Hairy Truths – Hairy Truths

Back to Basics

Posted on January 27, 2022January 26, 2022 by cwcurtis

Here we are at the latter half of January with the promise of spring just around the corner. There’s something so comforting about the clean slate that January and a new calendar offers. It’s a chance to begin again, to put aside whatever disappointments we’ve had lately and work toward a bright and shiny new […]

Keep or throw away; shelf life &; expiration date

Posted on March 2, 2021February 21, 2021 by cwcurtis

When we returned to Ireland, we moved in with my parents until we got a place of our own. It was a lovely time spending so much time with them and I took the opportunity to clear out a few cupboards (or presses as we call them in Ireland). What I found was amazing, there […]

Hair bonds; links that keep hair together

Posted on February 16, 2021February 14, 2021 by cwcurtis

Recently I was contacted by a pal who is currently working on an Education Program for Hairdressers in his part of the world. We had an interesting conversation and a bit of a debate about the importance of the different bonds in the hair. It’s a subject that has resurfaced in the last decade along […]

Be kind to others; mental health in the workplace

Posted on January 26, 2021January 16, 2021 by cwcurtis

In my previous blog I shared some lifestyle tips supported with expert’s links on managing our own mental health. In this blog I continue the theme of mental health taking a different perspective in how to help others. When I started working in the salon as an apprentice, I was a little chatterbox and loved […]

Be kind to yourself; managing your mental health

Posted on January 12, 2021January 12, 2021 by cwcurtis

Here we are 2021 and feeling a little Déjà vu as we enter yet another lockdown. There is some hope on the horizon with the roll out of COVID-19 vaccines all over the world and we will adapt to living with this virus. As a ‘non-essential’ business the hair & beauty industry has been hit […]

Pantone Colours of the Year 2021

Posted on December 15, 2020December 10, 2020 by cwcurtis

After the year that was 2020, who can say what 2021 has in store for us? And although we faced may changes there is something nice about things that stay the same and this is true for the team at the Pantone institute as they last week announced not one but two colours of the […]

Hair – the thick and thin of it

Posted on November 3, 2020November 2, 2020 by cwcurtis

You see it called out on hair products, written in articles, discussed among friends or even experienced it yourself when a Professional as in my case looks at your hair a tells you with pity you have fine hair or if lucky something else. Yes, hair comes in a variety of different sizes as well […]

Layers, we all have them

Posted on October 20, 2020November 12, 2020 by cwcurtis

I am back designing education this time for the Moroccanoil brand and revisited the subject of the hair’s layers. It is one of the first hair theories we learn as a Professional, but its only through experience that we realise its importance as it helps to explain why things happen. Even recently during a coaching […]

So you want to be a Hairdresser

Posted on September 8, 2020September 2, 2020 by cwcurtis

Hairdressing has been the one constant in my life, I remember smells from sitting on the salon floor chewing hairpins as my Mum worked on elaborate creations, telling a little white lie about my age to my aunt to get a Saturday job in her salons when I was only 12 and that sickly nervous […]

Henna

Posted on August 25, 2020August 15, 2020 by cwcurtis

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 […]