From the
chair.
Older notes from the journal. Same chair, earlier conversations.
Growing out colour: how to keep the line while it moves.
A method, not a holding pattern: the three appointment windows, the week-eight toner decision, and the one mistake that quietly undoes six months of careful transition.
What the south side asks of its hairdressers.
The south side travels for the chair, not the postcode. A note on what Shawlands, Pollokshields and Cardonald ask of their hairdresser, and how we answer from No. 386.
How to maintain colour-treated hair between visits.
A colour leaves the chair brighter than it will ever be again. What the rhythm at home should look like, mapped to the appointment cycle, not to a stranger's blog.
Cut and finish: why the blowdry is the proof of the cut.
A wet cut almost never tells the truth. The blowdry is the part of the appointment that earns the right to call the work finished.
When a trim stops being enough: a hair restyle in Glasgow.
There's a moment at the bowl when a client says it without quite saying it. A colourist on the difference between a trim and a real restyle.
A history of balayage, from a Paris salon in the 1970s.
From Carita in 1970s Paris to a Glasgow chair fifty years on. A short history of the freehand sweep, the cotton-board era, and what survived the trend.
Ash blonde vs warm blonde: a colourist's read at the bowl.
Every search result on this question hands back a quiz. At the chair, the answer comes from the wrist, the daylight, and the pigment already in the hair.
Balayage maintenance: why brass shows, and what a gloss puts back.
The brass is not new pigment. It is the warm bed surfacing as the toner washes out. A gloss appointment, timed right, puts the cool counterweight back where it belongs.
Why Blonde Hair Goes Brassy, and What the Toner Does.
Most blogs end at purple shampoo. We start at what the bleach actually exposed, and what the toner is doing on top of it.