For Freelance Hairdressers
& FHA Members
NEWS Issue 7 December 2017
This edition is sponsored by
Welcome
In 2018 we are celebrating! Your trade association has been here for 25 years! As the year comes to its close it’s time for reflection. What did I do this year? Is there room for improvement? Now’s the time to make plans, what can you do to make next year better? Did you do enough to keep yourself enthusiastic about your work and to inspire your clients? What can you do to improve?
Inspire!2018
Sunday 10th June 2018, Hellidon Lakes Hotel Northampton Celebrating 25 years! Patrick Cameron is heading up a star cast on stage. Enjoy Indola Street Style collection and more besides. Shop in the Village Fair and relax as you enjoy a delicious lunch and afternoon tea. Hellidon Lakes Hotel Northampton is the venue and special hotel rates apply for FHA guests. Tickets: Inspire! including FHA Freelance Awards Finals £145. Early Bird saving £40! (FHA Members only) £105 until 28th February 2018. Help the FHA celebrate 25 years. You are invited to come party with us the night before - everyone welcome. Call 01582 431783 to grab your place and check out www.thefha. org.uk for full details.
Everyone knows that training is a high priority of FHA members, a reputation you have built for yourselves. Join in and enjoy all FHA courses and events that are designed around you at affordable prices. You have top trainers who encourage you and build your confidence. You are with your comembers and just spending special time together is the greatest buzz of all. And don’t forget all training and travel expenses are set against tax which means you benefit from your money not the tax man!
PLUS – FHA UK Freelance Awards
We have been working hard on your behalf and we are so excited. We are bringing you new courses, affordable for everyone, and in more venues than ever before. You have a choice of BootCamp days, more Bursaries, work with Debbie G and new days with Carolyn Newman. That’s just for starters, there is more in the planning. Why not make 2018 your personal year of education?
Another fantastic event! The Matrix team introduced us to their product range and in the afternoon we had the chance to experience the products. The team were on hand with beautifully cut and coloured dolly heads to check out and discuss colours used and cutting techniques. We had long haired demos going on and the opportunity to feel, smell and play with styling products. Carolyn Newman introduced herself and unveiled the fabulous courses she has planned for you. Michael Purcell has won the HJ British Hairdressing Business Awards 2017 for Innovation of the Year for his Prism Pot, a clever idea to help when applying tint. Michael is a former FHA member - now salon owner and the FHA is extremely proud of him. The day was thoroughly enjoyed by all and here's what one of our members, Juliette Clarke, told us about the day:
Once again I must mention our Staff Room Chat FB Group which in recent weeks you have taken to an even higher level. Your support and caring for one another not only with work, client and colour issues is amazing and members now turn to each other with personal, private matters and you are there for each other. You are the best of the bunch, you make the FHA the best community this industry has to offer. Freelancing? You’re never alone with the FHA to watch your back! A Christmas gift for you from Indola. Earlier this year Indola invited you to sample their new colour range now you are invited to sample their new and exciting Innova Care and Styling range. Use your voucher and discover their new concepts and technology used to create products you will enjoy using. Enjoy reading your newsletter, there is lots to take in. I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas and I wish you all a happy, peaceful and prosperous new year.
Best regards,
Sheila Abrahams
This should be your year. The work produced and shared in our Staff Room Chat group shows what you are capable of. Now let the rest of the industry see what you achieve and make the FHA proud. Enter now exclusively at www.thefha.org.uk.
UK FREELANCE
2018
Season Sensation
“Had a brilliant time on Sunday at Season Sensation, as always, great to meet up with new and familiar faces.I have not stopped thinking about all the different things we were told and shown. Carolyn Newman was inspirational and shared so much useful information and experiences. Matrix, were just fab. It was a treat to be so entertained, looked after and spoilt by them. I felt valued as a freelancer and will be buying and using a lot more of their products, as well as taking advantage of their training opportunities online and at my local wholesaler. Just opened up my luxurious goody bag of perfect products to enhance my business. I will be trialling the BondUltim8 and the Biolage Re-Hydrate mask as a complimentary addition for my January clients...hopefully they will want to add it for future services! Thank you Sheila Abrahams xx”
Indola Launch I was recently invited to the launch of their very exciting Innova Care & Styling range. Talk about Street Style... they kicked off the afternoon with a graffiti workshop at The Magic Roundabout, a quirky venue in East London's Old Street. This was followed by a presentation (and a cocktail) in Farringdon to learn about the new exciting concepts, technology and beautiful products.
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