Introducing the #LCT25 WINNERS
AN EXCLUSIVE LOOK AT THE UK AND IRELAND L'ORÉAL COLOUR TROPHY WINNERS' SHOOT

WELCOME
HAIR: L’ORÉAL COLOUR TROPHY 2025 AWARD WINNERS MAKE-UP:

NEWS
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HJ digital
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HJ insider
This month we checked in to find out your thoughts on freelancing, education, and whether you’ll be stocking christmas gifts this year

HJ Reports: Aveda Congress
HJ headed to Minneapolis, MN, in the United States for the 21st Aveda Congress 2025

HJ VOICENOTES
When breast cancer treatment forced Nicola Wood to confront the reality of hair loss, she discovered her true mission: to transform the wig experience in the UK

Do Your Team Find it Difficult to Retail?
It’s time for retail real talk – these salons tell us how strong their teams’ selling skills are

Colour NOTES
Blending colour science, art and emotion, Maria Freitas, Andreia Professional Hair Product Manager, shares why natural, luminous shades are shaping the future of colour

Transform wellness and business with THE ORIGINAL JAPANESE HEAD SPA
As the world’s first company to develop and introduce the Original Japanese Head Spa to the professional salon market, discover how Takara Belmont’s Yume Head Spa treatment enhances hair and scalp health, transforms wellness and boosts incomes by up to £6,300 per week!

THE WINNERS take it all
We grabbed the winners on the L’Oréal Colour Trophy 2025 shoot to quiz them about their experience and what it felt like to see their looks from behind the lens

Call Us Santa
Get prepared for the busiest time of the year with our 2025 Christmas gift guide, highlighting the newest festive launches from top brands. From essential tools to standout product collections, explore the ranges set to boost sales and engage customers this holiday season

ASK THE EXPERTS with MICHELLE SULTAN
HOW DO I PERFECT NATURALLY CURLY HAIR?

The Freelance SUPPORT NETWORK
Exploring the spaces, brands and tech that are helping freelancers thrive

STILL LEADING, STILL EVOLVING
ghd: The OG of Good Hair Days

Engineered for PROFESSIONALS
How Dyson turns professional stylist’s feedback into functional tools that deliver on every front

#SALON25 IS OPEN
DISCOVER WHAT’S IN STORE AT SALON INTERNATIONAL 2025 ACROSS THE NEXT FEW PAGES

THE SEVEN STAGES OF #SALON25
SALON INTERNATIONAL IS BACK WITH AN UNMISSABLE SEVEN STAGES THIS YEAR, SHOWCASING THREE DAYS OF CUTTING-EDGE EDUCATION, COMMERCIAL CREATIVITY, AND WORLD-CLASS TALENT FROM THE NAMES SHAPING HAIRDRESSING TODAY

MODERN BARBER & HJ Academy Stage

THE BUSINESS LIVE STAGE
GAIN FIRST-HAND INSIGHTS ON GROWING AND MARKETING YOUR CAREER AT THE BUSINESS LIVE STAGE

THE IN CONVERSATION WITH... STAGE
THE HJ IN CONVERSATION WITH… STAGE RETURNS FOR ITS SECOND YEAR, AND FOR THE LIVE RECORDING OF HJ’S NEW PODCAST!

THE TEXTURED HAIR STAGE
ADVANCED TEXTURED HAIR TECHNIQUES TAKE CENTRE STAGE AS THE TEXTURED HAIR STAGE SPONSORED BY AVLON PROFESSIONAL MAKES ITS DEBUT AT SALON INTERNATIONAL 2025, DELIVERING INSPIRING EDUCATION, INNOVATION, AND DYNAMIC LIVE DEMONSTRATIONS

#SALON25 MASTERCLASS TIMETABLE
THE FIVE EXCLUSIVE SALON INTERNATIONAL MASTERCLASSES ON SUNDAY 12 AND MONDAY 13 OCTOBER, GIVE AN INTIMATE, IN-DEPTH LOOK AT CREATIVE GENIUS

There’s No Place Like #SALON25
SALON INTERNATIONAL IS THE PERFECT PLACE TO BE WHETHER YOU’RE A SALON OWNER, SALON MANAGER, EMPLOYED STYLIST, SELF-EMPLOYED STYLIST OR SOLO ENTREPRENEUR. WE’VE GOT YOU COVERED!

BLITZ
Inspired by the 80s new wave, punk and New Romantics, West End polish collides with East End club grit

CYFNOS
Merging avant-garde styling and daring hair with bold shapes and vivid hues for a modern vamp

ROOTED
There's beauty to be found in simplicity

EXTEND YOUR STRATEGY
Looking for long term growth? Offering extensions services in your salon is key. And the Beauty Works Express Weft is the perfect place to start…

DISCONNECTED BEAUTY
Look beyond the filters, and see the truth that lies beneath

ZINE SCENE
A raw, rebellious tribute to 90s zine culture

Creating COLOUR STORIES
Breaking free from traditional applications and embracing a fluid, expressive approach to colour

LONG & STRONG
Looking for haircare that provides premium experience, sensorial luxury, and thicker, fuller hair, clinically proven in 60 days? Let’s talk Keune…

SUBCULTURES
Hair moments that defined attitudes, identity and self-expression

BOUDOIR
Sensual textures and rich colours unite in harmony

Your Go-To FOR PARTY HAIR
Fulfil all your clients' festive hair dreams in half the time

Astro VIXENS
In a world where glamour defies gravity and rebellion lives among the stars, AstroVixens crash-lands from a distant galaxy to rewrite the rules of beauty

CREATURES
Pushing the boundaries of artistry and self-expression

PRISMATICA
Exploring colour placement, creating shapes, tones and dimensions that feel fluid, luminous and endlessly transformative

IDENTITY
Identity strips everything back to uniform simplicity, highlighting how true individuality and self-expression shine through in identical conditions

Not All Towels Are CREATED EQUAL
For 20 years, Easydry has been changing how salons work, find out why it’s the better way to dry

VORTEX
Born in chaos, forged in force, there’s beauty where the world fractures

ALL CAUGHT UP
Looking for salon software that’s finally caught up with the way salons really work? Enter Beu…

#trending
1. Goddess 1. Triple Threat Goddess’ BioTech

Calm & COLLECTED
With its versatile, earthy design and a client-first ethos, GLAMHAIR is a chic retreat that blends timeless style with minimalism

adventures of an… Extraordinary ENTREPRENEUR
From studying law to cruising around America, to two salons and his celebrity clientele, Gustav Fouche tells his journey…

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