GHD supports Breast Cancer as does Stevie English Hair
Last week we were lucky enough to be asked by GHD to work on a TVC featuring women who have survived breast cancer. This advert will run on SBS for the whole year! In years gone GHD have produced pink irons for breast cancer - a client the other day told me they were her fave. GHD have a long history of supporting this worthy cause, and we were very pleased to be asked.
Jade Cohen ,Elly Hanson and Leah Rowley were all on hand at Sun Studio's to help create some great looks on these amazing women.
We are stoked that we are involved with a company who genuinely supports important causes, and that we could actively help out with this commercial. Well done #TeamEnglish and GHD.
Voting makes us happy
We have been finalists in the City of Sydney Business Awards for the last 3 years, winning it the last two times. It was a huge honour, and it comes to that time again when we need our supporters (friends and family) to vote. you can do it by SMS "Stevie" 0447447070 or vote using your email address) here the city of sydney business awards #tip Glebe postcode is 2037
We are nominated for The City Sydney Business Awards 2011
The Sydney Business awards are upon us again, and like ever year our competition is tough to beat.
You can vote for us online here.
Or you can sms "Stevie" to 0447 447 070
You can win $1500 just for voting, so please do!
Red Hair is A Big Hit in Glebe
We have been talking trends recently at Stevie English Hair. And Red is the hot colour of the season 
. We had a lovely piece in Mx paper yesterday With some of the girls in the salon who are right on trend with RED hair.
Best Hairdressers in Glebe, Best Apprentice in Australia!
Last weekend was Hair Expo, the biggest hairdressing event in the southern hemisphere. The Stevie English Team participated in many elements of the Expo, including the very prestigious Apprentice Competition. This contest is no easy task, the young stylists are up on stage with their model and they are given 45 mins to finish a haircut in front of a packed auditorium. It's hard enough to do a haircut in 45 mins, let alone with the added pressure of being watched by all of your colleagues, peers and friends. To top it off, some of the best hairdressers in Australian scrutinise your worked and pass judgement on it!
This year we had two of our young superstars entering the Apprentice Comp- Joel Phillips and Stephen Grech. Joel was recently awarded Judges Recognition for his incredible photographic collection for Hair Expo, and both he and Stephen are prized salon assets. The fantastic news- Stephen was judged the winner on the day! His award is a credit to all his hard work and natural talent. We are all super proud of both our boys.
Stevie English Hair is proud of our team, we are proud of our culture too. We love hairdressing and we love to share our knowledge. We have a really strong team, who enjoy each others company and who enjoy sharing our talents and skills. We put a lot of emphasis on training. Our assistants are tomorrows superstars, and some of our young guys are really starting to shine. Georgie Won this award 2 years ago, and so for Stephen to win it this year was great and sets the standard for the students coming though are academy . There is a slight bias but the winner was going to be either Stephen or Joel, both haircuts were both technically good. Jade is the head trainer in the salon with Kirsty and Verity helping out to
show slightly different approaches to cutting and Stevie runs all the colour education. 
Here are two shots we took of Stephen's winning haircut back stage prepping for our #GenNext show.
Great colour, (someone has taught him well)and great haircut. Not bad for someone who has only just started the third year of his apprenticeship. We are really proud of Stephen and Joel, not only for winning and getting attention but for trying so damn hard. They have great careers ahead of them and we can't wait to watch.
Can You be Original?
The lovely people from Stoli, came in the other day and asked myself and Mel about our salon and originality. We were only too happy to discuss this with them. They also gave us some vodka. BINGO! The Original Vodka, for the Original Stevie English hair.
Stevie on Sunrise. (It's all about Big Hair!)
The team at Stevie English were asked to do a segment on Sunrise about the upcoming hair trends and what HairExpo is all about. Myself, Kirsty, Jade, Joel and Raquel and our models - Madeline, Madeline (yes 2 madelines) and our Zoe. As most of you would have discovered I'm a colorist and this works well with the talented team at Stevie English - #teamEnglish as we call ourselves - Kirsty and Jade worked their hair skills and Joel and Raquel did their makeup magic. We were up and prepping hair in the Salon at 5am (on a Saturday!) to be at at Sunrise studios at 7am. Myself and the three models were setup and I waxed lyrical about big hair. Phew! it was an awesome experience I was very chuffed to be asked. Thanks sunrise! (check it below)
Our Hair Manifesto or We Believe it takes time to make great style.
We all at Stevie English Hair want to create the most creative, stylish, loved hairstyles we can.
We believe that great hair makes you great.
We spend time on your hair to make you look great.
We cut hair not corners.
We have very high standards for the style we produce.
We believe that to make something great it takes time.
We believe that miracles happen with hair.
We believe everybody has a colour that suits them.
We also believe personality will influence your colour.
We believe in using gentle products for your hair and the environment.
We just love what we do.
Best Hairdressers in Australia? your choice #HairExpo2011
We have been asked to enter a show at Hair Expo in June- The Next Gen Show. It's really prestigious and we are thrilled. Hair Expo is the largest hairdressing convention in the Southern Hemisphere and it can be a tough nut to crack. Any hairdresser in Australia or New Zealand would agree that it's a big deal, and this year we have spent so much of our time getting ready to enter. We spent last Tuesday evening hanging out with hairdressing royalty, waiting for the verdict on who would be finalists in this years' Hair Expo. The whole team went down to the Blue Hotel in Wooloomooloo after work to check out all the great work that the countries best hairdressers had created. Hair Expo is a fair competition, it's judged on a collection of photographs and on what the individual or team has done for hairdressing in the year.
We are super proud of the work our team produced this year.
Elly made Judges' Recognition in the hardest category- New Creative Force
Joel made Judges Recognition in Apprentice of the Year
Stevie made Judges Recognition in Colourist of the Year
This means these three awesome members of #TeamEnglish are in the top 10 in Australia . And this is the first time that they have entered Hair Expo-for our junior staff members Elly and Joel this is a very big achievement. We knew ourselves what they we capable of, but it's nice for a bit of external recognition. We are now focussing on blowing everyone's minds at The Gen Next Showcase event!
Stevie English Hair Shaves for a Cure
Sunday has come and gone. And so has our hair. On Sunday we opened up our doors to all who wanted to have their heads shaved or coloured for Shave for a Cure and had loads of people to turn up just supporting mates. The event was a fundraiser for The Leukaemia Foundation, a cause that is very dear to our Jade and thus very dear to all of us. Jade worked so hard organising the auction, raffle, party, and shave participants and deserves full credit for the day's success. It will take a few days to get all the sponsorship dollars in, but we estimate our final total to be around $7000- $8000. We are blown away by all the support we received from family, friends, staff and of course our amazing clients. In the end, shaving our hair off was easy and we are very happy to have been a part of such a fantastic charity event. Can't wait for next year!
mel shaves - MediumStevieHairCuts - Medium Great day! Thanks to all who came out, and thanks to the awesome staff in the salon who helped out.
We Believe In your Hair
Why do you choose a hairdresser? Do you choose it because he/she was recommended to you? Do you love the look of the salon as you walk past?
Is it because you like the look of the hairdresser's tattoos, or their cool hair?
Or because you saw the salon had a write up in a magazine?
What ever the reason, i want people to know why we love hair.
I love when i have just finished a colour and i can see a client beaming. I love that when a client walks out of the door, she feels gorgeous. Of course this is not just limited to women . I asked the guys why do we like doing hair? guess the answers
I just love it, fun, creative, challenging, rewarding, inspiring.
We at Stevie English Hair make great hair. We love what we do. We believe in what we are doing.
Shave for a Cure
The crew here at Stevie English Hair are a pretty tight bunch, and when one of us needs help, we lend a hand. Our Head Trainer and Director, Jade Cohen, lost a dear friend last year to an aggressive form of leukaemia, and this year she has joined the Leukaemia Foundation's Shave For A Cure fundraiser. In true team spirit, we are all on board to help Jade raise as much money as possible for this great cause. And because we have the ways and means, we will be hosting a fun afternoon event in the salon on March 13th from 2pm-6pm. Our amazingly talented stylists are donating their time and scissor skills, so all the takings from haircuts on that afternoon will be donated to the Foundation. There will be drinks, snacks, music, and auction of cool stuff, and.......Stevie and his lovely pink-haired Mrs Mel will be taking the clippers to their heads and going bald
We would love for you to come along and have some fun and help us raise some cash for this wonderful foundation. If you can't come on the day, maybe you can support the cause by making a donation on our page at
http://my.leukaemiafoundation.org.au/StevieEnglish
If you fancy coming along, and don't mind taking 2 seconds to click a link, please register here http://www.eventbrite.com/event/1348694983 so we know to expect you!
Or if you need a haircut- book in on Sunday March 13 between 2-6pm and your payment goes straight to the charity.
We understand it's been a rough summer on the charity budget, so we hope we're not being pushy. It's our first ever charity event and we're a bit excited!
Hope to see you in the salon soon!
O&M Video that was directed by Verity
The O&M video which was made during hair Expo by the awesome CNCPhotography http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHHgTrTTuAU&feature=player_embedded Verity Griffths directed all the looks. The O&M creative team out in full force. 8 of #TeamEnglish worked on this.
Safe Hair Colouring while pregnant
I often get asked, by glowing expectant mums-to-be, whether it's safe to colour hair when pregnant. The short answer is yes, as I coloured my lovely wife's hair while she was pregnant with both are children, naturally - I used our standard colour system we use in the salon -the Original&Mineral range which is ammonia free and environmentally friendly. I was recently asked this exact same question over at the Huggies website/blog about colouring hair whilst pregnant, so you aren't alone if you are wondering if your hair can match your natural glow you are rocking while pregnant.