Charity in Glebe
We try to help our local community whenver possible. We often offer free haircuts to the local schools as raffle prizes, and another charity we like to promote is the Wheelie Warriors. It's a group who offer motorbike rides to kids in wheel chairs, they are awesome and it's great for the kids.
AHFA's Makeup Artist of the year goes to................
It's official: Verity Griffths is the BEST Makeup Artist in Australia!! Look -she is holding a big shiny award to prove it. I have never doubted mind you, Verity is a talent, and she needs no award to confirm that. She is a finalist for Hair Expo Session Stylist of the Year as well! Which will be judged in june, so watch this space.
Last night at the AHFAs at Sydney Town Hall I watched Verity take out the award and give a lovely speech, will also point out that she was the first person to swear up on stage. Its amazing to watch people you work with, who work really hard get proper recognition for all their hard work. Well done V you potty mouth.
The Original&Mineral Shoot
You know the coolest thing about working at Stevie English Hair? I work with my friends, the guys in the salon rock we have such a cool team! Another friend for us is O&M Original Mineral who are our main product company. It was such an honour to be asked to be in charge of hair for the new hero shots for their cool products. Original&Mineral are a mega cool Australian owned product company who believes in doing things their way. Their brand is modern, cool and image is everything! Stevie English is proud to be a part of their vision and are really happy to help inspire fashions.
The two day shoot comprised of one day in the studio and one day down the south coast in the National Park at a beach called Garie. The photographer was David Mandelberg. David is a world class photographer and it was amazing to be around him and his team. He was shooting both stills and moving image. The model was Annabella Barber,we have worked with Annabella before shooting for culture magazine, to say she is the real deal is an understatement. An awesome model who not only looks great but has the most incredible work ethic. For all of those that think models just look good and have great bone structure, genetics handed them a full house.............. TRUE, but they work hard. Annabella was a complete pro, and the shoot was quite demanding. Our Verity ran the hair department: I coloured Annabella's hair whilst Verity and our assistants Raquel, Jake and Naomi all worked on keeping the hair looking clean, contemporary and cool with a slight 60's feel with an organic natural edge. We did two very long fourteen hour days and lots my mates joke that is very glamorous, well getting up at 4am in the cold of the morning, and then the heat of the mid-day sun, is not all that its cracked up to be!But I'm not complaining, we all had a great time and the final shots will be just perfect. Great work from everyone involved!
Training: Hair Up Sydney Style with a Stevie English twist.
We put on a little training night for all our staff and some of the team from Muse hairdressing in Surry Hills. Kirsty, Jade and Verity all did hair ups and they all did different kinds. Kirsty showed what she called an 'easy' hair up, I beg to differ, it was a lot of very cool braids. Jade did a more traditional hair up with a modern twist using a hair piece/padding which was really cool. And Verity showed us a more editorial look using all hair pieces. It's so great to see our talented staff working and sharing their knowledge.
Re-Booking
We truly love all our clients here at Stevie English, and it is awful to turn them away because they can't get the appointment they need. We are getting busier all the time, and it is hard to find appointments with only a few days' notice. If you want to keep your fabulous style looking perfect- RE-BOOK!
I can't emphasise this enough. Booking an appointment four weeks from today is far easier than securing one for this weekend. It just guarantees your place, and means we don't have to disappoint you by not finding a spot. Please re-book. I'll give you a coffee!
Stevie English Sydney Styling
Well this year has been a bit of a blur so far, the salon has pumping! We have Verity as a finalist in the AHFAs; the team have been working their tails off, and I have been down to Melbourne to cover a shoot for Prohairstylist
Have added a few pics of Verity (workin' 'ard) at the Playground Weekender festival. Verity styled the mega cool DJ/producer James Lavelle from UNKLE, who she worked with in London.
Yeah its a tough job!
Hair And Makeup in Glebe Sydney
We have some exciting news: Verity Griffiths, our uber-talented hair stylist and makeup artist, has just made finalist for MAKEUP ARTIST OF THE YEAR!!! She is a bit of a creative genius, and this acknowledgement of her skill is well deserved. We are very, very proud of you V. too check out her competition click here
Stevie English Hair is known for, obviously, hair.We have talented staff who create great styles on clients and on models. We have not really advertised or we are not known for the great makeup we do. We have two makeup artists in the salon.Verity, our clever finalist, and Raquel. Raquel is learning to be a hairdresser, she's a skilled makeup artist, and she is the newest recruit to the academy. She has a keen eye and is fashion obsessed, which we love.
Look out for more shoots featuring the work of these talented ladies!
Hair Styling From Stevie English Hair
Verity has just shot some ads for Fashion Trend magazine, as well as just doing some moving image for an advert (watch this space.) We shot pics in the salon in the Stevie English Studio, which is upstairs.
You may notice they are not our normal eco-friendly O&M hair products, but don't worry- not changing product companies, it was just for this shoot. Looks good, cool hair and I think Verity was very happy with the male model... wonder why?!
The Stevie English Hair Academy
New year, new beginnings! In 2010, this is especially true for Stevie English Hair. We had a very busy period running up to Christmas and New Year, not just keeping all our lovely clients' hair in festive perfection, but also doing some major renovations in the salon.
Last year I blogged about our plans for the year, and we talked about expanding into our upstairs area and the "Stevie English Academy". The rebuild is now in the final stages, and everyone is getting pretty keen to get upstairs and use the rad new space. We are also really keen on training some new members of the O&M family, we just can't get enough of these wonderful products and love spreading the word. But first, a sneak preview of the new upstairs salon/training academy. Of course there will be an official launch (ok I mean a party) soon, but until then....check it out!
How We Keep The Stevie English Team Inspired
On a windy Monday night, the Stevie English team headed to Slide bar in Darlinghurst, to see the latest creations from the Rokk Ebony team, who are Melbourne based.
We saw some amazing colour work, a cool undercut style and both these demonstrations sparked some inspiration for the team and refreshed ideas for our clients. The guys also showed us some different upstyle techniques and talked a lot about the culture within their salon.
The following night, the first day of spring, the team and I rocked across town to the new Muse salon, where we were completely blown away by the talent of Phillip Barwick,who is the artistic director for Redken and also a great friend. And he is PASSIONATE about hair so it was inspiring to be around him and hear him preach cutting. I pre-coloured a model, and Phillip just got in and just showed a huge array of cutting skills and the whole team were blown away. It's so great to spend time with other hairdressers to see how they do things, and to share all our knowledge with the next generation of stylists.
Preening for the Pontiff
World Youth Day is happening , and I have never seen so many smiling teenagers. Beware of road closures and rosaries. Parking in Glebe will be unaffected, but check out alternate travel routes as Cleveland Street will be closed this weekend.Stevie English Hair is having a small facelift, actually it's more like a non-surgical cosmetic procedure. You may have noticed that the upper level of our building is a little unsightly and we are making it pretty. Its amazing what a new colour can do!
Style makeover
Glebe point rd is getting a style makeover, and part of that seems to be digging a moat around the Stevie English castle, unfortunately it will only be there for a short while, so no point getting crocodiles and drawbridge fitted. Its going to look great when its finished,-glebe point rd, not my moat.
Stevie English Hair and Humble Beginnings
Welcome to the Stevie English Hair blog,My name is Steve, Stevie the identity behind Stevie English Hair. The salon has been open since November 07 and it has been rocking. The team is growing, and we are now up to 6 on Saturday ! Im biased but I love coming to work everyday, The salon is fun. It was designed for me by the Team at Afficionados of the Nod, with personalized wallpaper(how lucky am I!)Its so cool! The girls rock, and make my life easy. I think that has to be the answer, enjoy what you do, enjoy life. So on the day i start our blog, we have been nominated for the green business awards 08(no i didnt nominate myself, and i checked if it was my mum,it wasnt) SO PLEASE VOTE FOR US: sms: text STEVIEENGLISH to 0421 266 662 (standard txt charges apply) ONLINE: www.sydneybusinessawards.com.au voting closes on friday 25 july