This is a short story on Creative Collaboration. And in it I hope to share a valuable lesson that we’ve learnt recently. Last year, the Stevie English Hair team were invited to put on a live performance for the launch of Culture Magazine’s new online venture: Culture Hub. Culture brought us in to help launch Culture Hub- [...]

Forum is the brain child of Linda Woodhead of Mocha publishings, Linda is a lover of the hairdressing industry, has many hats in the forms of being on the board for the ever growing and influential AHC as well as editing many mags such as the popular #Hairbiz #BeautyBiz and #Image to name a few. [...]

What does  a salon mean to you? A friend recently asked me what does the salon mean to me. My first thoughts were: it’s where I’m creative, it’s where I live out my passion and my love of hair. It got me thinking though….what what does the salon really mean to me, and more importantly [...]

My Hairdressers guide to Facebook lists, I’m not sure how many of you hairdressers are on Google+ , I have admit I got caught up in the hype a couple of months back, Google+ is Google’s way of counteracting Facebook’s popularity. i didn’t want to miss out on another platform to share my thoughts, pictures [...]

Over the last few years I have been asked many times what it is we do to build our profile, why are we getting so popular? I honestly don’t do anything except use Social media. I have never paid for advertising and have not had PR until very recently . I use Twitter a lot [...]

On Monday night, Sydney did not turn on the autumn good weather for Paul Serville, or he brought the lousy rain with him from New Zealand. What Paul DID bring with him to the awe-inspiring location Wild Life salon at Milsons Point ,was good business sense and a passion for what he does. If you [...]

As hairdressers we are supposed to do a great job at our craft-that’s a given. Whether you are a stylist, colourist and even a superstar assistant, what we do is give good hair.There is a part of our job that sometimes isn’t listed in the qualifications, and that is the role of listener and therapist. [...]

I have been in the hairdressing industry for over 17 years, and I’m slowly learning the process it takes to create a collection.
My first collections were always a mash of ideas. Then I would find girls who I thought were pretty enough, and try to bring it all together in front of the camera.
This year I have taken a slightly different approach,a more disciplined approach…

It’s been way too long since I have done a blog post, so a good topic would be….MOTIVATION!  This week I have been thinking about what motivates me, and what could be used to motivate my team. As a salon owner, I have different motives than my staff…I have found out that not everybody is [...]

Important date change to Schwarzkopf Professional Hair Expo Awards 2011 Please take note that the deadline for submissions in the 26th annual awards at Hair Expo Australia has been amended to Tuesday 8 March 2011. Following preliminary judging, finalists in the Schwarzkopf Professional Hair Expo Awards 2011 will be announced at a cocktail reception in [...]