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Elevate Your Salon Treatments with Known Nutrition

In the ever-evolving beauty industry, staying ahead means continuously offering innovative solutions that cater not only to external beauty needs but also to the well-being of your clients from within. This is where Known Nutrition Gummies come into play, serving as the perfect add-on to your salon treatments, enhancing your service offerings and ensuring your clients walk out not just looking great but feeling incredible too.

The Ultimate Christmas Gift Guide of 2024

Clients feeling uninspired this gift-giving season? Leave it to us! Our ultimate gift guide has everything from complete sets to stocking fillers to add fun and festivity to your salon while helping your clients solve their last-minute Christmas shopping dilemmas. Let’s dive into the perfect holiday gifts for hair enthusiasts!

Get To Know The Viral TikTok 'Curly Girl Method'

With millions of tutorials and product recommendations flooding TikTok’s ‘For You Page’, the viral 'Curly Girl Method' is everywhere, and for a good reason! But with so much information out there, it can be extremely overwhelming for clients to know what really works for their unique curls, coils or waves. That’s why it’s essential that your clients turn to their trusted hairdresser for credible, professional guidance on what will work for their specific hair type.

Celebrating International Women’s Day in the Professional Hair & Beauty Industry

The professional hair & beauty industry has long been a space where women are are empowered to thrive, lead, and excel in their profession. From female salon owners and hairstylists to educators and wholesale workers, women continue to shape the industry. At Alan Howard, as a leading professional hair & beauty wholesaler, we believe it’s important to celebrate the women who contribute to this wonderful community.

New Year's Resolutions for your Salon in 2024

With 2024 finally here, it's the best time to reflect on what we want to accomplish in the year ahead. If you're a salon owner or freelancer, it's key to set goals throughout the year to keep up with the ever-evolving hair & beauty industry, so we have just the New Year's resolutions that will give you all the inspiration for making 2024 a successful one!

Hair Bonds 101

As professional hairstylists, understanding the science behind hair bonds is crucial for providing effective treatments and ensuring the optimum health of your client's hair. This is because hair bonds play a significant role in maintaining the strength, elasticity, and overall structure of our hair strands. We'll delve into what hair bonds are, how they break, the science behind them, and practical tips for repairing and educating clients on this essential aspect of hair care. Let's dive in.

A Hairdresser’s Guide to Renting a Chair in Salons

Transitioning from being a salaried hairdresser to renting a chair in a salon is a significant step that many hair artists consider within their professional hairdressing journey. This shift offers numerous benefits and comes with a set of changes that can profoundly impact your professional life. We’re here to guide you through this transformative journey, helping you understand the advantages and prepare for the changes.

New Years Resolutions For Your Salon In 2025

2025 is already so close to being with us, and with that is the perfect time to start reflecting and planning for the new year ahead, especially for salon owners and hairdressers. With the hairdressing industry being a fast-paced, ever-evolving industry, you need to set actionable goals that keep your salon and team ahead of the game. As we welcome the new year, let’s dive into some resolutions to inspire your salon to thrive, build a stronger client base, and ensure you stay motivated throughout the new year.

Benefits of Salon Marketing: How To Transform Your Salon's Business

Are you ready to transform your salon’s marketing game? Within the hair and beauty industry, running a successful salon isn’t just about providing a service to your clients; it’s also about effectively reaching your clients outside the salon. Let’s explore the importance of marketing your salon and the benefits this can provide your business, as this can effectively lead to more client attraction and retention. Let’s dive into why marketing matters for your salon.

Trending Party Season Hairstyles

As the festive season approaches, it's the time that your clients will be preparing for their Christmas celebrations, and what better way to enter the new year than with a banging hair-do? This year, we’ve lined up the trending festive hairstyles of 2024, that combine chic accessories with full-on glam, to ultimately transform your client's look. Let’s dive into how your clients can achieve these easily recreateable hairstyles for any festive occasion with the styling tools provided by your salon.

The Importance Of Retailing In-Salon

While the hairdressing industry is full of evolving trends and fast-paced style changes, one aspect stays the same: the importance of retailing in your salon. As professional hairstylists, you not only hold the key to transforming your clients' looks but also enhancing their overall experience through the products and brands you use. While this can have a positive impact on a salon's revenue stream, it can also be a vital component of your salon's overall success. Let's dive into the reasons why upping your retail game could be the key to your salon's success.

Meet The Quif Art Team: Vicki Lord

Introducing Vicki Lord - salon owner, multi-award winner, and avant-garde artist joining the Quif Art Team. Join Quif as we explore her journey through the industry. Let’s dive in and get personal…

Hair Trend Predictions for 2025 with Brooke Evans & Georgia Bella

To discover what’s next to hit salons in the world of colour, we turned to Quif artists and industry-leading hair colourists, Brooke Evans and Georgia Bell, who shared their insights into upcoming trends, favourite colour techniques and what they’d love to see more of (and less of) in 2025, whilst discussing some lessons they’ve learnt on the way.

How To Clean Your Salon Hairbrushes

As professional hairdressers, maintaining a clean and hygienic salon is essential to ensuring your clients gain the best salon experience. But, one essential task often gets overlooked: cleaning your hairbrushes. These tools collect hair, product residue, oils and dust on the daily, meaning that regular maintenance is critical for both your client's hair health and your brush's durability. Here’s why cleaning your hairbrushes on a regular basis is an important matter, along with a simple how-to guide to ensure they stay in top nick!

5 Summer Hair Myths To Stop Believing

While summer brings lots of sun, heat, and those beautiful beachy waves, it also brings a ton of hair myths that many of your clients still believe. As a professional hairdresser, it’s important you give your clients the right haircare knowledge, especially during the summer season, so they don’t sabotage their hair. Let’s jump into five of the most common summer hair myths and how you can educate your clients on what’s actually best for their hair this season.

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Autumn Nail Trends of 2024

This year, it’s all about autumnal prints, deep shades, and sophisticated neutrals, and with the recent launch of the professional nail brand Glossify, achieving these looks with your clients has never been easier. Including a variety of luxurious gel polishes, you’ll find everything you need to embrace the season’s most wanted styles, ensuring your client's nails stay flawless throughout autumn. Let's dive into the top autumnal nail trends with Glossify…

The Ultimate Salon Spring Clean Guide

Spring has sprung, and there is nothing quite like that fresh spring feeling and the mindset of new beginnings. And just like your clients are thinking of a seasonal refresh, now is the perfect time to give your salon a little TLC, too! Spring makes the perfect opportunity to refresh your salon space, motivate your team, and improve your clients' overall experience. If you’re a salon owner or hairdresser and looking to have a salon reset, here’s our go-to guide to spruce up your salon space this spring!

Introducing Alfa Italia X MT Masterclass

Introducing the newest collab to hit the hairdressing scene, Alfa Italia X MT Masterclass, set to revolutionise precision cutting. The Alfa Italia X MT Masterclass introduces a new scissor collaboration that establishes a line of scissors designed for stylists who demand ultimate control, balance, and sharpness, which are crafted with expert insights to elevate every cut.

How To Achieve This Summer’s Trending Soft Mullet

Straight from Australia to the salon chair, the Aussie-inspired Soft Mullet is the haircut everyone is talking about this year, and now that it’s summer, it’s taking off yet again. This modern, wearable mullet is an update to the classic mullet, being heavily blended with short, faded sides with longer, textured lengths at the back. This creates that edgy, low-maintenance and effortlessly cool vibe everyone has been looking for. The best part? You can personalise this to your client's hair type and length so they can make it their very own.

Hit the reset button with [wa]shed

Be rid of hair impurities and start again with a clean slate. If the end of the new year resulted in your hair feeling dirtly, dull and weighed down, then it's time to hit the reset button on hair health. The [wa]shed by Shed clean slate detoxifying shampoo is the perfect solution for a fresh brand new do.

The holiday haircare hero from [wa]shed

Holiday season is still going strong with a lot of clients trying to escape for some last minute sun, sea and sangria! With this, most of us are still probably trying to decide which is the best brand of suncream to use. However, have you ever had the same thought about hair care?

Christmas Nail Trends of 2024

The Trending Festive Nails of the Season...It’s finally time to start bringing festivity to your appointments, and for some clients, finding inspiration for the ultimate Christmas mani can be challenging. Luckily for you, we have this year’s Christmas nail trends that are versatile, chic, and perfect for every aesthetic. Here are the top Christmas nail trends for 2024 that every nail technician should know to inspire their clients this festive season.

The Trending Haircuts of 2025

Trending haircuts that every hairdresser needs to know. The 2025 hottest haircut trends are in and are all about movement, texture and making a bold statement! From ultra-short bobs to a punk-inspired pixie, we have the haircuts that will dominate your salon chairs. Let’s get inspired with the trending haircuts about to set the scene in 2025…

The Festival Hairstyles of 2024

As the festival season approaches, it's time to dive into the world of playful styles, vibrant colours, and of course show-stopping hairstyles. For professional hairstylists, this is the perfect opportunity to unleash your creativity and elevate your styles to new heights. This year we're seeing a lot of braids, gems, and of course, colour! There are a multitude of trending festival hair looks to explore this season, so lets dive in and discover the top picks that are sure to be styles you'll want to create with your clients.

Trending Male Haircuts of 2024

Staying ahead of the trends is crucial when meeting your client's needs and with the men’s grooming industry being ever-evolving, 2024 has brought a classic blend, with contemporary twists, in men’s haircuts this year. Let’s jump into the trending male haircuts so far in 2024.

Trending Halloween Nails of 2024

October is here, meaning it’s officially spooky season! Whether your clients are die-hard Halloween enthusiasts, or like to add a subtle spooky nod to the season, we’ve rounded up the ultimate list of Halloween nail trends that add fun yet sophistication to your client's next mani. So, if your clients are stuck on what to go for this Halloween, here’s all the inspiration you need!

Summer Trend Alert: Rebel Fusion

In a world where self-expression and identity are evolving rapidly, the Rebel Fusion trend is your bold invitation to colour outside the lines. This movement speaks to our longing for wonder, enchantment, and individuality. Today's clients don't just want a new look, they want an experience. Technology has pushed the boundaries of what's possible, from AR beauty apps to surreal filters. Now it's our turn as stylists to meet that demand with fearless creativity.

Alan Howard Hubs

Alan Howard Hubs are community events designed to give like-minded hair and beauty professionals the opportunity to connect, learn, grow and be inspired together.