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Hey Geeks! Ive been thinking of going on the cruise ships...dum dum dummm! I'm not too sure though, as much as id love the challenge of having no sleep and working my butt off (normal salon day then) I feel that I would become stagnant, as I've read many reviews about only certain colours...

Hey hey guys! Im just checking in to see how everyone is? So ive also heard about the illumina, but I haven't had chance to try it yet. I know there are other posts about it, and ive read them, especially from Nickki! :D, but I have a few questions... Are the mixer tones in KP to be used...

Hey geeks! We had redken in today for training! It was fab! I know about all the products but do you have any tips for selling? Mine are: tell the client about silicone and do a scrape test. Advise them about expenditure and how much they will save! And then of course the benefits of colour...

Hey geeks I need to rant! Ok so today was a real bad day! I just don't know where my head is at today! I had a client come in with full head H/L's, she wanted to go blonde all over! No probs I thought! So I bleached the roots with 6%, left to develop and then applied bleach and 9 to her mid and...

Hey geeks! I've just seen the new wella illumina pastel range! It looks fab! Anyone used this yet? I'm trying to get as much info about it before mr wella man comes to see us! ;) xx

Hey Nail Geeks!! I’ve come over from the hair geeks! Ok so here is my problem, due to colouring hair, and other chemicals i come in contact with, I went for acrylic nails, i wanted them short and natural looking, very white thin tips, anyways I came out the salon looking like I had cement...

I just did red ombré hair! What do you all think? :)

Hey geeks! I could be starting a new job in a salon soon, and they use an Italian brand called sens.us. Europe did a survey and found 93 illegal ingredients in hair colour, so by 2017 all salons have to comply with the new rules. This is what the salon owner said anyways, so I'm just wondering...

Hi geeks just thought id post my colouring cocktails on: D You VISUALLY develop; these have been tried and tested: D Have fun! Wella Toner Cocktails: 10/38 (30ml) + 3% (60ml) = HONEY BLONDE 10/8 (30ml) + 3% (60ml) = ASH BLONDE 10/1 (20ml) + 0/66 (5ml) + 0/88 (5ml) + 3% (60ml) = COTTON...

Hey geeks! I’m back! Anyways to start me on a roll, I wanted to ask you all what really *** you off when none professionals try to teach you about your job? I was in a bar the other night and I got talking to this young girl, we was talking about her roots being so dark (base 4) and her...

Hey Geeks! I’m thinking about going down to Lichfield and doing a afro-Caribbean cutting course with the award winning Michelle Thompson: D Also thinking of taking another course in afro Caribbean relaxers just to see if any new products or methods have come to light that I don’t know about, so...

Its nearly 1am and im still awake, this is normal for me :/ Im a insomniac, and I sleep about 4hrs a night...crappy I know, but im productive, I normally think of new offers and things for the salon, so im just wondering any other insomniacs out there? if there is what do you do with your time? :)

Hey geeks! I’m so excited, I’ve just been asked to do hair for a theatre company at xmas, the brief is 1900's hair. IM ACTUALLY SO EXITED! I love TV/media work, its voluntary but tbh I don’t care; it’s a foot in the door! 2 shows a day, for 12 days....no business like...

Hi geeks! Ok so this isn’t really a question but rather just a topic. A lot of hairdresser’s don’t know about afro relaxers, or if they do they don’t know the science behind it, but advertise themselves as fully qualified in that field and it really annoys me so much! I have been trained for the...

Hi guys, I really need some tips and info ect about going mobile. Ive got all my business cards, flyers, price lists, add-ons ect. but its the money side of things i need help with. My mothers an accountant so she said she would help me, but do you buy your colours direct from the manufacturer...

Hi all geeks :D Ok so i have a client in on thursday and she had the 55/66 on about 5 months ago...yeah she has bad root growth, but the colour is foul and needs stripping becuase she wants a 55/0 with 77/46 highlights so im thinking of bleach bathing the mids and ends with a 6% just to remove...

Hi all, i need a bit of advice on two thigs, ok so my client wants to go rouge red with the majiconrast, with ash blonde highlights at the moment she is a 10/3, would the colour just wash out becuase in the past it hasnt stayed in, i will be using a 6%. Ok so my other client wants to go from...