Blogs

Is wearing a face mask making you dehydrated? Or are you struggling to breathe properly when wearing one? Check out our top tips to help.

Stylist Victoria Panting shares her top tips for running a successful wedding hair business.

Here’s our round-up of the best blue hair and beauty products to use on your clients.

Want to charge more at your barber shop but worried you’ll lose clients? Expert barber Mike Taylor shares his advice for successfully raising your prices.

With news that plastic straws and cotton buds will be banned in the UK from 2020, here are seven other easy ways to reduce the amount of plastic you use in your hair and beauty business.

Easy ways to balance customer demand and staff levels in your hair and beauty business, keeping everyone happy this summer

6 easy ways to use the wedding season as a way to attract new clients.

Waxing is big business for beauty salons and freelance therapists. Here, beauty educator Lisa Stone shares her tips for marketing your waxing treatments and finding new clients this summer.

As a nail technician, using products that aren’t legal in the UK could mean your insurance is invalid and land with you with a fine… and even a prison sentence! Yet spotting an illegal product can be tricky. Here’s what to look out for and how to shop safely online.

She’s designed nails for everyone from Alexander McQueen to Givenchy. Here, Marian Newman talks to Salon Services about how to make your nail business a success and how to set your prices for nail services.

Whether you do it yourself or hire branding experts, creating a brand identity for your hair or beauty business can be a hugely enjoyable process. It’s a time when you get to think about what your business is, what you want it to be and how you want it to perceived by existing - and new- clients. Salon branding isn’t easy of course, and you’ve probably seen plenty of businesses with logos and imagery that you just don’t think work. So what can you do to make sure you get it right?

Giving your customer that perfect shave is no easy task, especially when dealing with the likes of tough stubble. Slow and steady is what wins the race, and preparation is of the utmost importance when it comes to achieving optimum results with your wet shave.

Simon Bethel, expert educator at the Great British Barbering Academy (GBBA), has teamed up with The Bluebeards Revenge to show you how to perform that super smooth cut throat shave.