Archive of: 2016

• New artistic director appointed to multi award-winning Gloucestershire hair & beauty group

  

  10 October 2016

  Multi award-winning Gloucestershire hair and beauty group Cream has appointed a new Company Artistic Director.
  Dean Brindley, 34, has been promoted to the top job after 12 years as Salon Director at the company’s Cheltenham HQ.
  Dean, who lives in Gloucester, has worked on company projects across the world from New York to India and has also appeared at London Fashion Week, styling models’ hair for high-profile runway shows.

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• New Hue, New You

  

  26 September 2016

  We’re well on our way into autumn, and what better way to embrace the changing of the seasons than to embrace one of the major new hair colour trends that will see you through well into 2017.

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• Let's mousse it

  

  19 September 2016

  Quick question… Do you use hair mousse? Or do you think the “sort of people” who use mousses are Dolly Parton or Joan Collins?
  Well you’re wrong.

  Modern day hair muses such as Alexa Chung, Sienna Miller and Cara Delevigne are all avid users of the unsung hero of the styling product world.
  Hair mouse has always been associate with 80s icons, crispy perms and sky high styling, but now there is a new and improved hybrid of styling mousses around.

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• Let's Foilyage

  

  12 September 2016

  So the world over has become huge fans of the balayage colouring trend – sun-kissed colour that looks so easy-breezy and natural. and so easy to maintain. However whilst the balayage technique is amazing for mid-to-dark blondes and lighter brunettes, the technique doesn’t always have the desired effect on darker hair tones, because darker hair is harder to lift to lighter shades successfully. So let me introduce you too Foilyage.

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• It's Swinter...

  

  05 September 2016

  With a new month upon us, we’re all too familiar with the four-seasons-in-one-day unpredictability of the Great British Summer. Fed up with having to think twice before leaving the house in the morning without being armed with two coats, an umbrella or wellies? And that’s before the daily struggle of tricky hair decisions in this season of summer or winter, or somewhere in between.

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• "The HUN"...

  

  29 August 2016

  Let me introduce you to The Hun: the seriously hot-right-now half-bun hairstyle as seen on Jennifer Lopez, Sienna Miller, Khloe Kardashian, Margot Robbie and Hillary Duff. This hybrid new hair do has been cropping up on celebrity heads for a few months and it is the perfect summer low-key look.
  This low-maintenance style is so easy to achieve, it updates your up-do in seconds, requires minimal time and hardly any styling products. It suits pretty much any hair length and texture and is the perfect way to nail the on-trend undone glamour look.

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• Craving The Crave

  

  22 August 2016

  With fashion taking a slightly nostalgic and retro turn this summer and the 80s being a strong influence on the recent fashion weeks’ runways, the models showcased classic 80s-inspired eye shadows and hair. And what springs to mind when thinking of 80s hair? Crimping’ of course. Crimped hair has a bad reputation, instantly conjuring up thoughts of all things big, frizzy and dry, but think on, for a 2016 modern twist crimping will deliver soft crimped waves which scream part romance, part rock ‘n’ roll.

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• Bobs go BAD!

  

  15 August 2016

  Razored, ratty and rebellious – three words you don’t tend to associate with the most classic of hairstyles – the bob.
  Iconic, chic, ultimately timeless and worn the world over, the bob never goes out of fashion and always rules the roost in any hair salon.
  Look up ‘bob’ in the dictionary and you’ll see it described as ‘hair cut short and evenly all the way around the head’. But this season sees the bob take on a whole new meaning.

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• Let's Twist again...

  

  08 August 2016

  Summer is all about swishy hair – and what better way to swish into summer with these beauties?

  If you thought the humble ponytail was the preserve of down days and gym sessions, then think again: the perfect ponytail is the look of the season.

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• Lo-Blow...

  

  01 August 2016

  With the summer party season in full swing, the A-list celebs are rocking a new look, the ‘lo-blow’. It’s a new wave of glossy hair that doesn’t need hours of preening and prepping. Meet the lo-blow – the new way to look polished without all the hassle.

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