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McIntyres Salons Join Sebastian’s 40th Birthday Celebrations

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A team from McIntyres Salons will be at tonight’s 40th Birthday Party for the Sebastian Professional brand.

Taking place at London’s Bloomsbury Ballroom, we are looking forward to seeing our own Michael Howie, part of Sebastian’s Cult Team, present models alongside the best in the industry as well as an appearance by the legendary Robert Lobetta, one-time Sebastian creative director and all-round hair maverick.

Nioxin Thinning Expert Conference Report

McIntyres Salons own Kay McIntyre recently appeared at Nioxin’s Thinning Expert Conference in Manchester in her role as UK education ambassador for the brand.

Demonstrating cuts and colour suited to thinning hair, Kay was in good company alongside Real Radio DJ Jo Lloyd, who had suffered with thinning hair, the Institute of Trichologists’ Marilyn Sherlock, partners with Nioxin of Thinning Hair Awareness Week, and Dr Steve Shiel, the scientific director of P&G Beauty.

Nioxin offers a range of groundbreaking products, in systems 1 to 6, to help woman and men suffering from thinning hair.

Discover Couture Styling By Kerastase

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Yesterday we reported on Kerastase’s new Couture Styling range with supermodel Kate Moss as its figurehead. Today we go in-depth and discover the products.

Split between a Construction range, for use on damp hair to shape, and a Finishing range, to use on dry and styled hair, the Couture Styling products offering a technological avante-garde for long-lasting fusional hold and absolute freedom of movement.

Kerastase Launch Couture Styling Range With Kate Moss

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Kerastase have launched their new Couture Styling range with supermodel Kate Moss heading up the campaign.

In collaboration with celebrity stylist Luigi Murenu, who’s styled the hair of Madonna, Naomi Campbell, Charlize Theron and others, the Couture Styling range is made up of twelve products designed to bring catwalk style to the masses.

The range focuses on reinventing textures with unique technology, banishing the sticky feel of many products with subtle, flexible hold that offers more movement and a more natural look.

Wella And UNICEF Launch European ‘Making Waves’ Initiative

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Wella and UNICEF have launched the first European initiative of their Making Waves programme, which aims to empower young people with skills for the future and raise 10,000 Euros in the process.

The programme began in Brazil in 2012, where 38% of young people live in poverty, and this year expands to Romania for its first European initiative with the aim to “help vulnerable young people by giving them the hairdressing training, mentoring and life skills they need to have a more beautiful perspective on life.”

Kay McIntyre Featured In The Scotman’s Interiors

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Kay McIntyre was featured in The Scotsman’s Interior section at the weekend taking about the home she shares with husband, Clash magazine publisher John O’Rourke, and their two children.

The three times Scottish Hairdresser of the Year and British Hairdressing Award Hall of Fame member spoke to the newspaper about their house, its history and the work they carried out to take it from being “very Seventies in style with lots of small dark rooms and fussy dark interiors” to a slick futuristic space.

ghd Jewel Collection Hair Stylers To Launch With £20 Trade-In

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ghd has announced its latest limited edition Jewel Collection featuring their gold series V hair stylers and Air hairdryer in three unique finishes, Amethyst, Sapphire and Emerald.

In the deep jewel tones seen on the catwalks of all the leading designers, ghd’s new Jewel Collection presents their gold series V styler in metallic amethyst, sapphire or emerald finishes with shimmering black plates with a matching paddle brush (rrp £20) and their Air hairdryer with an amethyst, sapphire or emerald highlight.

McIntyres Salons Featured In Hairstyles Only Magazine

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McIntyres Salons are featured in this month’s Hairstyles Only magazine, the No.1 international hair title.

With one of Kay’s Scottish Hairdresser Of The Year award looks used on the Good Salon Guide’s own page as well as a double page profile on the business in the Good Salon Guide section itself.

Focusing on Kay McIntyre and the whole team’s reputation and achievements, the welcome and experience you can expect at the salons and the extensive range of products we sell including shu uemura, ghd, Nioxin, Sebastian, Moroccanoil and others.