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Interview with MR.D (Adrian Panayiotis) Delilah Hair Studio
Adrian’s story: Adrian started out in Melbourne City in a salon called Forecast which is still standing today in the Royal Arcade in Melbourne. Adrian recalls that everyone was so friendly and it was a very diverse team and. Adrian says “I loved working there. My boss...
Interview with Pete Lennon
About Pete: Pete grew up in Scotland. At fifteen he migrated with his family to Sydney, Australia. Moving to Australia as a teenager was a complete culture shock which resulted in Pete getting into a lot of trouble. So much so that he wanted to leave school. Speaking...
Interview with Katy Reeve
About Katy: Dad is a hairdresser andalways had his own business, Mum was a high school teacher until she died of a brain tumour when I was 13. Me and my sister lived with my dad. I think that definitely pushed me into things he was interested in. He’s a musician as...
Interview with Jules Tognini
Jules Story: Jules Grew up in Brisbane, Australia. He was basically born onto the salon floor with dad Benni and mum Tracey owning their own salon. Never wanting to be a hairdresser and now 12 years into it and loving it! Allowing him to be who he wants to be and...
Interview with Laura Spinney
About Laura: Laura was born into the hair world with her mother and godmother both being hairdressers. From a young age she would work in the salon playing and experiencing salon life. Once Laura was a little older her mother opened her own salon and she would work...
Hair Expo Award Winner Collections 2019
2019 HAIR EXPO AWARDS WINNERS AUSTRALIAN HAIRDRESSER OF THE YEAR Dee Parker Attwood – Wieselmann Salon NEW ZEALAND HAIRDRESSER OF THE YEAR Danny Pato – D&M Hair Design [gallery size="medium"...
Hair Expo Education Wrap Sunday
Hair Expo Wrap up Sunday the biggest day at Hair Expo the biggest weekend in Hair Located at Sydney’s ICC Darling harbour. The day began with meeting Jessica Riches from Chumba Concept Hair Salon the lucky winner of The Shear Adventure's Expo Giveaway! Jessica won: A...
Interview with Richard Kavanagh
About Richard: Richard grew up in New Zealand. In High School he was a punk and at around the age of 14 he used to go into salons to have his hair coloured and cut into wacky shapes and styles. On one particular visit he had a wedge style cut and multiple colours...
Interview with Richard Kavanagh – Piiq
The Journey from the idea of Piiq to now: The idea for Piiq first came up around two and a half years ago so around 2016. I was invited to a workshop to talk about integrating technology into the hair industry. Following the workshop my partners and I got together to...
AUSTRALIAN HAIR FASHION AWARD WINNERS 2019
Australia’s Hottest Hair Night!
Held at Sydney’s Luna Park , Australia
Interview with Tara Walker – Mousey Browne
Shear Adventures interview with Tara Walker Mousey Browne About Tara: At age 14 Tara began hairdressing in her parents garage, her mum was previously a hairdresser. Tara’s dad let her practise on him with an old pair of her mum’s scissors. Tara was always trying to...
Redken Symposium 2019 Day 1
Redken Symposium 2019 Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas Redken @redken a hair colour and haircare brand originating in California in 1960 and now based in New York City hold an industry leading symposium in Las Vegas in the United States every two years. I am currently on my...
Redken Symposium 2019 Day 2
Day 2 - First day of classes This year for the first time Redken trialled a 45 minute class time slot allowing attendees to attend up to 12 classes over the 2 days. Start times were staggered to allow for breaks and to move from one class to the next. Some classes...
Redken Symposium 2019 Day 3
Day 3 - Second day of classes First Class of the day was Superstar Education Program Chris Baran @coachchrisbaran, Chris Moody @chrismoodyhair. The best two presenters I have ever seen in my life! They always have the whole class on the edge of their seats engaged and...
Interview with Sally Brooks -Twice British Hairdresser Of The Year
A bit about Sally and her life which lead her to the incredible hairdresser she is today…. I am from a small village in Northamptonshire. Hairdressing was never my go-to choice of career when leaving school I wanted to do something in the theatre so I chose a course...
For the first time: Cutting KINGS Melbourne
Hola! Shear Adventures friends …. Yesterday 12th of November i got to attend the very first Cutting KINGS and after the great success we will hopefully be seeing more of them in 2019! If you didn't catch my stories don’t panic i saved them in the highlights section on...
Hair Aid – Interview with Selina Tomasich
What is Hair Aid? An Australian based charity doing amazing things both internationally and in communities throughout Australia. The Story of how Hair Aid began: Selina Founder of Hair Aid, began Hair Aid in 2010, however, it was originally called the Kuya...
Interview With Philip Barwick
About Phil : I would say I’m always changing and developing through life both personally and professionally. I feel like I've come along way and had a lot of experiences but still excited for what’s more to come and the new journeys ahead. I find as I've moved...