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.
I want to be blown by Stevie English Hair
Summer is fast approaching, and the social schedule is pretty close to being packed. This is party season people, and we are here to help, with a brand new social media competition:
Every Friday at 5pm, we have set aside an appointment with one of our talented stylists for a fabulous blowdry. This blowdry is up for grabs EVERY week for the winner of our new competition: Get Blown By Stevie English. It's pretty easy to enter: just send out a tweet or a Facebook comment on our business page saying why you want the blowdry. You must add the hashtag #BlownByStevie so we can gather up all the entries, and the winner will be announced each Monday. The only condition is: the appointment time is set in stone so you can't change the time or day. You can enter for your mum, your girlfriend, anybody really, but they must be available Friday 5pm.
Sound good? Nothing gets you ready for a great weekend like great hair, and we are here to help. Get the entries in before Sunday 4pm, and we look forward to seeing our gorgeous winners every Friday afternoon!
Betty's Back In Glebe
Now im the boss, at Stevie English Hair and i get congratulated by people even when i had nothing to do with there hair,I get emails and phone calls telling me how wonderful i am and there hair has never been better.I mention that i did not do there hair and the answer back is "yes but you hired your lovely staff" Genius why didnt i have a shop before. I'm going to copy and paste straight from Quelle blog, now miss Quelle is a very talented young makeup artist in thec salon, she loves evewrything fashion and hair. Great for Stevie English Hair.
"If there's one era I love for feminine chic, it's the late 40's early 50's. So you can imagine my excitement upon viewing the Dior Spring/Summer 2011. Revamping the pin-up girl look, models were sent down the wharf themed runway with signature red pouts teamed with electric hues on the eye. And the hair? Timeless Marcel waves worn with a fringe that Betty Page herself could envy. 
It seems like blondes and brunettes will both be on trend this Summer, so whatever your preference ladies, your stylist is sure to keep you fashionable.
One thing's for certain though, I need to get myself one of those adorable sailor hats!" from Quelles blog
Now you see how clever iam for just hireing her!
Hairdresser's Natural Approach
I was lucky enough to be asked to help film an advert for Tafe (college) NSW, its away to help get best practice in Tafe's and school's on climate isues . I was asked to talk about eco-friendly hair products like O&M and talk about what we have implemented in the salon do do our bit for the environment. Its always fun having a camera shoved in your face and to be asked lots of green questions. We love green issues, all the Stevie English staff have taken it on too, from re-cycling, to drying towels outside and the little things like switching plug points off minimize affect and energy consumption. Its wonderful to be given the opportunity to share with and inspire young hairdressers to make a difference. Would like to thank the team who came in and filmed and hopefully will make me look good Hopefully... *crosses fingers*
Hairdressing Salon Training In Glebe At Its Best
To have the best salon in Glebe, voted by the city of Sydney two years running is amazing, but we love our hair skills to do all the talking. But how do we stay sharp? We hire one of the best in business to come in and train our staff in our upstairs Academy. Tracey Hughes who owns and established mieka hairdressing is Melbourne. Tracey is one of the great educators in Australia, she is one of the Artistic directors for redkin and spends her life traveling around Australia and the globe. Tracey has just come back from NY fashion week. Its great to inspire our team with 1 on 1 training and Tracey's approach to hair is enthusiastic. What with her fashion talk from NY, catwalk styles, future predictions of trending hair styles and colours.
Hair coming out of Stevie English will be current and fun. Thanks Tracey.
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