Mobile Hairdressing group

Re: Mobile and freelance hairdressers

Hair at Home — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 19:13:44 GMT

Hi Mike,

Sorry it has taken so long to get round to replying, you know how it is!! Long hours and little free time.

I hold the view that further training/education/CPD is a crucial element in any hairdresser but particularly those that are working in a mobile capacity. It can be difficult to fit in however. My personal approach is to attend as many live hairdressing shows as possible, attend Salon International and Blackpool, keep on trend [and ,indeed, seek out future trends bypaying careful attention to the media stars/popular music artistes].

I am fortunate in having a strong and varied client base and retention is high plus having a teenage daughter does generate a lot of extra business from her friends.

Mobile hairdresser business tarining education

Mikeb2mr — Wed, 12 May 2010 14:44:42 GMT

I tried to post some thoughts on the group discussion area but it has not worked

so am trying again. I am interested in group thoughts on education up dates sharing business thoughts and ideas.

To this ends i have written to the Freelance hairdressing Federation to find out about on going education sharing knowledge and techniques.

what are the groups thoughts on this subject?

I have a blog that i up date daily writing about many aspects of our profession colouring techniques guide lines i also interact and share on many industry sights.

What are your thoughts please take the time to look at my blog past comment ask for topics raise issues.

my web site is http://www.back2myroots.co.uk/ this links directly to my blog.

I hope and look forward to hearing from you Mike B2MR

Mobile freelance / groups education updates

Mikeb2mr — Thu, 06 May 2010 12:02:46 GMT

Hi to all the group i been doing some web searching trying to find out about bodies that offer training and education so far drawn a blank on this any one found any links for mobile -freelance stylists who want training or small group activity?

found a couple of sights for self promotion

http://freelancehair.co.uk/

http://www.homehairdresser.co.uk/about.htm

Both free get put on directory

What do other members think about education training skill up dates? working alone one can get stale when not in contact with other stylist and people in the industry.

Any thoughts from anyone in the group? thanks Mike b2mr

Mobile and freelance hairdressers

Mikeb2mr — Wed, 05 May 2010 20:54:08 GMT

I was very pleased to find this group today for mobile Stylists in these competitive times I'm searching ways to find like minded hairdressers who want to share thoughts and idea's education and knowledge.

I have contacted the The Freelance Hair and Beauty Federation: with a view to seeing if some of the various groups registered with them have any interests in education and sharing.

My back ground is quite varied but education and sharing thoughts and ideas are my passion;

my profile can be checked out on this site and here are a couple more one is my web site its links to my Blog the other is linked-in this has a full Cv and profile.

http://www.back2myroots.co.uk/ this links to my Blog

http://uk.linkedin.com/in/mikevallanceb2mr

What i am would like to know is if any one in this group has any interest and thoughts on education updates possible sharing business idea's, colour education, cutting techniques, ways to build a bigger business client retention,

I hope to hear from some of you with thoughts opinions maybe even comments on my blog.

Thanks for your time Mike b2mr

Spring is here!

Hair at Home — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 09:40:08 GMT

........and with it has come a record amount of bridal bookings.

Last Sunday, I did my first bridal fayre at a country hotel close to home and am surprised at the lack of wedding hair specialists. It was my first fayre, first live hairdressing event but it generated a lot of interest whilst bringing a good number of bookings.

A large number of brides are looking for sunkissed hi/lowlights and the most popular colour choices are 8/38, 10/0, 8/3.