Learned & Still Learning
Henna has had a recent resurgence in the use of hair colouring and I was also pleased to read it is being looked at more closely in textile dying as it is a less-toxic approach to filling our lives with colourful cloth and yarn. Although a natural dye it does have its challenges for both […]
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It has been wonderful watching the different Hair Professionals all over the world getting back to work, doing what we love to do, HAIR. In this blog getting back to hair I wanted to continue on my earlier themes of beauty industry changes, little did I know I’d be adding to it so soon. These […]
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In my previous blogs I discussed the hair’s structure and melanin, in this blog I will take a look at the texture of hair, that is, the straightness and waviness of hair. When it comes to physically working with strong textured hair I am not as proficient as I would like to be. Although having […]
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As a child I was fascinated by how different everyone looked and I was particularly interesting in one of my Hockey team mates who had heterochromia iridum; heter (different) chromia (colour) iridum (iris), yes two different eye colours, I thought she was the most exotic person in my world. Later I learned that all of […]
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Hair! Our bodies are covered in it, we spend a lot of time, money and effort on it and it can communicate volumes about us to others. In this blog I look more closely at the hair fibre what it is made of and share some interesting facts about hair, OK I think they are […]
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You’ve done it, you’ve helped someone or you yourself have grown out your artificial hair colour and now you want to make sure your natural grey/white hair looks great. In this blog I look at the changes in grey/white hair and share ideas on how to maintain and keep grey/white hair looking great and healthy. […]
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Making a decision to grow out your hair colour to your natural grey/white hair is big one. For some that process is more gradual taking several years which can include an emotional adjustment to the new brighter look. For others it is a dramatic transformation that takes place in the hands of a Professional colourist. […]
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My years working in research taught me more than just what was happening in the beauty industry, it often demonstrated my limited awareness of things. Over the 16 years in R&D that awareness grew and expanded as I learned to open up and assimilate new truths as they appeared. In this blog, my third instalment […]
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While working in research a large part of my job was to assess how the beauty industry was changing, the insights generated helped to inform my actions and recommendations. I am sharing with you in this blog my second installment of what I have witnessed in Retail/Box colour and like in my previous Professional colourist […]
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As a beauty Professional I have been a keen observer of how technology and developments in both product and education have pushed the industry in recent years. When I worked in research a large part of my job was to assess how the beauty industry was changing, the insights generated helped to inform my actions […]
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