Hairdressing clients using social media review site WOMOW (www.WOMOW.com.au) have surprised the site’s owners with their comments on what makes an in-demand hairdresser.

t a glittering awards ceremony at the Grosvenor House Hotel, a JW Marriott Hotel in London’s Park Lane, the winners of the 25th British Hairdressing Awards presented by Hairdressers Journal International and sponsored by Schwarzkopf Professional were announced. The biggest event in the hairdressing calendar was a night Akin Konizi certainly wouldn’t forget as he [...]

I don’t mean to startle you, but I think you should know some of your salon product is falling victim to the five finger discount. I’m no fear monger – I don’t parade down Main Street on the weekend wearing a sandwich board proclaiming, “The End of the World is Nigh”, or worse still, “Fluro is sooooo Making a Comeback”. I’m just telling it to you straight. If you don’t have strict stock management systems in place, you’re losing money on product – guaranteed!

This is the groundbreaking ‘Revival Collection’. These revolutionary pictures were inspired by the evolving choice women of colour possess to express their beauty. This collection simply exemplifies their diversifying femininity and radical stance in society.

It’s back! The longest running hairdressing awards in the Southern Hemisphere are here again, and the competition is set to be more intense than ever before with all categories open to New Zealand entrants for the first time (except Australian Hairdresser of the Year).

Hair by Anne Veck
Photography by Charlotte Kibbles
Make-up by Cheryl Corea
Styling by Polly Errington

‘Breeze’
Effortless Movement

“I wanted to create a collection of images which typifies emotion and spirit within hair, versatile, moveable, interchangeable shapes dictate imagery in its purest state.
‘Breeze’ collectively breaths depth, strikes balance & encapsulates tangible hair shapes for the modern woman.”
Nelson Brown

hair – nelson brown
photography – david oldham
styling – lindsay campbell
make up – sara lindsay & [...]

Did you know a great receptionist is worth their weight in gold, yet many salons and spas won’t even throw a piece of copper toward hiring one? It makes me shake my head in disbelief almost as much as my beautician shakes her head at me for squeezing zits (oh come on, like you’ve never done it!).

Caterina Di Biase, Australian Hairdresser of the Year 2009 and artistic director of the legendary Melbourne salon group Heading Out Hair & Beauty, has been appointed to the honorary role of National Technical Ambassador at Easydry to help promote the green agenda.

Definitive Power took inspiration from strong 1980s supermodels such as Grace Jones, Linda Evangelista and Iman. Such icons helped empower women from strength to strength in addition to influencing the fashion industry. By using geometric shapes in both the hair and the clothing, both structure and softness is created. The carefully constructed lighting brings the images to life – helping to deliver the sophistication of the final looks.