More clients!

We love it when clients come in for their hair doing.

Are these level twos?

Was what Lisa got asked today when we were working on clients! 

We were told we were very good and acted in a professional way.

What a boost for us after only 10 weeks! 

Here we are in action.

If we didn't have clients, we practised our setting techniques ready for our next session.

We know how your feeling. Don't worry

I asked some of the students I had on level one last year to tell this years students how they felt last year at this time and what level two is like.

Here is what they said.

Q. How did you feel about moving on to level two? 

'Last year at this time we felt really nervous and panicky about the group changing and who we were going to have as our tutor. We thought the students in the other group were stuck up ( they aren't) 

Q. What did you feel like when you started in September?

We felt a bit on edge. It soon calmed down when we got put into groups and team building sessions helped us settle in. 

Q. What's level two like?

Doing your first clients is scary but it's okay as long as you remember everything you were taught in level one. It comes back to you. 

It's not as hard as you might expect, you do get to feel more comfortable with the clients and there are no assignments! But make sure you revise for the exams as they are hard.

It goes quickly because your busy doing clients. 

We all get along well, we feel more mature now and are starting to feel like real hairdressers!

Thank you, Lauren, Sheri and Saman.

I'm sure they will feel better now. 

Working hard

We had lots of clients to work on this week.

It was just like working in a busy salon. Lisa is preparing us for our level two programme we think...

Consultations are always first!

Next the shampooing.

Men's blow dries

Plaits, twists and temporary colours.

Phew we are ready for anything now!

Neil and Wolf product review

We have been really excited to try out our new Neal and Wolf styling products and today was the day.

First Lisa sat with us explaining the product range letting us smell and feel them ( they smell lovely).

 Then she showed us the different product cocktails and gave us a leaflet showing us what effect each cocktail can produce.

Once our clients came we decided which combination to use.
 Here are some of the results..

Beckys client had very fine hair. She decided to use Fix on the roots and Elevate on the mid lengths and ends to help add more volume.

Becky choosing the right cocktail

Applying the products

The results.

The clients hair felt thicker and it was easier to get the volume in the hair than some other products I have used. It smells and feels rich and was easy to use.

Next.

Emily's client had thick coarse dry hair and she found it difficult to control.

Using a cocktail of Glow and Silk mixed together she applied the mixture to the clients hair.

The result.

Our client was very impressed with how her hair felt. Silky and smooth yet not greasy or lank. 

She then went on to having her hair plaited with curls, after she remarked on how smooth the curls looked. A winning result we think.

We will be reviewing some more of their products soon, in the meantime you can find Neal and Wolf products and plenty of information on their website. Click on the link below.

Neal and Wolf!

Practise makes perfect.

Practising plaiting and twisting today with a willing group of childcare students who came to be our models.

We had all types of hair to deal with.

From very curly coarse hair.

To long fine hair. 

And thick straight hair

But we did well! Lots of formative assessments complete! 

To finish the morning off we also mastered our handcare unit!

We can't wait to do more.

Half term is here!

It's been a very busy term with lots of things going on.

Here is some of the things we have learnt his week.

How to communicate with new people.

More about reception duties.

We have 2 assignments to do for half term, thanks Lisa! 

We can host a great event. ( blog post to follow) 

We can work under pressure.

Kirsty makes a great Goth.

We can do so much more than we thought we could.

The effects of damaged hair.

Even rubbing your hair damages it.

Wilson is wishing he hadn't had a perm now.

We all damage our hair.

We know why it is important to find out what damage a client has to her hair.

Our blog is getting famous!

How to improve our confidence. 

We love our blog.

We get on with people in the other group.

About skin testing.

What an incompatibility test is.

Lisa is always there for us.

What a porosity test is testing for.

Ratios. For incompatibility tests.

What a strand test is.

What development time means.

So much good stuff.

Happy half term everyone!

The end of week 18

This week went really quickly, we were kept very busy.

Here is what we learnt.

Doing clients is fun.

We are getting through our assessments,

We like foiling,

How to do a really good blowdry with volume,

We met our models for the Sophie Lancaster event,

We got two more assignments to do,

We are getting quicker at foiling.

We met Neil Capstick,

We found out more about the Neal and Wolf products,

We know why they are called Neal and Wolf,

We felt inspired after talking to him.

If he can do it, we can!

He owns cloud9 too. 

Its hard getting to college in the snow.

We know who still has assignments left to do.

We all had a skin test done. 

More clients for us!

We love having clients and being able to put what we have been practising into action!

Here's how we got on

Shampooing predation.

Plaiting!

Combing

Sectioning

A beautifully done blow dry!

Well done Leah!

The end of week 13

We learnt lots of different things this week including..

How finally complete a French plait.

And how to do a fishtail plait

How to use a wand correctly.

How to shampoo hair.

How to handle clients that can't speak English.

How to handle clients that say that they fancy you!

GHD frizzing!

Team building works!

Not to swear in class.

How to think logically.

We ace at auditions

We do great style books.

And...

In our team building we had to say what we think our programme is, we said

Fab dabby dozy 

Good 

We love Lisa and Mary 

It's entertaining 

Amazing, 

Can be bitchy, 

Funny, 

Epic,

Superb!

Nearly Christmas!

Busy, busy, busy

Today we worked so hard and loved it!

Lots of clients and assessments!

Before, during and after.

Wow hair and nails! Well done Kara and Demi.

Consultation advice from Mary

Someone's so relaxed they are nearly asleep!

Well done Molly! A great job.

We worked well as a team today too!! 😊

Children in Need day part one.

What a fabulous day we all had today.

It was children in need and we decided to raise money by offering the college staff and students to have their hair curled, straightened or plaited.

We all decided to wear our onesies!

We soon managed to bet some willing clients.

We really enjoyed it and raised £129.75 for Children in Need! 

Types of clients.

It's good to be warned about the different types of clients we might come across in our hairdressing career. 

This is a great link to explain most of them.

Take a look!

Seven types of client

Thank you Hairdressers Journal.

The end of week 7.

Wow it's been a busy week this week.
Look at what we have learnt.


How to make conversation with the public.
All about personal Hygiene.
How to gather and use information.
How to improve our speaking and listening skills.
How to roller set.
Roller setting hurts your thumbs.
How Ratios relate to hairdressing.
Riding in the minibus was fun.
That sweat is bacteria poo!
How to blow dry short hair.
Not to get too nervous when asked to do a client.
How to make individual curls smooth.
How to write letters.
More about Romeo and Juliet.
About grammar.
How to complete a style after roller setting.
How to take rejection from the public.
How to approach a stranger.
How to help fine hair feel thicker.
Working on family and friends is harder than a stranger sometimes.
Pin ups

Our first client experience with H1L

Our turn for our first clients today and we were more nervous than the other group as Lisa had told us how well they had done.

After some consultations we started to shampoo.

Then we all set too blowdrying and styling. Plaiting, twisting, making bows, curling and straightening.

One client had such long hair we all calcuated how long her hair is in the Anagen growing stage for.

And now for the results!

                                                         Look at this before and after!

And all our feedback

Yeah all together students and clients! 

Everybody happy! Lovely to see.