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Christmas – Time to Shine and Sparkle

  So, you’ve got the dress, bought the bling and your precious Jimmy Choos are being sent by recorded delivery.But just when you think you’ve got your Christmas look complete, you realise your hairstyle belongs on Santa’s naughty...

Taunton hairdresser Wins Tribe Selection

Nick Martin from Combers hair salon has won a coveted place on the prestigious Redken Talent Tribe Team 2013.The initiative run by leading American Hair care brand, Redken 5th Avenue, Is designed to inspire, educate and enhance the professional careers of...

The secrets to blow drying your own hair

     Getting a professional blow dry is like getting a shot of beauty adrenaline. The feeling you experience when you leave the salon is pure exhilaration. Nothing much has changed; your face is the same, and your weight is the same, but...

Am I too old for long hair?

There comes a time in every woman’s life when she wonders whether she should have herhair cut short because she feels that maybe she is too old for long hair! What I’m about to say may not be what you would expect a hairdresser to say, but of...

Why can’t anyone give me a decent hairstyle now I’m over 50?

By KAY PAGEFor almost a decade, I have been hitting my less-than-perfectly coiffed head against a brick wall in search of a good haircut to suit my age. But now, having reached the big 5-0, I am almost ready to throw in the towel.I do not believe I am fussy...

Fringe or No Fringe – Bang or not to bang?

A fringe can hide a multitude of sins, and has often been worn to do so, whether that be to obscure those little lines or long enough to hide behind. However over the last few years the fringe for some has been the star of the show, up there in lights making...

My hair fell out when I hit the menopause: Maureen Nolan on the distressing complaint that affects nearly half of all women

Performing in a big- budget West End show is often an experience full of elation and angst, but for Maureen Nolan — a member of the Eighties pop group The Nolans — the stress of treading the boards was magnified when her hair started to fall...

Your hair colouring questions

By Leading hair trichologist:  PHILIP KINGSLEYHair colouring has seemed to have become a fact of life: There are more people colouring their hair now than ever before.Yet there is, and always has been – a love – hate relationship with the...

A Designer Haircut – versus –  A Haircut.

 Is there there a difference, or just hairdresser hype?The average British female will have 9828 days of bad hair days in her life time. This is the equivalent of 26 years based on the average women’s lifetime of 63 years. This was the incredible...

Celebrity Crazy

It seems that the celebrity culture through more and more television channels is having a subliminal impact on us whether we like to admit or not. Celebrities are increasingly used to hang cloths and on and sell products such is their influence in our living...

Women Spend 26 Years Of Their Lives Suffering Bad Hair Days!

The average British female will spend the equivalent of 26 years of her life suffering from bad hair, it was revealed today. The incredible findings emerged in a poll of 2,000 women and shows most wake up with unruly hair at least three days a week.This...

Redken Euopean Symposium – Berlin 2012

 Representing Somerset in a delegation of 79 invited hairdressers from the UK and Ireland I witnessed Redken’s first ever European Symposium in Berlin, the diverse capital of Germany. The event saw thousands of hairdressers traveling from across...