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Three fab texture trends by Carly Aplin
This week we’re handing the blog over to the lovely Carly Aplin – pictured below – from award-winning salon group Westrow. Here she shares her tips on her top three Summer hairstyles that are all about texture.
To S'poo or not to S'poo
For a few years, women, particularly those with Afro or mixed heritage hair, have been shunning shampoo in favour of natural products and co-washing (washing only with conditioner). Now an American journalist with European hair has gone without shampoo for six years, the whole world's talking about it.
Festival hair favourite - The braid
With Coachella happening in a couple of weeks, rather than cry about our lack of tickets to the California sun-drenched festival, we thought we’d talk about our favourite festival hair go-to; the braid.
Boy zone - Why the man bun is set to be the top men's styling trend for summer
While classic men's styles aren't going anywhere, there's a whole other 'hair personality' appearing. As with most man trends, that new look is inspired by the undeniable influence of David Beckham.
Recreate this Mother's Day floral nail design using Gellux
Gellux nail technician Julie-Anne Larivière has been test driving Salon System’s new Gellux In The Buff collection - 6 nude polishes which are bang on trend this Spring/Summer. She's created this beautiful, floral signature nail design which is ideal to offer your clients this Mother’s Day.
The trends to nail this season - Spring/Summer 2015
If you haven’t got your copy of our Spring magazine yet (why not?) then you’re missing out on our mega feature on the SS15 cut, colour, style and nail trends to watch. But we forgive you, we know how hard you’re working, so here’s a small, compact version of what the experts had to say about SS15 nails.
The man who makes the stars beautiful joins Macadamia
Celebrity and editorial hair stylist Giannandrea has one mission – to make women beautiful. Now he has joined forces with top hair care brand Macadamia as its International Creative Director.
The celebrity hair trends from the Oscars red carpet
We’re not here to discuss the fashion worn at the Oscars – although, who knew washing up gloves would make an appearance, thanks to Lady Gaga?
Ecaille - The latest hair colour trend, kind of
First seen online and in the glossies back in 2013, the pretty Ecaille hair colour is back.
Spring 2015 Colour Trends - Not quite what you'd expect
While the majority of grey clients most likely come in to hide their greys, you might have a new type of grey client coming into the salon this season.
Why going short is the thing this spring
They say it takes two to make a trend, but the amount of celebs opting to go short is way beyond that. Here we discuss the key things to consider when a client wants to go short.
Works of Art - The Hair Collection
We don’t dedicate enough space to our favourite hair collections, so here we have gathered together three that we know you will want to see. We’ve got Ken Picton, Pkai and Gary Forde and his art team – let us know what you think!
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