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Andrew Barton - How Hairdressing Can Ride the Recession
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Kate
Dated: December 19, 2008 12:04 PM
Dated: December 19, 2008 12:04 PM
As usual at this time of the year, I have been crazy busy and this last couple of days I have worked 9am-9pm and 7am-9pm in the salon to fit in as many clients as I possibly can because I have decided to take a long Christmas break.
If you add in the fact that I spent the start of the week filming for 10 Years Younger - which is back on your screens in the new year - it's no wonder that I am Red-Bulled up at 9am in the mornings!
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A Season of Magazines and Hair Makeovers - Andrew Barton
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Dated: November 24, 2008 10:40 AM
Dated: November 24, 2008 10:40 AM
It's been a while since I have last been in touch. I've just had a crazy busy few weeks doing loads of photographic shoots for magazines.
I've been doing everything from makeovers to new year, new you features and fashion spreads for everything for Phsychology magazine to the Mail on Sunday magazine to Weight Watchers.
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Tags: 10 Years Younger , Andrew Barton
Fashion Shows To BHA Judging - Andrew Barton
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Andrew Barton
Dated: October 3, 2008 12:29 PM
I've spent a busy week in the Cribbs Causeway Shopping Centre in Bristol with Mark Heyes from GMTV. We are doing four fashion shows a day for six days as part of their Fashion Week.
I'm not actually doing any hair on the stage; instead I am presenting the shows and doing a series of meet and greets and the odd free consultation. It's all good fun and Mark and I are good friends so there is plenty of banter.
Our last shows are on Sunday afternoon and then, on Monday, I'm off to Epsom for the second phase of the judging for the 2008 British Hairdressing Awards.
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Tags: Andrew Barton , British Hairdresser of the Year , British Hairdressing Awards
All go for autumn - Andrew Barton's Diary
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Andrew Barton
Dated: September 18, 2008 3:26 PM
I do a photo shoot most weeks, but September is always busy as magazines catch up after the summer holiday season.
Today I was doing a shoot with Harpers Bazaar. The beauty editor is an old friend of mine and asked me to do the hair for the shoot which was looking at hair trends for the season ahead. The unusual element of the shoot was that she modelled for it!
Earlier this week I was asked to present an award at the Prima High Street Fashion Awards. I presented the trophy for Best High Street Evening Wear. I had a great night. It's good to meet new people.
My most exciting news is that I have been signed up for the next series of 10 Years Younger. This is fantastic news, as I know it was a much sought after slot. I'm thrilled and will be celebrating with some champagne later.
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Hairdressing Lessons I Learned in Asia - Andrew Barton
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Andrew Barton
Dated: September 8, 2008 2:10 PM
It's great to be back in the Britain after a couple of weeks touring Asia - even if all the clients I saw last Friday had to leave the salon in the pouring rain and have their beautifully coiffed hair ruined by the conditions.
As much as I'm glad to be back, it was a really lovely trip as the people are so gentle and positive and I really enjoyed the food!
That said, I was completely exhausted because I took in seven countries in just under three weeks and I must admit that by the end I didn't know where the hell I was! - it was just a continuous cycle of shows, seminars, press hair appointments and photo shoots.
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Andrew Barton: Why I Withdrew From British Hairdresser of the Year
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Andrew Barton
Dated: August 8, 2008 4:14 PM
As you might have read, I have decided to withdraw my nomination from this year's British Hairdresser of the Year competition.
This was not a decision that I took lightly because when I received my nomination I was honoured and really excited. However after serious thought I realised that I couldn't put in the time and dedication that the award requires.
British Hairdresser of the Year nominees have to put together a photo collection of eight images. It is not just a case of turning up and taking styling the hair for the photographs. It would have involved at least a two day shoot and countless hours working on the concept, developing the idea and choosing the right models and I knew that there simply are not enough hours for me to do that.
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Back from holiday - Andrew Barton's Diary
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Andrew Barton
Dated: August 4, 2008 2:37 PM
"I was on holiday last week and had a lovely time. We went to a farm house in the hills of Ibiza.
I was really ready for a break, although I was never far from a notepad and I spent a couple of hours a day on my Blackberry.
I'd rather do that than come back to thousands of emails. I actually came home feeling like I'd had a rest.
It was back to work on Monday, doing educational work with L'Oréal Professionnel in London and then in Manchester on Tuesday.
On Wednesday, I had a day of press appointments, seeing journalists all day to talk about my products brand and trends for autumn/winter.
I enjoy this side of my job - it's a case of sitting down all day and having a nice chat.
On Thursday I was in bed all day with food poisoning after a barbecue, so I didn't get much work done.
Today I'm back in the salon - it feels like I haven't been here for ages!"
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Great news this week - Andrew Barton's Diary
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Matthew
Dated: June 27, 2008 2:42 PM
The highlight of this week has to be the phone call I received from Jayne Lewis-Orr at HJ telling me that I was a nominee for British Hairdresser of the Year for the sixth consecutive year.
I was with a client when I received the call and she ran straight out to buy a bottle of Champaign for us to celebrate.
All this week I have been up and down the country. I was in Bournemouth on Monday talking to a hairdressing group about creative cutting. Then on Tuesday I was in Birmingham for the last date of the tour I am doing with Kerastase. The aim of this road show has been to inspire young people and make them aware of the incredible opportunities they have in front of them.
I enjoy being a token of career success in hairdressing for youngsters to tap into.
On Wednesday I was working on a photo shoot for the new News of the World magazine, Fabulous. It was a colour story - brunette to blonde.
Although I'm not a colourist I enjoy using colour - it's essential to our industry. The salon of the future will be a colour house rather than just a cutting house. The modern client is more excited about colour than anything else.
I was back in the salon for the end of the week - always my favourite place to be.
Andrew Barton Wows the Crowd at Poland's Colour Trophy
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Kate
Dated: June 16, 2008 11:46 AM
After enjoying a lovely evening at the L'Oreal Professionnel Colour Trophy at London's Earls Court, I headed off to Warsaw, to do a show at the L'Oreal Professionnel Colour Trophy in Poland.
Without our third wheel, Alison, who is away on maternity leave, Tracey Gallagher and I put together a concept where we worked live on stage for a full 40 minutes.
The idea was to really wow the crowd with a transformation show and it certainly achieved our aim: we got a standing ovation from the 2,000 hairdressers at the National Opera House.
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On the road with Kerastase - Andrew
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Andrew Barton
Dated: May 30, 2008 1:36 PM
I've been touring the
The focus of the tour has been sharing my inspirations, and the story of how I built my career, with other hairdressers - particularly younger hairdressers. I tried to give the audiences an insight into how I've gone from a small northern hair salon to where I am now.
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Tags: 10 Years Younger , Andrew Barton , Kerastase
From the Mediterranean to Manchester with Shiny Happy Hair
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Kate
Dated: May 19, 2008 3:22 PM
After a couple of weeks doing shows and seminars in the Mediterranean, this week I've been on the road with my haircare range Shiny Happy Hair.
I've visited Asda stores in Manchester, Leeds, Cheshire and the Midlands meeting my public(!) and offering advice on haircare and how best to use my products.
Everyone thinks that having your range is probably a dream come true, but it is a huge workload! Fortunately, I have a fab team around me - we're calling them 'Team Barton'!- to give me support.
I've recently employed a new MD to help me out. She comes from both a large corporate and small business background and is really helping me to put a proper business structure to the company.
Despite it being a lot of hard work, I'm really enjoying the work because it is all new to me. I've been in hairdressing for 25 years, but launching Shiny Happy Hair has made it feel like I have done my first year all over again.
The great thing about getting out and about is that you meet people and you get to know what they really think. It's really interesting to hear what women want from their haircare range and how they describe them.
As an industry, sometimes we get locked into our own language and terminology and it doesn't necessarily mean anything to the consumer. We'll describe colours and cuts with professional language; but to be honest saying graduated bob means nothing to your average person, whereas 'Victoria Beckham's bob' means everything.
That's actually an extension of a lot of the work that I have done at Saks, which has been to understand trends and buying power so that we can appeal to women nationwide rather than just targeting a London-centric type.
As the consumer becomes more savvy about what she buys and how she buys it - especially in what is fast becoming a challenging economic climate - it's vital that we respond to her needs.
I've had the opportunity to launch my own haircare range for quite some time, but always held of until it felt like it could be my signature rather than the direction a company wanted to take me in.
It might turn out to be the wrong decision, but I wanted to be involved in everything, from the formula to the smell to the marketing message on the back of the bottle, so that there is a little bit of Andrew (and my years of experience) in every bottle.
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Educating in Athens - Andrew Barton
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Matthew
Dated: May 9, 2008 2:41 PM
I spent the first four days of this week in Athens with Saks presenting three seminars a-day. Around 100 people attended each seminar and we were there to share creative ideas on cutting and colour and future trends.
We often visit Greece – we’ve been presenting there for the past 10 years. It’s hard work, with 7am starts every day and the final seminar finishing late in the evening – but its also very rewarding. It’s great to be abroad representing British hairdressing. Greek hairdressers are well educated, but they do look to the UK for influence.
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Doing a Radio Makeover - Andrew Barton
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Andrew Barton
Dated: May 2, 2008 4:34 PM
I started the week in Istanbul doing a three-day shoot for an advertising campaign for a hair company in Turkey. That might sound glamorous, but it it was actually far from it!
I had three women's hair to style; so I had to cut, colour and style their hair and then wait around for ages as they went about the shoots. We shot way until the night - the latest finish was 3am - and then were back at it by 9am so it was exhausting to say the least.
I art direct so many shoots, so it is always interesting when you work with someone else, but you have to be respectful to their style and vision even if it is sometimes different to how you would have done things.
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Great to be Back in Britain - Andrew Barton
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Kate
Dated: April 4, 2008 3:49 PM
As nice as travelling the world and experiencing different cultures is, it is really wonderful to be home and to have my own shower and my own wardrobe to choose from rather than a suitcase.
Over the years, I've got the knack of travelling really light because I have to take so much heavy hair kit, from electricals to spares and products, which are suprisingly heavy.
Generally speaking, I never travel anywhere without my kit, but the other week I had a realy panic because I was taking a really early flight to Glasgow and I left my kit in the exec lounge.
I didn't realise I had left it behind until I was getting off the plane; so I went into a group of students I had never met before and had to borrow theirs. The funny thing was that they were all really nervous about what I would think of their kit!
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Mobbed in Croydon to Business in Brazil - Andrew Barton
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Andrew Barton
Dated: March 28, 2008 11:21 AM
I often think how crazy the variety in my life is - and that's never been more true than this last couple of weeks when I've gone from being mobbed in Croydon Shopping Centre to advising a salon in Brazil how to get the most out of their business.
I was in Croydon with GMTV fashion stylist Mark Heyes, who is a friend of mine, for a four day fashion event. It had been advertised on bus shelters throughout south east London and people came out from everywhere to see it!
As part of the event, I was presenting the fashion show and giving out hair tips and advice. I did see the odd 'Croydon face-lift' while I was there and tried to advise against it, but it was a bit of a struggle to convince wearers it was a mistake!
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Tags: Andrew Barton , Mark Heyes , Saks
My Whistlestop Tour of Australia with L'Oréal
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Andrew Barton
Dated: March 14, 2008 5:10 PM
I recently left for Australia and, excited as I was about the trip, I was equally thrilled by something happening in the UK – the launch of my Shiny Happy Hair range.
It’s been really well-received and the initial sales are excellent – over and above what we were expecting.
A new order has already been placed and there are already some clear favourite products, which will help us know what direction to go in when we develop additions to the range.
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'Ready Steady Cook' Here I Come - Andrew
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Andrew Barton
Dated: February 17, 2008 5:22 PM
It would be a massive understatement to say I've been busy recently - it's been crazy!
I've spent a few days in Thailand, where I am working on an ongoing project with a salon group; helping them to build and strengthen their brand.
Unlike a lot of the work I do, this isn't straight teaching, it is more like consultation work and I am hoping to leave a lasting legacy so that they can get on with it after I finish my contract with them.
I have looked at everything from the brand to their training to the way they PR themselves and how they do their photography. I've found that their technical ability is good and specific to the region, but they hadn't looked at how they can further present themselves and develop.
So it's been a bit of a learning experience - for me as well as them - and they have faced some difficult decisions and challenges because changes have had to be made and lots of those were to do with the standards they set.
Last week, we shot their first campaign. It was something that they had spent a lot of money on and it was great to be involved.
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Another C-R-A-Z-Y Week - Andrew Barton
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Andrew Barton
Dated: January 28, 2008 12:11 PM
Last week was CRAZY!!!!! I don't feel like I have been to bed.
Monday was the Saks Awards, which was a really big day to award all the company's big achievers at London's swanky Cafe de Paris.
It was a very glamorous day and it was really great to see everyone together and catch up with all the franchisees. Being hairdressers, it goes without saying that we had a big party into the small hours!
Tuesday, I had the press launch of Shiny Happy Hair at a suite at the Mayfair hotel. There were over 90 journalists from different publications.
I was really nervous in the build up, worrying if anyone would come and how it would go down, but I was thrilled by the turn out and the response was brilliant.
The journalists were excited about the vision and philosophy behind the range and, after two years in the pipeline, it feels great to finally be out there.
After the official launch, I partied late into the night with lots of my friends. Asda, where the products will be sold, very kindly sent me round 40 bottles of champagne, so it was some celebration!
Needless to say, the not-drinking-in-January took a bit of a dent for a couple of days, but I'm back to it now.
Wednesday morning I had a really early start to get down to Devon, where Tracey, Alison and I were presenting for South Devon college.
It was interesting because we were invited to present the Indulgence collection to students and local salon owners. Often the regions get neglected when it comes to these types of presentations so it was good to go out there, but I worked out that I spent 11 hours travelling in total, so it was completely exhausting!
I spent Thursday in the office going through over 100 emails and then enjoyed a really special dinner with my first ever junior, AJ.
He is actually Andrew too, but you couldn't have two Andrews in the salon so he said 'I'll be Andrew Junior'. AJ caught on and he's been known as that ever since - even by his own family! He works as a colourist now and it was really nice to catch up with him.
As usual, I was in the salon on Friday, then Saturday was filming for the new series of 10 Years Younger before flying out to Bangkok for some seminars - more on both of those next week...
Tags: Andrew Barton , Saks , Shiny Happy Hair by Andrew Barton
Back In the Salon With My Clients - Andrew
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Kate
Dated: January 22, 2008 9:33 AM
Last week was a lovely - but slightly manic - week for me because I spent three days in the salon working with clients.
I love the variation of putting on a different hat each day and always having different challenges to face, but I enjoy my days in the salon over and above anything else.
It is so rewarding and there is nothing like seeing clients with a big grin on their face when you finish - that smile is quite addictive and what my job is all about.
At the moment, I am booked right up to August and when a client arrives at the salon they have often already got their next visit in eight weeks time booked.
In between appointments with me, I recommend that they visit other colleagues in the salon, and it isn't unusual for me to only see some of my clients two or three times a year.
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Tags: 10 Years Younger , Andrew Barton , Saks , Shiny Happy Hair by Andrew Barton
A Shiny Happy Start to 2008 - Andrew Barton
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Andrew Barton
Dated: January 14, 2008 11:06 AM
The start of 2008 has been a real buzz. I've got a lot on but I'm feeling amazing thanks to my healthy new habits: a new exercise regime, a healthy eating campaign and I'm off the booze.
I haven't actually given up alcohol full-stop, but I am stopping the terrible habit I'd got in to of coming home from work and opening a bottle of wine.
The problem with having a couple glasses of wine in the evening is that you pile on the pounds, you feel less comfortable and you have less energy - and right now I am so busy that I need as much energy as I can get.
At the moment, there's lots happening on Shiny Happy Hair, which has a press launch later in the week and goes live in Asda stores in the middle of February.
So far I have done three makeovers for the range and they've been well received so I am really excited about the whole world knowing about it because it is something new that looks and feels different in the market.
Most hairdressers who launch their own product range sell their name for a royalty of the licence, but I am funding it myself so that I own the brand, which means that it has been my creation from the forumulation to the fragrance, design and marketing philosophy.
With 25 years of knowledge of women's hair and tons of experience of working alongside manufacturers from Tigi to Kerastase I know the types of products that consumers are looking for and I wanted to take a no-nonsense approach that cut the bull-shit and reflected my personality.
Despite the fact I am launching my own range I still heavily endorse the prescriptive elements of professional hair care. I wanted a brand and range with the hallmarks of professional products that was available to everyone and didn't attract the price tag sometimes associated with professional products.
As well as working on Shiny Happy Hair, I have had my usual busy schedule with Saks and have had a different head on every morning.
It's a crucial time for communicating and educating the new collection and we're also introducing the new art team members. We have to give them an induction that is tailored to their specific needs and helps us to find out where they are at and get the best out of them.
As always they are exciting times. I'll have plenty more to tell you about next week.
Tags: Andrew Barton , Saks , Saks Art Team , Shiny Happy Hair by Andrew Barton
Rested, Relaxed and Raring To Go - Andrew
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Andrew Barton
Dated: January 4, 2008 4:11 PM
I hope everyone had a tremendous Christmas and brilliant new year.
When we get back to work in the first weeks of January, it’s a little like one of those aftermath scenes from a movie - everyone feels a little shell-shocked.
Fresh back from my holidays in the sun, which was obviously paradise - how could one of those water bungalows in the Indian Ocean not be? - and thankfully I’ve not had to start the new year with a dreaded resolution!
What with yoga in the morning, Thai Chai in the afternoon, plenty of massages (all in the name of research, of course) and far too much swimming, I’m feeling the best I’ve felt in a long time!
Mark my words; I’m going to need it, though.
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Launching Shiny Happy Hair Product Range - Andrew
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Andrew Barton
Dated: December 19, 2007 4:44 PM
The last few weeks have been the busiest I’ve ever experienced. In fact, what day is it?
I’ve been looking for the perfect new recruits to join the Saks Art Team. We had loads of enquiries from our recruitment campaign in HJ both from the UK and abroad… which is great.
We then had to read between the lines of glittering CVs, before interviewing and trade testing the applicants.
We’ve got a couple of real superstars, who’ll be great once we’ve taken them through their induction training.
Being in the Art Team is a specialist job that combines teaching groups in our Academies; travelling the world presenting hair shows and seminars to international audiences; working on shoots and much more.
It’s creatively very different to working in the salon.
We've got two new team members on board and I’m still looking for another two people to join us!
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Tags: 10 Years Younger , Andrew Barton , Saks Art Team , Shiny Happy Hair by Andrew Barton
Andrew: Onwards and Upwards in the Year Ahead
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Andrew Barton
Dated: December 5, 2007 9:23 AM
Monday at the British Hairdressing Awards was a day full of angst, nervousness and anxiousness for me.
When Jayne Lewis-Orr invited me up on to stage to speak about my year as British Hairdresser of the Year and hand over the award, I spoke from the heart when I said that I hoped I would be taking the responsibility on for another year.
Throughout the year I tried to be great ambassador and a good spokesperson and tried to showcase British hairdressing as the best in the world through my international travels with the Saks Art Team
My deep care for the Benevolent means it is something that I have tried to create as much awareness for as possible, after all it’s our charity.
In 2008, I will continue to do so, but I will also be taking on breast cancer as my chosen charity to work with.
One of the reasons, I have decided to support breast cancer awareness if that it affects so many of our female colleagues their friends and families and, of course, our clients. I realise that people know who I am and I want to use that and I look forward to doing my bit for the charity in the year ahead.
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A Week of Hair Competitions - Andrew Barton
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Andrew Barton
Dated: November 19, 2007 6:02 PM
This week has been full of travel, clients and teaching, long long days and lots of fun!
Well, fun apart from the bit when I was delayed at the airport for hours on end. Thank goodness for my Blackberry because at least I can get some work done.
I do wish airport designers would think about lighting though, those nasty bright lights give you a headache!
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Tags: Andrew Barton , British Hairdresser of the Year , British Hairdressing Awards , Jill Halfpenny , Paul Merritt
Making Clients Look '10 Years Younger' - Andrew
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Andrew Barton
Dated: November 6, 2007 7:44 AM
Last weekend in Rome with L'Oreal was fantastic. It was a really good trip, our collection was well received and I met lots of lovely new people.
To be honest, it was a bit of a party weekend and I'm proud to say that partying is one thing that hairdressers do really well when we all get together!
Back home and I've been filming for the next series of 10 Years Younger which is always a lot of hard work, but great fun.
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Tags: 10 Years Younger , Andrew Barton , British Hairdresser of the Year , Lisa Shepherd
Off To Rome To Party With L'Oreal - Andrew Barton
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Andrew Barton
Dated: October 26, 2007 10:34 AM
This weekend I'm off to Rome for a sell-out show. It is our first presentation of the Saks Indulgence collection for L'Oreal so it is all very exciting!
The whole weekend should be a lot of fun, as L'Oreal are taking a group of hairdressers from England over to the Italian capital. It's a chance for them to get together, out of their own environment, and there will be a big party!
Our Shows Director Tracey Gallagher is already out in Rome, preparing for the show and making sure that everything goes smoothly on the day.
Tracey is like my left arm. She coordinates most of the shows and seminars we do and I don't know what I'd do without her.
We've been working together for about six years and we have a strong creative bond.
She really understands what I'm trying to achieve and sometimes she challenges me - which is invaluable. I don't have all the answers and sometimes you have to look at things with a fresh pair of eyes - I completely trust Tracey's so that makes life so much easier.
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I'll Be Seeing Salon From A Wheelchair - Andrew Barton
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Andrew Barton
Dated: October 12, 2007 9:18 AM
I am angry and fed up of having this ridiculous pot on my leg - and I've still got another five weeks stuck on these crutches.
It is so frustrating. I generally live my life at a million miles an hour (AND LOVE THAT!) so only being able to go at five miles an hour feels like I'm in stand-still.
You just don't realise how difficult it is to get round without the full use of your limbs and it has certainly made me see things from a different perspective.
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Tags: 10 Years Younger , Andrew Barton , Saks , Salon International
The Hard Work Has Taken Its Toll - Andrew
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Andrew Barton
Dated: October 3, 2007 9:08 AM
I fear that all the hard work has taken its toll and I'm going to have to be pushed onto the stage at Salon in a wheelchair.
On Saturday, I fainted and collapsed while I was out running. I picked myself up and limped home; had a bath, a glass of wine and some dinner and went to bed thinking I'd be fine in the morning.
I was mistaken! When I woke up I couldn't put my foot down on the floor.
A friend took me up to A&E, where they did all sorts of tests because I had fainted. They said I was over-worked and over-stressed but in otherwise perfect health - apart for my ankle, which I have broken.
I now have a cast from my toe to my knee and am on crutches for the next six weeks, but it won't stop me going about my business, including fulfilling trips to New York, Rome and Asia. I'm just taking it very slowly and everyone has been really understanding.
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Tags: Andrew Barton , habia , Young Apprenticeship Schemes
Doing My Bit For HABB - Andrew
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Andrew Barton
Dated: September 25, 2007 11:57 AM
After a very successful, productive trip to Thailand, I came back to earth with a bit of a bump when I got back to London on Friday because British Airways had lost my luggage.
It was typical because just the other day I was saying that I’d never lost my luggage and hadn’t really experienced any major delays before!
I usually catch the Thursday night ‘red-eye’ back to London and head straight to the salon with an hour’s turnaround. So needless to say, messing around trying to track down my luggage put me behind for the day.
In case you’re wondering, I finally got my luggage back on Tuesday. It had been in Bangkok all this time!
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What Andrew Barton Thinks...
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Kate
Dated: September 17, 2007 12:31 PM
In his role as guest editor of Hairdressers Journal International, it became clear that Andrew Barton has plenty to say.
These are some of the things the 2006 British Hairdresser of the Year feels most passionately about.
Celebrity | British Hairdresser of the Year | Charity | Global Warming | Makeovers
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Tags: 10 Years Younger , Andrew Barton , British Hairdresser of the Year , British Hairdressing Awards , Celebrity Scissorhands , HABB
Training Is Vital To Stay Ahead Of The Game
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Andrew Barton
Dated: September 7, 2007 2:34 PM
The theme for this week has definitely been training - although, as usual, I've covered a couple of thousand miles in the process!
On Monday, I was teaching for L'Oréal in London; on Tuesday, it was L'Oréal Manchester; Wednesday, the Freelance Hair and Beauty Association and on Thursday, I was in Dundee for a salon visit.
I do regular training sessions with the Freelance Hair and Beauty Association and have now developed a real understanding of what they require. This time, it was a morning demo and afternoon workshop on Saks' current fashion collection.
Mobile hairdressers get a bad press and that is a massive shame because there is room for all types within the industry and there are a lot of people out there who want someone to come to them to do their hair.
They have a challenging job because they are always on the move, quite isolated and trying to offer a quality service without tools like a backwash, mirror or proper chair. However, they have earned a bad reputation because it is questionable whether some of them keep up to date with the latest trends and techniques.
Members of the Freelance Hair and Beauty Association, on the other hand, are always educating themselves and staying in touch with the latest developments, which is why I am proud to be associated with them.
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Tags: Freelance Hair and Beauty Federation , L'Oreal Professionnel , Saks , training
Re-charged And Raring To Go - Andrew
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Andrew Barton
Dated: August 31, 2007 4:02 PM
I'm now back from my summer holidays and straight back in at the deep end with lots of creative meetings ahead of Salon International.
The holiday was lovely and a very welcome break. We stayed in a gorgeous, rickety old farmhouse in Ibiza, and friends and family came out to visit.
There is a stereotype that Ibiza is a wild, party haven and bits of it are like that, but we go to a different part of the island that is really beautiful and idyllic.
We pack very little, spend the whole time barefoot and do our best to completely chill out. I think it is really important to take time out and come back re-energised and that is what I try to do - although work never completely leaves my mind.
That's why I have a little notepad that is always at my side - day and night! - and a very tiny one with a little pencil that can fit into a jacket pocket so I can take notes on special occasions.
Recently I was at a Budhist wedding and the couple were getting married on a bed of marigolds. The colour inspired me so I took my notepad out and jotted down my ideas during the service while they were fresh in my mind!
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Tags: Andrew Barton , British Hairdresser of the Year , Saks , Salon International , Salon Live
'The Pressure Is On Me'
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Andrew Barton
Dated: August 13, 2007 9:04 AM
This week, I've got some really exciting news to kick off with: a fifth series of 10 Years Younger has just been commissioned and I am going to be the resident hairdresser again.
The programme has created commercial awareness for me and given me new opportunities but the great thing about it is that it really drives people into salons.
It also shows potential clients that, while some of the treatments are out of bounds for your average person, a good cut and colour is an achievable and affordable way to really improve your appearance.
If you can't wait until January, the 10 Years Younger Summer Specials begin on Thursday and I'm really looking forward to seeing them for the first time with the rest of you.
We shot them back in March and although I don't completely forget, I'll still be shouting 'there's no way that can be the same person!' at my TV.
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Working on my BHA collection
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Andrew Barton
Dated: August 2, 2007 9:04 AM
Last week in Bangkok really took it out of me and I am only just recovering now.
One of my clients works for Red Bull and she brought some into the salon for me on Friday, so that perked me up a bit – which is good because there’s no time for me to slow down even if I wanted to.
This is a really important time for my collection for the British Hairdresser of the Year Award. The shoot takes place next week, so I am at the final planning stage, which means choosing the right models to complete my look.
Although this is the final countdown, I have been thinking about my collection ever since I found out that I had been nominated again. It has been a huge investment of time, energy and money.
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'I'm so Proud Of My Achievements'
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Andrew Barton
Dated: July 26, 2007 10:12 AM
This week I am in Bangkok at a hair show and doing some seminars. A lot of the work the Art Team do is international - this year alone we will visit 20 countries.
Everyone thinks travelling is very glamorous; let me set the record straight - overseas projects are very hard work.
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Andrew Barton: The New Saks Collection
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Andrew Barton
Dated: July 20, 2007 9:34 AM
Welcome to my busy, hectic and very fun life!
As we speak, I'm on the first day of a three-day shoot for the new Saks collection. We'll be launching at Saks Live in November, so I can't say too much, but it is all going well.
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