Kimberley Griffith has always had a passion for hairdressing. She studied Nutritional Medicine at university, but then decided to combine her passion for hair with the knowledge she’d gained from her studies to pursue a career as a hair professional. Kimberley is ambitious to build on her knowledge and skills in order to advance her […]
Being a freelancer means being your own boss, but it can also be tough out there on your own. Freelancers are the Cinderellas of the profession. They may be able to choose how, when and where they work, but they have no security, little support and less access to regular training and refresher sessions than […]
Vanessa Cuda lives in Calabria, Italy’s most southern region. Right at the tip of the country, Calabria is dominated by sun, sea and mountains, and by miles and miles of sandy beaches. The capital of Calabria is the city of Catanzaro, and that‘s where you’ll find Vanessa’s beauty and wellness salon ‘Butterfly’. Vanessa is an […]
After previous experience working in salon and as a college tutor, Sharon Sawyer chose to run her own freelance business, which she has now done successfully for over 10 years. During her professional career Sharon has earned many qualifications and creative awards including Wella’s Master Colour Expert, but she always felt there was a gap […]
It’s a long way from putting patients to sleep to caring for their hair. But that’s the journey one creative salon owner has taken. For 20 years Roger Tackley was a consultant anaesthetist at Torbay Hospital. It certainly meant he spent many hours sitting at the ‘head-end’ of his patients. But then he was more […]
Katie Philips certainly has a ‘been there, done that’ cv. She started as a hairdressing apprentice, got her City and Guilds, worked in several salons, then on a cruise ship, and then she taught at a number of FE colleges for many years. Studying trichology to gain CPD hours was originally the suggestion of a […]
Lorraine Townsend is a freelancer in the Cirencester area of western England. She’s a committed user of nitrile gloves to protect her hands when using tint. “I wish we’d had them in the salons I started out in. In those days, we only had those latex ones, which I didn’t like, and we had to provide our own […]
