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Whether you want to up your social media game or establish yourself as a blonde specialist, here’s everyone education for in 2025

In our May Insider survey, 72% of respondents said they prefer to receive hairdressing education in-person. While social media and online education platforms can be great for refreshing your knowledge, the overwhelming consensus from the market is that the best way to develop your skills is through a hands-on approach. So, we’re here to give the people what they want – a round-up of the latest in-person education offerings from leading brands.

ALFA ITALIA’S BLOWOUT MASTERCLASS WITH PETER MELLON & JUSTIN MACKLAND

A one-day immersive course designed to elevate your skills, allowing you to achieve the perfect blow-dry. Expect to learn techniques to help improve salon efficiency and discover advanced styling methods for photographic work. Cost: £195.00+VAT| Dates: Various dates throughout 2025, in Wolverhampton, London, Stockport, Edinburgh and Sheffield.| Details :Visit www.alanhoward.co.uk

CLOUD NINE’S CPD SESSIONS

CLOUD NINE offers CPD sessions for college tutors looking to support students’ understanding of heat awareness, alongside soft skills around consultations with styling tools. The development courses address the effects of heat in relation to styling, individual hair types, chemical services and its importance in maintenance and hair health between salon visits.

90% OF YOU SAID YOU WOULD CONSIDER ADDITIONAL TRAINING IN COLOUR CORRECTION WHEN WE ASKED ON OUR SOCIALS

DAVINES COLOUR CHALLENGE

Through a combination of theory and hands-on experience, you’ll learn how to perform in-depth consultations, analyse your client’s hair and develop a comprehensive plan for each colouring challenge. You’ll also gain the confidence you need to select the best products and techniques for each individual client and explore the skills of colour correction. Details: Visit www.davinesprofessional.com/en/international/education/colour

SALON SERVICES – SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENT

Learn the three essential content pillars to help you shoot videos and photos, discover the key tools to help you edit, receive expert advice on how to get the most engagement and learn how to find your place within a sea of competitors. Cost: £75+VAT| Course duration: 1 day, 10am-4pm| Location: SE1 Studios, London| Details: www.salon-services.com/training/hair-and-beauty-business-management/

EDUCATION WITH BRAND AMBASSADORS

Directions offers free education to both colleges and salons, with Directions Ambassadors sharing top tips on working with the brands full range of products.

GOLDWELL’S GUEST ARTISTS CREATIVE SESSIONS

Stylists on the Guest Artist Team will be offering a range of seminars to suit various experience levels, including Face Your Fear with Terri Kay – created for stylists looking to perfect their commercial hair cutting and styling skills and face their fear of cutting hair from long to short. Cost: £250+VAT| Date: Monday 7 July| Location: Kao Salon Academy, London

ELGON SIX STEP JOURNEY

The Elgon Six Step Journey consists of highly interactive workshops, split over multiple dates, covering everything you need to know about the brand. From Colour Confidence, Lift & Tone and Vibrant Visions to Care & Style, Colour Change and Creative Colour. Cost: £25-£100| Dates: Ranging from June 2025 to January 2026| Contact: To book, contact your Elgon distributor or email sarah@ salondistributionconcepts.co.uk

GHD PRO SALON NETWORK

Join the ghd Pro Salon Network to receive exclusive, trend-led education to suit your needs: whether that’s through in-salon sessions, live at roadshow events, through digital livestreams, or via an on-demand portal. Contact: Sign up today at prohelp@ghdhair.com

89% OF YOU SAID YOU COULD BENEFIT FROM ADDITIONAL STYLING AND BLOW-DRYING EDUCATION

MOROCCANOIL EXPLORED THROUGH EDUCATION

Immerse yourself in the world of Moroccanoil: gain insight into the latest products from the brand, refresh and elevate your cutting skills with interactive demonstrations with Sharon Dale, discover the true art of textured hair cutting with Aisha Brown and explore the Moroccanoil Professional hair colour portfolio. Cost: £25 | Date: 9 June| Location: STA STUDIOS, London| Contact: 01296 620555

OSMO BEYOND THE FOIL – BALAYAGE & OPEN-AIR TECHNIQUES

Become more confident in both open-air and isolated techniques, learning skills to confidently assess the hair and its integrity and create a plan of action to achieve the desired result. You’ll also learn how to cocktail colour to further expand the colour portfolio. Details: Course dates and costs provided by your nearest OSMO wholesaler.

THE FASCINATING WORLD OF TRICHOLOGY, BY TRICHOLOGIST MARK BLAKE MIT. IAT. WTS.

An eye-opening insight into hair nutrition, medications and surgical procedures, giving you the confidence to help your clients restore their hair. This one-day course will add a new facet to your hairdressing services and give you a valuable point of difference from your competitors. Cost: £270+VAT| Dates and Locations: 16 June (Dublin), 5 August and 28 October (London), 7 October (Manchester)

Details: Contact wellastudiolondon@wella.com to book

BLONDME EXPERT: THE ULTIMATE BLONDE SPECIALIST, WITH TIM SCOTT-WRIGHT FOR SCHWARZKOPF PROFESSIONAL

This seminar combines live demonstrations with practical workshops, allowing you to refine your technical skills and product knowledge across icy platinum looks to natural, lived-in blondes, tailored to every client. Cost: £290+VAT | Date: 14 July 2025 | Location: Sta Studios, London

PAUL MITCHELL COLOR EXPERT PROGRAMME

This certification combines online learning with hands-on workshops. The benefits? Create staff loyalty by investing in your stylists’ continued professional development, form global connections through working with the JPMS Global Artistic Team and increase your revenue though higher price points with an upskilled workforce.

Contact: www.salon-success.co.uk/en/education/color-expert

THE ART OF RAZOR CUTTING WITH AVEDA

This course will showcase the precision and artistry of razor cutting techniques, led by Christophe Potin, Artistic Director at Aveda. Date: 28 July | Location: Aveda Lifestyle Salon & Spa Covent Garden |Details: Contact joinavedauk@aveda.co.uk

SASSOON ABC+ Complete 4-Day Course

A blend of cutting and colouring, covering short, medium and long hair, this course showcases decades of Sassoon techniques, updated with a modern, salon-focused approach. It's the next step for recently qualified professionals or those who’ve completed ABC Cut or Colour. Cost: £1,138.00+VAT Dates: 23 June and 30 September | Location: House of Sassoon Soho, 16-17 Greek St, London W1D 4DR Contact: edservices@sassoonglobal.com

L’ORÉAL PROFESSIONNEL’S POWER PLACEMENT WITH DANIEL COUCH

This course explores the how’s and why’s of technical colour placement, including consultation, techniques and global colour. Cost: £240 | Date: 28 July | Location: Scotland

TONI&GUY’S SALON CREATIVE COURSE

This course has been designed to upgrade, strengthen and refine your core cutting techniques. Ideal for stylists in the final stages of training, or seasoned stylists. Cost: £700+VAT | Dates: 21, 22 and 23 July and 8,9 and 10 September

WAHL STYLE COLLECTION

The style collection is all about taking five fundamental looks, breaking them down and understanding how to elevate them using the Wahl Style range. Led by Wahl Styling Ambassadors, James Parr and Stacey Wright, you will learn from their 35+ years’ experience. Dates: 7 July, 29 August, 17 November | Location: Wahl HQ,

Kent | Details: www.wahl.co.uk/product/wahl-style-collection/