From the
chair.
Older notes from the journal. Same chair, earlier conversations.
A History of Women's Hairstyles: The Cuts That Shaped Each Era.
From the 1909 bob to the freehand grow-out, the cuts that shaped each era of the last century, walked end to end from the chair.
Colour Correction in Glasgow: the Three Mistakes That Need Fixing.
Box dye, rushed foils, toner overload. The three mistakes that need fixing, and what a colour correction actually takes in time.
What the Chair Teaches: A Colourist's History of Hairdressing.
A pillar piece on the lineage of the work. From bone combs in ancient Egypt to Yvan's brush at Carita in 1974, the colourist's craft is older than any salon.
The Colourist's Guide to Grey Blending Hair Colour.
Grey blending, considered from the chair. What the technique does to the line at the root, the tools that earn their keep, and why the maintenance window stretches when the work is done well.
Hand-Painted Colour: What Balayage in Glasgow Actually Requires.
A colourist's guide to what hand-painted colour actually involves. From the consultation to the toner, from the foil debate to the twelve-week fade.
The Colourist's Method for Growing Out Hair Colour.
A grow-out, done properly, is its own piece of work. A planned sequence from chair to finish, with the destination agreed before the first appointment.
Balayage in Glasgow: what hand-painting actually means.
What freehand placement actually means at the chair, and why it shows in the grow-out long after the appointment ends.
A Hairdresser on Paisley Road West, by Appointment Since 2020.
A hairdresser on Paisley Road West in Glasgow's south side. On the chair since 1997, at No. 386 since 2020, the work earned by the years.
A south-side hairdresser, twenty-eight years on the chair.
A by-appointment salon on Paisley Road West. Twenty-eight years on the chair. Where south-side Glasgow women come for colour that still reads right at week twelve.