It’s finally time to equip your salon with the right tools to ensure your clients look their best this festive season, and we have just the essentials to make this possible. With clients going from Christmas parties to New Year's Eve celebrations, there’s no doubt that everyone wants to feel their absolute best. And as professionals, this is your time to elevate their experience, boost retail sales and make sure your salon is fully stocked with the industry's best! We’ve rounded up our top professional must-haves that will help you get your clients festive-ready…

Want to know the secret to the ultimate shine? Give every client that gorgeous, glowing shine with Shed’s Mirror Mirror Shine Enhancing Finishing Spray: a lightweight, non-greasy finishing mist that smooths flyaways and adds an instant gloss to the hair. Perfect to use as a finishing touch after styling, as well as a retail must-have for clients to recreate the look at home, Mirror Mirror works on all hair types and adds serious shine for every festive occasion.

Help your clients get party-ready in seconds with the Lash FX Press & Go Cluster Lashes! Specifically in the ‘Let’s Shimmer’ addition, these pre-glued clusters are perfect for that quick, effortless transformation to give your clients a fuller and flirty lash. This style gives a soft, wispy finish that’s perfect for clients wanting a touch of sparkle for a festive party or New Year's event. Plus, they make the ultimate retail opportunity for clients who want salon-quality results at home!

Give your clients the most glamorous hair-do this festive season with the salon styling must-have from Alfa Italia, AKA, a professional's dream during this time of year. With three interchangeable titanium barrels (19mm, 25mm, 32mm), it allows stylists to create any kind of style from a tighter curl to a big, bouncy wave, making it possible to achieve your clients' ideal party look. And it gets better! The titanium barrels provide even, consistent heat up to 232°C so your curls last all night. Use in salon for your Christmas party styling sessions, or retail this kit to clients who want to recreate that ‘fresh out of the salon’ look at home.

No festive look is complete without dazzling nails! Perfect for the festive time, the Naomi Rose Gels deliver the perfect finishing touch. Delivering a high pigmentation, long-lasting and high-shine formula, these high-performance formulas provide salon-quality colour with a sprinkle of Christmas magic. Our top festive shades include Ruby Sparkle, Rose Gold Fizz, Gold Glitter, Fairy Wings, Silver Glitterball, and Garnet Glitter. Trust us, your clients won’t know what to choose!

Is your client unable to make an appointment or wants an at-home-friendly nail solution?  Luckily, Naomi Rose has a newly launched collection of Nail Lacquers that require no lamp, no curing, and no professional needed! Again, these lacquers provide high-pigmented colour with a fast-drying and long-lasting formula. For the ultimate festive mani, we recommend shades Rose Gold, Silver Glitter, Ruby Red, and Gold Foil.

Give your clients hair the ultimate glow-up (quite literally) with Quif Professional’s Magi:gloss - a quick, conditioning glossing service that revives colour, adds shine, and hydrates the hair in just 20 minutes. Perfect as a ‘festive-ready shine treatment’ to market in your salon, this demi-permanent gloss delivers instant results with nourishing ingredients like Avocado and Jojoba Seed Oil. This will be huge in salons this Christmas!

Nothing says a festive glow quite like a flawless tan. And with the Naomi Rose Express Tan Mousse, your clients can achieve exactly that! Delivering a streak-free, natural-looking bronze in just 2-4 hours, this is the ultimate pre-party must-have. With advanced Triglow technology, the Express Tan Mousse is enriched with Hyaluronic Acid, Coconut Oil and Coenzyme Q10 to hydrate while giving a luminous finish to the skin. Have your clients pick this up post-spray tan for any tan top-ups throughout the festive season.

Hair that lasts all day and night is a must for party season, and with the Schwarzkopf OSiS+ Volume Up Booster Hairspray, you can add lift, body and long-lasting hold without the stickiness! Perfect for party-ready blowouts that ooze volume, it’s the perfect spray for keeping clients’ festive styles looking salon-fresh after they’ve left your chair.

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This Christmas and New Year’s Eve, stock your salon with the best professional hair & beauty must-haves to keep your clients looking and feeling their best, while giving your retail shelves a festive make-over.

Shop these party must-haves ready for the busy season in-store or online at Alan Howard.