Monthly Archives: November 2011

Hair Chair : Lee Stafford

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One of the hair industry’s most recognised figures, Lee Stafford doesn’t just cut hair, he lives and breathes it. With a hugely successful product range, a multitude of television appearances and a beautiful fiancée, we honestly don’t know how he has time to fit it all in.

Recently Lee has moved away from cutting hair in salons and instead offers 1-on-1 “couture appointments”. These appointments are much more personal and allow Lee to create a hairstyle that you’ll not only love, but also be able to maintain.

On 6th November Lee also appeared on Channel 4′s “Secret Millionaire”. If you missed it the first time round you can again over at 4oD. We’d recommend it, but make sure you’ve got the tissues ready – it’s a real tear jerker!

 

What have you been up to recently?

I have been as busy as ever. Mainly I’m traveling around the country performing hair shows, and when I’m back in London I’m inventing products with the guys in the lab and looking after my clients who come to my apartment to get their hair done. I’ve been focusing some time on my charity work recently too, and been working on some exciting TV projects! Generally I’m just trying to conquer the world!

Have you ever been to a school reunion?

No, but it would be fun!

Who do you count as your true friends among your hairdressing peers?

Gary France, Errol Douglas, John Frida, Nicky Clarke, Andrew Price, there are too bloody many to mention.

What makes you laugh?

Love watching Fawlty Towers. It always has me in stitches

What is most important to you in life?

Without a doubt my family! If my family are happy then so am I!

Celebrity dinner party, which 3 guests would you invite?

Elvis, Jesus and Marilyn Monroe

What you doing for the rest of 2011?

I’ve just spent some time in South Africa as my Pink Lee Stafford haircare line has recently launched into the country – I went over for the big press launch. I’m home for a couple of weeks and then I fly to Australia. I have been really busy working on some new product developments for my haircare line in Boots so any spare time I get, which is a rare, I try and trial formulas the lab give me, get feedback from my testers, and come up with new ideas and product names. I am also busy planning my move to Ibiza for a year which is exciting!

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Men’s Hair : How To Get The Bedhead Look

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The “Bedhead” look continues to be one of the hottest hairstyles around. A spiky mop that looks like you just crawled drunken out of your pit will guarantee you instant dishevelled admiration. Depending on the length of your hair and the way it naturally shapes you can go all out messy or just a little bit fluffed as our bed-heady celebs (Chris Colfer, Hunter Parrish & Orlando Bloom) are demonstrating below.

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Follow these simple steps to nail the look:

Get The Right Product

Buy some “Cocky” paste by Bed Head. Other products are also available of course, but this is one we’d definitely recommend.

Rough It Up

Apply to dry hair and ruffle around, really get stuck in and style your hair randomly like a nutter. Take a look in the mirror, pull out a few strands here and there but remember your style is supposed to look like an accident. Think Pete Doherty on a three week bender. If needed bang some heat on it with short blasts from a hairdryer.

Stop Playing With It

Don’t mess around with it, leave it alone, let nature, gravity and the elements sculpt your barnet organically. Now get out there and strut around with a bohemian air of assurance like a A-list celeb.

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Hair Chair : Ken Picton

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Award-winning hairdresser Ken Picton established the Ken Picton Salon in 1990 and quickly turned it into one of the premier hair destinations in Wales. With a host of celebrity clients and services from haircuts to cosmetic dentistry, this salon certainly has a lot to offer.

The salon has been named Best Salon Team and Best Salon Experience in the Most Wanted Awards 2011, and Ken himself was recently nominated for Wales and South West British Hairdresser of the Year, a title he has won before.

After twenty years of using Wella products the salon changed to L’Oreal in August 2011 and Ken is now a Key Ambassador for L’Oreal Professional, Kerastase and Shu Uemura. We grabbed Ken for a quick chat about products, his tour of Asia and being a successful salon owner.

Wella to L’Oreal, why?

After 20 years it was time for a change and L’Oreal offered a different challenge, plus I love the Shu Uemura products.

Describe your tour of Asia in one punchy sentence

Challenging, exhausting and memorable, the people were so receptive and happy and I can’t wait to go back!!

What makes a winning salon team?

A team that all work together, respect their colleagues and their clients and have a common goal.

Who do you look up to in the industry?

From a business point of view MIchael van Clarke and the Wards, they’ve both created great individual salons. Hair wise Angelo Seminara is a genius.

If you could open a salon anywhere in the world, where would it be and why?

New York, it has a heartbeat pulsing through it and an energy that is infectious, and the hairdressing – wow!

The Beatles or The Stones?

The Beatles

What do you think makes you successful?

My desire to keep improving everything I do, I’m never satisfied!!

What advice would you give to anyone thinking of opening a salon?

Treat it like you would your own children, help nurture and make it successful and be prepared for a journey.

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