Becoming a succsessful hair extensionist!

The Glitz, Glamour and Gorgeousness that is Hair & Beauty! Are you part of it?

Hair extensions are big business with over 60million pounds being spent on the growing trend each year in the U.K!
Despite horror stories more and more people are adding hair to achieve full, long flowing locks!
When applied, Maintained and removed correctly extensions pose no threat to your natural hair and can actually promote hair growth, many clients tend to straighten and colour their hair less whilst wearing extensions leading to an increase in hair health!
Extensions are not just for adding length our Oakley Academy Educators and stylists add extensions also for volume, to create high/low lights, different colour effects or for events, shows and photo shoots too!

Now don’t you want a piece of the action?

Adding extensions to your skills or starting a new profitable business can provide you with a generous income! Although you will need to work for it, At Oakley Academy we promote the highest of standards, your name as an extensionist represents our name as a company and we aim to create excellent stylists!
We work with you to ensure confidence!
Beware of companies offering training too cheap or with courses constantly on offer remember with training and any service pay too cheap, pay twice.
We run accredited BABTAC and A.B.T courses, providing successful, reliable training with ongoing support from our expertly qualified educators.
Becoming an extensionist is easy becoming a successful one requires a little bit more work…

Practice makes perfect!

Using friends and family to perfect skills is a must! And what better adverts than walking adverts.
Shout about it!
Advertising using social media with a picture perfect portfolio is great for business, networking and having a marketing plan can aid you in getting some new clients.
Supply and return!
Happy client’s return! Taking your time, perfecting your skill and providing a thoughtful and professional service keeps clients coming back.

Patience is a virtue!

To be an extensionist being patient is a must, extension services are a long process when practiced the service will be between 2-3 hours depending on methods.

Do it for love not money!

You have to love hair, you have to love extensions and you have to love that feeling of transforming someone’s look. Feeling proud of your work and making others happy gives you an amazing sense of pride!
If you love all this then money will soon follow and with minimum earnings of a £100 per service you can soon be running a profitable extension business.
Hair extensionists frequently work with a great number of client’s on films, shows, shoots and cater for a mass celebrity and VIP market,

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Styling hair for Essex Style Magazine

We had a great day styling the hair for the cover photo on the June issue of Essex Style Magazine,

 

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Healthy Summer Hair!

 

 

Summer is rapidly approaching, (well we hope so!) and too much sunshine can leave your locks frazzled and your colour washed out!

Follow our top tips and you will be rocking beautiful beach waves rather than feeling dry, frizzy and fried!

Our hair can become easily frazzled on holiday and takes a battering from sun, sea and the added heat!

Wearing a hat to protect our hair is a great idea, although fashion may not always permit, and rinsing hair in fresh water before taking a dip in the pool can help lock out some of the chlorine!

 

Some products can be applied before sun exposure to create a barrier to help protect against colour fade and heat damage:

 

Redken’s Colour Extend SunSolar screen is a great product to apply to hair before sun exposure it has an added SPF 12 to protect against UVA/UVB rays!

 

TIGI’s SFactor Flat Iron Shine Spray not only protects from heated styling but the UV rays too!

 

After a day on the beach applying the following will re-hydrate your hair leaving it silky smooth:

 

Wella SP aftersun wash helps remove sunscreen, salt and chlorine from the hair and when accompanied with the conditioner and fluid to add moisture and create shine,

 

Kerastase soleil Masque UV Defence UV hair cream helps to nourish and put moisture back in to parched hair ideal after a long day sun bathing!

 

Enjoy the sunshine!

Healthy Happy Hair!

 

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Waych out Video it's all about us!

Watch our video for more information on our training courses!

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visit our website for more info on hair extensions and our courses!

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Essex Fashion Week Hairstyles!

We had a great time styling the hair at Essex Fashion Week!
The day was amazing, filled with lots of fun and great clothes from designers such as Misseee, Lipstick boutique and Tom Pearce's NO AGG!
We styled the hair for the models and managed to grab a few of the TOWIE stars for a chat too!
Lauren Pope was walking for Nikki Lissoni, Bobby Norris presented the show and Tom Pearce was lovely too! Jasmin Walia and Abigail Clarke who was wearing our hair extensions attended the event too!
Our hair creations for Essex Fashion week were designed by keeping a catwalk fashion theme in mind whilst adding a touch of cutesy Glitz and Glamour that is Essex!
The day was great and the after party too!

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FASHION WEEK OFFER! £50 OFF UNTIL 5/5/13

GET £50 OFF OUR HAIR EXTENSION COURSE WHEN YOU BOOK BEFORE THE 5TH OF MAY! BOOK NOW TO SAVE YOUR PLACE, Only £50 deposit needed before the course day!

Foods For Healthy Hair

 

You are what you eat? Healthy body, Healthy Hair!

Our team have put together our top Health Foods for Hair!

 

 

 

 

 

Protein

Your hair is mostly made of protein so eating a diet rich in protein helps to maintain your hairs healthy strong structure!

Protein is found in foods such as Chicken, turkey and lean cuts if beef.

 

Zinc

 A lack of Zinc in your diet has been claimed to cause hair loss!

Stock up on Zinc rich foods such as Oysters, Lean beef, eggs and nuts.

 

Vitamin A

Beta carotene found in sweet potatoes and carrots is turned in to Vitamin A by the body; a lack of vitamin A can be a cause of a dry Flaky scalp!

 

Iron

Iron is highly important it helps carry oxygen to hair follicles and around the body!

A lack of iron (anemia) is a major cause of hair loss so stock up on iron rich foods such as Beef, pumpkin seeds, nuts, lentils, dark leafy greens and our favourite dark chocolate!

 

Vitamin D

New research states that Vitamin D is great for our hair follicle although they are unsure of how we don’t mind eating these Vitamin D rich foods such as Greek yogurt, cottage cheese and skimmed milk all great sources of calcium too.

 

Vitamin C

Vitamin C is vital for hair health it helps boost circulation feeding our hair follicles!

Eat plenty of Blueberries, strawberries, kiwis, peppers and sweet potato.

 

Omega 3

Eating foods rich in omega 3 is highly important as your body can not produce this but it’s needed to grow hair!

Foods containing all the omega goodness include salmon, trout and mackerel and if you are not a fish lover pumpkin seeds, walnuts and avocado will work wonders.

 

Selenium

Eating selenium rich foods such as brazil nuts, tuna, eggs, oats, garlic and cottage cheese will give you enough to help your body utilize proteins resulting in stronger more resistant hair.

 

Vitamin E,

Vitamin E helps to boost circulation to the scalp and is very nourishing helping to create an optimum scalp environment for healthy hair to grow.

Vitamin E is found in foods such as eggs, liver, nuts and leafy dark greens.

 

Everything else.

Adopting a healthy lifestyle affects our hair in a positive way ensuring plenty of water is consumed to avoid dehydrating the hair and scalp, Taking exercise to boost general health, using protective products when styling and cleansers and conditioners suitable for our hair type, and brushing the hair and massaging the scalp daily all add up to optimum hair health!

 

Healthy Happy Hair

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Training Hair Extensions in Salon!

We recently took one of our training courses as an opportunity to take some images for our website and blogs!
We taught the staff from the UK Style Academy 3 different methods of applying hair extensions!

The methods we teach on our Hair Extensions 1 Training are Fusion Bonding, Micro rings and shrink links!

We run our courses all over the UK in a City near you!

We offer courses to both hairdressers and non hairdressers as we believe everyone has the right to learn and all our courses are accredited by BABTAC and ABT meaning our training is regulated and you will receive a recognised certificate that you can gain insurance and CPD points with!

For more information on our courses, for training dates or to book visit:
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Essex Fashion Week and Stars of The Only Way is Essex!

We are Excited to be sponsoring and styling the hair at Essex Fashion Week this year!

See our hair styles on stage for designers such as TOWIE star Tom Pearce's range NoAgg.
Lipstick Boutique, Pretty little things, Nikki Lissoni and Misseee!

We love working with the stars of TOWIE Our Creative Director recently add our luxurious hair extensions to the lovely Miss Abigail Clarke!

 

See us there and follow all the news on Twitter or Facebook!

 

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Our Team's Top 10 Hair Colour tips!

With the blonde to brunette and back again craze continuing!
Our team have put together 10 top colour and care tips!
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1.Some blonde tones tend to be matt looking, for a healthy looking glow avoid bleached tones and instead go for golden or honey tones that reflect light.

2.When going blonde using a multiple number of similar shades instead of just one creates a more natural effect and enhances your existing hair style.

3.For warm complexions (people with dark, olive skin with golden undertones, and usually with Brown or hazel eyes) go for golden blondes or warm brunettes to compliment your skin tone.

4.For cool complexions (people with pale skin with freckles or pink/peach undertones and usually with blue/green eyes) go for neutral toned darks or highlights, going too cool or warm could wash out your complexion.

5.Silver shampoo can be used to neutralise unwanted golden tones on blonde hair, its also great for refreshing dull blondes.

6.Chemicals in swimming pools can grab on to hair and cause discolouration, rinsing your hair in fresh water before swimming can help prevent this.

7.To keep both blondes and brunettes glossy and looking healthy always use products to protect from heated styling, use leave in conditioner to detangle and the new favourite hair oil is great used to reflect light (avoid using hair oil at the roots as this can weigh down your style)

8.After conditioning rinsing hair with a cold blast of water helps to close the cuticle and creates amazing shine, keep the cuticles closed whilst blowdrying by drying in sections and directing the air flow down towards the ends of your hair.

9.Using only a wide tooth comb to detangle hair when wet, protective products when styling and attending the salon for regular trims all add up to healthy hair.

10.Eat your hair healthy! Following a healthy diet rich in B vitamins helps to add shine to dull hair and brushing with a soft brush daily massages the scalp, produces natural shine and encourages new hair growth.

Healthy Happy Hair

How to Care for Hair extensions! Our 10 holy commandments!

Our tongue in cheek commandments for hair extension care!

1. Thou shall not have different colour hair extensions to your hair!

2. Thou shall not use extremely heavy hair extensions that damage your hair!

3. Thou shall not pull out your hair extensions yourself and then shout that they have   
    damaged your hair!

4. Thou shall respect your hair extensions and comb or brush them gently!

5. Thou shall plait your hair extensions whilst sleeping!

6. Thou shall attend maintenance appointments!

7. Thou shall not leave your extensions in for longer then recommended!

8. Thou shall use the correct products to care for your hair!

9. Thou shall not have hair extensions around the hairline making them clearly visible to
    everyone!

    And finally…..

10.Thou shall not remove clip in extensions on a night out for any of the Following reasons:        
     To make your male friend in to a unattractive woman,
     To simulate extraordinary growth of hair from other body areas or
     To swing them around you head to get the bar staff’s attention!
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