Static is enemy number one in winter, but you can help reduce it by using a heat protect spray like Ciment Thermique on damp hair before blow drying. Moving between extreme temperatures also affects condition, making deep conditioning a priority. Hair masks are great. Treat yourself to a long, luxurious soak, apply your prescribed (by your [...]
If you wonder why we are looking a bit more windswept than normal it’s because later this summer we are downing tools and pulling on our walking boots to go the extra mile for our adopted charity, Maggie’s Fife. The date is set for 19 June for our bi-annual charity super-challenge when we will [...]
Hi, it’s heading rapidly towards that time of year again. I hope you are all well and looking forward to Christmas. Life in the salon is really hotting up for the festive season and the team are buzzing with ideas about how to create beautiful hair for your party season. Soft waves, loose plaits and [...]
We’re looking to expand our team, with vacancies for experienced stylists and trainees, so we thought we’d tell you a bit about what makes us tick. Other salons may talk about the value of teamwork, but at Byron it is a central part of what we do. We value every member of our team because [...]
Our team of athletic hairdressers gave their all this June in a gruelling fitness challenge that raised more than £3,000 for charity. Raising cash for Maggie's After months of tough training sessions, we completed a sponsored Five-in-Five fundraising effort – five fitness challenges in five hours – smashing our target of £1,000 and [...]
I recently had a new client come into the salon who was having her hair coloured professionally for the first time in her life after years of home colouring. I asked her why she’d always chosen the DIY approach before and why she’d decided to come to the salon this time. Her answers were [...]
With just six weeks to go before this year’s charity challenge, the Byron team are all training hard. We’re facing five fitness challenges in five hours, so on Sunday 15 June we’ll be donning our lycra (not me, you’ll be glad to know) and at 11am we will be doing an hour-long hike followed by [...]
There was no Sunday rest this week for Byron as Ronnie, Lisa and Zoe gave up their day off to come and help create fabulous looks for the winners of local boutique Rouge’s makeover and photoshoot competition. The Face of Rouge competition was launched in December last year by owner Tania to find ‘real’ models [...]
The whole team at Byron Hairdressing was buzzing to hear there was a positive TV show coming about the hairdressing industry. You might not have noticed, but all too often we get a bit of a rum deal in the media. So there we were, five minutes before BBC3’s Hair began, all ready to [...]
I’ve had the night to think more on the celeb-fest that was the Met Gala earlier this week, but it hasn’t changed my mind. I’ve done the good bit; time now for the bad and downright ugly. OMG girls! Are you that desperate to be noticed? Let’s start with Katie Holmes. Now I don’t [...]
