Today: Tuesday 7th September 2010

Charlie Le Mindu - King of the Pop-Up Salon

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The King of the pop-up salon Charlie Le Mindu has returned to his roots and has taken over boutique/art gallery MACHINE-A for one month only, where he will be transforming the hair of the ultra-hip crowd who sway through the shop’s doors...more

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Case Studies

An in-depth look at the salon industry...

Added: 2010-08-24

The Grass is Greener at GiellyGreen
From the townhouse entrance that could be their front door to the warm wooden flooring, clients visiting Gielly Green in central London are lured into a state of bliss before they even pass the front desk...

Added: 2010-08-19

Cult Status - The Powder Room
When former make-up artist Katie Reynolds decided to develop her own business she knew that simply opening a salon was not enough. Hankering after a bygone era when women had regular hair-do’s (rather than cuts) Katie was keen to do something with a unique concept...

Added: 2010-07-19

Charlie Le Mindu - King of the Pop-Up Salon
The King of the pop-up salon Charlie Le Mindu has returned to his roots and has taken over boutique/art gallery MACHINE-A for one month only, where he will be transforming the hair of the ultra-hip crowd who sway through the shop’s doors...

Added: 2010-07-16

Stuart Holmes Takes His Clients On Holiday
Case Study: Stuart Holmes Takes His Clients on Holiday To keep his business buzzing all year round Stuart Holmes has introduced an exciting new concept to his Cheltenham salon: the Hair Holiday...

Added: 2010-07-08

Learn from Your Environment
From the young to the old, the celebrity to the student, smart Londoners know that if they want a quality haircut at a good price the place to go is Environment...

Added: 2010-07-01

Target New Customers Using I-Salon
Today’s ever-changing technology can mean that if your salon doesn’t keep up to speed, it can be left behind – especially when it comes to online booking...

Added: 2010-06-24

The Internet Decoded with This Year's Sapphires Finalists and Winner
The hairdressing industry is going online! More salons than ever are using devises such as twitter, facebook and Internet booking systems to increase their revenue...

Added: 2010-06-11

High voltage glamour at Kink salon
Cheryl Cole recently said: "The higher the hair, the closer to heaven", summing up in one fell swoop today’s ever-growing trend for huge, fantastic hair...

Added: 2010-06-08

Back in barberstyle
It’s official: classic barbershops are back in fashion - a trend we have the ever-growing Murdock barber shops to thank for. The firm’s flagship store on Old Street opened in 1996 when Shoreditch’s reputation as the ‘coolest area of London’ was just beginning...

Added: 2010-05-21

Backstage at Australian Fashion Week
  The highpoint of Rosemount Australian Fashion Week came courtesy of Sydney-based fashion team, Romance Was Born. Designer duo Anna Sales and Luke Plunkett presented an extravaganza, themed around ‘Renaissance Dinosaur...

Added: 2010-05-14

Leader of the pack - Dwight Issacs launches Balmain in his salon
After 19 years in the business and a stellar reputation Dwight Isaacs knew that when he opened his own salon, Dwight Isaacs, in Oxshott, Surrey, he could only offer the best...

Added: 2010-05-05

Using I-Salon to get closer to your customers? The Retreat shows us how
Letting his customers know they are number one takes more than just a good hair-cut, reckons Colin Prince, owner of The Retreat in Wokingham. Ensuring that the customer service his salon offers is of the same quality as his treatments, Prince lets each of his customers know they are special the moment they walk through the door: “Minor details such as the receptionist greeting them by their first name to their hairdresser picking up the conversation where they left off makes a huge difference to their experience”, he says...

Added: 2010-04-12

Gro your business - milk_shake case study
Nestled underneath the railway arches at the northern end of Clapham High Street is the newly-opened Gro salon run by Roman Ospina, a John Frieda-trained hairdresser with a unique approach to business building...

Added: 2010-03-05

Down under - Leigh Mathews on session work in Australia
Australian hairdresser, Leigh Mathews has developed a career out of her own creativity. Inspired by art, fashion and film, Leigh combines her session work for fashion shoots and shows, with traveling around the country doing cutting-edge freelance work for celebrity clients...

Added: 2010-03-02

Balmain - more than fashion
Balmain is a name synonymous with fashion, style and creativity.  Founded in 1945, by Pierre Balmain, the Parisian fashion house has become known for its sophistication and elegance...

Added: 2010-02-17

Leo's learning curve
How computerising the salon revolutionised Leo Bancroft’s business. As well as running a successful salon, Leo’s achievements include TV work and winning Southern Hairdresser of the Year 2009...

Added: 2010-02-10

Imagine..Adrian Thelwell on the rebranding of Matrix.
Last year was an exciting time for Matrix, with the success of Biolage, Design Pulse and the extension of SOCOLOR.Beauty and Color Sync, their product portfolio just kept getting bigger and better...

Added: 2010-02-02

US bloggers lead the way for the online hair world
Last month I posted a comment on my Facebook page asking people if they had any unusual or unorthodox stories about how they chose their latest hair look...

Added: 2010-01-28

Get personal with Leonardo
In partnership with Indola, Salon Business brings you an exclusive opportunity to put your questions to Leonardo Rizzo. The world of hairdressing is changing - nothing is impossible, everything is achievable and just as we are taking our creative inspiration from more varied and unorthodox sources, we are also interacting in a way like never before...

Added: 2010-01-14

The Italian job
For Ivano Panzeri, working in the hair world was something he was destined for. Growing up in the Italian town of Malnate, he spent much of his time in his mother’s salon washing hair, sweeping up and running round after the stylists...