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The hair industry must come together and unite as one. With a clear mission, todays guest Collette Osbourne, is fighting for the hair industry to get the respect it deserves! In this episode Collette reveals why she is so keen to get the respect from government and the wider business communities which she believes is long overdue. You’ll hear why she needs us as an industry, to all come together and help elevate our profession. Originally an accountant and business consultant & systems expert who has worked in corporate finance for 24 years, Collette decided to follow her first career dream and retrained to be a hairdresser. Now the owner Director of Hairven Salon Groups Collette says, “I love everything about our tribe, our passion, our vision and creativity.” A pillar of strength and inspiration to salon owners and hairdressers alike throughout these difficult times of the pandemic, Collette created the ‘Salon Owners United’ facebook group. A community where salon owners and hairdressers alike come together to share support and advice, the groups mantra of ‘We Are Stronger Together’ rings out aloud. Collette is a beacon of positive light, who is helping to unite the industry to a joint common cause. Now you can join the revolution too by tuning in!   To become a Patreon member click HERE     A podcast produced by Hairy Media Productions.   Thanks for Listening To share your thoughts: Leave a note in the comment section below. Ask a question by emailing me HERE Share this show on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram. To help out the show: Leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews really help and I read each one. Subscribe on iTunes. Follow on Spotify. Subscribe by Email. Thank you to Collette Osbourne for joining me on todays podcast. Until next Monday, Peace, Love and Smiles all the way… Goodbye.     How To Cut It Podcast Partner  

In recent months the demand and opportunities for teaching online have massively increased. With the easier accessibility of digital and social media platforms, it has never been a better time to take your first steps into the becoming an online hair educator. But in such a competitive landscape of thousands and thousands of hairdressers and barbers across the world wanting to make it online as a hair educator, how are you going to standout above all the noise and get your education noticed? Joining me to shed light on how you can make it as an online hair educator is the brilliant, Chris Moody. With some of hairdressing best trainers and educators trained by Chris on how to educate and present, we are going to explore the barriers required to teaching online and how to create an interactive, energised and engaged learning experience. It’s a podcast that all wannabe and seasoned professional hair educators must listen to. With over 30 years experience in delivering seminars, hosting and creating workshops and stepping into the spotlight on main stages, Chris has earned a reputation as a forward-thinker with a flair for teaching and inspiring.  With all this experience Chris  has taken on the role of coaching and mentoring other artists and developing them for teaching online, in classrooms and main stage presentations. And thats why I’m super-charged to chat to him today on how you can make it as an online hair educator.   To become a Patreon member click HERE     A podcast produced by Hairy Media Productions.   Thanks for Listening To share your thoughts: Leave a note in the comment section below. Ask a question by emailing me HERE Share this show on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram. To help out the show: Leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews really help and I read each one. Subscribe on iTunes. Follow on Spotify. Subscribe by Email. Thank you to Chris Moody for joining me on todays podcast. Until next Monday, Peace, Love and Smiles all the way… Goodbye.     How To Cut It Podcast Partner  

What will you get from listening to the ‘How To Cut It in the Hairdressing Industry’ podcast? Show host Dom Lehane gives you an overview on why listening in to the UK and Irelands No. 1 hair industry podcast will help take your hairdressing a barbering careers to the next level. Like what you hear, then check out our library with some of the biggest names from the world of hairdressing and barbering, and hit that subscribe button. Enjoy! https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/domlehane/Trailer_-_10-11-2020_19.27.mp3 A podcast produced by Hairy Media Productions.  

In a pandemic year that most of us have never or ever want to experience again, I  want you to ask yourself: how has your hairdressing business adapted to these very difficult times? Joining me to answer this big question is current British Hairdresser of the Year and Wella Professionals UK and Ireland Technical Director, Robert Eaton. In the first of our monthly ‘How To Cut It with Wella Professionals‘ partnered podcast series, we’re going to be learning how Robert’s city salon businesses, Russell Eaton Hair, have been tackling tough times by adapting to their clients changes and demands. Offering many gold nugget tips and advice on how your hairdressing business can adapt, Robert is to walk us through how with COVID-19 and reduced footfall into cities, Russell Eaton Hair have continued to operate successfully. And in these changing times that has seen a growing trend towards clients embracing their natural hair texture and colour too, I’m curious to learn from Robert today on how his businesses are also dealing with this change, by offering Wella Professionals new grey blending services. From the versatile Wella products Robert is using to help with this change, he will also be sharing the techniques around this exciting new services. With so much on offer in this podcast with Robert, I’m confident after listening to it, it will play a key part in helping drive forward your business in these challenging times. Offering a fresh new approach that reflects your clients changes and demands in 2020/21, this episode with Robert in partnership with Wella Professionals is a must listen. Lets dive in!       A podcast produced by Hairy Media Productions.   Thanks for Listening Be sure to join us for next months ‘How To Cut It with Wella Professionals’ partnered podcast series. To share your thoughts: Leave a note in the comment section below. Ask a question by emailing me HERE Share this show on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram. To help out the show: Leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews really help and I read each one. Subscribe on iTunes. Follow on Spotify. Subscribe by Email. Thank you to Robert Eaton for joining me on todays podcast. Until next Monday, Peace, Love and Smiles all the way… Goodbye.   A podcast series in partnership with    

If you are striving to be the stylist that you know you can be, get out of your own way and banish those negative thoughts, we have a podcast that you will love. Joining me for this conversation is Heather Robertson, who is recognised as one of Scotland’s leading Educators and Bridal Hair Specialists within the hairdressing industry. Working with cutting edge life coaching, hypnotherapy and NLP techniques this episode is to give you some of the tools that you need to have a more confident approach in the salon and change the way you feel about yourself. With many of us across Europe going into Lockdown 2, now has never been a better time to develop yourself. Heather’s passion for hairdressing and how she is helping many hairdressers find their inner confidence, listening into this episode will certainly play a big part in that development – helping you to go on and be the ‘BadAss Stylist You Were Born to Be’.   To tune in to the Patreon Xtra Show podcast with Heather Patreon click HERE     A podcast produced by Hairy Media Productions.   Thanks for Listening To share your thoughts: Leave a note in the comment section below. Ask a question by emailing me HERE Share this show on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram. To help out the show: Leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews really help and I read each one. Subscribe on iTunes. Follow on Spotify. Subscribe by Email. Thank you to Heather Robertson for joining me on todays podcast. Until next Monday, Peace, Love and Smiles all the way… Goodbye.     How To Cut It Podcast Partner    

Todays solo show I’m to reveal to you my big and very exciting announcement for the How To Cut It podcast. Since early 2017 I’ve been solely producing and editing the How To Cut It podcasts. Every Monday I have the honour to share the stories to some of our industries leading names and rising stars. It’s a true passion of mine sharing these stories with you –  my wonderful community of listeners. Without you, none of what we are achieving would be possible. Thank you! My big announcement in todays episode is one that is going to allow me to continue the growth of the HTCI podcast for us all. Brining you greater content, podcasts and live events, I’m so excited for the journey we are all about to go on to together. So what is my big announcement. Listen in to find out!   To become a  Patreon member, click HERE     A podcast produced by Hairy Media Productions.   Thanks for Listening To share your thoughts: Leave a note in the comment section below. Ask a question by emailing me HERE Share this show on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram. To help out the show: Leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews really help and I read each one. Subscribe on iTunes. Follow on Spotify. Subscribe by Email. Thank you for joining me on todays podcast. Until next Monday, Peace, Love and Smiles all the way… Goodbye.

There are some people you come across in life that are so inspirational and motivational. Todays guest ticks all and more of these boxes. I’m in the company of a real heavyweight of the barbering industry, Mark Maciver, aka SliderCuts. On this session of the HTCI podcast we’re talking to Mark on how he’s determination and committing 100% to everything he does has seen him become a business success. And if you want to know how he has done this, then you’re in the right place. Owner of the SliderCuts brand, coach, public speaker and author of the ‘Shaping Up Culture’ book, Mark is proof that you can achieve anything if you really have the desire and passion within you. Mark is on a mission to inspire young people. Not just about cutting hair but about business, self-development and community. Today we’re to get many of these pointers from Mark, as he is going to motivate and inspire us all with his journey that’s shaped his future to the success he is now finding in life. The big take-away that you will great from our time with Mark is: never be afraid of failure – the only person who stops you from achieving is you. Mark says, “If everyone turns you down, then fine, but you don’t say no to yourself.” Great advice! So on with the headphones and let’s get in the cut, with SliderCuts.   To listen to our  Patreon ‘Xtra Show’ podcasts, click HERE     A podcast produced by Hairy Media Productions.   Thanks for Listening To share your thoughts: Leave a note in the comment section below. Ask a question by emailing me HERE Share this show on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram. To help out the show: Leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews really help and I read each one. Subscribe on iTunes. Follow on Spotify. Subscribe by Email. Thank you to Mark Maciver for joining me on todays podcast. Until next Monday, Peace, Love and Smiles all the way… Goodbye.

I’m all over the PHAB Service Stars for the hair and beauty industry. The equivalent of our industry’s Michelin Star, PHAB Service Stars gives salon, spa and barbering professionals elevated status and a measurable benchmark for their superior performance whilst helping their career progression. Vetted by industry experts the PHAB Service Stars provides a much needed guidance for choosing the best hair, beauty, barbering and nail professionals. For  this episode I’ve invited the PHAB Service Stars Founder & CEO, Nergish Wadia Austin, to talk about how you can become the industry’s equivalent of a Michelin Star. One of the worlds most highly regarded hair and beauty expert consultants for over 40 years, Nergish is extremely knowledgeable of the hair, beauty and wellness industry. As Nergish says, “I believe that as industry standards improve, so will the performance level expectations in order to qualify for a PHAB Service Star. Annual renewals ensure that no professional can rest on their laurels.” Fine words I’m sure you’ll agree. If your curious to know how the PHAB Service Stars works, then check out this episode.   Tune into this weeks ‘Xtra Show’ podcast with Nergish on Patreon HERE     A podcast produced by Hairy Media Productions.   Thanks for Listening To share your thoughts: Leave a note in the comment section below. Ask a question by emailing me HERE Share this show on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram. To help out the show: Leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews really help and I read each one. Subscribe on iTunes. Follow on Spotify. Subscribe by Email. Thank you to Nergish Wadia Austin for joining me on todays podcast. Until next Monday, Peace, Love and Smiles all the way… Goodbye!  

The impact that the COVID-19 pandemic is having on the hair industry and high street is beginning to show. For many of us, it’s scary times ahead for our businesses. And for todays episode we’re addressing this very real and sobering topic with former guest of the show, Joe Mills. With 50% less footfall for many cities and towns in the UK, both hair salons and barbershops are feeling the devastating effects of this on their businesses post lockdown. With a fast changing environment like never seen before for businesses, theirs a big dilemma facing the hair industry. Is that dilemma reducing outgoings, keeping the doors open or maybe pivoting the business model??? Returning back to the show today to discuss this topic in an open and very honest way is Joe Mills, a highly respected mens session stylist and owner of leading London hairdressers ‘The Lounge Soho’ and ‘Jo and Co Barbershop’. With workers and tourists not coming back into London in a COVID-19 world, Jo is seeing all around him the devastating effects of high street brands – big and small brands – closing down. And this is spreading to all areas of the UK. As Joe says, “If the hair industry doesn’t change soon then we’re heading for a car crash!” Rather than sitting there and waiting for that magic day when footfall comes flooding back into his business, Joe is fighting back through a new partnership with Shortcut App. This app is allowing him and his team to taking the professional outfit of his barbershop businesses directly into the clients homes. Joe will be sharing with us all today how this works, along with the debate on why now, more than ever, one voice is needed for an industry battling to keep it’s head above the water, just! It’s a gripping and honest listen on the harsh realities facing the UK high street in 2020.   Become a Patreon to get the Xtra Show 09 podcast: Think Outside the Box and Pivot, with Joe Mills     A podcast produced by Hairy Media Productions.   Thanks for Listening To share your thoughts: Leave a note in the comment section below. Ask a question by emailing me HERE Share this show on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram. To help out the show: Leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews really help and I read each one. Subscribe on iTunes. Follow on Spotify. Subscribe by Email. Thank you to Joe Mills for joining me on todays podcast. Until next Monday, Peace, Love and Smiles all the way… Goodbye!

Podcast listeners have grown by 37.5% over the last 3 years, whilst 55% of Americans have listened to podcasts. Yes, podcasting is getting big and shows no sign of slowing up. With this in mind isn’t it time your business or brand considers creating a podcast? For todays guest Kristina Russell, podcasting has become an essential part of her hair education business. Something she’s about to share with us all in this episode. An exceptionally talented and truly dynamic artist and educator, Kristina Russell has been at the pinnacle of hairdressing education for more than two decades and has been privileged to be exposed to the many dimensions of the educational domain throughout her illustrious career. In June 2010, her creative influence on our industry earned her the coveted title ‘Australian Hair Expo Colour Technician of the Year’. And more recently, she has been announced as a Finalist in the category of Best Independent Educator of the Year in the 2020/21 Australian Hair Industry Awards. Through workshops, digital and print media, her role as industry mentor has been not only to help hairdressers achieve their goals, but to provide them with flexible pathways for learning across a multitude of platforms. Not afraid of change and willingness to grab the power of a new age media, It’s little wonder then why Kristina got behind the mic to launch her ‘Colour Kristina Talks Podcast’. Being part of the podcasting family, I’m a huge fan of Kristina’s podcast and approach to digital.  She is part of a new generation of hairdressers that have seen the endless possibilities having your own podcast can bring. As Kristina says in our conversation today, “2020 is the year of the voice” and thats why you need a podcast. So lets get you ready for the new age digital revolution – podcasting.   For this weeks Patreon ‘Xtra Show’ podcast with Kristina click HERE     A podcast produced by Hairy Media Productions.   Thanks for Listening To share your thoughts: Leave a note in the comment section below. Ask a question by emailing me HERE Share this show on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram. To help out the show: Leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews really help and I read each one. Subscribe on iTunes. Follow on Spotify. Subscribe by Email. Thank you to Kristina Russell for joining me on todays podcast. Until next Monday, Peace, Love and Smiles all the way… Goodbye!  

Back in June 2020 we launched ‘The Hair Show’ on Facebook live. A live stream talk show dedicated to the everyday hairdresser, the weekly show is hosted by myself, Georgia Bell and Jordanna Cobella. Each week our community gathers online to interact and debate together on big hair industry topics that really matters to them. This live and straight talking show was a big dream of both mine and co-producer Dan Thomas. And today we’re giving it to you as a How To Cut It podcast episode. I couldn’t be more excited! Recorded live last Monday night (September 14th 2020) on facebook.com/howtocutit  we had some engaging conversations, debates and at times, controversial points raised. From World Hair News with Jordanna Cobella, Breki wi Bell and big topics on Mental Health, work life balance and addiction its guaranteed to get you hooked in from start to finish. Just like it did with our live audience that night. I hope you enjoy the show enough that you’ll want to join us live every week for ‘The Hair Show’. Maybe you’ll love this episode enough that you will want us to bring you ‘The Hair Show’ weekly podcast, too? Now hit the play button because ‘The Hair Show‘ is your show, the hairdressers show!   For this weeks Patreon “Xtra Show’ podcast click  HERE     A podcast produced by Hairy Media Productions.   Thanks for Listening To share your thoughts: Leave a note in the comment section below. Ask a question by emailing me HERE Share this show on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram. To help out the show: Leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews really help and I read each one. Subscribe on iTunes. Follow on Spotify. Subscribe by Email. Until next Monday, Peace, Love and Smiles all the way… Goodbye!    

When some of the worlds greatest hair educators are mentioned, todays very special guest Mark Hayes is often one of them named. International Creative Director of the iconic Sassoon brand, Mark Hayes has inspired hairdressers around the world for over 40 years with his coaching and teaching. And today we’re to get a privileged insight into his story, going right back to when Mark began his love affair with hair in 1977 as he started out as an apprentice at the busy Sassoon London Salon on South Molton Street. For so many hairdressers old and young, the name Sassoon still has the reputation that has been built on developing and providing world-class education at their academies and education centres around the globe. Founded by the most well known and highly regarded hairdresser of all time , Vidal Sassoon, holding the Sassoon International Creative Director role is one of the mosts revered positions to have in hairdressing. In our conversation with Mark, we not only get to learn about how he went from the Sassoon apprentice program in 1979 to today leading the worldwide demand for Sassoon’s Hair Design, but also the psyche and characteristics that has seen he become one of the worlds greatest hair educators. What I love more than anything else from our interview with Mark, is how he places the client at the centre of everything he stands for in hairdressing. Technical excellence, yes, but to be an intuitive communicator who’s goal is to make everyone of his clients feel happy with what ever he creates for them. This is a special listen with a very special hairdresser. Enjoy!   For this weeks Patreon ‘Xtra Show’ podcast with Mark, click HERE     A podcast produced by Hairy Media Productions.   Thanks for Listening To share your thoughts: Leave a note in the comment section below. Ask a question by emailing me HERE Share this show on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram. To help out the show: Leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews really help and I read each one. Subscribe on iTunes. Follow on Spotify. Subscribe by Email. Thank you to Mark Hayes for joining me on todays podcast. Until next Monday, Peace, Love and Smiles all the way… Goodbye!  

Confidence is the big hook of todays episode. More should I say, giving your team the confidence to know how good they really are, so that they can consistently deliver workshop quality hair on salon appointment time. When it comes to giving your team that confidence, you need a inspiring leader to steer the ship correctly to it’s dock. And on this episode of the podcast, we’re speaking with a truly inspirational leader. His name is Niall Colgan of Niall Colgan Hairdressing in Limerick, Ireland. Recognise that name? Back in 2019 we brought Niall onto the podcast. Little did we know then how big his podcast was to become. His hard-hitting story of how he battled with the addiction of alcohol, drugs and a suicide attempt grabbed the attention of many from around the world. To have the opportunity to bring Niall back onto the show is one I couldn’t resist. For Niall, he is so passionate that all hairdressers should be paid what they are worth. But to do this he says, “You need to be the best versions of yourself, everyday!” By being this means we need to deliver the very best hair work to every single client. Niall and his team of motivated hairdressers are being installed with this. Taking the inspiration of the hair work from the worlds leading educators, Niall Colgan Hairdressing are reproducing this workshop quality hair on the salon floor. In doing so means they are giving each client a high valued product and service every single time. And the result of this, hairdressers earning more money. Sounds good? As you dive in to this episode, put these words of Niall’s into your head, “Be so good they cannot ignore you!”   For this weeks Patreon ‘Xtra Show’ podcast with Niall, click HERE     A podcast produced by Hairy Media Productions.   Thanks for Listening To share your thoughts: Leave a note in the comment section below. Ask a question by emailing me HERE Share this show on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram. To help out the show: Leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews really help and I read each one. Subscribe on iTunes. Follow on Spotify. Subscribe by Email. Thank you to Niall Colgan for joining me on todays podcast. Until next Monday, Peace, Love and Smiles all the way… Goodbye!

If you want to get your hair work out there in 2020, then you need to ‘Go Live’. But heres the thing: for many of us the thought of going live strikes the fear of life out of us. For todays guest Sheree Thompson this is exactly what she had to overcome, too. By stepping in front of the camera and hitting the ‘Go Live‘ button, salon owner and bridal hair specialist Sheree went against all her natural nerves by doing just this, but gee-whiz, it’s paid off big time for her. After a Live appearance on the Facebook group, Hair Socials, over twenty thousand viewers were immersed in her bridal hair work. From this Live, Sheree’s standing as a leading bridal hair specialist went up to a higher level and that has seen her bridal online education courses gain many new students. Now I want you to ask yourself something, “Am I prepared to step outside of my comfort zone and hit the button to ‘Go Live‘?” If thats you, then take the next step nearer to making it happen by listening into this episode. I know that Sheree’s words will give you the confidence to do just that.   For this weeks Patreon ‘Xtra Show’ podcast with Sheree, click HERE     A podcast produced by Hairy Media Productions.   Thanks for Listening To share your thoughts: Leave a note in the comment section below. Ask a question by emailing me HERE Share this show on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram. To help out the show: Leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews really help and I read each one. Subscribe on iTunes. Follow on Spotify. Subscribe by Email. Thank you to Sheree Thompson for joining me on todays podcast. Until next Monday, Peace, Love and Smiles all the way… Goodbye!

Meaningful connections can offer support and guidance amongst your peers. This is why the rise of Facebook Group communities are playing a huge role for many of us right now. In todays episode you’ll be learning why belonging to such communities can offer you these things as well a providing the opportunity to shine within them. Joining me for this conversation is Andrew Dunne, one the worlds most respected hair colourists, creator and admin of the Facebook Group ‘Wella Professionals Global Hair Community‘. To celebrate over thirty thousand members, I was invited by Andrew to record todays podcast in a Facebook Live on the Wella Professionals Global Facebook Hair Community group page. That’s what you are all about to hear today. Andrew’s mantra for his Facebook Group is, ‘pay it forward’. Championing the everyday hairdressers behind the chair, Andrew shares why the community is so special by repaying kindness and heartfelt support to all of it’s members. Its one that I know you are all going to love. If you would like to join myself in the green room for this weeks  How To Cut It ‘Xtra Show’ podcast click HERE.   For this weeks Patreon ‘Xtra Show’ podcast, click HERE     A podcast produced by Hairy Media Productions.   Thanks for Listening To share your thoughts: Leave a note in the comment section below. Ask a question by emailing me HERE Share this show on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram. To help out the show: Leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews really help and I read each one. Subscribe on iTunes. Follow on Spotify. Subscribe by Email. Thank you to Andrew Dunne for joining me on todays podcast. Until next Monday, Peace, Love and Smiles all the way… Goodbye.

Grit. Perseverance. Determination. It’s these characteristics that marks out high achievers from the rest. And one thing for absolute sure, todays guest Simon Townley has all of these characteristics in abundance. Listening in to todays episode, I’m confident it will make you take stock of what you have at your disposal– the ability to be great no matter what life can throw at you. In lockdown I was blown away by the phenomenal success of a new Facebook group, Hair Socials. Offering a Live stream for hairdressers and barbers of all levels to educate thousands of its members, Hair Socials was the one of the names on everyones lips, including mine. I even had the pleasure to be interviewed by Simon – creator of ‘Hair Socials’. Curious to know more on Simon, I learned what an incredible and inspiring human being he really is. You’ll hear all of that today. Born with a brittle bones disability called Osteogenesis Imperfecta, Simon was in a wheelchair to the age of 15, but after a series of operations it helped him walk again. As he say’s, “Just in time for my working life.” What I love about Simon more that anything else, is that has never wanted to have people feel sorry for him. Its all about his ability being stronger than his disability. That is evident in everything he does. A salon owner, former L’Oreal ID artist, Matrix Artist, part of the the Xfactor hair team with Adam Reed, and travelling to France 2016 and Russia 2018 to cut the England teams hair, it’s fair to say no brittle bones will play an excuse for Simon not achieving his goals. Now post lockdown Simon is currently starting new ventures that he can’t wait to share with you all today. So what are we waiting for, lets dive in!   For this weeks Patreon ‘Xtra Show’ podcast with Simon, click HERE     A podcast produced by Hairy Media Productions.   Thanks for Listening To share your thoughts: Leave a note in the comment section below. Ask a question by emailing me HERE Share this show on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram. To help out the show: Leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews really help and I read each one. Subscribe on iTunes. Follow on Spotify. Subscribe by Email. Thank you to Simon Townley for joining me on todays podcast. Until next Monday, Peace, Love and Smiles all the way… Goodbye.

What does it take to become a successful YouTube hairdresser? Well this is what we are to learn about in todays episode as we are joined by the UK’s leading YouTube hairdresser, James Atkinson (aka The Life of Hair). Currently with 30K subscribers and over one million downloads, it’s fair to say James knows a thing or two when it comes to finding success on YouTube. And today he’s going to share that journey with us all. I’m sure it will motivate you to why you need to be creating great video content on YouTube, too. Tired and frustrated of going the traditional route of entering industry awards and competitions to grow his hairdressing profile, James instead turned his attentions to becoming a content video creator. How this has paid off for him! It was after hearing my interview with another successful UK YouTube hairdresser, Austin Thomson, sparked the moment for James to take his first tentative steps into becoming a video creator. In our conversation today he will be explaining how he went from creating video content for Instagram to YouTube, and in doing so, helped him go on to be an educator across Europe plus adding financial freedom to his hairdressing career. Sounds good? With YouTube dominating the long-form video content, it was the platform James saw best to demonstrate his teaching skills. But don’t think it’s for everyone as James says, “You can’t turn up to YouTube without no teaching skills. For me YouTube is an extension of what I’ve learned.” With this in mind you need to understand why you want to be a YouTube hairdresser, what you will be sharing in your videos and what are your skills best suited too. Not sure, then fear not. This is something James will be helping you with today. Lets get stuck in!   For this weeks Patreon ‘Xtra Show’ podcast with James, click HERE     A podcast produced by Hairy Media Productions.   Thanks for Listening To share your thoughts: Leave a note in the comment section below. Ask a question by emailing me HERE Share this show on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram. To help out the show: Leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews really help and I read each one. Subscribe on iTunes. Follow on Spotify. Subscribe by Email. Thank you to James Atkinson for joining me on todays podcast. Until next Monday, Peace, Love and Smiles all the way… Goodbye.

I couldn’t be more excited to finally share this episode. Today’s ‘How To Cut It‘ episode is my big reveal of our members Patreon Fan Club that I have been working towards launching for the better part of a year and half now. But why and what is the How To Cut It Patreon Fan Club you may ask? Today I’m going be talking to you about this exciting monthly member fan club and why having your support of the podcast will enable us to create more innovative content and concepts for the hair industry. You’ll hear all about these today! By creating more of all this we can bring you all the things that you want more and will play a big part to taking your hairdressing career to the next level. I absolutely love making the weekly How To Cut It podcasts. But without you fans the show would have never become what it is. I value and appreciate you more than you would know AND seeing you all grow in your hairdressing careers is what drives me in all that I do. By supporting your love of our Patreon Fan Club, you’re becoming an active participant in our creative process. As a member, you receive exclusive content, community access, behind-the-scenes updates, and the pride of fueling work that matters to you. So let’s dive in even deeper and unlock some seriously special opportunities for us all.   Become a Patreon of the How To Cut It Podcast     A podcast produced by Hairy Media Productions.   Thanks for Listening To share your thoughts: Leave a note in the comment section below. Ask a question by emailing me HERE Share this show on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram. To help out the show: Leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews really help and I read each one. Subscribe on iTunes. Follow on Spotify. Subscribe by Email. Until next Monday, Peace, Love and Smiles all the way… Goodbye.    

Today’s guest Emil McMahon says,”I don’t believe hairdressers should sell anything.” Curious? I want you to learn from this conversation with Emil that to retail successfully in 2020 is not giving hard sales that you’re uncomfortable with, but more on how you need to be educating your clients on the products that you are using and why. This is part of a great salon service that your clients both want and expect in 2020. Drawing on his personal experiences, salon business and the challenges sales people face in their daily life, Emil is to share in this podcast today tips that can be used in salons and on social media that will help you overcome the challenges and fears of retailing. If generating more income in these tough times ahead sounds appealing, then we have it all wrapped up for you in this podcast. A former guest of the show, Emil recently launched the Don’t Sell book. A book with 8 training decks looks at modern salon life, how internet shopping has changed the way we purchase products, how social media needs to develop to become a more successful marketing tool for salons and how communication needs to evolve to stay current and relevant in an ever challenging market. 4 years in the making, Don’t Sell can be used by salon owners and sales people in their daily working life. And today we’re to be spoilt as we get the training sessions that have been created as power-points to use alongside the information in the book that have been specifically designed to be short sharp power-bursts of useful information. Looking at where salon life might be heading as the high streets in every village, town and city change can help salon owners future proof their business and encourage clients to visit more frequently. Introducing new elements to the building can create an experience for clients which encourages them to return more frequently and to spend more money. So if you wanting to know how to retail successfully in 2020, then stay locked in.   Become a Patreon of the How To Cut It Podcast     A podcast produced by Hairy Media Productions.   Thanks for Listening To share your thoughts: Leave a note in the comment section below. Ask a question by emailing me HERE Share this show on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram. To help out the show: Leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews really help and I read each one. Subscribe on iTunes. Follow on Spotify. Subscribe by Email. Special thanks to Emil McMahon for joining me today. Until next Monday, Peace, Love and Smiles all the way… Goodbye.  

Be honest with me here. Have you ever been guilty of saying ‘I’m just a hairdresser’? Well let me tell you that you’re not just a hairdresser. You’re so much more! Many of us including myself and today’s guest, Kai Wan, have at times all been guilty of saying this. Today I’ll be chatting with Kai on why we should value being a hairdresser, but not for the reasons of being an award-winning, educator, influencer, social media guru or anything else that we all seem to be transfixed on becoming. No, we’re focusing on why we should not loose focus of our greatest gift, being behind the salon chair and making our clients look and feel amazing. With a dual-heritage of a Chinese father and a Welsh mother, Kai’s fathers initial reaction to him wanting to be a hairdresser could have stopped him right there in his tracks. But it didn’t. Kai has since gone on to become a highly respected hairdresser within the UK. Wanting to be the very best he could be, he certainly hasn’t under achieved. An award winning hairdresser and industry photographer, Wella brand ambassador and the co-owner with his with Jen of the 3 salon group P.Kai Hair in Peterborough, UK. It’s safe to say Kai has achieved so much – something you’ll learn all about in todays episode. However with so many great moments for Kai, to this day his proudest moments in his career are not the glossy front covers and winning awards. His proudest moments are how he has the gift to make people look and feel great. As he says, “Getting a page in a magazine or winning a competition is an ego boost. But the rewards you get for how you make your clients look and feel are so much greater.” High-fives to that Kai. I hope that you come away from listening to this podcast by never again under estimating what you do. Remember ‘You’re not JUST a hairdresser‘, you’re so pivotal and important in people lives. Enjoy and be proud of what you do!   Become a Patreon of the How To Cut It Podcast     A podcast produced by Hairy Media Productions.   Thanks for Listening To share your thoughts: Leave a note in the comment section below. Ask a question by emailing me HERE Share this show on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram. To help out the show: Leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews really help and I read each one. Subscribe on iTunes. Follow on Spotify. Subscribe by Email. Special thanks to Kai Wan for joining me today. Until next Monday, Peace, Love and Smiles all the way… Goodbye.