How To Cut It in the Hairdressing Industry

In this very special and important podcast we're set to go deep into the government guidelines for hair salons and barbershops reopening in the UK.  Joining me to answer your questions on this is Hilary Hall chief executive of the NHBF. Ahead of many of us preparing to go back, theres been a lot of varying opinions on whats guidelines, whats law and yes, whats fake news! Well let me tell you that...

The art of avant garde and Long Hair styling skills can bring out the best in your hairdressing creativity. Today's guest Anne Veck has certainly found her passion for this art and in doing so has seen her described as "One of the most iconic hairdressers in the world” by Hair magazine. If you want to explore a new side of hairdressing and how it can help you raise your industry profile, then Anne...

Are you excited by vivid hair colouring? If so, then today you're in for a treat as I'm about to bring you Part 2 of our series titled: 'The Rise of the Vivid Hair Colourists'. Joining me for this, we again have a bonus of two interviews all rolled into one mega episode, as I'm in the company of two outstanding vivid hair colourists, Heather Mackenzie and Jaymz Marsters. With their vivid hair colo...

Are you into creating vivid hair colour transformations? If so, then today you're in for a treat! I'm about to bring you two separate interviews all rolled into one big juicy episode. A series titled: 'The Rise of the Vivid Hair Colourists, joining me for Part 1 of this series is Becky Sutherland, owner of LUSH, followed by Sam Kerswell, owner of Mode Hair Lab. With their vivid hair colour posts o...

I often get asked which hairdressers I would most like to interview. Well let me tell you that todays guest, Charles Worthington MBE, has been one of those hairdressers who's topped my Must-Interview list since first starting out podcasting in 2017. So if I sound somewhat pumped up about it, this is why. Whether you are newbie starting out or a seasoned pro in hairdressing, knowing the stories fro...

If you're looking to take your social media up a notch then you've come to the right place with this weeks podcast. This is a social media masterclass for hairdressers. Today we're joined by social media expert Lisa Maynard-Atem, and she's going to be covering everything from planning great social content, how to keep your audiences engaged, knowing your business objectives and the psychology of s...

In Partnership with www.wella.com. Welcome back to the second instalment of Wella Professionals Colour Conversation event live from Manchester. Following on from the worlds first ever podcast live educational hair event recorded back in Episode 150, How To Cut It has again partnered up with our friends at Wella Professionals. Bringing you the second of these game changing  event concepts, we rocke...

The Hair Bros are a new crop of breakthrough hair artists to a watch out for in 2020. Over the last year I've been following two hairstylists based at Hershesons London, Nick Latham and Sean Paul Nother aka The Hair Bros. I'm a massive fan on how they've been creating brilliant and engaging content on their @thehairbros Instagram account. They know exactly what their story is and why this has been...

In Partnership with www.wella.com Todays episode is very special for two reasons. Firstly, I'm delighted to reach the landmark of 150 'How To Cut It' episodes, and secondly, to celebrate this I'm bringing you a slice of hairdressing history – the worlds first ever recorded podcast live hair event in partnership with Wella Professionals UK, Colour Conversation. Thats seriously special! Back in earl...

In todays podcast, I'm joined by Global Community and Engagement manager for Wella Passionistas, Fergal Doyle. In this episode he will be debunking the strategies to everything you need to know to becoming a hairdressing influencer. This includes choosing your social platform, develop the right content strategy, understanding your story and engaging with you followers. He will also be sharing how...

David Bowie, Brian Ferry, Hugh Durrant, Grace Jones, Zandra Rhodes and Anthony Mascolo. Do these names mean much to you? Well let me tell you, they are some of the most influential names to come from the world of music, fashion and hair in the 1970's and 80's. And todays guest, British hairdressings most celebrated fashion stylist, Bernard Connolly, has worked with them all. A true icon himself! R...

Starting a hairdressing career at her mothers boutique salon in a small UK county town, todays guest Ashleigh Hodges is proof you don't need to be from a big salon in a city to make it. Achieving many industry successes so early on in her career, Ashleigh is regarded by many in the industry as one of British hairdressings brightest stars. But this has come at a cost. Hitting burnout! Ashleigh's ha...

Today's special guest is Matthew Sutcliffe. A former UK L'Oreal Colour Trophy winner and Creative Head 'It List Guy', Matthew is a hairdresser I've long admired. Most recently I've become a huge fan of the salon he co-owns, Tint Leeds. A salon where all it's stylists are self-employed, Matthew got inspiration to open Tint Leeds after the negative experiences he had when he went from being employed...

Have you ever considered joining forces with a fellow industry colleague to create unique hair education? Interested to know more, then we've a treat for you today. In todays episode we have to heavy hitters of Irish Hairdressing, as I'm joined by the owner of Cut Social, Katrina Kelly, and L'Oreal Young Colourist winner, Conor Doyle. Both with an aligned common goal of collaboratively sharing to...

Now more than ever you need to work really hard at being a happy successful hairdresser. This is hard when we are all at home in isolation, right? No, it's never been such a good time! With so much down time, nows the time to absorb new information and ideas. With a wealth of digital and online education in the palm of our hands, planning daily training into your routine will see you come out of i...

What did it mean for you to go into industry lockdown? How did you prepare for it? How will you cope being in lockdown for the next 12 weeks or more? This was the question I put out to our 'How To Cut It' Community. I was not disappointed with what I got back in reply to this question. In this midweek podcast special, I'm delighted to bring you some of our listeners to share their experiences firs...

No one says it's easy being a salon owner! That's certainly one thing todays guest, Brooke Evans, would certainly agree with. As a 26 year old hairdresser, Brooke is a new salon owner who is having to learn fast in dealing with circumstances way out of her own control so early on. Today, she shares how opening her brand new salon in December 2019, has been the toughest start to life as new salon o...

In light of the global Coronavirus (COVID-19) we are joined in this podcast special by leading international salon coach, Richard McCabe. Offering his independent advice on how your hairdressing business should be preparing for these unprecedented lockdown times, this is a listen that requires your attention. With each country dealing with the Coronavirus pandemic in a different way, we hope no ma...

If your fearful of becoming a salon owner, then today's podcast is set up to inspire you. Let me introduce you to today's guest Sophie Bullivant – aka Colour Me Sophie B ™. A Master Colour Expert, Sophie reveals big in this episode on what made her frightened of her owning a salon business. The turning point came after receiving some one-to-one business coaching, that she credits to the shift of m...

The hair industry is facing a crisis! It's regularly being said that there's no young people coming into hairdressing. The passion has gone out of young hairdressers. Salons are not keeping on to their staff. But what are we doing to solving this big problem? In this episode, we're talking once more with The Fantastic Hairdresser co-founder, Alan Austin-Smith, on how we need to rethink the way we...

If you're curious to know what's out there when it comes to the inspirational world of the hairdressing circuit, and all the opportunities that it can bring – then we've got the ultimate go-to guide for you. Coming back onto the podcast today is the mega hair talent, Harriet Stokes. Harriet last joined us back in Episode 110, where we learned of her rise to becoming one of British hairdressings ho...

Today, we're covering a conversation rarely discussed: stepping away from a salon business that you've loved, nurtured and grown over many years. To help us learn more on this intriguing topic, I'm joined by two hairstylists who know perfectly how this works – iconic hairdresser Tony Wood and rising star, Liam Fry. For any salon owners looking for an exit strategy to your salon business, then this...

Today's guest Sheila Abrahams went from salon owner to freelance hairdresser by default, offering home hairdressing services. But with the freelance world being dubbed as ‘the black market’, professionals like Sheila struggled to be taken seriously outside of a salon environment. This was going to change! Sheila had a very different vision and got together with Heather Hopkins, who shared her visi...

Today's episode is a rare one. Why you may ask? First up, I have no guest for you. It's a solo show with just me, the microphone and your company. I felt the time was right to stop and take stock of everything thats happened to me and the 'How To Cut It' podcast since I first launched and hosted the intro show back in March 2017.  And thats exactly what I'm going to share with you all today. So co...

Back in Episode 126 of our Salon International 2019 Backstage Special, I had the delight to sit down for a short conversation with Alexis and David Thurston, the husband and wife duo and founders of the Pulp Riot hair colour line, Butterfly Loft salon in Los Angeles, and the Butterfly Circus traveling education team. In that episode they briefly touched upon the Pulp Riot tribe and brand. Well tod...