The latest news from The FHA and the hairdressing industry…
For our latest Zoom meeting, we were joined by Kristina Gasperas and Kasia Fortuna from the Kristina Gasperas Academy. The duo are experts in wedding, special occasion and red-carpet hair, and their academy provides training and business advice for both seasoned and new wedding hairstylists. They shared no end of amazing tips for taking great photos of your [...]
We were delighted to be joined by Jasmin Julia Gupta for a Zoom meeting, where she told us more about her Cancer Hair Care charity. Jasmin was Global Director for Trevor Sorbie, Covent Garden and was (and still is) involved in the My New Hair by Trevor Sorbie charity. However she is now The Hair [...]
GOING BACK TO WORK This is what we have been waiting for – and our clients as well. However, please don’t fret if it isn’t all plain sailing. Remember, you can’t please all of the people all of the time, and you must consider yourself. You cannot fit your whole clientele into one week; nor [...]
Keeping up your training! Where are we going next? Lockdown has changed many things, brought new possibilities – and our future is looking bright. Zoom meetings have created so many new opportunities, especially for training. It doesn't matter where you live – jump into a Zoom meeting and you can join in. The FHA is [...]
INSPIRE! IN LOCKDOWN All of this... and we haven’t even mentioned Inspire! 2020. Were we going to miss our super special day just because of lockdown? Never! We had the most amazing day with Inspire! in Lockdown. We had our great friend Patrick Cameron set the scene for a full-on hairdressing day. Presentations followed from [...]
LOCKDOWN! SO WHAT DID WE ACTUALLY DO? Well, we pretty much embraced all of the online options! Tuesdays were our Q&A sessions with Julie Dowen, Sarah Satchel and Sheila Abrahams. We had record numbers 'Zooming' in and we have tackled so many subjects including colour correction, pricing, going back to work, skin tests, Colourstart patches, [...]
We're delighted to announce that we are now able to offer a Cool Blades discount for members of the Freelance Hairdressers' Association! You can receive 10% off your orders at the hair and beauty wholesaler, as well as a special 15% off for your first order. In case you're not familiar, Cool Blades is a [...]
As the countdown to reopening is on, our latest Zoom meeting included plenty of guidance from Julie Dowen and Sarah Satchel (as well as our very own Sheila) about virtual consultations and patch testing. Julie and Sarah roleplayed a virtual consultation, with lots of tips and guidance including: Ensuring clients are somewhere well lit so [...]
We are pleased to announce that as of today, we now have a full set of reopening dates for hairdressers working across the UK and Ireland. Once we receive confirmed official Government guidelines for each region, we will be sure to share them. ROI - 29th June England - 4th July - official Government guidelines [...]
