Hair Colour Studio

A woman reaches a certain age, and more often than not she is very likely to cut her hair short. But the question is: Is it because she wants to, or is it because it is what is expected of her? As we age our hair ages too, we can't escape that.. But what are the signs of aging hair? Firstly, It loses pigment! Those annoying grays! the reason for your first mild heart attack - the realization that your body is actually physically telling you:  you are getting older! Technically all that is really happening is that we are losing Melanin pigment , which is what gives our skin and hair its colour. Melanin is also what we get from the sun while sun-bathing - but sadly that does not effect our hair. As we loose that pigment the hair also tends to become finer and the regrowth slows down, which is why it feels like we go from a full head of hair to half the amount - which is also the reason why we can never seem to be able to go longer than a certain point. These a...

We pretty much do this every year.... We take a look at the best looks at the Oscars. Firstly I am glad finally we are out of the whole #metoo drama and we get some colours back on the red carpet. As much as Black in general is probably one of my favourite colours (that's for clothes not hair!) - It's always nice to have a good mix on the red carpet of any event. Here's our favourite looks this year: Margot Robbie looks absolutely statuesque in this beautiful floor length Chanel gown, the hair kept simple with this side wave is the way to go as there is enough going on with the dress. As is the lack of neck jewellery to let the garment do the talking, while leaving the bling with the little bag. Spot On. Gorgeous pic above with Greta Gerwig in Rodarte and THAT hair!, which is just so undeniably cool and apt for an award ceremony like the Oscars. Gerwig with her directral debut of Ladybird had a stellar year, and this was very much the culmination - gaining...

Celebrities! - love or loathe them they are still one of our major forms of inspiration for a new style... Well, I never got someone coming in with a picture of the neighbour.... and that would also be totally creepy! With Instagram being our portal for everything celebrity - you can keep up to date with your favourite celeb and hair style, not only - if you get into total stalker mode you are only a few hashtags away to track down their stylists, and just like that tah-dah!! - you've got his/her hair stylist's Instagram - OMG I have just fast-tracked to Hair Nirvana! p.s.... our Insta is: @haircolourstudio 😋 So what are the hair trends 2018 is gonna offer us....? The Hair trends for 2018 are starting to form very clearly, and there is one element that really seems like it is going to be absolutely everywhere - and that is a Fringe! - Bangs if you are American (as a London hair stylist the first time a client asked me for bangs I blushed - wasn't too sure what ...

It's a new year - and like every year we always look for new things to tempt us and excite us, and 2018 is no different! So what is the next big thing? Thankfully Ombre has died... and there was some bad Ombre! (even Trump had to comment!)  it was a loooong, sloooow death.... but finally it's gone... passe'  -  FIN - I - TO. .. The Hip-word of 2016-17 though was certainly 'Balayage'. The Media loved Balayage and it was EVERYWHERE - celebrities latched onto it and so there it was, the resurgence of quite frankly a very old french system of free-hand highlighting - but let's face it we all loved it! - but no one quite got what was the difference between ombre and balayage.... and what about balayage with ombre? But while the masses are still catching up on Balayage, and what results are achieved with the technique... the ones in the know have a new magic word: and that is AirTouch. AirTouch is likely to become the new 'Ombre' and '...

A few months ago we ran a blog showcasing how expectations of what can be achieved with hair and the somewhat warped idea we are all getting thanks to images on Instagram... https://www.haircolourstudio.co.uk/blog/post/6913033183302396819 Well things are certainly not getting any better... I feel a bit sorry for our young generation who are fed all this totally misleading information.. but it is a vicious circle that is never gonna go,.... because while there is an audience there will also always be the exhibitionists and the ones in question here are the hair stylists themselves! But mostly celeb culture.. because some of us may get it.... but others dont when you see the Kardashians changing hair colour from one day to the next... it's not because hair can do that... it is because they are wearing a wig! And when they aren't they did not have that change during the 3 hour slot you booked at the hair salon. A few weeks back we had a client who booked for a bal...

It is just 2 weeks for Halloween! and we couldn't be more excited! But did you know that even though we tend to always say that here in Europe we have slowly adopted this American holiday, it is actually  the other way round. While we now associate it with trick or treat, costumes and apple-bobbing the ancient origins are pretty far off..... 2000 years far off in fact with a Celtic festival known as Samhain, when they used to believe that ghosts would roam the earth on the 31st of October so people left food on their doorstep to ward off the ghosts but also put on masks when they left the house so they would be mistaken for fellow ghosts. In the 8th century the Christian church tuned it into all-hallows eve... which eventually was shortened to Halloween. The trick or treating we know today originates from medieval Britain with a tradition known as Guising , when young people would dress up and in return for food, wine or money they would sing, recite poetry or tell ...