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What a great offer we have for July with 25% off of any mix of Redken shampoo and conditioner, come and grab this offer before its gone!

We also have a great flip in hair offer this month too, it is, order any 12″ flip in hair and upgrade to a 16″ for only another £9.99.

Our own Dr Dev Patel also has some offers on his new Lipo firm plus of A course of 8 Lipofirm Plus treatments on either the face or body Normal Price £860 Special offer price ONLY £600! 

so come and snap up some great deals in salon this July!

Well once again Salon of the Year arrived, this time the venue was at The Guildhall in Portsmouth, as always seems to be with these awards it was rather disorganised!

We had a great evening, all meeting up for pre dinner drinks and then catching the Limo bus for a tour of Portsmouth and then onto the event.

After queueing for quarter of an hour to get in we then found the arrival drinks had all but gone (other than Orange Juice)

Then into dinner, the Guildhall had been really jazzed up and looked great, tables were a little overcrowded and it wasnt long before the rather sad menu arrived, I think most people probably went home hungry! but we came for the awards not the food (thank goodness!)

Amy Childs from Towie was one of the presenters, sadly the sound system was a huge let down and you could hardly hear anything of all the proceedings, after a short introduction we were treated to a troop of dancers, with very expressive dancing! and some singing.

The awards went through at a slow pace but we were thrilled to pick up a Highly Commended for our talented junior Maddie Yates.

A superb win for our own Cosmetic Therapist Dr Dev Patel, Dev had a great night hooked up with any celebrity going!

And finally the salon went Runner up Salon of the Year after having won it two years running!

This is an award that was judged by the votes from clients but this year The News changed it to be votes from clients and the judges make the final decision, so the salon with the most votes doesnt necessarily win!!

If you can’t stop them winning, move the goal posts!

But three years running would have been too much!!

There were some great salons nominated, maybe next years should be judged by unbiased judges!

The night rolled on into the early hours, and there were some very sore heads the next morning I am sure! it is always nice to meet up with our industry on nights out but it was a shame it was such a shambles this year, but the twitter feeds made amusing reading the next morning, maybe some were still under the influence to be saying  what they did! losers!!!

The New Invisibobble is literally flying out the door! We have been through three boxes in as many weeks.

The great thing with these is that they do not damage the hair like a normal band would, no breakage, no lines in the hair and no tangling, and when not in use just wear around your wrist as a fashion accesory!!

And at only £3.75 for three they are a bargain too!

Available in Black, White, Red, Yellow and Blue

With up to 75% gray coverage this is a must for your hair.

If you are not ready for the step of a permanent color New shades EQ cover plus is for you, with 14 beautiful new shades there is something for everyone.

As with the original shades EQ this is a conditioning color cream that will leave your hair in beautiful condition with a dazzling shine.

New shades EQ cover plus contains pomegranate oil and rice protein to leave your hair silky soft.

Leave the salon with Color Extend shampoo and conditioner with the fade resist complex which will extend the life of your color even longer.

ghd eclipse® is the ground-breaking new styler. With the ability to tackle any hair texture quickly and easily, ghd eclipse® will revolutionise styling on hard-to-tame hair. Using new, innovative and patented tri-zone™ technology – developed exclusively by ghd scientists to take hair styling into a new era – ghd eclipse® can radically transform the toughest of textures, such as very thick, curly or afro hair. It can also style larger sections of hair at a time, making styling significantly faster on all hair types. The new ghd eclipse® uses a more effective heat to deliver the best and fastest results yet, while new tri-zone™ technology uses six quick-thinking sensors (three on each plate) to ensure no loss of heat during styling, while maintaining heat at a constant 185°C – the most effective temperature to produce the best styling results.

They come with a two year guarantee and are £195

Don’t risk buying online, as there are so many fake GHD’s now, only buy from an official stockist.

After a brisk early morning walk along the Thames (not all the team I might hasten to add!) it was off to the Thames room again for a cooked breakfast to set us up till mid morning coffee! (do they think us hairdressers are always taking breaks!)

Once again the morning was opened by a suitably refreshed Catherine followed by Nicholas Wood (President of Goldwell and KMS) and an interesting talk on business building marketing, he was followed by the effervescent Sharleen Hunter founder of the PR company Unleashed Potential.

Sharleen came up with some great ideas and made you realise just how important PR is to most salons, one thing that really stuck in mind was ‘once you woo, you have to WOW!’ and keep in touch with your customers because ‘out of sight = out of mind”

Sharleen was a tough act to follow but on came the group head of Urban Retreat salon in Harrods, Marcus Allen.

Marcus talked us through his last week and some of his issues he had to deal with including 8 pregnancies (none attributed to Marcus!)  stock control, perfumes worth ridiculous amounts going missing etc etc, this is from a 250 strong team! Marcus was moct entertaining and made you realise we are all on the same journey but not all turning over millions of pounds a year.

After Marcus we had the first of two halves of planning and executing a photo shoot, this was with the legendary photographer John Rawson and the PR Sharleen, Creative Head editor Lauren Margrave and hairdressers Darren Webster and Lisa Whiteman all adding their own views as to how to go about a succesful photo shoot.

I think a lot of people walked away with a completely different view on photoshoots.

Now it was time for coffee, it was 11oclock after all!

Back in now for director of education for 365, Ken West

Ken shared his analysis of price cutting and discounting in these challenging times and produced quite a bleak picture for the salons who take on this slippery slope.

Ken was followed by John Carne, his brand manager Emma Chadwick and his art director Andy Smith.

They all spoke about the revamped John Carne salons and gave us quite a unique insight into their planning and how they broke down the business to rebuild it, food for thought.

It was now time for a working lunch, yes lunch time must be coming up I hear you say!

Interesting time looking at the different businesses and what they had to offer, once suitable revived it was time for the ‘Think Tank’ session this time flew by with many lively discussions on a variety of topics followed by the second half of the photoshoot.

Once again it was time for refreshments and this time it was freshly baked cookies that flew off the tables like there was no tomorrow!

We then settled down to enjoy “The story of our life’ with the legendary northern duo Gary Hooker and Michael Young being interviewed by Catherine Handcock

As always these two are hugely likeable and you have to admire their sheer determination to build such a prestigious brand away from London.

Insights into their business were wonderful and you really felt honoured to be sat listening in like an old friend, sadly it ended all too soon and it was quick goodbyes to friends old and new and then on our way back suitable topped up with some inspirational thoughts to start our new week with and all looking forward to more of the same next year

What a great weekend was had!

The day started off on Sunday afternoon with the welcome by the ever glamorous Creative Head editor Catherine Hancock, this led straight into last years winners of Most Wanted business thinkers Tommy and Esther Van der Veken, their message was clear ‘stay true to your goals and core beliefs, and never compromise on quality’

They were followed by Richard Phillipart ‘The boy wonder!’ Richard has really grasped the social media platform and used it all across his business, it certainly had everyone talking as they left and drifted to the bar!

The evening started with a meet and mix session in the Thames room with huge swaithes of glass overlooking the said river with some real hairdressing legends in Andrew Barton, Dylan Bradshaw, Errol Douglas, Carolyn Newman and Ken West

there was a real buzz in the room as people waited patiently to unleash their questions on the willing legends, from here it was down to dinner. A lovely dinner was had and washed down with copious amounts of wine and then the finale of the day which was the legendary Trevor Sorbie introducing his award winning art team.

Trevor was brandishing a broken ankle from some sort of bedroom activities involving a wardrobe (later we found out it wasnt anything half as exciting!) The art team really brought a hush over the diners as they worked their magic on stage and after people retired to the bar (once again) to enthuse over the amazing work and catch up with old friends and make some new.

Day two began at 7am breakfast followed by the opening at 9am, there were a few bleary eyes due to ‘some’ people still at the bar at 4am! shocking!

more to come!

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