First time foils.

Today we had our first session about foiling.

First of all we had to section the hair correctly.

Then after a demonstration by Lisa, we tried ourselves.

We really enjoyed it and Lisa said we did a great job for our first time.

What do you think?

Great sectioning!

To get better on our sectioning we are finding to be really important, especially when we are cutting.

So today we concentrated on sectioning.

We did amazingly well, so Lisa let us do some cutting! Yeah! 

What a great first half term.

Our first half term has been and gone in a blink of an eye.

Lisa asked us to write down everything we think we have learnt and done

Wow what a list!

In hairdressing

Shampooing,

Blowdrying,

Conditioning treatments,

Roller setting, 

Sectioning, 

All about our equipment,

Massages,

Hand massages,

Hair structure,

Nail structure,

Curling hair,

Halloween total looks,

What different brushes are for,

Consultations, 

Plaiting,

Nail shapes,

Personal hygiene,

How to write a questionarre 

Hair types,

Total looks

 

In maths.

Ratios,

Percentages,

Algebra,

Transformations, increase and decrease,

Fractions,

Bidmas, 

Prime numbers

In English,

Narrative writing, 1st and 3rd person,

Of mice and men,

Punctuation,

How to write a letter,

Nouns,

Verbs,

Overall.

We got our kits and uniforms,

Made lots of new friends,

How to look professional,

How to behave,

Not to swear!

How to communicate,

How to behave around a client,

How to work as a team,

Maths is better than we thought,

Teamwork,

How to help each other,

Can't wait to see what is next!

Gaining confidence.

More shampooing today and some super blow drying, sectioning and plaiting skills seen too.

Well done everyone! 

10 Ways You Use Maths in Hairdressing Without Even Knowing It

With the GCSE results looming I found this great article by Racheal Gibson at HJI all about how we need Maths to be hairdressers. Have a read!

Thank you Racheal.

Maths and numbers are central to many tasks we all do every day and hairdressing is no exception. Although you might think you’re “bad at maths” because you didn’t do well at it at school, you’re using it all the time at work, probably without realising it.

Here are just 10 of the ways you are using maths in hairdressing without even knowing it.

1. Planning your time

Even simple tasks such as booking appointments involve a basic grasp of how numbers work, especially to estimate how much time you’ll need with each client throughout the day so you don’t keep anyone waiting.

2. Stock management and ordering supplies

Running out of products is every hairdresser’s worst nightmare, so being able to manage your stock accurately and order enough of the right products is really important. If you can count and do basic sums involved in stock control, you can do maths.

3. Taking payments and giving change

This is probably the most obvious way you use maths in the salon every day. Understanding how treatments are priced so you know what to charge customers and what change to give them is vital to your work.

4. Colour treatments 

Understanding quantities is an important part of any hairdresser’s job, particularly when it comes to colour treatments. To select the right developer and measure the right proportion of products to get the results your client wants, knowing how volume and ratios work is essential.

5. Sectioning hair for colouring, cutting and styling 

Being able to section hair means having to understand shape and space, a key concept of the maths learning we all do at school. If you can section your clients’ hair properly, you can do maths!

6. Getting the cut right 

A haircut is more than just knowing how to use a pair of scissors. Understanding angles, lengths and shapes are key maths concepts that are the most important part of getting a haircut right. You wouldn’t be able to give a client the perfect asymmetric bob without them.

7. Washing hair

Neither you nor your client wants their scalp scalded! Understanding temperature to make sure it’s just right involves a knowledge of maths, as does estimating how much shampoo, conditioner and treatments your client needs for their hair.

8. Interpreting numbers

Many products you use in the salon are numbered to indicate their strength or colour. Being able to interpret these numbers and knowing what they mean is a part of mathematical understanding, so if you get it then you can do maths!

9. Running a salon 

As with running any business, maths skills are essential to calculating profits and outgoings, including rent, bills and paying your stylists. Even if you’re not running the salon, you’ll still need to check you’ve been paid correctly and understand your payslip.

10. Spatial skills 

If you’re considering starting a salon or you’ve already opened your own, making decisions about the design of your space will have involved more maths than you’d think. Understanding the space, measuring for fixtures and fittings, and working out how many workstations and sinks to fit – all involve mathematical understanding.

If you’re not as confident with maths as you’d like to be but don’t know how to improve, sign up for the National Numeracy Challenge. The site is simple to use and can tell you the areas that you could do with some practice on, as well as giving you the resources to learn. Find out more.

by Rachael Gibson on August 9, 2015  in Career, Future Talent

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Easter gift for Adam

And the most improved student this term is??????

Adam!!

He has improved on 

his sectioning, remembered his bag, his blow drying skills and plaiting techniques.

Well done Adam enjoy your little Easter chick! 

Spatula!

We tried an alternative to to foiling today, SPATULA.

We sectioned, learnt what you can use it for and the spatula technique. 

First we used conditioner until we got used to it then we used colour so we could see what the effect was.

We were shown how to mix colour correctly using the scales and had to remember our maths lesson on ratios!  1-1, 1-2 and 1-1.5 

We love spatula, it's much quicker than foiling.

Didn't we do well!

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!

CUTTING!!!!

Yeah at last we were cutting again.

We did remember some of what we learnt last time but Lisa soon recapped everything with a step by step demonstration and we soon got started.

Taking the correct sections (that's maths)

Holding the hair at zero degrees (that's maths!)

Palming our scissors and taking the first section

Seeing the guidelines

Concentration

Getting it checked

Calming our peers down with a massage when they get stressed about it!

Some of the end results!

Foiling tutorial by Loni and Mamoona

Section the hair into 9 sections

Starting at the nape section, take a 5mm or half a centimetre section and weave some hair using your pintail comb.

Place the folded foil right up to the scalp.

Apply the colour or bleach about 5mm from the scalp to avoid seepage.

Take the end of the foil and take it up to the root area.

Holding the top with your fingers, use the tail comb to straighten the foil.

Use the comb part of the tail comb to make creases in both sides of the foil.

And fold the sides in.

Use the same method with all the other foils.

Until you are finished.

By Loni and Mamoona.

Foiling fun

I'm Our first lesson on foiling today! 

We loved it! We found out why we foil then after a demonstration on sectioning which we soon mastered, ( our maths helped!)  

we were shown how to weave, apply and fold the foils. 

We remembered our PPE and Lisa draw diagrams on the mirrors to help us. It really helped Leah.

Loni and Mamoona took charge of making a tutorial ( watch out for that blog post) 

We were kept very busy

And there was come good concentration faces!

And of course .... Laughter!

For our first time this is what we managed in two hours.

Kara is happy

And Lisa was well impressed.