The Best Salon In Sydney Two Years Running!
We have done it again! The hangovers have subsided and we have another trophy on the mantle piece.
We are always thrilled to be nominated or to win awards for our hairstyles but I think hairdressers often forget the business side of our industry, we are the left-brain creative types. So for us to win a business award for the second year running is a big deal. It shows that it is possible to be creative and to understand my business. It's a team effort, The creative team make our business successful, and the business team make sure we don't go bankrupt!
We have lots of great friends who help us, none more than the team who own Atlantis Hair . They were also nominated in this award category, and I dedicated the win to them. They taught us so much about starting up and being successful, as did our friends at Chumba Hair. And some other great friends who i would be nothing without. We are very proud of ourselves, and forever grateful to our fantastic team and our super amazing clients. Thanks for voting everyone, and thanks for the support. We love you all!
Go #TeamEnglish
We have a winner for #nameit4Stevie
The competition is over, PINOT PHWOAR - by @glebe2037 the clever, and popular dude - is the winner for our 1st #nameit4Stevie competition. It was close with Pinot Phwoar winng by just 1%; I won't name the who came a close second, there may be tears. A huge thank you to all of you for entering and for voting on your favourite of the final 5.
Over the next 2 weeks we will be handing out awesome shampoo and conditioner from the best product company around Original&Mineral to all the finalists, and the winner will get the a great pair of irons from Bio-ionic a serious hair voucher from #TeamEnglish + shampoo, conditioner and treatment.
Name that colour #Nameit4Stevie
We have run a little competition over the last few weeks, on Twitter and facebook and in the salon, I have been amazed by all the cool and unique titles for Ruby's hair colour
. Here is the link to vote for your Favorite in the top 5
Going to share some of the great #nameit4stevie names and the fantastic characters on twitter who named them- please give a follow they are well worth it:
@Xibee RED VIOLIN, RED VELVET CUPCAKE, RED SONJA, BLOODWOOD
@ndrew10 FIRE SIREN
@kel247 RUBY IN THE SKY WITH DIAMONDS
POISON IVY, BLOODY MARY,
@mikeh2bi SWANIES RED and SYDNEY SWANS RED (some of my faves)
@missVerityG BURST VEIN
@princess_z0 ROUGE A LICKIN' , ADULTEROUS RAGE (one of my faves)
@silversurferuk RED OR DEAD
@thesallyK ROXY, RAVEN RED, ROSE RAMPAGE
@redshoes WINE BY THAT COLOUR, DELUXE TO BE ME,
@psteetsel RIGHTEOUS RANGA, PINOT PHWOAR ,
@ThisisConcord INNER VOLCANO
@Natski68 LAVA FLOW
@heatheranddan LADY IN RED, QUEEN OF HEARTS,
@jeffMarshPhoto REDDY FOR ANYTHING
@pinkdivamua GET REDDY TO RUMBLE, SAUCY,
@likeomg DEXTER STRIKES AGAIN
@hairynomes ON YA RAGS RED (a salon fave even if really wrong)
@skyHealey A VIAL OF V
@sydney_Dance ROUGE ANGLAIS, HOT ENGLISH
@sarahPea CANDY APPLE , HOT RAGE
@mcNeillsOnFire CHERRY BOMB, SCARLET O'HAIR-A
@Amanda2bi STOP TRAFFIC, AUDACIOUS RED,
@colinbond007 RUBELLA (just missed out) , FIREFOX
@bronibronibroni MOULIN ROUGE, RUBY TUESDAY, SIMPLY RED
@kissability CLICK YOUR HEELS
@rachelsoma RUBY SLIPPERS
@summa_ REGAL RIPE, CHERRY RIPE
@maldamkar SHERRIN RED
@mellalicious RED CORVETTE, FANGTASIA
@muzbot KICK ASS CANDY
@katydaniells CANDY APPLE, RGB #8B008B ( love it, staff didnt)
To all that entered, to the re-tweets and the lovely Stevie English Hair clients on face book, there is still time to vote so go help choose the winning name.
Getting Seriously pampered in Glebe
We are very priviliged to work with great people, especially the lovely team from Realize beauty.
So two lucky winners will come up or down to Sydney and get the Stevie English treatment, then they will have an image consultation by Cosmina, and be taken shopping with $500 to spend on a guided shopping tour of Sydney. Amanda Foxon-Hill, who is the big brain behind Realize Beauty will do a cosmetic kitchen workshop. The winners will then get to take part in their very own photo shoot. How Awesome!
Friends With Benefits
Here at Stevie English, we love two things above all others: our clients firstly, and (a distant second) COFFEE! So to combine out two favourite things, we have decided to introduce The Stevie English Rewards Club. It's our way of rewarding our lovely loyal clients, and also offering something to their friends who are referred to the salon. In summary:
* Join the Rewards Club at a cost of $10 (including 5 bonus points), get a nifty Reward keytag and two Refer tags
* Every time you have a service or purchase product, you earn rewards points. 20 points = $20 gift tag!
* Give your Refer tags to friends, and they get a discount on their first visit, and you collect more bonus points.
And to add to the excitement, we had some special Stevie English Hair KeepCups made up, and for an extra $15 you can purchase one and get FREE COFFEE ANYTIME! So not only will you have great hair, you can cruise into the salon whenever you fancy and grab a coffee in your very stylish re-usable cup. KeepCups are great to have in the car or in your bag so you can do away with single-use takeaway cups for good. Any cafe will make your coffee in them, and probably love you for it.
So to re-cap, join the Rewards Club, get points and redeem them for services, and have free coffee for all of eternity. Sounds good to us!
Finalist For BEST salon in Sydney AGAIN!
We have been business for almost three years now, and have just received our third finalist in a row for the city of Sydney business awards. Last year was amazing winning this category, and to get finalist again is great. I am so happy with our team, and this nomination is prof of how great they! Its a big thank you to all our amazing clients who voted for us. 
Hair Biz, Stevie English And A Geezer.
It has been so cool to watch our shop grow from 2 employees to 14, and to have this great vibe whilst working, but the cream on top is getting industry recognition. We are so lucky to work with and educate for top product companies like Bio-Ionic, who give us our great straightening products Kera-Smooth and ReTex as well as the amazing OnePass irons and dryer. O&M is the best colour company on the planet and I get to talk all the time about ammonia free hair colour and its joys ,and Simplesalon, which is just the best and simplest salon software on the market. Everything in the salon is a team effort #TeamEnglish, and all the staff work really hard on looking after every client, as well as education as well as looking after me. They put up with the crazy schemes and silly jackets! ;)
ps thanks to Hairbiz
Original And Mineral New Poster
NANOMAX Botox For Hair "Future of Haircare"
Here at Stevie English Hair we not only try to bring you up to date fashions and trends, we try to bring you the cutting edge technology in hair. Nanomax is a new treatment that fills Nano-particles into the hair , thus improving the condition. It uses a machine and brush to push a fine mist into the hair- the" future of haircare" is here in Glebe, Sydney. If you imagine a grain of sand and drilled a tiny hole through the middle you could get 2,000,000 of the nanomolecules in. Filling up small holes through everyday life and stress caused from everything from brushing, surfing and colouring your hair. We recommend a course of three to five treatments. This can bring back really trashed hair back from the brink. Ask your Stevie English Stylist for some info.
Katrina Bowden has no Equal
Raquel, who is one of are youngest stars was out assisting in hair and makeup shooting Katrina Bowden, for the Wish Clothing campaign and then again for OK Magazine. We love 30 Rock and Tina Fey can do no wrong. Katrina Bowden is the hot ditsy secretary of Liz Lemon on the show, but Katrina is out to be the face of Wish. I asked Quelle if she had fun-"heaps of fun, the day has no equal that I can remember, it was great", she replied. We can't wait to see the Wish campaign shots and the pics from OK.... watch this space. 
New Idea for Hair
Verity and Raquelle worked on this little shoot before work, the designer and "Caftan Queen" Camilla and her best friend Annalise Braakensiek Stevie coloured Annalise hair, using balayage techniques . Our favourite product is O&M and all the hair was styled using their products. The hair was soft and flowing for the shoot, hair with lots of movement is def in.
Cool Hair in Glebe
Verity has just finished a crazy few weeks of editorial, here is a few shots of her work published in a UK online mag. Verity is off over sea's for 6 weeks to shoot in LA, New York, Stockholm, London and Paris there is no stopping this girl. Watch this space for shots ;)
Verity last day in the salon is 20th of July she is working a few Sundays to fit her loyal clients in.
Australian Social Media Superhero's and hair?
Here is the extract out of a blog post this week were I is featured not for hair but for what I do tapping on away on my computer all the time. See it is work!
You’re probably surprised to see a hairdresser on the list – hairdressing is rarely associated with social media. However, hairdressing is a business, too, so why shouldn’t it be promoted in the same way as any other business venture? Just because their main line of work is not solely online, it does not mean that the man on the street doesn’t know how to harness the power of the Internet to their advantage.
The brand name Stevie English is derived from Steve’s English roots – he was born in Somerset – his real name is Steve Corthine. He has been hairdressing for over 15 years in a career that has seen him work as far a field as the US, Asia and London before setting up show here in Australia. His work has appeared in Marie Claire and Oyster magazines, and on various fashion shows and shoots all over Australia. He uses social media as a way of promoting his business through the Stevie English Hair website, blog, Facebook account and Twitter. It’s a wonder he has any time to fix fancy hairstyles with all that typing!
Well its true i do i do tweet and use facebook a lot, but here is the prof its not a waste of time. :)
Reign of the Ranga.
Australia has a new Prime Minister. A female Prime Minister. She's smart, successful, and.....she's a redhead. We are hairdressers, not political commentators, so let's focus on the hair, shall we? Ms Gillard has had a variety of hairstyles over the years, but one thing has remained constant- the colour. Red, copper, highlights, full colour, but always a fetching shade of red. Here in the salon, we love redheads. Adding red shades or sections to brunette hair is a simple way to change your look, and is flattering to most skin tones. A full colour takes longer, but the result is vibrant, daring and a sure-fire way to stand out in a crowd of blondes and brunettes. O&M have an awesome range of NO ammonia bright coppers and reds, which are great on the hair and environment.
Natural redheads, like Ms Gillard, usually have very fair complexions and the natural red and orange shades can be brightened, or depth can be added using highlights or lowlights. We always recommend a colour lock treatment-we use Nanomax in the salon to help maintain bright colours. Colour enriched shampoos and conditioners help to prolong the vibrancy of colour- we stock Davines here at the salon . Often redhead or strawberry blonde hair colours suit people with green eyes.
We congratulate Julia Gillard on her new role as Australia's first ever female PM, and we welcome the reign of the ranga!
Har Expo 2010
We are all still recovering from the biggest weekend of the year- Hair Expo! This year, Stevie English Hair directed all the stage shows for O&M- a grand total of 21 shows! Verity was Artistic Director for every show! Meaning she was there from open til close every day, working backstage with the fabulous stylist Bola, helping and prompting the O&M team to make all the looks current and as a collection,as well as staring onstage for the Stevie English shows. Kirsty and Jade both did their THING onstage too, to say they rocked it would be an understatement. The senior girls were supported by Elly and our apprentices Naomi, Raquel, Jake, Stephen and Ruby who all assisted backstage during the shows. MEGA hard work! But awesome fun. We are all sleeping this weekend. Here is a few sneak peak of the pics, wait for the professional
Stevie himself was quite the man about town at Expo, working for O&M, where he talked about colour on stage, while the clever girls did awesome editorial styles, wait for pics! ProHairstylist where he interviewed, tweeted (like thats different from normal life) and covered the shows and seminars , Simplesalon where he helped the guys talk about the awesome product showing how to use it on ipad! And was also asked to talk for Australian Hairdressing Council (AHC) about making salons greener, and the environmental policies for the AHC which he is really proud to be a part of.
Superstar Apprentices at Hair Expo 2010
This past long weekend, Hair Expo was held in Sydney. Hair Expo is the biggest hairdressing event in the Southern Hemisphere, so to say it is a big deal is a bit of an understatement. Four of our apprentices: Raquel, Stephen, Jake and Naomi, competed in the Apprentice Cutting Competition onstage. ONSTAGE. This means that they planned their haircuts and had been practising for about 6 weeks, and on the day they arrived at 8.30am for the 10am start of the competition. This year there were 25 competitors from salon all over Australia, and the whole of the Stevie English team were in the audience to cheer on our future superstars!
Needless to say they all did us very proud. The haircuts were spectacular, the styling perfect and our youngest team members were absolutely brilliant onstage. Nerves, scissors, blowdryers and a very big day for the Stevie English apprentices. Well done guys!