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INDUSTRY NEWS
Stay up-to-date with this month’s news round-up

CELEBRATE EARTH DAY WITH GREEN SALON COLLECTIVE
Green Salon Collective is celebrating Earth Day on

Retail Success IN AND OUT OF LOCKDOWN
Wella Professionals has created simple guides for setting up an online shop that will continue to generate revenue for your business during lockdown and beyond

DIGITAL NEWS
What's new on our site and social channels

Should you give salon staff different names?
If you have two employees with the same name – should you change one of them? Two salon owners weigh in

How to be resilient
Showing strength in business

SURVIVAL SUPPORT
NHBF chief executive Richard Lambert explains how the team is continuing to fight for those struggling to survive

The face behind the BRAND
L’Oréal Professionnel Paris’s General Manager UK & Ireland Freddie Banks on the importance of a positive mindset

HJ Insider
HJ reveals the results from its exclusive survey on the Spring Budget, your plans for price increases and patch testing clients

Hair Remedies
As salons prepare to reopen, Oribe Hair Care is launching its first salon-exclusive treatment service that will help to smooth, strengthen and protect your clients' colour between appointments

The Students TRENDSETTERS
A group of stylists who took part in the Brooks Education Programme share their trend predictions for when you reopen your doors

BECOME A MEMBER THIS MONTH
and win The Original Iron, The Airshot + The Curling Wand worth £250

ARE YOU READY TO ENTER #BHA21?
HJ’s British Hairdressing Awards, sponsored by Schwarzkopf Professional is officially open for entries.  Here’s everything you need to know before you submit your entry

CUTTING EDGE
All of the latest men’s hairdressing news to help you improve your grooming game

RE-EXPOSURE
ART MEETS HAIR

20 YEARS OF GOOD HAIR DAYS
Discover the ghd limited edition couture collection, created to celebrate ghd’s 20th anniversary. Plus, why the pros love the electrical brand so much

Innovation, innovation, innovation
You’ll be blown away by these advances in technology, so perhaps it’s time to upgrade your professional tools?

HOT topic
Lockdown has seen some clients turn to a host of bizarre no-heat styling aids ranging from tights and socks to dressing gown belts. It seems clients will put any household item in their hair, especially if a TikTok influencer tells them to try it!

Conversations on COLOUR with… Joanne O’Neill
The Wella Passionista and Northern Ireland salon owner shares her love of natural shades and explains why social media is integral to the growth of her business

FRENCH BALAYAGE
TAKE BALAYAGE BACK TO ITS ROOTS

COLOURING AFRO HAIR
HJ asked the experts to answer your burning questions about colouring Afro hair

SPRING INTO ACTION
Here are some tips from colourists  for your first few months in the salon and  the key colour trends to watch

Hassle-Free Colour Correction
Are you preparing for the colour corrections from home colour mishaps or are you already in the depths of carrying them out? Zalon is here to take the stress out of your appointments with its Colour Remover

The Sustainable World of FFØR
Discover how you can help your clients do good, look good and feel good with FFØR’s sustainable, vegan, free-from and natural professional hair care range

9 SIMPLE WAYS TO BECOME MORE SUSTAINABLE
Making your hair business more sustainable doesn’t need to be complicated. HJ speaks to salons to find out the simple steps they have taken that you could adopt to kick-start your own sustainable journey for both your team and your clients

GET SAVVY ON sustainability
Discover how L’Oréal Professional Products can help you to become more savvy on sustainability

HAIR INDUSTRY IS ON A MISSION
The professional hairdressing industry is making it easier than ever for you to make sustainable changes within your salon. Here are just a selection of the sustainable initiatives and steps that are already under way

Into The Light
Strong, powerful and beautiful

You Personalised and bespoke styles and shades
Hair: Katie Hale, head of colour at Charles

EMBOLDENED
Strong geometric shapes

Nineties Luxe
1990s cool-girl vibes

An exploration of natural hair TEXTURE
“For this collection my focus was to explore

THE HOT LIST
The New Rebels Semi Di Lino SMOOTH Rebel

SALON Magic
Alchemy and I in Berkhamsted is an elegant salon that combines luxury with the very best in hairdressing

The Academy Manager
HJ’s London Hairdresser of the Year and TONI&GUY’s academy manager Daniele De Angelis on leaving home to live his dream

Life Through a Lens
The creative and communications director at Headmasters is renowned for wearable, sexy hair. Here, he shares six of his all-time favourite creations