client protocols on our
website and social media to prepare guests and our automatic
SMS appointment reminders contain a link to them too.
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AS YOU OPEN YOUR DOORS TO
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HOME OF SALON favourites Goldwell, KMS and Oribe,
Kao Salon Division is on the side of salons around the globe,
helping them to navigate every stage of this crisis. It has launched
a Salon Recovery Guide designed to help salon owners, their
teams and their clients as they reopen and work through the
stages of recovery. And it has mapped out a fi vepoint plan to
get you on that road immediately!
“From the moment the salon doors closed our priority has been
to walk hand in hand with our salon partners and stylists. Bringing
the salon community together, listening to them and learning
with them to develop plans to get the industry back to recovery
as quickly as possible,” says Julie Winchester, general manager
of Kao Salon Division, UK, Ireland and South Africa. “We believe
in the power of the collective and know that together we will be
resilient and come out of this stronger than ever.”
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REDESIGN YOUR SALON ENVIRONMENT
Government regulations linked to social
distancing mean you will need to look again at
the environment within your salon to ensure that
you’re operating in a safe space. From distance
between chairs to going cashless, you need to
ensure your clients feel safe and comfortable and
will be able to relax and enjoy their service. It will
also help give your stylists confi dence in how they
need to operate. rofi t is the biggest focus for
salon owners, so with the increase of costs due
to hygiene measures, protective equipment and
disposable items, it’s vital that you’re staying on
top of these extras and not losing money. Now
is the perfect time to press the reset button and
make changes – don’t be afraid to increase your
prices. The client experience is so important to
ensure rebookings are made, retail is purchased
and the whole feelgood factor is created during
the appointment time. Yes, everyone might be
behind PPE and things look a little different, but
you can ensure that behind any mask is still a
smile that you’ve created through your service!
CREATIVE HEAD ADVERTORIAL
LOOK AFTER YOUR TEAM
Its essential that the team is confi dent in how
they need to operate and prioritise the care of
themselves and their clients. The better your
team is trained, the fewer questions will arise
when you need all the time you have for your
clients. This will create a positive mentality
within the salon and will ensure stylists feel
safe and that will ow through to their clients.
And don’t forget allergy alert testing – it’s
another way to illustrate how you’re protecting
everyone’s safety, just in case a client has
used products since their last visit that could
potentially cause a reaction.
FILLING YOUR COLUMNS
ou need to be driving the most profi table
services while ensuring columns are running at
maximum capacity with the new ways of working.
Being on top of your appointments and prioritising
them will be invaluable making you as profi table
as possible across this recovery period. Evaluate
your colour services versus your cut and style to
fi nd a way that fi ts your stylists rotas and brings
the greatest value to you. And we’re all used
to video calls now, so why not include virtual
consultations? This will help you save time and
reach out to clients before they visit the salon,
enabling you to anticipate their needs.
MAXIMISING PROFITABILITY
With high demand but lower capacity, you
need to consider the quick wins you can make,
with new service and package concepts and
upgrading services. The Goldwell portfolio
gives you the tools to offer uick fi veminute
colour services and free up valuable time. From
olorance press Toning to refi ne and the
Soft Colour Service using foam, New Blonde
services to soften harsh contrasts (including
regrowth) and a men’s Reshade service, you
can do a lot in fi ve minutes And its not ust
colour – recommend treatments including
BondPro+ and Dualsenses Serums, which will
help improve hair condition instantly.
SUPPORTING YOUR CLIENTS
Be positive when communicating
with clients; it will help them feel
safe. And now is also the time to
go that extra mile. You can target
lost clients and use your salon
windows to attract new ones and
make people aware that you’re
back! A good experience will also
inspire world of mouth, too. Take
the time to connect with them and
deliver a great experience. Another
good way to increase your cash
ow is retail so why not include
products as part of the service?
WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT KAO SALON DIVISION, AND REQUEST A COPY OF ITS SALON RECOVERY GUIDE?
CALL 03301 239 530 OR EMAIL KAOSALONDIVISIONUK@KAO.COM #STRONGERTOGETHER
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QUICK
QUICK
GLOW
WITH REDUCED CAPACITY FROM SOCIAL DISTANCING BUT INCREASED DEMAND, YOU
NEED EXPRESS SERVICES THAT OPTIMISE YOUR TIME TO ENSURE YOU DELIGHT AS MANY
CLIENTS AS POSSIBLE. WHAT’S OUT THERE TO QUICKLY REBUILD YOUR BUSINESS?
Schwarzkopf Professional IGORA Color 10
develops in just 10 minutes – perfect for postlockdown
express services.
schwarzkopfpro.com
Blondes are begging to be
brighter, to be rid of brass
and to banish any roots –
londor ches from Wella
Professionals are your BFF.
uk.wellastore.com
We know you’re facing a tonne of colour
corrections, so ensure you have plenty of
Zalon Colour Remover from Hair Tools ready
to strip away any box dye remainders.
hairtools.co.uk
Personalised
to each client,
Fusio-Dose
from rastase
immediately
transforms hair at
the backwash for
lasting results.
kerastase.co.uk
Whatever colour correction you’re faced with,
you can be confi dent with airel from ral
Professionnel’s 100+ shade portfolio. And
don’t forget Smartbond for an instant boost.
lorealprofessionnel.co.uk
Offer a
beautiful (and
speedy) boost
to colour and
shine with
a glossing of
Elumen from
Goldwell, for
a fast and
fabulous tone.
goldwell.com
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When you need a swift lift, try Fudge
Professional Clean Blonde Speed+, a
pioneering violet luxe lightener that is
the brand’s most conditioning bleach
yet. It’s tingle- and fume-free too!
fudgeprofessional.com
An in-salon essence mixed with an
AUTHENTIC BEAUTY CONCEPT mask
will bring clients’ hair back to life while
delivering a sensorial experience.
authenticbeautyconcept.co.uk
With 46 shades, Color Wear from
ALFAPARF Milano is perfect for toning
and glossing, giving you a long-lasting
result to keep clients’ hair shiny with
reduced colour fade.
alfaparfmilano.com
JOICO is helping salons prepare
clients with a new consultation guide,
which can be used for both virtual and
in-salon consultations. “It makes it easier
to get all the information out of clients
without having to have those ‘awkward
moments’,” admits Paul Watts, founder
of Paul Watts Hair.
You’ve got some dark roots to deal
with and time’s ticking. You need
TIGI Copyright Colour’s True Light
White for brilliant lightening power
while respecting the hair’s health.
tigi.com
Use The Demi from Paul Mitchell
rofessional air are for a fi ve
minute service or process up to 20
minutes on dry or towel-dried hair.
salon-success.co.uk
Part of the revamped
ASP INFINITI
permanent colour
range, b:Red delivers
intense vibrant
results on natural
and coloured hair
with no need to prelighten.
So that’s time
saved right there!
asphair.com
GINA CONWAY
GINA CONWAY AVEDA
LIFESTYLE SALONS & SPAS
“In June we launched Customized Colour
Care Kits, take-away kits sold from the salon
for clients to use at home, and we’re doing
salon consultations just for tints. We are a
huge colour salon so our waiting list was
mainly colour, but if we could manage some
of the regrowth with the kits, then we could
focus on blondes fi rst. I feared there would
be a large amount of colour correction, so
by offering our own colour and instructions
we’ve nipped that in the bud. Otherwise
some people will have just chosen a product
from the supermarket with no real clue if it
was suitable or how to apply it. We’ve also
launched a new service called Shadow Root,
which is a simple application that can stretch
the natural roots over the regrowth and
then blend into the blonde so that it looks
more like a balayage. This will ease the rush
for tints. Our new menus include Tint and
Depart, meaning that local guests can go
home after tinting to shampoo their own hair.
Many salons are doing this with great success
in Australia. We include a goodie bag with
two towels, gloves, travel-sized Aveda Color
Conserve shampoo and conditioner and an
Aveda tea bag. We’ve launched an express
colour menu for reduced colour services
such as Aveda Demi+, which processes in
fewer than 30 minutes for those clients who
don’t need 100 per cent grey coverage.
We’re encouraging all our clients
to pre-pay so that we can be
cashless and we’ve launched
a new app where they can
pay from their own phones.
We’ve also moved from
one checkout to mobile
checkouts for ease and
to reduce congestion in
the retail area.”
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CREATIVE HEAD
Treatwell
VIRTUAL REALITY
TECHNOLOGY HAS BEEN LIKE ROCKET FUEL, POWERING SALONS TO STAY IN TOUCH AND
TO PLAN FOR THE FUTURE. HERE’S HOW THOSE SYSTEMS ARE HELPING POST-LOCKDOWN
From Zoom staff meetings to FaceTime client consultations,
technology has powered hairdressing businesses during
lockdown. And the industry will use digital tools more than ever,
now that it’s been illustrated just how valuable they are.
Salon software brands can also share what the new normal
looks like when it comes to booking hair specifi cally thanks to
data from European countries that have reopened ahead of the
UK. Treatwell shared details of a landscape where more is moving
online. Across Europe, there is an increase in online bookings from
customers who used to book via phone or walk-in.
Treatwell is now seeing fewer peak-hour bookings, with morning
demand especially am increasing signifi cantly. And because
customers are eager to get services, they’re happy to pay more,
so there has been a decrease in usage of discounts. And as
you’ve been closed for months with little (if any) income, Phorest
Salon Software has developed a revenue calculator to help you
work out just what you need to regain revenue. It’s one of a wealth
of new back-to-work tools from the company, as well as Covid-19
banners for online booking, GDPR-compliant contract tracing and
social distancingfriendly checkin notifi cations.
A cut for Europe
TREATWELL RECEIVED A RECORD NUMBER OF BOOKINGS AS
HAIR SALONS AND BARBERS REOPENED ACROSS EUROPE
Germany – When news broke in April about reopening on 4 May,
bookings increased by more than 2,000 per cent. A men’s cut
was the fi rst booking made fi ve minutes after the announcement.
The Netherlands – bookings were up more than 4,500 per
cent the day after reopenings were announced.
France – Treatwell saw a more than 3,100 per cent boost in
bookings after the decision hair businesses could reopen from
ay. The fi rst customer had a am haircut and beard trim in
a salon that had etended its opening hours to am to pm.
ROB CZLAPKA RCNQ
We signed up with Timely at the start of the year as we needed
a booking system that was online based, could integrate with
other apps like Mailchimp and had a simple interface for clients
to use that didn’t look dated. When the Covid-19 crisis started
it could have been overwhelming having to ensure you were
able to ‘pause’ after having the entire business on fast forward.
But Timely set up a little pop-up checklist that was genius!
I followed it and within 30 minutes everything was sorted.
With the Timely Consult app there’s a Covid-19 form to help us
stay safe, and the brand has a new partnership with Laybuy,
meaning that clients can visit the salon and pay for their service
over six weeks. The salon receives the full appointment value at
the point of sale and Laybuy deals with the rest. It was ideal for
us as we know that peoples fi nances are up in the air. Theres
also a waiting list feature that we posted on Instagram – we
had signups in hours on top of the clients we already
had rebooked. It was such a relief when you’ve been uncertain
of what the future holds.
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BACK TO BUSINESS
SALONS HAVE RE-OPENED. WHAT LIES AHEAD? LISTEN IN TO WHAT FUDGE PROFESSIONAL
GLOBAL AMBASSADORS JONATHAN ANDREW AND TRACY HAYES HAVE TO SAY…
CREATIVE HEAD ADVERTORIAL
Jonathan Andrew
and daughter Lily
“I’ve been teaching myself
photography so I can push
my creative boundaries
when I’m back at work.
These are some of my
favourite shots I’ve taken”
Hey, Tracy! Long time, no see!
It was called lockdown, Jonathan! So how was it for you?
Bitter-sweet. It was difficult dealing with all the anxiety
and negativity, but I loved the time at home with
my family and I taught myself new skills to push my
creativity – photography and video-making, mainly.
Awesome!
And wasn’t it great to see hairdressing making all those
headlines – to feel like our profession was finally being valued?
It was clear people really missed their trip to the
salon – it’s all everyone talked about. And it wasn’t just
about how we can make clients look, it was about how
we make them feel. Waking up to those roots every
morning – not an uplifting start to the day.
When we’re past fixing crazy haircuts and botched box
dye jobs, it’s going to be so exciting having the opportunity
to do something new with clients’ hair. Whether that’s
allowing them to experiment more with their new length,
or helping them grow out that bad clipper job and planning
out nine new looks between now and Christmas!
Tracy Hayes
“I created these looks
for a tutorial during
lockdown. Both were
created using exactly the
same technique – but
what a difference the two
colour palettes make!”
Agreed. It’s such a great opportunity to talk about
changing colour, too. Everyone’s been living by
the rules for so long, this is a time to cut loose and
have some fun! Let’s put some blonde through
those dark roots, let’s add a section of hot pink
that’s only visible when the client ties her hair up…
I think the timescales of how we work will be different
too. Before, it was all about speed, now we’ll be able
to give 100 per cent to each client… I’m really looking
forward to the creative journey ahead.
Definitely! I loved those rainbow pictures kids painted in
support of the NHS. What brilliant inspiration to put new
colour into your hair! This will be perfect for younger clients
whose previous fun colours will be all washed out by now…
There’s no need to feel daunted. Our clients come to us for a
reason – and it’s something that simply cannot be replicated by
switching to another salon. I’ve known lots of my clients for 10
years or more. The bond I have with them is even stronger now
that lockdown has taught us to appreciate each other more.
We need to keep those appointments special – a treat for
our clients, and for us too. I just can’t wait to get working
again and to get back to chatting. I want banter! I want trivia!
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Let’s
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VISITING THE HAIRDRESSER WAS ONE OF THE TOP THREE THINGS THE PUBLIC
WANTED TO DO ONCE LOCKDOWN WAS LIFTED. WILL THAT TRANSLATE INTO MORE
PEOPLE WANTING TO JOIN THE PROFESSION IN FUTURE?
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The nation’s 41,000 salons were closed,
but all the talk during lockdown was about
hairdressing. After more than three months
of no cutting, no colouring and no blowdrying,
everyone realised that while they
could (just about) handle having grey roots,
going without a trip to the hairdresser was
generally bad for morale. Having been
overlooked and undervalued for decades,
all of a sudden hairdressing was making
headlines for all the right reasons.
But what happens now? Will all that
yearning for “the chatter of the salon”
(Rhys Thomas, The Guardian), “the warm
glow on your neck after a cut” (Adam
Parsons, Sky News), and “how a regular
visit makes us feel” (Shane Watson, The
Daily Telegraph), translate into renewed
enthusiasm for a career in hairdressing?
As Allison Hargreaves, education
operations, events and marketing manager
at Coty Professional, puts it: “Hopefully,
there will be many parents wishing they
had a hairdresser in the family who will
now encourage their children to look into
it as a viable career.”
Certainly, hairdressing needs that boost:
since 2015 there’s been a steady decline in
the total number of people working in hair
(down to 250,000, according to 2019 NHBF
statistics), and more worryingly a sharp fall
in the number of apprenticeship starts in
England – from 11,500 in 2017/2018 to just
9,932 in 2018/2019.
So what’s been behind the lack of interest
in hairdressing as a career? Misconceptions
about the profession abound – 51 per cent
of people think hairdressing is low skilled,
and 32 per cent that it offers little in the
way of career progression, according to a
poll earlier this year by L’Oréal Professional
Products Division (LPPD). And of course,
there’s that infamous blind spot school
careers advisers seem to have for the hair
industry – in the LPPD poll 75 per cent of
respondents said they didn’t learn about
hairdressing as a career option in school.
And let’s hold that thought about low
skills for a moment… On 1 January 2021
the Government’s Immigration Bill is set to
replace free movement between the UK and
with European Economic Area states with
a new points-based system for workers
coming to the UK. Hairdressers have been
deemed lower skilled by the Home ce,
meaning the Bill will almost certainly spell
an end to the flow of foreign hairdressers
into the UK market that some London
WHY THE NEW IMMIGRATION BILL
AFFECTS UK HAIRDRESSING
The Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill 2020
puts an end to free movement of EU citizens to the UK, with a new pointsbased
immigration system to be introduced in January 2021.
ome ecretary riti atel has called it a “fi rmer fairer and simpler system
adding: “This historic piece of legislation gives the UK full control of our
immigration system for the fi rst time in decades and the power to determine
who comes to this country.
Potential incomers need to have at least 70 points before they can enter
the country to work with a confi rmed ob offer and the ability to speak nglish
a requirement. Points are also awarded for things such as earning at least
working a “skilled ob working in a profession that the has a
shortage of, and having a relevant PhD.
There isnt actually a defi nition of what the government classes as a “lower
skilled worker. owever since the points system is based on salary lowerpaid
obs fall into the low skill category. This puts hairdressing at risk with average
salaries falling below the £25,600 threshold. The new system will apply to
anyone coming from any country in the world from January 2021. Previously,
EU citizens didn’t need a visa to work in the UK under European law.
REQUIRED
Offer of job by approved sponsor Yes 20
Job at appropriate skill level Yes 20
Speaks English at the required level Yes 10
Salary of £20,480 (minimum) to £23,099 No 0
Salary of £23,040 to £25,599 No 10
Salary of £25,600 or above No 20
Job in shortage occupation No 20
PhD in subject relevant to job No 10
Relevant PhD in STEM subject (Science, No 20
Technology, Engineering, Maths)
London and South East-based Headmasters group claims the Immigration
ill will impact heavily on its business. ays chief eecutive au aymond
“Since the announcement of Brexit we’ve faced an active decline in the
numbers of candidates applying from Europe. About 10 per
cent of our workforce is from the EU and we are not fully
staffed currently as there is not enough skilled hair labour
in the UK. It means we cannot open new salons or staff
existing salons effectively, which has a direct impact on
our bottom line. The way the Immigration ill is udged
discriminates against hairdressers and hairdressing
businesses. The basic wage is lower than the £25,600
threshold for skilled labour; however, most hairdressers take
home more than that as it’s a commission-based
industry. Please take into consideration the average wage,
rather than the basic. Also, to say this is lower skilled work
is insulting. Cutting and colouring takes years of specialist
training. Let’s look to other countries who successfully
import labour. For example, in Canada they have express
entry for hairdressers as the country has a national
shortage of them. We need a similar dispensation here.
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salons and bigger national salon chains rely on.
“When we asked salons: ‘what can we do to help with
this recruitment challenge?’ They shared two things,”
says Beatrice Dautzenberg, managing director of LPPD.
“First, working at grass roots level and helping to accelerate
the number of people joining the industry. Second,
continuing to be able to recruit as they do today from other
countries, including those in Europe. The current Immigration
Bill would have a significant impact on salons having access
to talent – and people and talent is what makes this industry
thrive and grow.”
LPPD is currently campaigning at government level to
reclassify hairdressing as high-skilled, with Dautzenberg
listing “the years of learning and commitment, complicated
colour chemistry, cutting precision and articulate aptitude,
not to mention the emotional intelligence, communication
and excellence in customer care and wellbeing”.
She can also point to the recent industry overhaul of its
education programmes, bringing hairdressing training in
line with academic qualifications. For example, the new
Trailblazer Level 2 apprenticeship is transforming how the
industry trains and tests its new recruits, resulting in a
qualification equivalent to GCSEs at grades 9 to 4 (A* to C).
And from 2023, students aged 16 to 18 will be able to
study a T-Level in hair, beauty and aesthetics, equivalent
to three A-Levels.
Industry efforts need to re-double now to ensure
hairdressing truly leverages that moment in the lockdown
spotlight. Forge close working relationships with external
partners such as local schools and colleges. Put your efforts
into inspiring your clients – your potential new recruits’
parents – that this is an amazing career; 16-year-olds do very
little without their parents’ approval so let them know your
salon will give their children a future. Make sure your clients
know everything you do with your apprentices. Be loud on
social media about their training, the shows and events you
take them to. That way, when someone hears of a young
person who wants to enter the industry, everyone will tell
them they must come to learn from you.
With perfect timing (if we do say so ourselves), Creative
HEAD has just launched The Industry (the-industry.co.uk), a
new digital hub showcasing everything young people (and
their parents) need to know about a career in hairdressing,
from how and where to train, through to the incredible
opportunities that wait them once they’re qualified. There’s
also a 50-minute documentary following the lives of seven
different hair professionals – including Anthony Turner, Anna
Cofone and Ky Wilson – made not only to smash stigmas but
also to inform, surprise and inspire a wider audience.
Let’s hope that hairdressing’s new elevated status
continues after lockdown: that the media recognises hair
professionals for the trained experts they are and that
schools and careers advisers – and parents – stop regarding
a career in hairdressing as unattractive. The opportunities
are endless in this hugely supportive, flexible, diverse and
inclusive industry, and it’s our duty to inform and inspire the
public about them.
“Without apprentices, there is no
development, no support network,
no growth and no culture”
Sarah Seaman
Academy principal, Westrow House Academy, Yorkshire
“We’ve always seen apprentices as the future for our
business and the industry at large. Without apprentices,
there is no development, no support network, no growth
and no culture.
“We are constantly recruiting apprentices. Alongside
marketing our academy to salons in the local area, we make
sure we have a presence at the Leeds City Apprenticeship
Fair, obtaining contact information for any students
interested in a career in hairdressing.
“We also contact all our affi liated salons to see if
they are looking to recruit a new apprentice for the
upcoming summer/winter periods, and from this a list
of salon vacancies is collated, ready to share with
prospective students.
“We hold an open day once a year, which we advertise
by social media and through contact with school career
leads, who share the information among their Year 11 and
12 students. Prospective students have the chance to
look around and talk to staff and students, and we also
provide them with the list of vacancies in salons that are
well suited to them.”
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“A few years ago it was very worrying”
Melenie Tudor
owner of En Route Hair & Beauty, West Yorkshire
“About fi ve years ago I realised that trying to recruit young
team members was becoming more and more diffi cult. The
government had introduced a policy that required all school
leavers to attain a certain level in Maths and English, and I
discovered that many pupils thought they had stay on in a
school environment to achieve this. At one local school not
one pupil had left to go onto an apprenticeship that year. I
really felt I needed to do something about it.
“I approached various secondary schools in my area to
ask them if my team and I could talk to some of their pupils
about hairdressing apprenticeships. It took me quite a while
to get a response, but eventually I was invited to speak to
some Year 10 students and as a result my name got passed
on to Leeds Enterprise Partnership and I was assigned as
an enterprise adviser to a school in Wakefi eld. It involves
me going into the school every term, and recently I’ve been
able to start pushing hairdressing. The last workshop I did
saw 20 students turn up. We chatted about hairdressing
as a career, the lifestyle, the opportunities. Then we had a
practical session, which they loved.
“When I speak to training providers they do say things are
improving and they are getting more applicants now. But a
few years ago it was very worrying.”
“College students think they can
work in a salon, be mobile or work on
cruise ships. That’s it! Three things!”
Richard Phillipart
owner of The Boutique Atelier, Cheshire
“Education and inspiration are things all hairdressers should
be exposed to, not just us lucky lot in great salons. Because
of this I spend a few days each year at my local college
giving talks to new students, teaching older students and
hopefully inspiring them with what someone who once went
to their college has achieved – and what they can too.
“The students in college are simply not aware of
everything hairdressing can offer. They tend to think they
can work in a salon, be mobile or work on cruise ships.
That’s it! Three things! So I talk to them about working on
red carpets, photoshoots and fashion shows, as well as all
the opportunities to travel the world. I want to inspire them
to be better, to aim higher.
“There’s a lot more that the colleges can do to engage
with young people and draw them into a career in hair –
such as taking students to trade shows. But also brands
should connect more with colleges – send teams in to teach
new techniques and so on. Brands need to wake up to the
fact these college students are a huge part of their future
custom and they can get in early and blow their minds.”
“We have so many students with the potential to become great stylists”
Julie Allen
curriculum leader in hair and beauty, Barnsley College
“Barnsley College fosters great connections with salons in the area, based on a commitment to provide suitable
apprentices to work in those salons, and an open dialogue between the apprentice team and the salon. We invite
salons to college open days to see what we can offer their apprentices, and we’ve had several special events
with [Barnsley College-trained] Andrew Barton, where salons have had a great experience.
“The salons we work with can see that we have so many students with the potential to become great
stylists and they can choose someone suitable to enhance their business. Communication is vital between
the salon and the apprentice team and the success of apprentices within the salons.
“I thoroughly recommend that salon owners attend an open day at their local college to speak to tutors
about what they are looking for in an apprentice. Taking on students to do work experience is also a good way
to see the potential they have and if they would be a suitable apprentice. It also helps the student to decide if
they prefer full time education as opposed to working in the salon and doing one day a week in college.”
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Hair: Callum McDonald and Hayden Cassidy, Ruffians Shoreditch. Make-up: Zoë Moore. Photography: Jack Clark
BACK IN THEIR SHOPS, BARBERS FACE CHANGES TO THE WAY
THEY WORK, THE SERVICES THEY CAN OFFER AND THE IMPACT
OF LOCKDOWN ON THE ATTITUDE TO MEN’S HAIR NOW.
MR Q INVESTIGATES…
THERE’S CERTAINLY A lockdown look being sported by plenty of guys around the UK (heavier
beard? Check! Longer lengths? Check!), but what will the long-term impact of this be on men’s hair
trends and barbering in general? Which services do barbers need to reassess now that clients are
back in the chair?
“Barber shops are going to have one of the toughest times adapting after the lockdown, because of
the way that they are used to working,” admits Fudge Professional ambassador Jonathan Andrew,
pointing to busy shops full of customers simply walking in and waiting for their cut – the buzzy
vibe that many barber shops thrive on and clients love. “This may mean a few more rules to abide
by, and hopefully won’t have a detrimental effect to the shop in general. But I think the way we
have always worked will be quite different for a while.”
Following UK government guidelines for England and with social distancing in place, many
have axed the walk-in-and-wait culture for hygiene and safety reasons. And those guidelines also
specify that you can only cut/treat hair on the head, which affects the services you can offer. “It
could be a while before we can carry out full beard services,” adds Denis Robinson at Ruffians.
“It makes sense, even as we reopen and come out of lockdown, that barbers aren’t working up
close. Haircuts can be carried out wearing visors and with consideration, but working around the
face in such a close and intimate manner as shaving won’t be an option for a while yet.”
Mark Maciver, AKA Slidercuts, understands that people are going to be more conscious about
hygiene and safety. “They are such close-knit spaces, barbers are using their tools on one client
and then another. There will be a worry about it,” he admits.
He shares a simple yet effective method to reassure clients about the cleanliness of clippers
being used: “We all know you’re meant to clean your clippers after every client, but I’ve seen
plenty of barbers who don’t. I always clean my clippers before every hair cut, because that way
the client sees it. If you do it afterwards, they have to take your word for it. But I always do it
while they’re in the chair.”
Someone who’s role is to assess and interpret the changing landscape of men’s hair trends is
John Vial, co-founder of Salon Sloane and a regular backstage at London Fashion Week Men’s,
where most recently the Revlon Professional global influencer styled the Charles Jeffrey
Loverboy A/W20 show. Due to social media, trends are not what they once were – everything
moves so quickly – so part of John’s job is to identify gaps in the market and where he sees
‘movements’ rather than trends happening.
He identified two types of men during lockdown: one happy to turn to his partner and say
‘let’s try cutting it. If it doesn’t work, I’ll just clipper it off’. The other, more conscious of his
appearance, wouldn’t let anyone but a barber cut his hair. John explains: “He’ll have lots of
products and, in that period, he’s gone through the pain of growing it and he’s not going to
go back to the fade. So organically I think we’re going to see a big shift in a large percentage
of men’s hair. It’s not been in vogue for men to have long hair since the ’90s, and we are
definitely moving towards that.”
Plenty of male celebrities took to Instagram to share their home-based shearings which,
Hayden Cassidy, a rising barber talent with a chair at Ruffians, admits had an impact,
influencing about 10 per cent of her clients to give themselves a buzz cut. “At least that
will grow back evenly,” she smiles.
She used her social media to share styling tips and product recommendations to help
clients cope with their shut-in length. “A lot of guys come in with the same haircut for
10 years and when you ask them if they’ve though about changing, 50 per cent will say
‘yes, I’d love to change I just don’t know what to do’. You build up this trust with clients,
so I used that time to say to experiment, to give them some help.”
2019 Most Wanted Male Grooming Specialist and founder of Fowler35, Darren Fowler,
agrees that the lockdown presented the opportunity for some to test out something
new. “The grow-out period people can’t usually go through because they’re at work and
they need to look sharp… they didn’t have that and they are actually trying something
different,” he explains. “Guys’ hair tends to grow sideways or out from those corners,
and they’ve already gone through that now so there will be room for manoeuvre. But
I guarantee there will be those who can’t wait to get that fade back in!”
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THE BRIGHTON CONTINGENT
Shot in March during the rising anxiety of the Covid-19 pandemic and just days
before UK lockdown, Simon Webster Hair captured the last blow-out before this group
of musicians, artists and agitators went their separate ways.
This collection was inspired by The Bromley Contingent: a crew of creative teens
that included Billy Idol, Siouxsie Sioux and Soo Catwoman who became the entourage
that followed the Sex Pistols in the ‘70s and helped to popularise the fashion of the
UK punk movement. They customised their clothes, ripping up and remaking, crafting
a beautiful/ugly aesthetic that dominated the era.
Times of unrest and upheaval resonate through art, music and fashion. They provoke
reinvention and innovation, defiance and energy, creativity and change.
This is The Brighton Contingent…
Photography by Chris Bulezuik
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KID ZERO
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KIDDO
HAIR Simon Webster Hair Art Team. CONCEPT AND LEAD Simon Webster.
MAKE-UP Xoë Kingsley. STYLING models’ own
FAYE
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The
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PACKED WITH COMMERCIAL, WEARABLE LOOKS THAT CLIENTS WILL CRAVE, THIS
NEW COLLECTION FROM BIRMINGHAM’S HAZEL & HAYDN PLAYS WITH COLOUR,
TEXTURE AND FINISH TO HELP LIFT THOSE LOCKDOWN BLUES
PHOTOGRAPHY BY GARAZI
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HAIR Hazel & Haydn Art Team. MAKE-UP Meg Lindow. STYLING Zoë Kozlik
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Had the BEST 40th social
distancing birthday!
Zooming with my daughter
Pearl and the Russell Eaton
Salons team
With my brilliant wife
Libby on my birthday
Installing safety screens
ready for reopening
In the
frame
Robert Eaton (@robertjeaton),
Wella Professionals UK & Ireland
technical director and creative
director of Russell Eaton Salons,
snaps away
Promoting virtual
consultations ahead
of reopening
A virtual consultation with
a client as her husband
attempts to help... think my
job’s safe though!
We’re excited early
for Christmas…
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@theindustrysquad. Let’s get
more young people excited
about hairdressing!
Pearl’s rainbow to support
the NHS
Going the distance at
Russell Eaton Salons
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