How To Cut It in the Hairdressing Industry

You've seen the title and you may be thinking – "What the heck do you mean by a Powerhouse!?" A Powerhouse to me is someone who is a great source of influence and inspiration. Do you agree? For this next instalment of our collaborative podcast series with Denman Professional, I'm thrilled to be joined by someone I believe to be a true powerhouse of American barbering, John Mosley aka the Popular N...

Being relevant is essential in this extremely competitive hair industry world. Keeping up to date can help an individual or business become more dynamic and marketable to brands, hair professionals and clients. This is something that todays guest––the globally renowned hair colourist Jack Howard successfully does. In September 2022, Jack will celebrate 40 years in the hair industry. After 40 years...

The search is on for the Next Generation of Hair Colour Stage Artists. Do you dream of being centre stage showcasing your talent to the hairdressing world? Are you ready to take your skills to the next level by appearing as a guest artist on a branded photoshoot? If that sounds like you caught then today's HTCI Pop Up Podcast with Quif Hair is essential listening. I’m delighted to be hosting the l...

“NO SEX WE’RE BRITISH” (Weird title, I know). But let me tell you that's the name to the recent hair collection created by one of the most iconic names from the world of mens hairdressing and barbering, Dale Ted Watkins. A collection that explores and captures on film people who may express a combination of masculinity and femininity, or neither, in their gender expression. It plays homage to what...

Can changing your Mindset be the key to transformational growth for you? Do you have the feeling that there is a magical life waiting for you, but it just feels out of reach? Curious... Let me introduce you to todays guest Caroline Sanderson also known as 'The Salon Jedi'. This episode with Caroline is all about forming new and positive habits that will allow you to master your mindset, and learn...

People with sensory processing difficulties, a salon visit can be overwhelming. Buzzing clippers, fragranced products, the rasp of a comb – can all be a nightmare! On todays show, I talk with Craig Henderson. He recently received the 'Beyond Business Award' at this years innagural Collective Pride Awards, recognised for his exceptional services in helping children with autism and additional needs...

Today Im joined on the podcast by Johnny Baba, founder and owner of the Barber Barber UK  brand of shops and product range. Never afraid to share his open and honest thoughts about the industry is why I love inviting Johnny onto the show. He has been on the show a couple of times before. If you know anything about Johnny, you'll know he is deservedly regarded as one the best barbers in the world....

Today we're talking how to start a Home Salon business with Cally Borg. I've wanted to cover this topic for sometime as the popularity of running a professional Home Salon business is going from strength to strength. Could it be for you, too? As a successful Home Salon business owner, Cally is on a mission to positively smash the current stigma that is often attached to running a Home Salon busine...

Are you struggling on how you can find and unlock your inner creativity? Maybe you've heard yourself say, "I'm just not creative?" Sound like you, then today's episode brought to you by Denman Professional and featuring their UK Ambassador,  Brandon Messinger has your name on it! Brandon will be sharing why as hair professionals we need to find and unlock our inner creativity. If not, we run the r...

How to recruit and retain staff for salon businesses is the biggest challenge that our industry faces! I'm regularly hearing from salon owners who are saying to me, 'It's a crisis out there, 'We're having to go down the rent-a-chair model,' and most worryingly, 'We won't be able to keep our salon business open for much longer!' It's scary stuff that potentially could see many of these salons closi...

Today, you're going to learn how husband and wife duo, Lara Johnson and Dom Capel of Lara Johnson Lifestyle, have built a successful salon business around their team and family. Social proof of this success is celebrating 27 years of being in business this year. Now, you might be thinking, "This all sounds great, but I don't own a salon business, let alone having a team. What's this podcast got to...

Today I'm joined by multi Salon Owner and one of the UK's biggest YouTube hairdressing educators, Paul Watts of Paul Watts Hair. Paul is proof that anything is possible if you just follow your dreams and passions. But here's the disclaimer; you've to go above and beyond to making it happen! Its busy for Paul. Working 7 days a week that includes running his two salon businesses in partnership with...

It's a pleasure to bring back on to the How To Cut It podcast, Alan Beak, co-owner of Ruger Barber. Theres some big changes afoot for the Ruger Barber business, and today we're learning what's dropping soon for it. It's exciting stuff! In Part 2 of our collaborative podcast series with Denman Professional, we get to hear from Alan on how and why Ruger Barber is moving to a new site location along...

Today's show is a masterclass lesson for all hair and beauty professionals wanting to survive and outsmart the Instagram Algorithm in 2022. If you're serious about keeping up to speed with the quick changing face of Instagram, then this is one podcast you cant afford to miss. I'm very happy to have Vivienne Johns back on the show. Vivienne is the Founder of The Hairdressers Social Club, working as...

Let's be honest here! What does your brand say about you and your business? This is something that I've been asking myself a lot recently. In this episode today I will be sharing with you some of the questions that I have been asked by the branding agency currently rebranding the undertaking for How To Cut It. I think you'll find it very helpful resource in understanding what your brand says about...

Today we're learning how The Chapel hairdressing salons was founded on a vision to help the hairdressing industry evolve. By listening to what women universally disliked about visiting the salon, The Chapel has set out to create a different type of experience where each individual receives the care and attention they deserve. Joining me for this conversation is The Chapel's Co-founder, Amanda Fait...

A podcast brought to you by Denman Professional, we are going to be learning why one of the most iconic hairdressing brush brands of all time puts the hair professional at the very heart of all that they do. I'm chatting today with Denman's International Business Manager, Martyn Wady. Martyn's been hairdressing since leaving school early, eventually going on and working as a Salon Educator and Ses...

Ask yourself this: Right now, are you working ON or IN your salon business? Answering IN could be the reason why your salon business always seems to struggle compared to the ones that are reaching massive successes. Two weeks ago, we chatted with leading Salon Business Coach, Jessica Crane. With over 20 years industry experience, Jessica has helped hundreds of salon owners across the globe run the...

You've heard of glossing, but what about glazing? Get ready for lots of Zeros! 2022 is the year the shine-boosting technique is blowing up. In today's podcast episode brought to you by Wella Professionals, we're understanding why Wella's latest innovation product just launched, glazes hair with a zero damage, zero lift, zero ammonia, zero silicone and zero drying alcohols formula that's kind and g...

Todays guest is Wella Professionals UKI Digital Ambassador & Content Hairdresser, James Earnshaw. We're talking with James about what it means to be a Content Hairdresser in 2022. We're talking about his creative process to creating content. And we're talking about the inspirations and workings behind the latest Wella KP: ID collection shoot day. It's a podcast made for all you hairdressers mad ab...

On todays show we are speaking to some of the founding members of the Salon Employers Association (SEA). Created to ensure fairness and parity across all models in the hairdressing & beauty sector, will be learning the SEA aims and ideas to protecting and preserving the future of the industry. The SEA founding members joining me for this conversation are Co-Founder at The Chapel, Toby Dicker, Dire...

Rachel Williams is one of America's new superstar Hair Educators. It's easy to understand why! With currently over 155K followers on Instagram, BTC OneShot Overall Haircut Winner 2021 and one of the originals pioneers of the modern Shag haircut currently seen all over Instagram, Rachel has built an incredible name and profile for herself. She's joining the show today to share some of that story th...

In this episode, we explore how you can make the most of every client who sits in your chair. Did you know that only 41% of clients say they feel like they get a consultation from their hairdresser? I personally find this staggering! Surely giving a consultation to each of our clients should be a giver when it comes to the professional service we each provide. And it's worth noting that by giving...

A drastic career change may not be for everyone. But gently pivot on your career journey might be just the change your life needs. As I once read in a book, "The only move that matters is your next one!" I love this and that’s why today I wanted to talk about ‘why it’s time to pivot in a new direction for 2022’. Life is packed full of surprising twists and turns. I don't know about you, but from t...

For the last episode of 2021 I'm keen to bring you a podcast that embraces change. In what's been a difficult year with uncertain times ahead, you maybe approaching the New Year with momentum towards a change towards something new. Great! But what for those fearful of change? Fearful of what change could bring. Could it be this that's holding you back from all the possibilities change could give y...