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We wanted to hear from lefty hairstylist and Wella Ambassador Nicolas Anamourlis @nikolas_michael_salon, about his lefty haircutting struggles and successes. We also asked him for Pro Tips for other lefty stylists in the industry. Learning Right, Working Left I've learned pretty much everything I know from right-handed people and I did a lot of training ­as a lefty looking through mirrors. Now it’s become second nature for me to watch and convert. I think most lefties will agree that they struggle with that at first. But it doesn’t last long, because soon enough we figure out that we can swap things around and just do them opposite ... and then we go-go-go! Lefty Scissors and Ambidextrous Tools Having the correct tools and understanding how they work is vitally important. You need to be trained to hold and work with the scissor. I don't know any other left-handed hairstylists and none of my hair heroes are lefties so I ended up learning right and cutting with right-hand scissors, with a lot of tension on it, for most of my career. About 10 years ago I got into the Mizutani Lefty range. I now have a whole scissor bag of lefties which are phenomenal. It's really changed my whole world of cutting; using less tension, being more deliberate, really being able to shape hair and make it behave a lot easier. My razors and everything else are all ambidextrous so no issues there. I blow dry left, but I think most people do: hairbrush in the left hand, dryer in the right. It feels normal and natural to me to work this way. Cutting sequence No hard rules here. I start my cuts very differently for every haircut. Sometimes the focal point is the fringe or the baseline. If I'm doing a hectic bob it doesn't really matter which side I start with, sometimes it's one side, sometimes the other, sometimes the back, I think it depends on my mood. Seriously, when you’ve been cutting hair for a long time, there are only so many times you can section it the same way before you get bored. So I keep it fresh, sometimes starting anywhere and ending elsewhere. I also like starting haircuts dry, then wetting, then drying it. Sometimes I start with wet and cut dry at the end. Sometimes it's doing it all dry. Real-life Lefty Struggles and a Perk Lefty writing is definitely a struggle. I always smudge all over the page and get ink on my hands, especially with a ballpoint pen. It really isn’t fun because you’ve got to twist yourself around and you still get smudges. Pretty much everything in life is for right-handed people and not much bothers me, except hand held can openers. The can opener thing really pisses me off! I'm on my fourth one in two years. I don't know how, but I break every can opener I work with. Just can’t do it. With golf, I struggled! I learned to play golf right-handed before I learned there are left-hand clubs. With surfing, I’m goofy so I'll take left point breaks where everyone takes the right, but I can also take a nice right on my back hand. So yes, being a lefty really does have its perks! Pro Tips Body position is everything. It doesn’t make a difference if you are left or right-handed, you need to position yourself properly for cutting. Proper body position for me is getting my energy behind that person and making sure that I have one foot in front of the other to protect the angles and to be precise with my cutting. Tension is important. Left or right-handed, but especially if you are a lefty using right-handed scissors, it’s important to control your scissor tension. Remember that zero tension will give you the strongest line. Nicolas’s favourite prep and styling products Sebastian Professional Potion 9 – excellent for cutting prep EIMI Thermal Image – great heat protection and slip Sebastian Professional Shaper Fierce or EIMI Mistify Me, depending on the level of hold needed Sebastian Professional Dark Oil – brings life back to hair after cutting EIMI Ocean Spritz – creates great movement, good for summer styles Order for your salon To stock Sebastian Professional or EIMI in your salon please contact your Modern Hair & Beauty sales representative or call MHB Telesales on 0860 104 109. Follow Instagram Facebook www.modernhairbeauty.com

We're excited to announce our 2022 training! We’re offering a wide range of professional barbering and stylist training programmes to help you up your game, whatever your skill level. You’ll be in great hands with our accredited educators. Wahl was established by Leo Wahl in 1919 and is still going strong today, with good reason: Wahl continues to maintain a culture of excellence, to produce the finest hair clippers, trimmers, and styling tools on the market. Wahl has established relationships with the leaders of the hair industry, with an international presence that allows us to stay updated and on-trend with all the latest trends and techniques. This is why barbers and stylists the country over confidently say “I only use Wahl”, and why Wahl is still “The brand used by professionals” after more than 100 years. To enquire about training Email: academy@wahlsa.com Call: +27 84 474 1839 Web: sa.wahl.com Wahl will be conducting training regularly in 2022, so if you miss a date, don’t worry: Coming up in April…. Look and Learn – Barbering the Wahl Way – 24th April Hands On – Barbering the Wahl Way – Clippers – 25th April Hands On – Barbering the Wahl Way – Shears – 26th April Advanced Clipper Cutting – 27th April Hot Towel Shaving – 28th April Men’s Method Graduate Course (Four Days) Later Dates… May Basic Barbering (6 Sessions over 6 Weeks + Feedback Session) – 2, 9, 16, 23 May/ 6, 13, 20 June Look and Learn - Barbering the Wahl Way – 29th May Hands On – Barbering the Wahl Way – Clippers – 30th May Hands On – Barbering the Wahl Way – Shears – 31th May June Look and Learn – Barbering the Wahl Way – 26th June Hands On – Barbering the Wahl Way – Clippers – 27th June Hands On – Barbering the Wahl Way – Shears – 28th June Advanced Clipper Cutting – 29th June Hot Towel Shaving – 30th June July Basic Barbering (6 Sessions over 6 Weeks + Feedback Session) – 4, 11, 18, 25 July / 8, 15, 22 August Look and Learn – Barbering the Wahl Way – 31th July August Hands On – Barbering the Wahl Way – Clippers – 1st August Hands On – Barbering the Wahl Way – Shears – 2nd August Advanced Clipper Cutting – 3rd August Hot Towel Shaving – 4th August Look and Learn – Barbering the Wahl Way – 28th August Hands On – Barbering the Wahl Way – Clippers – 29th August Hands On – Barbering the Wahl Way – Shears – 30th August Advanced Clipper Cutting – 31st August September Hot Towel Shaving – 1st September Basic Barbering (6 Sessions over 6 Weeks + Feedback Session) – 5, 12, 19 September / 3, 10, 17 October Look and Learn – Barbering the Wahl Way – 25th September Hands On – Barbering the Wahl Way – Clippers – 26th September Hands On – Barbering the Wahl Way – Shears – 27th September Advanced Clipper Cutting – 28th September Hot Towel Shaving – 29th September October Look and Learn – Barbering the Wahl Way – 30th October Hands On – Barbering the Wahl Way – Clippers – 31st October November Hands On – Barbering the Wahl Way – Shears – 1st November Advanced Clipper Cutting – 2nd November Hot Towel Shaving – 3rd November To enquire about training Email: academy@wahlsa.com Call: +27 84 474 1839 Web: sa.wahl.com

KAO Salon Division has just opened the brand new KAO Training Centre in Windhoek, featuring both Goldwell and KMS brands, and fabulous services for Windhoek clients and Namibian stylists. Windhoek welcomes this exciting new partnership with KAO South Africa, with a beautiful new space as the new home of Goldwell and KMS in Namibia as exclusive stockists to Salon Centric. This stunning location is now a full training facility as well as a warehouse for our brands and KAO South Africa couldn’t be happier with such an inspiring new adventure in Namibia. The academy offers state-of-the-art salon facilities. A full offering of training for local KAO Salon clients will be available and facilitated by Birgit von Finckenstein, the KAO representative for the area, and the education team. The premises are proudly owned by Sonia Nel of Salon Centric, who is thrilled to be a part of a company so well known for its future-looking innovation, diversity, ethics, transparency, and integrity. To mark the occasion, international superstar Salome de Wet performed a seminar to invited guests, teaching at the highest level of creativity and talent and inspiring her audience. Many more launches and regular guest artist seminars are also on the calendar for the upcoming year. For enquiries contact local KAO representative and educator Birgit von Finckenstein 081 280 1738. Love Goldwell / KMS approach to ethics? Like their Facebook pages HERE for Goldwell and HERE for KMS

milk_shake SA is looking for an experienced Sales Consultant in the hair industry. Are you ready to join us? We are seeking experienced sales consultants in Gauteng to build the Take Note family and maintain our client base for milk_shake, BHE, DEPOT and creative brands. Position description: Sales Consultant Nature of position: Travelling Brand Representative Your area of responsibility: Gauteng West, Gauteng Central, Northern Province, Limpopo, and the Vaal Triangle You will form part of the provincial sales team, responsible for generating and achieving sales targets by representing the company’s various brands. Being young, innovative brands in the market, you will be able to achieve rapid growth and earn a compensation package which rewards hard work and achievement of targets as well as incentive schemes which reward over-achievement of targets. Your main responsibility will be generating sales in your territory and growing the brands by promoting current and new product lines. Your duties will include but are not limited to: Ensure sales targets are achieved Maintain existing business Acquire new accounts In-salon Training and Education Requirements: 2 years relevant sales / key account experience in a similar position Knowledge of the hair industry Team player Fast learner Good communication skills Good administration skills South African driver’s license and own reliable transport Remuneration: Basic salary Plus commission Bonuses as targets are exceeded Fuel card Cell phone and data allowance Country trip allowances Contribution to vehicle maintenance Enjoy an awesome chance to further your career with a group of innovative, creative, talented individuals and a company that prides itself on its dedication to environmentally sustainable and planet-friendly health and beauty. Should you wish to join our young and dynamic team, please forward your CV to georg@z-one.co.za Contact milk_shake on: Email: marku@z-one.co.za or georg@z-one.co.za www.z-oneconcept.com/en | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram

Excellent Security – Alarm – Generator – Boom Gate Access Squarebubble Hairdressing is centrally located in the heart of Bedfordview in the humble Kloof Mall. With no major chain stores in the building it is a destination salon conveniently placed right off the N3 highway from Van Buuren off ramp. Surrounding are the busy Village View shopping center as well as Bedford shopping centre just down Kloof road with all major grocery stores, mouthwatering restaurants, pharmacies and banks. The Kloof Mall offers 24 hour security guards as well as controlled boom gate access. The salon is equipped with an alarm and has recently had a generator installed so loadshedding does not affect business. Squarebubble salon staff use Davines professional colour and are stocked in Davines retail for homecare. The staff consists of 2 members who work for the salon (and are Davines master colorists), 2 rental hairstylists, 2 nail technicians, 2 beauticians as well as 3 operators and a receptionist at the front desk. The salon has space for one more hairstylist who is equipped with a clientele who would like either a rent a chair option or to work on a commission basis.The salon is newly renovated with lots of cupboard space for a new member to store their things under lock and key. Ownership of the salon has recently changed as of 1 March 2020 and despite the pandemic is still going strong! The salon is also fully covid-19 compliant in protocols. Please take a look on Facebook or Instagram or contact Kalpesh to view the salon. • Contact person: Kalpesh • Phone: 011 455 1626 • Email: hairsalon@squarebubble.co.za

Gary Rom Hairdressing has been associated with a form of Cancer foundation for the last decade. I have always believed that every business owner however big or small needs to contribute to people that are in need. We are so proud to be associated with the CANSA foundation, every patient that has had any form of Chemotherapy and or radiation and has had the opportunity to grow a new head of hair will understand and agree that their new hair journey is far from easy. With this in mind, Gary Rom Hairdressing invites, together with CANSA, all patients that are in remission to come to a Gary Rom salon and be spoilt with a complimentary service that includes a basket of cut and style, any form of chemical service, as well as an in-salon treatment and K Mist. We want every single Cancer survivor to know that we care, that we want to assist, that we understand that the idea of your new hair colour, texture and density play a massive role in your confidence as an individual. Gary Rom Hairdressing cares. Do you love helping people look and feel their best amidst all that life throws at them? Join a team that cares. To be a part of the Gary Rom ethos please send your CV to gary@garyrom.co.za. Franchise opportunities are available countrywide, interested parties can mail gary@garyrom.co.za.

An absolutely incredible opportunity in an exquisite salon! Kate Style Salon is looking for a qualified stylist that will slip right into a place called home. Well worth relocating for! If you’re just the right person, we’d love to discuss either fulltime or a freelance chair rental - whatever fits your lifestyle and dreams. We’re a L’Oréal Professional Salon located in a unique store Refreshed in Salt Rock (Ballito) with an extraordinary spirit where there is art, decor, beauty, hair and nails all under one roof. The creativity and inspiration we all share is spread between clients, customers and staff, creating an distinctive environment for you to develop your career! It's a career opportunity that must not be missed - a chance to live and work in stunning Ballito! A swim in the sea or walk on the beach before work is a must, awakening your inner child to be able to feel like work is not just work but a pleasure to feel free. The New Salt Rock Shopping Centre is a secure, enjoyable location, a place where the vibe of young families gather. This is an exciting chance to develop your own talent and creativity! Kate herself is currently one of the chosen 5 L’Oréal ID artists for SA, so with a mentor as part of the L’Oréal team, you are immersed in an environment where you can easily keep updated with exciting new trends, styles, and colour. The salon is well established in the same location for the last 12 years, and has a reputation of excellence, laughter, fun, creating an experience you or client have not yet seen or felt before. No need to worry about a clientele as we have a full clientele waiting for you to step into. So whether you’re looking for a fulltime position or wanting to freelance, we’re waiting for you to join us! See our beautiful setup: https://www.instagram.com/p/Brr87IhH5C9/?utm_medium=share_sheet Savour an environment of sheer creativity - Hair, nails, beauty, decor, interior design, pottery, stain glass - just an experience to revel in beyond anything you or your clients have experienced! https://www.instagram.com/tv/CLjU6o1Jp51/?utm_medium=share_sheet If you’d like to join our team, call us on 032 946 3093 or email your CV Email: info@katestylesalon.co.za Web: http://katestylesalon.co.za/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/katestylesalon/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/katestylesalonballito

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Mother’s Day is for spoiling moms and Modern Hair and Beauty is offering spoils to suit all types of moms. Give your clients the opportunity to make mom feel like a Queen for a Day with Wella Professionals or Kadus Professional. Our Mother’s Day spoils are available to suit all types of moms, hair types and budgets. These limited period deals are designed to keep your salon retail offering fresh and current and are supported with in-salon POS materials to assist you in promoting the deals – and adding to your turnover! Mother’s Day Deals Choose one or both of these deals for your salon this Mother’s Day: Wella Professionals Buy Two Get One Free FREE ColorMotion+ Mask with purchase of ColorMotion+ Shampoo and Conditioner Wella Professionals ColorMotion+ is one of the brand’s most popular lines. It is a runaway bestseller in Europe and the Americas and, since its launch in 2021, has become a South African favourite too! Use Mother’s Day as an opportunity to introduce the hugely popular ColorMotion+ range to new clients. Kadus Professional SAVINGS on purchase and FREE vanity bag Many Kadus Professional clients hold out for the festive season to purchase these value-for-money packs. The good news is that they’re back for Mother’s Day! Kadus Professional Color Radiance, Velvet Oil and Fiber Infusion packs include a shampoo, conditioner/mask, and lightweight oil. They are available to clients for the deal price of only R599. The spoils are packaged in a FREE vanity bag and clients can choose from three different bags. This deal is a self-seller! Order for your salon To stock these deals or any other Wella Professionals and Kadus Professional products, please contact your Modern Hair & Beauty sales representative or call MHB Telesales on 0860 104 109. Follow Instagram Facebook www.modernhairbeauty.com

It's the moment you've been waiting for! Colour Trophy 2022 launches with a fabulous, inspirational theme and entries open on 1 May. This is a competition that brings the hairdressing world of talent together! Here's more about the theme and how to enter! Be excited and inspired! The 2022 L’Oréal Professionnel Paris’ legendary pro competition “Style & Colour Trophy” goes further: more candidates & more countries. In 2022, all candidates will compete on 1 theme “FRENCH EDITO” to become the Winner of the global pro hair competition. The contest, open to all pros, makes them shine like never before while exposing new trends. To seek a wider audience, candidates are invited to post their preselection grid on Instagram. Both pros and hair lovers can support their champion and vote online for their favourite look. This year, the competition has expanded to include new countries representing all continents, showcasing more pros, more expertise and more hair diversity. For the pros, French Edito is the opportunity to create their fashion magazine cover image: celebrate and revel in hair beauty embrace the latest color trends (French Balayage or French Glossing) and styling trends the best styling complements and the perfect color work. We are confident that this theme will bring as much as excitement than the 2021 edition gathered. The 2021 SCTrophy Grand Finale gathered 8 million views on YouTube. How to compete? Anyone among the 7 million hairdressers in the world can compete, by registering online on styleandcolourtrophy.lorealprofessionnel.com, and go through the 3 phases of the competition: online preselection, national finale and global finale. Step 1: Post 6 images of a model translating your own interpretation of a French Edito look between 01/05/2022 and 30/06/2022 on SCT webplatform. Candidates are also invited to share their looks on Instagram to increase their visibility and get support from their communities. 6 finalists will then be selected for each national finale. Step 2: Take part in your national finale by creating a new French Edito look live and give yourself a chance to become a SCTrophy national winner, 2nd place winner or 3rd place winner, and maybe the Audience Award winner as well. Step 3: Enter the Globale Grand Finale, and shine on a global stage. The 6 best national winners will compete to become the SCTrophy Grand Winner, 2nd Place Winner or 3rd Place Winner, and maybe the Audience Award winner as well. The global finale will be broadcasted online. Stay tuned for more! SCTrophy Overview In its ongoing effort to elevate pro hair talents on the world stage, L’Oréal Professionnel Paris hosts its legendary hair pro competition, Style & Colour Trophy, opening up more communities beyond the hair industry for the second time around. Launched in 1954, Style & Colour Trophy is the longest-running hair competition in the world. Celebrating the creativity and skills of hair artistry, the contest brings incredible excitement and energy to the industry, inspiring hairdressers around the world to strive to push the limits of what is possible not only in the salon, but on the world stage. 2021 marked the digitalization of the contest as the # SCTrophy gathered around 10,000 posts worldwide. The first digital edition counted 22,500 candidates representing 30 countries. After the national phase of the competition, each national winner entered the global semi-final, and the 9 best of them moved on to take part in the Global Grand Finale — Australia, Canada, France, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia and the United States. The Global Grand Finale of Style & Colour Trophy 2021 was showcased in a special episode of Run Le Hair Show, the international web series by pros, for pros and all hair lovers. The episode was entirely dedicated to the legendary contest, expanding on the show’s primary purpose, to shine an even brighter spotlight on some of the most talented hairstylists in the world today. The global audience - not only among the finalists’ countries- watched the jury comments on all aspects of skills, artistry, and execution of the global finalists. Eventually, we discovered Massimo Tirimacco become SCTrophy Grand Winner 2021. Kevins Kyle Lambert, Canada wins the SCTrophy second place award and Erica Keelen, USA becomes the SCTrophy 3rd place award winner. The audience award winner got chosen by the general public through the online voting platform, and elected Irina Bykovskaya, from Russia. Warm congrats to the 4 of them! Subscribe to the L’Oréal Professionnel Paris YouTube channel and deep dive in the latest Grand Finale of SCTrophy, and other inspiring content from inside L’Oréal Professionnel Paris and from hair pros around the world. L’Oréal Professionnel Paris invented modern hair coloration techniques in 1909, thanks to Eugene Schueller, the chemist who founded L’Oréal. The new Style & Colour Trophy pro competition showcases this pioneering spirit giving access to the biggest stage to professionals, powered by digital. Follow us all year long on WWW.LOREALPROFESSIONNEL.COM Instagram: @LOREALPRO Youtube: # LOREALPRO # LorealPro # SCTrophy For more information on this truly globally exciting competition Contact: Taryn Bloem Email: tarryn.bloem@loreal.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/taryn_bloem_pro/

The past 2 years have changed everything. We’ve had hard lockdowns. Borders open & borders closed. We’ve had home offices, alcohol bans, curfews, protocols and rules. And we came out the other side, changed. There has been a shift from what was, to what is. We’ve redefined who we are. How we work. How we look. And how we see the world. We’re finally able to show our true colours. You could be you. Because the norm is no longer just that. Have tattoos? Great. Show them off. Want to dress up by dressing down? We say go for it. Let your hair down. With our UBU (You Be You) Collection, we wanted to capture the essence of the new norm. Your norm. The new way of doing things. And the magic we create, not only in hair, but in hearts & souls. Photographer: Pete Maltbie Designer/wardrobe: David Tlale @davidtlale MUA: Andrea Erasmus @chameleonqueen_sa @chameleon_creatives_za Salons: Excentric in Kloof, Excentric On Point @excentriconpoint @excentriconkloof

Overview and Analysis of the Problem Although there have been numerous challenges to the industry over the past two years, the ongoing challenge that is always worsened in tough times, is the issue of pricing. Price wars are one of the biggest detrimental factors in the industry. It’s easy to see how they start, because there are many clients who love a special and will be enticed by a lower price. If not forever, at least for a while. So a smaller salon starting out, or an individual on their own, who needs to attract clientele will simply undercut the area’s prices and try to lure them in that way. It is worth noting upfront that the smaller salon or individual operator does not always have the business knowledge they need. They are not taking their costs into account, but are simply undercutting in order to get feet through the door and money coming in. Their pricing may not be sustainable even with their lower overheads, cheaper products, etc. Snowballing What then happens is that often, the original salon starts to panic they are losing business and they then try to entice the client back again using a “special”, and the smaller salon / individual operator then goes lower and undercuts them again. Mutual Destruction It is easier for the smaller and less formal salons to slash prices as they can usually ride out the consequences for longer – if it’s just them, and they are doing hair from their garage, they can hang on for a few months, whereas a bigger salon that has a landlord to pay, staff costs, registration costs, power and water directly to the business – will soon feel the lack of money start to bite. Client Sentiment Meanwhile as a result of the price war, there can be a sentiment among clients that hairdressing services should be “cheap” and you see this a lot on community groups asking for hairdressers who “don’t cost an arm and a leg”, complaining when they are charged a fair price, and looking for the cheapest possible provider. This is the problem we will try to address in this series. We hope you find it helpful!