The newly launched ELEVEN Australia Collective is an exclusive team of 15 digitally-active stylists, specially selected to create fun, fresh and informative hair content for the brand. From salon directors to apprentices and everything in between, the Collective are not only representative of the frontline hair industry but showcase a unique regional perspective, spanning the Read More
Salon owner and renowned hairdresser Anne Veck took her seat at the (virtual) table with the Prime Minister for her first Cabinet Office Meeting to discuss the state of play in the world of hairdressing and apprenticeships. Held on Friday 19 March 2021, the roundtable was led by Boris Johnson, senior Cabinet Ministers and the Read More
Brands and salons alike have pulled out all the stops to continue delivering high-quality online hair education. Take a look at just some of the sessions and courses on offer this month. BE Education Brooks and Brooks has launched a new virtual platform called BE Education. Designed to showcase not only cutting and colouring techniques, the Read More
The Choose Hair website is now live and the initiative has now announced a an exciting new venture – the Choose Hair Club. The website gives teachers and career advisers free downloads of lesson plans and engaging videos to share with their learners. Encouragingly, this year Choose Hair has been approached by over 200 careers leaders asking Read More
With a global mission to support every hairdresser to learn, earn and live best, Redken has announced the launch of The Redken Advocate Network. A collection of the industry’s freshest talent have partnered with Redken to inspire and engage through the power of social and education. In the last three years, Redken has seen dynamic growth in professional Read More
Although the opportunity for hands-on learning is relatively limited at the moment, there are many avenues to take when choosing the right place for their hairdressing apprenticeship. Deciding between a smaller salon, a hairdressing academy or a college can seem daunting but we asked two experts the pros of the most typical places to train Read More
To celebrate HJ’s Apprentice Week, HJ has asked apprentices to share their inspiration for becoming a hairdresser. The apprentices also reveal where they go to research new techniques and styles and how their idols helped them to make the decision to pursue a career in hairdressing. Apprentice’s Inspiration Chloe Farr, Joseph Ferraro Hair “I knew Read More
Starting out in hairdressing can be tough. But being a junior is the step that all established and world renowned hairdressers took to forge the careers that they have today. Especially with apprenticeships, which come in many different forms nowadays, there’s just some things that will always apply across the board. For HJ’s Apprenticeship Week, Read More
Melissa Timperley gets to the truth about what it means to be hairdresser with her passionate, factual and inspirational argument. Although written pre-pandemic, her column is now arguably even more poignant. And let’s face it, your clients have probably come to realise your true skill, value and worth in the past year more than ever Read More