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- [...]

In the past 2 years I have set about the goal of reducing our professional stock usage across my salons from 12% to a super low 5.3% at our last review.  Our ultimate goal was to set up a more profitable ratio between service turn over and professional colour spend. This critical balance gets very [...]

Hair Expo Australia is once again proving its commitment to the next generation of hairdressing stars by launching the GenNext Project 2012. Through an Australia-wide search, the project will see five aspiring hairstylists get the chance to be part of the largest and most prestigious industry event in the southern hemisphere. Following on from a [...]

By Leanne Cutler, Hair Shots 2 The World   The world hairdressing industry’s night of nights, the Alternative Hair Show, saw Australia proudly represented in every part of the show by two Sydney salons on October 16 at the Royal Albert Hall in London. Emiliano Vitale of é Salon presented at the London AHS with [...]

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. [...]

By Leanne Cutler, Hair Shots 2 The World I headed into my interview with Tony Rizzo wondering how he would shape up the day after the enormously successful Alternative Hair Show 2011. And what do you know? He was full of energy, beaming, clad in designer casuals including funky skull scarf. This founder of respected [...]

Entries for our region’s most prestigious hairdressing awards, the Schwarzkopf Professional Hair Expo Awards, are now open to the industry throughout Australia and New Zealand. Submissions will be accepted until 5pm on Wednesday 22 February, 2012. Then, once preliminary judging has been completed, the finalists will be announced at a cocktail reception in March. In [...]

Emiliano Vitale, the award-winning Creative Director of Sydney’s é SALON, made hairdressing industry history on Sunday 16th October 2011, as he became the first Australian hairdresser to present at the global event of the year – the 29th Alternative Hair Show in London. Making a marked return to the prestigious Royal Albert Hall, this year’s [...]

Service Skills Australia congratulates the competitors and winners at this year’s WorldSkills International Competitions in London. “This is a great day for Australia and we are proud of our team who have all excelled in their craft and participation in this event”, said CEO of Service Skills Australia Jeanette Allen from London at the 41st [...]

ProHairstylist NAHA winner Q&A by Leanne Cutler, Hair Shots 2 The World CREDITS 2011 NAHA Texture Carlos Cintron Lewisville, TX Photographer: Babak   Q: What preparation was done to achieve uniqueness, to make your collection stand out? Research and more research. A collection is a group or theme of ideas that revolve around a concept. [...]