How To Cut It in the Hairdressing Industry

Some of my favourite episodes here on the podcast are one's like today's. It is episodes where I get to chat to somebody who is not just a talented educator in hair colouring, with a deep understanding of the science behind it, but somebody who shares the in's and outs of owing your unique fingerprint and becoming a true specialist. Today's guest, Sarah Spiers co-created Chaulk education with Lian...

Since the Lockdowns of 2020/21 there has been an explosion of online hair educators. Using video call services like Zoom and social media platforms, it has never been so accesseble for taking the first steps into providing online education. But what about taking that hair education to the next level by starting your very own online platform that you have full control of? Thats what todays guest, w...

I'm so excited for this episode. We are covering a subject I wish I could have heard myself when I first started out I’m my hairdressing career. Because today I’m talking with International Celebrity Hair and Make-Up artist, Kevin Fortune, on how to work in the art of Session Hair Styling Across Fashion, Red Carpet, Film & TV. As the co-founder of the Kevin Fortune Hair Styling Academy in London’s...

We all need to charge our worth. But lets be honest here, how many of you really are? This topic is to be the centrepiece of my conversation today with Maddi Cook of Boss Your Salon. Maddi is somebody I got to know over lockdown, and eversince I have become seriously impressed by. Because in getting to know Maddi, I've got to see how she is a mentor on a mission – teaching our industry how to stop...

This past week I interviewed David Kinigson, who is an amazing haircutter based in the America with great heritage in the industry. David has worked closely with great names at the Vidal Sassoon Fifth Avenue Salon,  New York in the 1970's and Vidal Sassoon himself contributed to David's iconic publication, The Hairctter's Handbook. David was once described as the most famous hairdresser you've nev...

Today we're to get the inside story from how 5 x Australian Session Stylist of the Year, Richard Kavanagh, has created a hairdressing career full of 'pinch me' moments. What started out for Richard as relatively modest beginnings in hairdressing, quickly became a career full of exciting pathways and life-changing opportunities. Learning how this happened to a school kid who originally wanted to be...

Robert Lobetta joined us back in Episode 200 and it was an incredible honour for me to interview one of hairdressings greatest and most respected names of all time. It was a fascinating listen as we got a better understanding of who Robert Lobetta is, and everything that he stands for in hairdressing. And today I'm really excited to be able to bring you all Part 2 of this conversation – it has som...

Perhaps hairdressing wasn't a natural career choice for you. Well, for a lot of us that can be the case, and I include myself in that list. The same can be the said for todays guest, Dexter Dapper, International Artistic Director for Toni&Guy/Label M. It was after a conversation with group of friends in a local pub that the idea of hairdressing could be a great career match for him. A big lover of...

Back in December 2020, we spoke with leading session stylist Anna Chapman, Founder and Creative Director of beauty online store Session Kit, about her journey to becoming a leading global session stylist. And we talked about her insights in this world of fashion, something that we held back exclusively for our Patreon's premium 'Xtra Show' podcast. Until now!! Today I'm to reveal that conversation...

Attracting staff is the No.1 problem for our hair industry. So what todays guests, David and Nicole Barnett of the High Performance Stylist, are suggesting that not working Saturdays could really help fix a part of this big problem. This is why they are championing "We Don't Do Saturdays". It's for salon owners that want to shout from the rooftops,"OUR TEAM COMES FIRST!" Now let's be be really cle...

Think about a lasting legacy that you would like pass from one generation to the next.  Now imagine the impact that your legacy will have on others. Pretty special, right? Well, today's guest, Presley Poe, is doing exactly that – giving back to make a difference that lasts. Presley Poe is an established hairstylist and one of the world’s top colourists and platform artists. As a platform artist, b...

Coming out as gay can be a very difficult process. Thats why today we will be learning how hair colourist at the award winning Ishoka in Scotland, Justin Mackland , went about this very difficult process of telling his family and friends, whilst also dealing with the confusion of recognising his feelings as a young gay man. Inspired by the announcement our How To Cut It presents, 'The Hair Show: U...

Becoming the owner of a franchised TONI&GUY salon was something that I considered in my early hairdressing career. And I was not alone! One of the biggest hair brands in the world, many hairdressers and non-hairdressers have gone on to successfully open up their own franchised TONI&GUY salons. Just like our guest today, Dette Cliff, who is the successful salon owner of TONI&GUY Broadbeach on the G...

What does it take to start a new life working as hairdressers in Australia? Thats what I'm curious to learn all about in todays episode, as I know that from the many messages I receive from you all, a big number of you are interested in exploring the opportunities of taking your hairdressing skills Down Under. Whether you're considering working as a hairdresser in Australia as a permanent thing or...

If your hair salon website has been neglected in recent years, then this podcast episode is for you. Thats because we are talking why having an active, functional and well designed website with great SEO will greatly improve your websites Google search rankings. All resulting in growing you hairdressing business and attracting new team members. I'm sure none of you wouldn't want to turn that down....

Welcome to Part 2 of our podcast special, Greatest Ever Hair Team. In the episode we will continue to compile this team of hairdressing greats with a sprinkling of rising stars, too. Once more to help me select these names to join this exsclusive team, will be four of our How To Cut It  Patreon members. They are co-founder of Innoluxe and Kerastraight Jez Barnett, Mustafa Hassan of The Studio Hair...

I love a niche, because if you try to cater to everyone you can get lost in the noise of many and your message won't speak to anyone. So, it's important you have a targeted niche market and speak to a customer or client in a certain way which they can really relate to. And that's what todays guest, Hayley Jepson, has done. In my conversation with Hayley, we get to hear how she recognised that many...

Over the next two weeks we are going to be bringing you our 'How To Cut It' Greatest Ever Hair Team. This is where we are going to be compiling the names that will be entering into this very exclusive team. To help me with this I've selected four of our How To Cut It  Patreon members, Co-founder of Innoluxe Jez Barnett, Mustafa Hassan of The Studio Hair Salon, Sarah Dawes of Sarah Dawes Education...

Right this second people are searching out keywords to help them find the answers to their current hair problems. So how cool is it that they could be discovering your salon business by landing on one of your videos, helping them to fix that problem they are currently searching for. This is exactly why your salon business should have a YouTube Channel. The potential to having this could far outwei...

Many freelancers will admit that retailing can be a struggle for them. Having to carry a large range of inventory retail products is just one of the many reasons that can prove challenging. But now freelancers can have a complete retail display from the palm of their hand. And today we're going to learn how. I'm joined by Aaron Dorn, founder of the GoSalon app – currently in Beta mode. He will be...

Today,  I'm going to give you something a little different. Because you're not going to hear from a hairdresser or barber, but from a business entrepreneur who has created one of the fastest growing brands in the beauty industry, Danny Gray of War Paint for Men. He's going to take us right back to why being bullied for his appearance as young kid led him to creating and designing War Paint for Men...

Little did James Atkinson know that when he first started out with his 'The Life Of Hair' YouTube channel was how successful it was going to become. Now with 65.3K subscribers and counting, The Life Of Hair is officially Europes No.1 Hairdresser on YouTube. BOOM! So I'm curious to learn how James has gone about about achieving this. It's to make prime cut listening for all of you wanting to break...

Icon, legend, innovator. These were just a few of the words that I used to describe this very special guest who joined me on the podcast back in Episode 23. Yes, we were beyond excited (and a tad nervous) when I had one of my biggest honours of my life by interviewing the one and only, Trevor Sorbie. Thats why for the second of our 'Classic Reruns' episode I had to relive this magical interview wi...

Welcome to the first of our 'Classic Reruns' as we delve deep into our library of episodes to bringing you some of our most classic podcasts ever recorded since our launch back in 2017. So I couldn't think of a better one to kickoff with than this interview with Sophia Hilton, recorded for Episode 6 April 2017. Currently our most listened to podcast with over 10,000  downloads, it had to be this c...

I'm delighted to bring back onto the podcast founder of 'The Lions Barber Collective', Tom Chapman. Tom is truly a Mighty Lion and I always love talking to him.  Last on the show back in Episode 76 I wanted to catch up with Tom and learn more on all of his epic work he continues to do when it comes to raising prevention of suicide in men. A big statement I know, but Tom continues to inspire me mor...