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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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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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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There are so many brands of colour available not only from different manufactures but also from the same manufacturers. It’s a daunting task trying to select a shade just right for your own hair and it is an even more daunting task if as a Professional you need or want move from one colour range […]
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Oxidising hair dyes are still today the most popular form of hair colouring either Professionally or in Retail, you only have to walk into the hair colouring section of any outlet to witness the volume of choice. Their popularity is down to the reliability, effectiveness and resistance to shampooing and other external factors, such as […]
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In my first blog on colouring grey/white hair I looked at Semi-Permanent colour and its power to blend those first white hairs, here I move to the next level with Demi-permanent colour. During our greying progress we will start to notice that those first few grey/white unruly hairs start to make more of a […]
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When we discover our first grey/white hair we all react differently, for me, I was very curious as it would finally allow me to experience for myself something that I had studied and worked through for others. Over the years I have experimented on my own hair, as well as developing products and techniques for […]
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