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label.m’s latest creative brand campaign celebrates Cultural Diversity, Unity, Equality and Individuality. The Power of partnerships is the theme for the next chapter of WE ARE TWO. Art directed by Sacha Mascolo-Tarbuck and her international artistic team, this campaign features five couples that showcase and celebrate the brand’s deep rooted heritage combined with modern hairdressing talent. This reflects the individuality of clients in terms of style and unique hair textures with global relevance. Each of the images depict ultimate pairings, with hair styled by the award-winning label.m products that create aspirational results, with effective professional solutions for every hair type, texture and need. The Power of Two campaign is all about the definition of style and exploring the infinite possibilities for every conceivable hair texture. It is a personal statement that’s empowering, commercially relatable, and expressive. This authentic platform showcases hair as the ultimate accessory and creates trends that are driven by our salon clients. We love this artistic campaign that breaks barriers, changes thinking, and unites all clients under one label – label.m. Label.m is proudly distributed by Haircair. Contact Haircair on Tel: +27 21 448 8847 Email: larry@haircair.co.za www.haircair.co.za

Stephen Delport of the Bargaining Council gives important updates on simplified employee registration forms for easier completion, changes to the sick pay fund, taxation updates, the extension of the Council Agreement, and more. Click HERE to download the registration form. Visit www.hcsbc.co.za for more info.

Going darker made this hair look gloriously healthy and was the best decision for this client. Here’s the root drag formula that Tammy Erasmus used to create this shimmering, silvery-pearl effect. The client’s hair was previously highlighted. I did a root drag using Colour Touch from Wella, 6/0 + 7/0 with a 1.9%, ratio 1:2. For the mid lengths to ends I used Illumina Glossing 8/0, 9/60, 8/38 mixed with a 1.9%. I finished off by giving her a good chop to define the style! Scar Hair, 22 Kloof Street, Gardens, Cape Town Tel: 021 422 5900

This compact, chic salon is characterised by stunning retail displays and powerful visuals that add creative, colourful interest. The clever use of interior design and mirrors gives a spacious and elegant feel. Hair on 6th 54 Main Rd, Walmer, Port Elizabeth Tel: 041 581 0825

1st with Indola! NFC is a WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY which enables rapid and easy communication between electronic devices, like smartphones or tablets, and a product by #Simply bringing them close to each other. Allows users to wave the product over an NFC compatible device to send/receive information straight to the device, instant information for instant gratification… Watch the video below to see how it works! NFC is compatible to date with the following: Android, Blackberry OS, Windows Phone, Windows Mobile, Nokia OS, Symbian, MeeGo, Bada, Sailfish OS, iOS 11 To learn more about this technology 1st and our range of products click HERE. If you need Indola’s streetwise style in your salon, contact Indola brand manager Maxime Vandiest at maxime.vandiest@henkel.com

By Simon Clark of Simon Clark Hairdressing, Port Elizabeth Does Black Friday Marketing make sense for salons? The answer when it comes to hairdressing services is NEVER! As always when considering a promotion you need to remember the three pillars of growing your business: 1: See more clients 2: Sell your clients more 3: Charge your clients more. Now let’s look at this from a Black Friday perspective: As Black Friday revolves around giving stupidly high discounts, I have seen salons advertising between 25-80%, clearly you will not be charging them more money! That leaves us with see more clients or sell them more. But catch with this is that the bigger your discount, the smaller your profit, so how many more clients do you need to see or how much extra do you need to sell them to make it worthwhile? Let’s consider 3 imaginary Salons: Hot Shots, Sam's Cutters and Crimptation. We will pretend that they are all equal as it keeps the maths easy for a daily break down: (The average dockets are arbitrary and some salons will have higher margins than others. Later you will see the maths stays the same) For Black Friday, Hotshots decides to offer 50% off, because Sam's Cutters up the road is offering 40% and Crimpation down the road is offering 25%. We will also pretend that everyone gets twice as many clients as the discount they are offering: So which salon does the best: The answer none of them! In fact all salons show a decline in profit. You could argue that I have not adjusted the fixed costs down to allow for the increased traffic. I chose to leave them the same as while you will save in some areas you will loose in others. It is important to note that each hairdresser will take a pay cut equal to the discount given, please tell me how seeing twice the number of clients to earn the same salary makes sense? And just in case you think your high margin salon will not be affected here is a table with some more realistic uptake numbers. So it does not matter which way you cut it. Discounting hairdressing services for Black Friday is bad for business! This is a discussion, that as hairdressers, we should keep having. That we need to keep having this discussion on an ongoing basis astounds me. The maths clearly shows that you would have made more money if you did nothing! It is only by educating and sharing among ourselves that we can grow our businesses together. A very successful businessman once told me we should work smarter, not harder! That starts with sharing! Simon Clark Hairdressing, 35 Westbourne Rd, Port Elizabeth

Bright, bold and beautiful, the “Bloom” collection will inspire you and your clients to create glorious summer holiday looks! Hair: Ziortza Zarauza @Centro BETA, Spain Photographer: Eneritz Medina Make up: Centro BETA Team Retouching: Javier Villalabeitia Styling: Centro BETA

At Alida’s Hair and Beauty Studio, Brackenhurst, the last five Saturdays of the working year are full of fun. “We do staff dress up for the five Saturdays before we close for Christmas, and we choose five themes for the five days. It keeps the staff motivated, and the clients love it!” says salon owner Alida. We love the creativity, imagination and fun of these gorgeous pirate outfits! Alida’s Hair and Beauty Studio is at 86 Hennie Alberts Street, Brackenhurst, Alberton. If you want to see what the team dresses up as next Saturday, like their Facebook HERE.

Now it’s easier than ever to order your Indola products, with Hair & Beauty Warehouse’s fantastic service, and to experience this phenomenal brand that is loved by thousands of hairstylists and their clients! Hair & Beauty Warehouse - Pretoria Metro Home Centre, Shop 41, C/o Zambezi & Veronica Roads, Montana, Pretoria Tel: 012 - 567 1303 | Email: admin@hairandbeautywarehouse.co.za www.hairandbeautywarehouse.co.za

Barbercraft 2018, held at the Castle of Good Hope in Cape Town, was a huge success and well supported by competitors, spectators, and sponsors including Wahl SA, Reuzel, and Bluebeard’s Revenge. A representative for the EOHCB Western Cape audited all the scores. Thanks to organiser Warren Theunis for the passion and tireless work he put into this project, which will benefit, uplift and inspire all our barbers. Barbercraft Champions The Classic (Sponsors Wahl SA, Reuzel) Junior: Amein Hare Open: Hadley Block Masters: Viggo von Scheliha The Creative (Sponsors Wahl) Open: Hadley Block Masters: Viggo von Scheliha The Pattern (Sponsors Wahl SA) Open: Cheslyn Fortuin Masters: Hadley Block The Beard (Sponsors Wahl SA, Reuzel, Bluebeards Revenge) Open: Cheslyn Fortuin Masters: Garland Lemore The Shave (Sponsors Wahl SA, Reuzel, Bluebeards Revenge) Open: Hadley Block Masters: Siraaz Lawrence Barber of the Year (Sponsors Wahl SA) Chazlynn Kruger Keen to enter next year’s event? Follow the updates on Barbercraft’s FB page HERE.

What do you do when you graduate university with a business degree? Dylan Evans from Elite Hair & Beauty, Port Elizabeth, has joined his wife Carla in the salon business – and his knowhow and business acumen contributes to its smooth running and success! Here, Dylan Evans speaks about his role in the business and why he chose to become part of the hairdressing world! Elite Hair & Beauty is in the 1054 Centre, 254 Main Road, Walmer, PE. Tel: 041 581 0090

We’re looking for qualified stylists to join our new salon in Cambridge Crossing Shopping Centre opening 5 December 2018. Cambridge Crossing is an award-winning “Steampunk” themed centre, on Witkoppen Road in Paulshof. This is a fantastic opportunity for an up-and-comer with high aspirations and a growing client base. Carlton Hair offers a great deal of growth potential, dedicated academies for further career advancement and opportunities to travel the world. Carlton Hair is a story of how a dream and a passion for the craft can go a long way. We began in 1968 with a vision to set ourselves apart – higher standards of hairdressing, satisfied clients and passionate stylists. Our mission is to provide a platform of supreme professionalism from which the stylist can operate to achieve unrivalled status in the industry, thereby ensuring the finest standards in hairdressing. Our strong and visionary management team is continuously building a fashion-orientated company that will always be the performance leader in the hairdressing industry. We pride ourselves in being in touch with the latest trends in beauty, fashion, equipment and technology. Today with 24 salons situated in all major upmarket shopping centres in major cities across South Africa, Carlton Hair is recognised as the biggest, leading hairdressing group, and a retailer of unique, premium, sustainable products. Carlton Hair is the official hair partner for South African Fashion Week (SAFW), sponsor of the South African Style Awards (SASA) and is proud to be associated with CANSA and Movember. APPLY NOW ON OUR WEBSITE HERE: Or follow us on Facebook and Instagram for more info and updates.