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The Hairnews Awards 2021 have launched! Here are the categories explained in full, and how to enter each one. The Hairnews Awards 2021 have launched! Here are the categories explained in full, and how to enter each one. Scroll down for more info on each category. • Best Online Education by a Supplier • Best New Product / Range Launched since Start of Lockdown • Best Lockdown Leadership • Best Salon Relocation • Best Communication and Marketing by a Salon / Stylist during Lockdown • Best Post Lockdown Makeover • Best Box Colour Correction Best Online Education by a Supplier Category Summary Who rose to the occasion during lockdown and created an education programme that truly inspired the industry and helped people return to salons feeling prepared and empowered? How to Enter This is a voting category where you can nominate the supplier, educator or programme that you believe should win this award. To enter, email awards@hairnews.co.za with your nomination. Your email heading should be Education Nomination. Please also include your name, city / town of residence, and your salon name. You may nominate one education programme only. Please give a brief reason for why you are nominating this education programme. Nominations close on 8th March 2020. Award Requirements The Best Online Education should include Consistency Relevance Engagement Ease of use Empowerment and inspiration Genuine improvement in skill or knowledge This award may be given to local or international education programmes, as long as they were promoted and facilitated by brand educators within South Africa Best New Product / Range Launched Since Start of Lockdown Category Summary During lockdown was not an easy time to launch new products! We salute the brands who went ahead with courage and creativity to get their fabulous new releases to the industry. Which of these launches do you love the most? How to Enter This is a voting category where you can nominate the product (if an individual product was launched) or range (if a range was launched) that you and your clients love the most. To enter, email awards@hairnews.co.za with your nomination. Your email heading should be Product Nomination. Please also include your name, city / town of residence, and your salon name. You may nominate one product / range in your entry. Please give a brief reason for why you are nominating this product / range. Nominations close on 8th March 2020. Award Requirements The Best New Product / Range can be either homecare, tools, or in-salon colour, chemical or treatment. If a whole range was launched, the whole range must be nominated. If one product was launched as an addition to a range, or a tool was launched, then that individual product or tool can be nominated. The products nominated must have been launched in South Africa between 31 March 2020 and 31 January 2021. Best Lockdown Leadership Category Summary Lockdown brought so many heroes to the fore, the people who showed calm leadership in the face of adversity, who inspired and encouraged those around them, who made the best of difficult circumstances even if they suffered personally or financially during this time. How to Enter This is a voting category where you can vote for the individual person who you think is a worthy winner of this award. To enter, email awards@hairnews.co.za with your nomination. Your email heading should be Leadership Nomination. Please also include your name, city / town of residence, and your salon name. You may nominate one person in your entry. Please state the person’s full name and a brief reason for why you are nominating them. Nominations close on 8th March 2020. Award Requirements Lockdown Leadership nominees can be anyone in the industry from a supplier to an educator, a sales consultant, a salon owner, hairstylist, other salon employee, or from an industry association. These nominees must have been resident in South Africa during lockdown and may not be international nominees. Best Salon Relocation Category Summary During lockdown there were many changes and moves within the industry. Best Salon Relocation is to celebrate the moves people made even though many were done for difficult reasons, and to showcase the beauty and happiness they created in their new space. How to Enter This is a judged category where you can enter your own salon. To enter, email awards@hairnews.co.za with the information. Your email heading should be Salon Entry. Please include the following information: • Why you made the move • What premises you moved from, and to. I.e. moved from a mall to home, moved from large mall to small center, etc. • What you aimed to achieve in creating your new space. • Please attach 3 to 6 photos of your new salon with your entry. These should be no larger than 1 MB each in size and may be smaller. Include your name, city / town of residence, and your salon name. Include your contact phone numbers. Entries close on 8th March 2020. Award Requirements Best Salon Relocation is open to salons of any size, small or large or one person. Home salons may enter. The salon must be based in South Africa. You must have relocated between 31 March 2020 to 31 January 2021, and done the salon’s decor and layout yourself (i.e. not a chair rental). Best Marketing and Communication by a Salon / Stylist During Lockdown Category Summary Engaging with clients during lockdown was critical but not easy as the weeks and months passed. This category is to award the salons and hairstylists who maintained consistent, effective, positive and relevant communication and marketing during this challenging time. How to Enter This is a judged category where you can enter yourself or your salon. To enter, email awards@hairnews.co.za with the information. Your email heading should be Marketing Entry. Please include the following information: • How you communicated with clients i.e. did you use Facebook, email, WhatsApp? • The frequency of your communications / posts / shares • What you aimed to achieve as the months went by. • How successful was it and did you achieve your aims? • Please attach links to relevant social media or else some screen shots of some of your most effective communications. Include your name, city / town of residence, and your salon name. Include your contact phone numbers. Entries close on 8th March 2020. Award Requirements The marketing and communication must be ongoing and you must show us your social media links, or at least one screen shot per month, from March 2020 through to July 2020. This award will be judged on content posted from March 2020 to July 2020. Entrants must be resident in South Africa. Best Post Lockdown Makeover Category Summary After lockdown, many clients took the opportunity to do a more dramatic makeover. Whether it was a stunning ladies’ cut, an edgy barbering and beard makeover, a fabulous new colour, a complete new look or a brilliant transition to grey – show us the before and afters that you are most proud of. How to Enter This is a judged category where you can enter your own work. You may enter up to three different before and afters. Each will be counted as a separate entry. To enter, email awards@hairnews.co.za with the information. Your email heading should be Makeover Entry. Please include before and after photos of your work. (up to three after photos). Include a short description of what the client wanted and how you achieved it. Please include the client’s first name and confirm that you have permission to publish the photos on a public platform. Include your name, city / town of residence, and your salon name. Include your contact phone numbers. Entries close on 8th March 2020. Award Requirements This is to show the power of a makeover – whether gents or ladies, cut or colour, dramatic or more subtle. Entrants must be resident in South Africa. Best Box Colour Correction Category Summary With regrowth on top of box colour, there were technical challenges to be faced after lockdown! Show us the corrections that you are most proud of when clients used box colour and then returned to have the results fixed up after lockdown. How to Enter This is a judged category where you can enter your own work. You may enter up to three different box colour corrections. Each will be counted as a separate entry. To enter, email awards@hairnews.co.za with the information. Your email heading should be Box Colour Entry. Please include before and after photos of your work. (up to three after photos). Include a short description of how you achieved your result, how long it took, and what products you used along the way. Please include the client’s first name and confirm that you have permission to publish the photos on a public platform. Include your name, city / town of residence, and your salon name. Include your contact phone numbers. Entries close on 8th March 2020. Award Requirements This is to show the calibre of top class technical work and what it takes to fix and update a home colour while keeping the hair’s condition and integrity. Entrants must be resident in South Africa.

How did hair and beauty perform in December 2020 lockdown compared to December 2019? And was there an improvement from November 2020? Here are the stats and analysis from ESP Salon Software and Business Intelligence. ESP Business Intelligence Wellness Industry Statistics Analysis below by Karl Markwald of ESP In December 2020 the hair industry has increased revenue by 3% when compared to November 2020 while the Beauty industry has seen a 8% decline for the same period. After seeing massive gains last month the beauty industry has back-tracked somewhat and is now posting results that are more in line with what we are seeing in the hair industry. As a whole revenue is down by 17% when comparing December 2020 to December 2019. In November this was sitting at 18% so the improvement is incremental. What I would like to highlight here is that the number of clients visiting has been 25% less, which is the average for the last 3 months, but this has only resulted in a 17% less revenue. As this picture has evolved from July 2020 to now the month on month and year on year the improvements are becoming smaller and more hard fought. If you haven’t taken action in your business to increase the per visit spend of the clients who are visiting then you are behind the curve. These stats are drawn from the ESP client base that make use of our Business Intelligence service. These businesses owners are actively involved in their businesses and use the BI to track and understand the trends which allow them to formulate and implement strategies that will make a meaningful difference to the bottom line. To find out how to implement strategies to improve your revenue and monitor the results contact the ESP Connect team info@espconnect.africa Learn more about ESP by visiting their website HERE. For more information and free resources from the Collective Corporation please visit: https://collectivecorporation.africa/ Team ESP Connect

Iconic award winning hairstylist Charles Junior Louw is starring in a new TV reality series on VIA TV which launches on Tuesday 9 February, 6.30 to 7 pm. The series, “Red My Hare, Junior”, shows Charles Junior working his magic on clients who come to him for colour advice and to experience his famous transformations. The entertaining programmes cover both the personal and professional journey of one of SA’s most talented industry characters. Don’t miss the excitement of episode 1. Here’s an intro video for a glimpse of what you can expect.

A incredible opportunity to take charge of your own career and work as and when you wish. Wade is looking for a stylist, as well as a nail technician, to join him at his upmarket salon in Cape Town, located at the top of Bree street, the salon is situated beneath the very popular Storm Fitness Centre. Your clients will enjoy unparalleled views of Table Mountain, as well as expansive city views, while having their hair/nails done. Wade&Co is a large, well laid out, spacious salon, allowing for plenty of social distancing, and is also fitted with a generator, which insures the best, uninterrupted experience for your clients, should the power go out! Chair rental options are on a daily, weekly or monthly basis. The choice is yours at Wade&Co. There is ample parking, right in front of the entrance, as well as along the sides of the building, making this an appealing venue. This is your chance to run your own business, without any of the normal risks attached, leaving you time to focus on what you love. Wade uses the very best in hair care products and colour. You will be able to order directly through him, (at cost) or you can use your own preferred brands. To contact Wade, email him on wade@wadeandco.co.za or send him a Whatsapp on 083 792 3554 to find out more about this amazing opportunity.

Dear EOHCB Member & Industry, We confirm that our industry (Personal Care Sector - Hairdressing, Cosmetology, Beauty and Skincare Industry) has not been detrimentally affected by the latest amended risk adjustment level 3 of lockdown. The national curfew of 23h00 - 04h00 applies to the entire country including hotspots. All citizens must be confined to their place of residence during these hours. Moving outside the curfew should only be for essential purposes such as going to work, getting food/medical/security supplies etc. If the need to leave your house is not essential, stay at home to limit your risk of exposure and to reduce the number of infections. Stricter regulations may be implemented for hotspots and more hotspots may be identified as the effectiveness of adjusted level 3 is monitored by the National COVID Command Council in curbing the spread of the virus. Please click on the below link to access the published gazette effective as of 1 February 2021. The Personal Sector-Specific regulations as published on 19 June 2020 remain in place during adjusted alert level 3. Click HERE to view the document. Kind Regards, The EOHCB Team www.eohcb.co.za

A incredible opportunity to take charge of your own career and work as and when you wish. Wade is looking for a stylist, as well as a nail technician, to join him at his upmarket salon in Cape Town, located at the top of Bree street, the salon is situated beneath the very popular Storm Fitness Centre. Your clients will enjoy unparalleled views of Table Mountain, as well as expansive city views, while having their hair/nails done. Wade&Co is a large, well laid out, spacious salon, allowing for plenty of social distancing, and is also fitted with a generator, which insures the best, uninterrupted experience for your clients, should the power go out! Chair rental options are on a daily, weekly or monthly basis. The choice is yours at Wade&Co. There is ample parking, right in front of the entrance, as well as along the sides of the building, making this an appealing venue. This is your chance to run your own business, without any of the normal risks attached, leaving you time to focus on what you love. Wade uses the very best in hair care products and colour. You will be able to order directly through him, (at cost) or you can use your own preferred brands. To contact Wade, email him on wade@wadeandco.co.za or send him a Whatsapp on 083 792 3554 to find out more about this amazing opportunity.

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A incredible opportunity to take charge of your own career and work as and when you wish. Wade is looking for a stylist, as well as a nail technician, to join him at his upmarket salon in Cape Town, located at the top of Bree street, the salon is situated beneath the very popular Storm Fitness Centre. Your clients will enjoy unparalleled views of Table Mountain, as well as expansive city views, while having their hair/nails done. Wade&Co is a large, well laid out, spacious salon, allowing for plenty of social distancing, and is also fitted with a generator, which insures the best, uninterrupted experience for your clients, should the power go out! Chair rental options are on a daily, weekly or monthly basis. The choice is yours at Wade&Co. There is ample parking, right in front of the entrance, as well as along the sides of the building, making this an appealing venue. This is your chance to run your own business, without any of the normal risks attached, leaving you time to focus on what you love. Wade uses the very best in hair care products and colour. You will be able to order directly through him, (at cost) or you can use your own preferred brands. To contact Wade, email him on wade@wadeandco.co.za or send him a Whatsapp on 083 792 3554 to find out more about this amazing opportunity.

Uprising is a puzzle in which all the details are previously thought so each piece fits perfectly and works within the whole. Color, with its contrasts and with its subtle gradations; the haircut, with a line drawn to be precisely positioned on hair, and; lastly, drying, which is what gives life and confirms that all pieces are correctly positioned. This is the only way to achieve this architectural and geometric result, in which hair explores its own margins creating surprising silhouettes, unusual textures reinforced by the effect of color and an image that blends hair and hairdressing with art. Hair: Javier Gomar - Javier Blade’s Hair Instagram: @javiergomar4 Hair Assistant: Nestor Riera @nestorirerad Photography: David Arnal Photography Instagram: @davidarnalteam MUA: Anna González MUA Instagram: @iamlaflaca Styling: Eunnis Mesa Styling Instagram: @eunnismesa Models: Irina Bon y Karol Maestre Modelos Instagram: @irinabon @day_kiri

Clients can book salons and individual stylists, barbers, and beauticians online using GigMastery.com’s advanced booking system. Manage your appointments on a daily and weekly schedule, with immediate client payment system using an easy, convenient checkout method. Clients pay immediately using secure credit card payments and communicate directly online with the salon or individual hairdresser. Salons can even offer extra beauty products with each appointment, as an extra add-on service! Discounts can be offered through the platform – across the board or to individual clients. Clients can browse the profile of each salon and stylist and check their location. We also have a ratings system, which means salons are able to see who the most popular stylist is. Mobile stylists can use this platform as an excellent opportunity to market at the same level as the big salons and attract new clientele. The platform offers front-and-centre opportunities for salons, individual stylists and mobile salons to be featured on our platform. We offer: • An online booking system • Credit card acceptance • Stylist ratings • Client discounts • No setup costs • Unlimited users • Unlimited appointments There are no fixed monthly fees to use our platform. GigMastery works on a pay-per-use model, therefore fees only apply to successful transactions. Watch the video below to see our booking module and what we’re about! Visit GigMastery.com/get-bookings/ or email info@gigmastery.com or call 012 012 5722.

Tandem Paddocks is seeking a qualified and experienced hairstylist. Applicants must have experience in cutting most types of hair and bringing new clients is essential. Requirements: • Hairdressing qualification • 2-3 Years hairstylist experience • Excellent communication skills • Track record of sales • Target driven • Able to work independently If you meet the above mentioned requirements, then please send your updated CV and qualifications to joannevr26@gmail.com or contact Joanne on 021 555 2547.

Every week on Friday, Wahl Professional showcases fabulous work submitted by barbers and hairstylists on their social media. This week's #freshcutfriday goes to @the_gorgeous_barber, and what a stunning cut it is. Talent displayed, and creativity unleashed, with the clipper artistry of the Wahl Professional range. Love Wahl’s tools and their capabilities? Like their FB page HERE.