From the
chair.
Older notes from the journal. Same chair, earlier conversations.
The lob at Endz: why the fall matters more than the length.
The inch tag on a lob is the least interesting fact about it. What matters is how the weight sits, how the line falls, and how the cut holds in a Glasgow kitchen mirror at half past eight.
A colour consultation in Glasgow: what the first hour covers.
The single-guest consultation at No. 386, told from inside the room. The light, the history questions, and the plan agreed before the first foil is laid.
What a keratin blowdry does to the hair shaft.
The treatment that sits quietly on our menu, applied at the bowl, sealed with a single blow-through. A pillar piece on the chemistry, the hold, and what twelve weeks actually buys.
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.