Tuesday, 30 April 2013
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!
Wednesday, 24 April 2013
Foods For 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.
Stock up on Zinc rich foods such as Oysters, Lean beef, eggs
and nuts.
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 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!
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.
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.
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!
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Sunday, 21 April 2013
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:
http://www.oakleyacademy.co.uk
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:
http://www.oakleyacademy.co.uk
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 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!
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!
http://www.oakleyacademy.co.uk
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
Our team have put together 10 top colour and care tips!
http://www.oakleyacademy.co.uk
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!
http://www.oakleyacademy.co.uk
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!
http://www.oakleyacademy.co.uk
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