BL Hairdressing Training

2009-07-28T01:41:00.000-07:00

BL Hairdressing News
Minimum wage to rise to £95 for apprentices

The minimum wage for young people in apprenticeships will rise by £15 a week in a bid to boost vocational education, the skills secretary announced. The New £95 minimum wage will be introduced in August 2009 and is expected to benefit about 26,000 learners.

2009-07-28T01:40:00.000-07:00

BL Hairdressing News

Newly Refurbished Darlington Centre
Opening September 2009!

BL Hairdressing’s Training centre is moving to
92 Bondgate, Darlington, DL3 7JY.
The centre will be officially opened in September 2009 by
Lee Stafford & Stacey Broughton, from the myhairdressers.com Artistic Team http://myhairdressers.com/ further details and invites
will be coming soon to all Darlington centre’s salons.

Leanne Clarke- What i have been doing in the salon

2009-07-20T12:52:00.000-07:00

Hi there Leanne here again, i have been quite busy in the salon hence the long period since my last blog!!

I have been up to lots which i will explain in this blog, first off i went on a course where i worked with two members of Charles Worthington's team. They firstly showed us what they thought was coming into fashion and the trends then they showed us their collection for spring and summer which included new colouring and cutting techniques. Afterwards we had live models where we got to experiment with the colour patterns and then did one of the cuts, the cuts included disconnection with short layers around the front but keeping the lenght at the back to open up the face.

I then planned what i was going to do for the BL photographic competiton, i was lucky and got to use the girl that won our Face of Hair Haus competiton and i got some lovely pictures of her. My look was very avant guarde where the hair had been set in folded foil then backcombed to create volume but kept the top very smooth and sleek. I really enjoyed doing this as you get to let your imagination run wild.

After the photo competition it was our shop's 8th birthday so we decided to have a funday which included raffles, quess the bear's name and colouring competitons for kids. All the money raised went to the British Heart Foundation who were very happy with what we had made! Us workers got to celebrate the birthday by having a meal together then a few drinks afterwards.

I really enjoy doing photo work and taking part in photo shoots so i was really excited when i got the chance to help out at a photo shoot where the photos were going to be used for the British Hairdresser Awards. We had 5 girls to photo, 4 were the finalists for our Face of Hair Haus competition 2009 and the judges would decide who won by how they looked and played into the camera. Ireally enjoyed that day as i got a massive buzz from the pressure of getting the girls ready for the photographer, i would do this sort of thing everyday if i could!!

In July most of the girls from the salon took part in the Race for Life at Durham including me, it was a very emotional day as we all know someone that has been touched by cancer but it was very nice to do it together as we felt we were helping in our own way.

Getting back to my everday life in the salon i have been dead busy for the past two months with girls coming in for their hair's done for the proms. Alot of money goes into them things now-a-days including dresses, limo's etc so every girl needs to look their best for their big night. I did alot of curling and pinning tiara's into large bouffant hair but tried to do every girl a little different so they didn't have the worry of having the same hair as another girl.

These past two months have been filled with weddings too so that means lots of bridal hair, including curls, french rolls and the use of hair pieces.

With the way the weather is in sunny England, people are jetting off on their holidays so its my job to help maintain the condition of ladies' hair's by informing them about the effect of uv rays on the hair and how is best to protect it from these i.e using sun products that have uv filters in and also getting the hair trimmed prior to the holiday.

Back at college i have been getting all of my colouring units marked off so thats me nearly finished woo hoo!!!! If i had the chance to do the graduate stylist course where you do level 2 and 3 together then i would have but it wasn't brought out until after i had started.

I would just like to say a massive thank you to Ginette and Racheal at the Durham BL for helping me get my course almost finished and thanks to Leslie for my new posh hairdyer ha ha!!!!!!!!

Talk soon

Leanne x x x x x

BL Hairdressing PRO SALON VOL 1 Cutting by Lee Stafford & Stacey Broughton

2009-05-20T06:34:00.000-07:00

BL Hairdressing are pleased to offer you a range of 6 training DVDs delivered by Lee Stafford & Stacey Broughton. You can buy a single DVD for £29 or you can subscribe to the collection for just £120 that is just £20 per DVD! If you choose to subscribe to the collection BL Hairdressing will post each training DVD out to your salon every 2 months.
Through purchasing this DVD BL Hairdressing are pleased to offer you an exclusive 10% discount off the annual subscription to the world’s fastest growing online education tool www.myhairdressers.com!
For more details contact Kathryn Devine on 0191 2619636 or email kathryn.devine@blhairdressing.co.uk

BL Hairshow 2009 Sponsored by TIGI

2009-05-20T06:21:00.000-07:00

BL Hairshow 2009 Sponsored by TIGI
BL Hairdressing had their Hairshow on Monday 11th May 2009. The Hairshow was sponsored by TIGI and had a fantastic turn out with over 250 guests attending!BL Hairdressing would like to say a big thank you to Dare, Essence, Ramsay & Johnson, Charley McEwen, Scott Spock the photographer, Make-up Artists and Mint Management. The Hairshow took place in Sunderland at Blu Bambu with the salon Dare & Essence performing Street and Style and Ramsay & Johnson ending the show with Spectacular!

2009-04-08T02:46:00.001-07:00

BL Hairshow 2009 Sponsored by TIGI

2009-04-02T06:16:00.000-07:00

BL Hairdressing Presents

Street - Dare & Essence

Style - Dare & Essence

Spectacular - Ramsay & Johnson

With special guest stylist Charley McEwen from Strictly Come Dancing and featuring

TIGI Creative Team.

Monday 11th May 7pm at

Blu Bambu

2-4 Albion Place

Sunderland

SR1 3NG

Winners of the BL Hairdressing Competition 2009 to be announced Charley McEwen will be recreating some Strictly Come Dancing hair styles as park of the hairshow. Also TIGI Creative Team will be some of their latest ideas on stage. Tickets £7 each free for competition entrants, learners who are 10% ahead on progression records by May 8th 2009 and all completers since 1st August 2008 (learners must request their ticket from their assessor)Raffles and prizes supplied by TIGI and all proceeds from the hairshow will be going to Sara's Hope Foundation.

Leanne Clarke Hair Haus- A day in the life of!!!

2009-02-13T11:44:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone Leanne here again it's been a while ha!
Since my last blog we have had a busy time in the salon over the christmas period, over christmas we're always busy doing put ups for parties with curls being very popular which we create with the straightners. Other popular put ups include funky barrell curled mohicans and for the more formal parties, ladies were opting for the classic french pleats which is coming in for spring/ summer.

Another thing i found very popular over christmas time was the more warmer colours being asked for by clients like the reds, coppers and blondes, these colours go really well in dark or light hair and can be put in block colours for more funky styles or weaved highlights for a more natural look.

During December every client that comes into our salon recieve a christmas card which has vouchers with money off in January or Febuary, this encourages them to come back in the salon for a cut, colour or both which is what we all need in these hard times and also keeps us busy.

I have enjoyed being more of a stylist with my own coloumn this xmas and found it very exciting when i was busy all day and was getting a little flustered at the amount of people i had in at one time.

Another thing i have enjoyed was the different styles i would get in one day, one minute your cutting a cute little pixy cut and the next a long layered cut, which to me is what keeps hairdressing exciting.

Into January the salon gets a little quieter which gives us a little break and we can start preparing for the new year ahead. We always discuss with Mark the manager what courses we would benefit from in the year, and start thinkingabout which competitons we are going to enter, for me maybe the BL photographic competition?

Talking of BL i have been back to college to carry on with my level 3, which i do every other Monday morning theory at college, then back to the salon for practical and assesments on our models in the afternoon.

This time of the year gives us a chance to chill out a little but it wont last for long!!!!!!!

Thanks again for reading my blog hope it gives you an insight into a normal day as a hairdresser

L

2009-01-29T02:54:00.000-08:00

BL Photographic Competition 2009

This years Photographic Competition has now begun!

Each learner will have the chance to send in a photograph and their entry form (given by your assessor or to apply via email visit www.blhairdressing.co.uk then the Photogrpagic Competition news section to download your entry form ) and be placed in a competition with other learners. All Competition entries will then be judge by BL's chosen judge panel.

There are three categories to the Photographic Competition

1st Years - Blowdry and Colour

2nd Years - Blowdry, Colour and Cut (cut is optional)

Level 3 - Cut, Colour or Hair-up

This years 1st, 2nd and 3rd year winners will get the chance to attend a workshop hosted by Lee Stafford and Stacey Broughton!

1st place winners of each category will have their very own professional photo shoot for the day as well as the above prize!

'Salons please encourage all learners to take part and submit a photograph of their work'

A day in the life of a hairdresser!

2008-11-29T09:35:00.000-08:00

Hi there my name is Leanne Clarke and i work at Hair Haus in Bishop Auckland Co.Durham, i have been a member of the crazy team for 3 short years and really enjoy it.I started my training at BL Hairdressing when i started Hair Haus and really enjoyed how you did your training whilst working. Now i am qualified i run my own coloumn which is why i am writing this blog so all you people who are interested in hairdressing can see what goes on from day to day.

In this last year i have done loads of courses which help me progress but also keep you up to date with the latest fashions, one of the first ones i did this year which i thouroghly enjoyed was going down to leeds for the day to watch a GHD roadshow which involved loads of different put up techniques, iron techniques, make up ideas and even had the fashion man off t.v's This Morning showing us what was in and what was out! I really enjoyed that day as it made me wanna get back into the salon and start trying the techniques out like "rick, racking" which involved criss crossing hair wrapped in foil then setting it with straightners and then taking it out to give you a beautiful crimped effect.

Another massive thing i have done this year was i got the chance to go down to London with the salon owner (Mark) and salon manager (Kendra) and help out with doing 3 professional models hairs and also a girl who won our face of Hair Haus competition hair for a photoshoot we were doing for the British Hairdressing Awards. This was huge for me as i got the chance to see what goes on when doing a photoshoot and also how much time, effort and money goes into making it a success! That day i also got the chance to work with a clothes stylist and make up artist that work for Tigi and also got the chance to meet Mr. Anthony Moscolo!!

This year all of our team got to go to Salon International, one of the biggest hair shows that exists, this happens every year at London and people from all over the world come to watch session artists up on stage doing their thing. The names include Paterick Cameron (which i saw in flesh!!) Tigi, Loreal, Paul Mitchell etc.

So when there is nothing as exciting as those sort of things happening, then i am in the salon doing average day to day things which can include doing clients hairs, cutting and colouring, practicing new put ups, helping the younder members of the team with things they find hard or even thoery lessons like since Tigi brought colour out our salon have been having in Salon training as we have started using Tigi colour to go with their products which we use and sell.

BL Ashington Launch

2008-11-18T01:53:00.000-08:00

BL Hairdressing Training Centre in Ashington opened in April 2008!

The Ashington Launch was a great success in april with over 100 guests attending, and Lee Stafford and Stacey Broughton showing the guests their latest trends from their website www.myhairdressers.com.

Thank you to everyone who attending the Ashington launch.

Images from BL Hairshow Featuring Boilerhouse

2008-11-18T01:47:00.000-08:00

BL Hairshow 2008 Featuring Boilerhouse

2008-10-24T02:43:00.000-07:00

BL Hairdressing would like to thank Boilerhouse for taking part in the BL Hairshow 2008.

The Newcastle Hairshow was hosted by Boilerhouse Hair Salon, where they performed some of their latest trends on stage. The Hairshow also had fantastic performances by Jeepers Peepers and Rock Chick.

BLHT New Blog

2008-10-24T02:10:00.000-07:00

BL Hairdressing Training now have their very own blog. The blog will have updates from three learners we have chosen to follow through their training with BLHT. You will be able to view photographs from some of the exciting events they have attended, and here their stories throughout there hairdressing industry.