My first year with Matrix
A little press from industry magazines We love HairBiz
The cool kids (Australian Matrix design team)
The cool kids (Australian Matrix design team) page 2
A blog post Stevie wrote for Hair Biz
HAPPINESS
One of our core ideals at Stevie English Hair - Is to have as much fun as possible and to be happy.
It definitely is my goal, I love my job and I get to work with so many creative people. This year I’ve been across the Globe for Matrix educating and playing at colouring hair. And here in Australia I have spent my time educating, hanging in my salons with my cool staff and working on The Voice as Hair Ambassador for Matrix and we are only half-way through the year!
We believe that being happy is a great thing, and part of that feeling, is feeling good about yourself - and obviously we think a great hair can help.
I was reading an article the other day that was about the two things that go along with happiness; expectation and surprise. We like to think there’s some fun expectation of your booked appointment for Stevie English hair and the surprise - Well we don’t ever want to surprise any client. But we do like to help and assist with the look you want to achieve - I know our team (teamEnglish) have so much skill and creative genius that can help to add and suggest ways to make your look even more you! So we hope that you have a style thats even better than you imagined - and thats always a happy surprise!
We like to think that when we are all happy we feel good about ourselves - so thats why this Saturday we would do something fun. Just because ...
You’ll be able to snap your new snip from stevie english hair on snapchat whilst in the salon - and add our exclusive filter to your image - its just for the day - its a first for a Hairsalon and we hope you’ll have fun adding your happiness surprise and perhaps a little expectation to it as well!
Happy hair right there! Happy hairdressers too! So tomorrow in our salons play on snapchat and use our exclusive filter.
This beautiful hair makes me happy . Hair by Leah in our Glebe salon using matrix
Snip and snap and Stevie English Hair
Colouring hair the safe way for our staff in Glebe and Bondi junction
Hair colour can be smelly and can have fumes . We at Stevie English Hair use a speicial mixer to negate harsh fumes for our staff. It's called the ping. We do all we can to help the environment and to help our staff. We love the Ping from Ecoheads
These little babies mix up our colour give us perfect consistency.
The ping
4 ways Stevie English will keep your hair IN ...
...CONDITION
We use Matrix, and along with Biolage we will keep your hair in great condition. Our shampoos, conditioners and treatments will keep your hair IN a great state
...SHAPE
We have expert talent that cut hair not corners. Our education program is second to none and one of the pillars of our success. We will keep your hair IN great shape.
...COLOUR
We live to colour hair, and Matrix colour is phenomenal so we can customise any colour to the needs of our clients. And with the genius of our colour director, Stevie, who not only trains our team but is in demand world wide, we are sure to keep your hair looking IN fine form.
...STYLING
Matrix styling is a class above and with Style link we have an added creative partner to create anything any time for you. Our team are dedicated to our salon perfection staying with you , and will recommend ways that your hair will be IN style when away from us.
This is an Inn.
Hair expo 2016
Hair Expo 2016
Over the weekend we had the greatest pleasure in watching our lovely Louise up on stage for Hair Expo 2016 in Melbourne. She was one of four finalists for Apprentice of the Year across both Australia and New Zealand.
On stage she showed off her amazing hairdressing skills and spoke of her creative concepts. We are so proud of her and excited to see the incredible work she has in store for the future.
Stevie was there with Matrix, Evy Professional and Excellent Edges to show of some of the best industry tools, which we are fortunate enough to use in our salons.
Lousie on main stage with the crowd loving her hair and her fashion sense.
The next generation of Stevie English Hairdressers in Glebe
We have our super apprentice Louise Williamson up for apprentice of the year this year at the Hair Expo Awards. She is one of 4, giving her a 25% chance of winning. Louise already works on The Voice, Xfactor and was chosen by Matrix as a Hot Team member, meaning she is one of the young generation stylists to watch. Louise works in our Glebe salon, she is colouring on the floor and cutting men's hair. We wish you luck this weekend Lou xx
One of her finalist images
Watch Lou recreate this on the main stage at hair expo on Monday!
Another of Louise finalist images
Men's super hairdressers in Glebe
Jyle is one of our senior hairdressers in our Glebe salon. If you or or the man in your life needs to look extra stylish you should book in with this hair loving star.
Balayage experts in Sydney
BALAYAGE
Meaning ‘to sweep’ in french, the balayage colouring technique has become one of the most popular salon services around the world. Originating in the 60s and 70s in Europe, it has made its way to popular culture through A List celebs and celebrity stylists. It has been around for a while and it is no longer a 'trend'- it's a staple salon colour technique.
The balayage technique requires high skill, training and a lot of focus and expertise. Stevie travels around the globe and is in the middle of an Australian tour teaching other hairdressers how to balayage. All Stevie English colourists and colour technicians are proficient in the technique and do a similar style of balayage. It looks well put together, no matter if your hair is straight, curly or tied up in a bun. It is the best low maintenance colour, requiring touch ups only every 6 - 10 weeks.
Although only recently made popular, the style itself is timeless and is reminiscent of classic, youthful beauty. Centred around the technique of painting highlights on to the hair in a free form, “sweeping” motion, the balayage effect should reveal a natural and sun-kissed, “your hair, but better” look. Of course you can make it with bright, bold colours too!
Customisable to your style, your aesthetic and your hair preferences
Every balayage is tailor-made and personalised for every client. No two heads are the same. As you would for make-up contouring, the soft highlights and/or lowlights are designed to accentuate certain areas. Different levels of lift can be used to visually manipulate the hair, making it look longer, shorter, thicker and/or multi dimensional. Have fun with it!
Balayage goes beyond just natural colours as well. More and more people are moving towards creative colours such as greys, purples, blues and pinks. Remember, trust the process and understand that not all colour goals are achieveable on the first attempt. Colour, especially colour correction and big changes, takes time. Look after your hair, use treatments and enjoy the results on healthy hair!
Effortlessly low maintenance yet sophisticated and on trend.
Curly Hair Expert in Sydney
Alex. A Curly Hair Expert
Curly Hair Superstar -
I have been hairdressing for 23 years, and in my time there are a few people that stick out in my mind for having real skills with understanding and dealing with curly hair: so I would like to introduce one of my up and coming stars #Alex. Alex works in both of our salons - Tuesdays in Glebe and Wednesday through to Saturday in Bondi. He was an Art Director at the massive English salon chain Rush, and also a landscape gardener before working at Stevie English Hair.
Tell us a little bit about you -
I’m 33 years old from Sussex in England. My first taste of hairdressing was as an assistant in a hair designers in my local town- I was encouraged by a friend of my sisters who was popular, happy and always had money and this appealed to me. It was at Rush in London where I undertook my apprenticeship, working with some of the best hair stylists in the UK.
I worked my way up to Art Director, moved to Sydney in 2013, did a year on landscape gardening then started with Stevie English Hair. I'm one of the educators under Dave Edwards and I just LOVE HAIR.
When did you realise you wanted to specialise in curly hair/how did you get into cutting curls?
I have massive curly hair and I have had many people try to tame it over the years. I have watched amazing hairdressers torture curly hair. So I guess I really thought about my hair and what I like, and started applying those principles. I think having curly hair myself gives clients confidence in me and I gradually started seeing more and more curly-haired clients and voila! I love giving people tools to understand their hair and I love making curls look their very best. Curls are sexy!
Whats the secret to curly hair ?
I’m not sure there is one because everybody’s hair is different and every curl is different too. I was taught in London to cut curls wet. I very rarely do that these days. I treat every curl differently and I love working with peoples natural shape. I was a landscape gardener when I first arrived in Australia and I see some similarities between sculpting a tree and curly hair - its a real art! I do love to teach my clients about their curls, and I'm a big believer in loving your curls. The whole naughties with straightening scared me. But with good education, a few must have products but only a few, I can tame any curly head.
What products do you recommend ?
I personally only use my Cleansing Conditioner from Matrix Biology. You pop it on once a week for about 10 mins and it cleans and conditions all in one - its amazing on my curly hair and my clients that I have recommended keep coming in to re-buy. To be honest that’s it really. Sometimes I use a Biolage defining gel-cream again from Matrix but thats it. I think most hairdressers use way to much product in curly hair and my nightmares are filled with straightened curly hair.
What your 3 biggest tips for people with curly hair?
My 3 biggest tips for curly hair are:
1. Only put in curl products in when the hair is soaking wet.
2. Air dry your curls
3. Avoid razoring curly hair.
OLAPLEX THE GAME CHANGER
Here at Stevie English Hair, we were lucky enough to be asked to be ambassadors of a revolutionary new product called Olaplex. Lucky because we got a chance to play with the product before it is officially available in Australia, and it comes with some pretty big promises: that you can lighten your hair without damage, or in fact improve the condition of the hair.
WHAT THE ??!!!!!
As a professional hair colourist of 20+ years, I have never heard of a product that could deliver on that kind of promise, so naturally I was well keen to get my hands on it. Olaplex is a 3-step system that consists of Bond Multiplier, Bond Perfecter and a take home Hair Perfector. The basic premise is that the product multiplies the bonds that are broken by lifting or depositing colour on the hair, thus preventing breakage and other damage. The first product can be added to any colour, powder lightener or perm solution, the second step is applied after rinsing & the third used at home.
Powder Lightener/bleach has always been my best friend and my worse enemy. You can do amazing things with it, but it damages hair! So when a product claims to turn your colour world upside down, you can imagine me being extremely nervous the first time I used Olaplex! But also so excited! I was lightening one of my stylist’s hair- she had previously had lots of breakage and her ends were pretty well fried. Her hair was a patchwork quilt. And this would normally be put in the too hard basket unless you want an inch blonde crop.
After reading the directions seven times, I mixed up powder lightener, bumped up the developer level (ARGHHHH), added the Olaplex and went in. I did strand tests every 5 minutes, and basically hovered behind the chair the entire time the colour was on her hair (sweating). At the basin- no breakage! After the second step was applied, the hair felt even better, it turned to silk. I could not believe her ends survived- I would never have tried to lighten them without the Olpalex’s promise.
Since that first colour, I have used Olaplex pretty much every day - my team have also been blown away by the results they can achieve without damaging the hair. The product completely delivers on its promise and I don’t know any colourist who would not be excited about a product that can do this. There is an extra fee but its so worth it! Never have i been able to guarantee hair in this way.
Game changer? Definitely!
Finalist for Fame Team
Stevie English Hair is a nursery for young talent. Missy Veyret is one of our superstars that like a fine wine gets better and better.
Missy latest achievement is making finalist for Australian Fame team. Missy has made it into finalist for the second year running and is one of twelve. It's the who's who of the next generation of Australian Hairdressing talent. And we are super proud of her.
If you want to get your hair chopped or coloured by Missy, please call Bondi 93877791 or book online here 
#WakeupwithStevie
We want to see your Morning hair selfies #wakeupwithstevie
We want to see morning pics.
The winners will win a hair and makeup in the morning from us
Will will offer the winner a total makeover full colour and cut.
We will also offer other prizes, on the run up to Halloween, Shampoos and Conditioners from Original&Mineral and Unite
Send us your instagram/facebook pics or if you dont have those Social media sites (SHOCK) send it to us wakeupwithstevie@stevieenglish.com.au
Beautiful Brunettes
This understated, classy colour, is not just for the cooler months of the year - heading into summer this year - considering bucking the trend of going blonde for summer - and go this sassy, sensual soft healthy looking colour. 
From the deepest chocolate brown to darkest blonde these colours are amazing for hazel and dark brown eyes, and also those of you with any deep rich eye colour as well. 
So why not try it - change is as good as a holiday* if you have the eyes for it or the balls, talk to your stylist, or better yet why not book now online here for Glebe and here for Bondi. *well it probably isn't as good as a holiday but we'll make as close as possible - promise!
Stevie English Hair, hair dictionary D's
Damaged hair Damaged hair is created from too much colouring, heat styling, or excessive brushing with bad home maintenance. Dehydrated Hair Hair is often dehydrated from frequent styling, over colouring and harsh weather, which strips hair of moisture leaving it dry, coarse and unmanageable. You can turn the clock back by treating it well using great products recommended by a Stevie English stylist.
Demi Demi-permanent hair colors deliver incredible colour, shine, and condition to hair while only lightening natural pigment slightly. They are good first step into colour. They are ideal if you want to enrich your natural colour, brighten dullness, or refresh previously coloured hair. Stevie English Hair only uses O&M Conditioning Colour Gloss, as well as O&M liquids.
Depth The depth of a hair colour shade is determined by the amount of darkness in the colour. Deeper shades contain more pigment, and absorb more light, while lighter shades have diffused pigments which are more transparent and reflect more light.
Detanglers Detanglers modify the hair surface their and main job is to help get rid of knots by using pH as acidifiers, and/or by coating the hair with polymers as glossers.
Developer Developer is the oxidizing agent that allows the haircolor to do its job. Mostpermanent haircolour today uses hydrogen peroxide as a developer. The peroxide is the activator so that the color can penetrate. It also disperses the existing color and can lighten the hair’s color level depending on the strength of the peroxide formulation. The peroxide developer’s oxidizing potential is denoted as its ‘volume’. Most haircolour formulas today work with a 10, 20, 30, or 40 volume developer.
Double process This is a colour technique that is used to achieve dramatic colour changes, ie going from blonde to dark. You often need the second coat to fill or even out colour. When going from very dark to light, you need to tone or even out colour- your Stevie English Colourist/stylist will choose what’s right for you.
Dreadlocks A hairstyle that is created by twisting and matting hair together, it is suited to curly, afro hair types.
Dry (see blowdry)
Stevie English Hair, hair Dictionary C's
Caesar A mens’ haircut named after Julius Caesar. It’s a short horizontally straight cut fringe and layered all around
CCT- Clean Colour Technology An O&M exclusive that is a revelation to those that have only ever used ‘mainstream’ permanent and semi-permanent hair colours. The benefits of removing ammonia reach far beyond a more pleasant experience while at the salon, over time hair becomes less stressed and noticeably healthier while colour lasts longer and remains true and brighter. O&Ms CCT system delivers 100%grey coverage and 5 shades lighter lift for blondes without the use of ammonia.
Ceramic Ceramic is an inorganic non-metallic solid that is used in lots of hairdressing tools such as brushes, straightening irons and combs.
Chemicals We minimise the amount of chemicals here at Stevie English Hair
Chignon A hair up thing similar to french roll
Clay (see wax)
Climazone An activator or a heater which speeds up colour development. We don’t need one with O&M colour but it can be helpful for clients who are in a rush.
Clippers Electric hair clippers are used at Stevie English Hair, often to get a shorter cut than you can achieve with scissors
Coffee Coffee isn’t something one would expect in a hair dictionary unless trying to explain a mocha type colour or a rich black… but we have such great Single Origin organic coffee at Stevie English with barista trained staff it would be a shame not to mention.
Colour (see permanent, semi, demi, quasi, ammonia free)
Concave The concave haircut has the opposite movement of the convex. The hair is cut with hard or soft lines to curve inward. An example of this is the graduated bob.
Condition Your hair’s condition can affect the final colour result. Your Stevie English Hair colourist will evaluate your hair’s condition in order to determine if you need special pre- or post-colour conditioning services, and create a colour formulation that is best for you and your hair.
Conditioner A product designed to condition or soften hair, its main job is to close the cuticle after shampooing. It has been used since the turn of the century, before natural oils were used to condition hair. Hair conditioner at Stevie English hair is chemical free, and will always be prescribed by your stylist.
Consultation Before every colour and cut service, you should expect an in-depth consultation with your Stevie English stylist/colourist. You will exchange information and ideas about your hair and the look you want to achieve. During the consultation your colorist/Stylist will assess the condition of your hair to help determine what kind of colour product is most appropriate for your hair’s needs and which style and styling products may needed to maintain the colour and hairstyle at home.
Contrast Refers to the difference in lowlight and highlight colour. To achieve high-contrast highlights the foils are much lighter than the surrounding hair colour, to create depth and a more natural look.
Convex The convex haircut is a layered-cut that creates outward movement in the hairstyle. It can be cut to have clear, hard lines, or very subtle soft lines, but will always result in an outward movement of the hair. An example
Cool Cool can be said about the salon interior and its staff at Stevie English Hair! as well as meaning a tonal value that can apply to all colours, A colour is said to have “cool tones” if it tends toward blue or violet. Cool colours include platinum blondes, ash browns, and cool reds which means the more blue that is in red ie.plum / mahogany
Copper Is a red colour, Orange, can be called strawberry blonde. It’s more of a gold/red and not a blue/red-in your consultation your colourist/stylist will assist you in choosing a perfect shade.
Coverage Coverage is a measure of a hair colour’s ability to cover grey hair. Some hair colour formulations are too transparent to effectively cover grey hair. Covering grey hair can be a little tricky so it requires a special colour formulation from your Stevie English Hair Stylist/colourist in order to avoid flat or unnatural results. All of O&M Permanent Hair colour provides exceptional grey coverage with resistance to fading whilst using CCT.(see cct)
Cows lick This is a nickname for a hair growth pattern on a hairline. Usually hair that naturally goes towards the back of the head – so it looks like a cow has licked your head, at Stevie English Hair all staff are taught how to cut and aid with cows licks and help and suggest styling
Creative Colour A colour chosen by your Stevie English Hair Stylist/colourist –a combination of colours often using different sectioning patterns to create an individual style.
Crimping Hair crimping is a method of styling straight hair so that it becomes wavy, often in a 80’s fashion. This is usually achieved by treating the hair with heat from a crimping iron or by braiding the hair, often in multiple strands, then undoing the Braids (see braids).
Crimping iron Crimping iron is a tool which creates a crimp or wave in hair.
Crown and Double Crown Most individuals have a specific hair growth pattern at the crown area of the head (the area of the skull where the head begins to curve downward to the back of the head). In a typical person there is a single point at which the hair appears to radiate outward in a circular or semicircular pattern. Stylist must work with the hair’s natural growth patterns.
Croydon Facelift The Croydon Facelift is a particular hairstyle worn by young women, allegedly from Croydon in England. The hair is pulled back tight and tied in a ponytail or bun at the back. The supposed result is that the skin of the forehead and face are pulled up and back, producing the effects of a facelift. I love this saying- it’s not a big look we reproduce at Stevie English.
Curling iron Similar to a straightening iron and crimping iron, it is a tong used to change the structure of the hair using heat. Hair is wrapped around a wand or iron to create a curl.
Curly Is the form of some people’s hair. At Stevie English Hair we have some curly hair experts and all staff are trained in depth on how to cut, style and hydrate curly hair.