Behind The Shoot!!! July 2010

All the pics from this months artistic team shoot to be up loaded soon! All the team did amazing on this shoot, big thanks to my team off photographers dave & alex being on hand for this shoot, @ SevernsJones

Apprentice Opportunity

We have an Apprentice opportunity at our salon in Waddington. As an apprentice, you will benefit from our high class training, working with and learning from some of the best hairdressers in the Ribble Valley! You will be salon based working 40 hours a week (over five days) Tuesday to Saturday. Salon responsibilities will include: Greeting clients, washing hair, supplying refreshments to clients, and maintaining the presentation of the salon at all times. No previous experience is necessary as full training will be provided. You will be trained to NVQ level 2, which once completed, will open the door to many exciting opportunities to further your career within with in the hairdressing industry. Along with your apprenticeship salary, you will receive competitive Company benefits and the opportunity to be a part of a brand who believes in the perfect salon where people love to work and clients love to be! If this is you please apply NOW!

Send your name age and address to: jobs@pjpalmer.com

Frankie Sandford from The Saturdays

Does Frankie Sandford from The Saturdays’ have the coolest hair in music at the moment! If not who do you think does?

Product of the week... Potion 9 Lite

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How to find the style that gives you confidence.

Make a list of things you like best about yourself- everything from a sense of humour to your great legs of the fact that you’re good with animals or kind to old ladies. Be honest, and generous- it’s really important that you should recognize your good points.

Now write down everything you like about your hair and everything nice anyone has every said about it.
Now list what you don’t like about it, i.e. the colour, the way it frizzes up when you’re exercising, or that you need to wash it every day and hate the tyranny of it.

Think of the last time you were happy with your hair and try to remember why, was it its length, colour, or its shape? Was it also that you were on holiday, or in love, or healthy and felt fit? Was it the shampoo you were using? Think of all the factors that contribute to feeling good about your hair as well as about yourself.

Collect pictures of styles you like, these will give your hairdresser an idea of what you’re after, and he’ll soon be able to tell you whether that style is right for your hair.

Be realistic. The style that will give you confidence is the one that suits your hair type. If you have fine flyaway hair its best not to go for a pre-Raphaelite look. And a style that suits your hair will be one that you can manage too.

Be patient, you might not get the style of your dreams first or second time round. Both you and your hairdresser have to work with your hair- its length may not be quite right at first, or you might want to change the colour.

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Stress Busting.

Some of the hair’s greatest enemies are stress, worry and tension. Even the simplest thing, such as the way you sit of stand, can affect your hair’s health. If there’s too much tension around your neck and shoulders, if you hunch up over a desk or a computer screen, then the supply of blood to the areas and upwards is constricted. That means the oxygen and its accompanying nutrients aren’t getting around.

Worry or stress can precipitate anything from bingeing to dandruff. It can make our eyes dull, our skin dry, our hair lank and our bodies listless. Its one of the bêtes noires of this century. We live at a rush, work at top speed, take on too many responsibilities, try to pack too much into a day or a week and make unrealistic demands on ourselves, our partners and occasionally our children. When we get to bed we’re to exhausted to sleep. We’ve forgotten the art of relaxation and consequently our systems suffer. A side effect of stress is hair loss, and I don’t mean the hundred or so hairs we naturally lose each day. If stress gets too much for us then hair can come out in handfuls. If its got to that stage its vital to go to your doctor and if possible a trichologist . But before stress reaches such a peak, teach yourself some relaxation techniques or simply make time in your day for yourself.

Bride’s Guide

Here’s how not to let your hair and your headdress be a source of anxiety before the day.

· Once you’ve chosen your dress a headdress, let your hairdresser into the secret. It’s our job to help you look your best and we need the full picture.

· Have several appointments before the big day so that you can try out a few different ways of styling your hair and wearing you headdress. Make you appointments for the end of your working day or a work-free day – you don’t want to have to go back to work looking as if you’re off to a party. That way you’ll also have a few hours of getting used to the style and seeing how stable it is.

· Tiaras are popular again, and even the lightest ones need careful anchoring with pins, plaits and hairpieces. During your practice sessions, give your hair a vigorous shaking to make sure the tiara stays put. A lot is demanding of a bride. For a start, everyone will want to kiss you and someone’s hat is going to come into contact with your piece of hair engineering. Small bridesmaids occasionally need encouragement and you’ll find yourself bending down to do so – it makes a great picture so long as your tiara’s not sliding off. And there’s no knowing what stray bits of a tree, a car, a pew or a table are going to lock on to your veil and give it a good tug.

· If you want to change your hairstyle, make sure you have discussed every aspect of it with your hairdresser beforehand. If you want to change your colour, do it a little in advance. This gives you time to get used to it and make and necessary adjustments.

· If you want a light perm for extra body have that done in advance to – say two to three weeks beforehand, but not at the same time as having colour done.

· Have at least one practice run for your make-up. Involve your hairdresser so that he can make adjustments to your hair if need be – it will only be something like tweaking a fringe to give more emphasis to your eyes. It all helps to make you feel great on your wedding day.

· Try not to look worried every time you try on your headdress. Smile and you’ll look better and feel massively more confident.

· If you are wearing a hat, give your hairdresser a chance to see it and work with it before the wedding – not on the day!

· Finally, if your hairdresser comes to your house to do your hair on the day of the wedding, do let him/her know in advance if you want him to do a quick style on your mum or grandma so that he allows himself time or brings somebody else along.

Product of the week

Sebastian Liquid Gloss is a high-gloss drops which defrizz and polish hair for a shine-boosting finish when used with any styler, while making static instantly invisible.

Food for thoughts

We have been through so many fads and fashions about what was constitutes a healthy diet that it’s hardly surprising that we sometimes get confused. And there have been many times over the last twenty or so years when experts have got it wrong, or new research has caused them to change their minds. Then there are the commercial concerns of the vast food manufacturing business. We’ve had the high-fibre fashion, we’ve lived through the high-cholesterol scares, abandoned fats of every type, forsworn sugars, eggs and red-meats, dispensed with caffeine and sodium, been terrified by BSE scares and are still working are way through the minefields of overproduction and factory farming. There have been times in the past few years when all we felt we could eat were a handful of leaves and a few nuts – and even those only if you weren’t allergic to them.

Somehow, in spite of all this knowledge, we’re told we’re the fattest and unhealthiest we’ve ever been as a nation. Running parallel with this are the growing numbers if young girls (and young men now too) with eating disorders. Some experts estimate that as many as 60 per cent of all teenage girls suffer, or will do at some time from such a disorder.

My view is that the only way you can get through all of this is to fall back on the age-old rule of thumb that a little of what you fancy does you good. If you can have a reasonably balanced diet and take some form of exercise on a regular basis then at least you’re in with a chance.

A well balanced diet of some protein – meat or fish or cheese – some carbohydrates – potatoes or pasta or rice – and large helpings of fruit and vegetables is mostly what we need. Far too few people eat enough fresh fruit and vegetables, but listening to both my clients and staff I know that many of us are trying to rectify this. I know from the nutritionists and doctors I’ve worked with that we’re also much more likely now to search out organically produced fruit and vegetables. We’ve listened to the warnings, read the signs and decided that we’ve had enough of pesticide-ridden foods. Those of us with children are made constantly aware of what we are doing, first to our own bodies and then to our countryside and environment, by not taking action on any or all of these fronts. Many of us have little green monsters in our midst watching our every mouthful and asking questions that could nearly put you off your breakfast!

Foods hair loves,
· Fresh fruits, particularly red and orange ones such as oranges, uglis, clementines, tangerines, grapefruits, pineapples, mangoes, papaya, apricots, peaches and black grapes.
· Salad vegetables: lettuce, baby spinach, watercress, rocket, tomatoes, avocadoes cucumber and chicory.
· Vegetables: all the greens from cabbage to asparagus, plus red peppers, carrots, onions, cauliflower, courgettes, celery, leeks and broccoli.
· Wholegrains: brown rice, wholewheat pasta, wholemeal breads and porridge.


Foods hair likes,

· Proteins: chicken, small portions or red meat, fish, especially oily varieties such as salmon, sardines and herring and small helping of hard cheeses and eggs.
· Pulses such as beans and lentils.
· Unsaturated fats such as cold-pressed olive and safflower oils; small amounts of butter.

Foods hair would rather you avoid,

· Saturated fats, anything processed, biscuits, cakes, chocolate and sugar, crisps, salted nuts, salted anything, creams, burgers, frankfurters and anything deep-fried.

Drinks,

· Water: lots, at least a litre and a half a day.
· Herbal or fruit teas. If you cannot do without caffeine, limit your intake to one or two cups of coffee or tea a day.
· Watch the alcohol- one or two glasses of wine maximum (red is better for your blood than white) or one glass of beer a day.
· Fruit juices: one or two glasses a day. Vegetable juices are even better.
· Vegetable drinks such as carrot, celery, tomatoes or V8. Invest in a juicer and make your own-these are great for de-tox days.
· Avoid colas or other fizzy drinks.

Best for hair.
· Beta-carotene is converted by the body into vitamin A when required, and it works as an antioxidant, protecting the cells. It helps maintain healthy hair, skin and nails, among other things.
· Vitamin B complex
· Vitamin C
· Omega-3
· Starflower oil
· Selenium
· Zinc

Abed Mahtouz AltaRoma

With the war in Afganistan still raging, wartime styling came into the spotlight at the Abed Mahtouz AltaRoma fashion show in Rome. It's a look that has also been sported by Black Eye Peas Fergie and Lady Gaga recently so one to keep your eye on, as I suspect it will be in abundance at the spring/summer shows in a few months time. On another note, Abed Mahtouz' dresses seemed to defy grafity, creating cleavages without any visible support!

Two Tone Updo's!

We was starting to get bored of the continuous supply of updos seen on the runways of fashion shows. It seems some designers don't want any hair to distract from their clothes, despite hair, clothes and make-up all needing to work together to create the ultimate look. The models at Nino Lettieri AltaRoma fashion show in Rome again wore updos, but this time they were given a simple twist. With pieces used they were twisted and knotted for a two-tone effect, definitely one of the key looks for next season.

Miriam Ponsa Show

We just love this look from the Miriam Ponsa show at Barcelona Fashion Week. The simple twist on the side of the head is surrounded by flowers and leaves - it looks like something from the Pre-Raphaelites.

I'm 100% natural blonde insists the Dragon - and I believe her!

Do you remember when Shaun P braved the Dragons' Den with his Tangle Teezer?

The Dragons blasted Shaun's idea - Deborah Meaden described it as like a horse brush! - but he and his Tangle Teezer have gone on to be one of the biggest successes ever to be rejected by the Dragons.

Well, one of the most memorable aspects of the show was when Shaun asked Deborah about her experiences when she has her hair dyed and she hotly denied that she had her hair coloured.

Well, this week she was at the Wella Business Network and someone quizzed her about it. Deborah assured delgates that she was indeed a 100% natural blonde. "I hate people who lie and if there was something I was going to lie about it wouldn't be the colour of my hair!" she said.

she joked about how the subject had sparked a debate on forums at the time. She said that her hairdresser gets cross with her for not getting her hair cut regularly enough, so she was hardly going to risk colouring it!

Hair Revolution "The-O"

With TheO, Cloud Nine has reinvented the idea of the styling roller. From the time it takes to heat a roller up, to the way you apply them. Here's how you'll benefit.

Speed.
There's never been a faster heating process - simply pop a roller in the pod and it'll be ready to use in less than four seconds.

Ease.
As the rollers heat from the core out, they're hot in the hair, not in the hand, so you can work without the worry of discomfort.

Lightweight.
We've incorporated the very latest soft grip technology into the design, which means you don't have to use pins to hold our rollers in place. And as the rollers are incredibly lightweight, they won't drop.

Flexible.
TheO pod works with several sizes of rollers, including our extra large 60mm option, so you can create every style from the beautifully natural to utterly outrageous.

Control.
By heating just one roller at a time, you benefit from heat on demand, rather than having to heat numerous rollers at once, giving you greater creative control over where to take the individual style next.

Eco-friendly.
TheO uses seven times less power than traditional heated rollers* - so you're not only doing your bit for style, you're helping out the planet too.

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Product of the week "Whipped Creme"

Whipped crème is a luxurious nourishing styler, perfect to define bouncing curls. Whips up sensual curvaceous shapes, whilst conditioning and protecting your hair for a silky soft and shiny finish.

Short hair versus long hair this season

It seems there is a battle of the lengths this season, as long hair fights against short to take optimum position. And it seems short hair has been given its latest celebrity endorsement by rock chick Pink, she has coloured her short elfin crop ice blonde. She has followed in the footsteps on actresses Carey Mulligan and Mia Wasikowska who have made the pretty cut popular again. But it true rock chick manner, she has given it a rock grunge feel with dirty roots and ice cold lengths.

Product Of The Week……..

Thickefy foam is a weightless thickener for the hair, it creates the look and feel of naturally thick and voluminous hair. Thickefy foam is a liquid to foam technology it increases volume for long lasting body and gives a pliable hold. The ultimate styler for people with fine hair.

Model Search

Would You Like To Be a Model? P&J Palmer are searching for up and coming models to be in our autumn/winter hair collection, so if you have ever fancied being a professional model or just doing it for a bit of fun this could be for you! The winning models will become the face of the salon advertising and promotional imagery for the next 6 months. If you are one of the models chosen you will also receive a set of professional photograph to add to your portfolio, to enter either post your picture on our FACEBOOK wall or send a picture of yourself to:

Model Search, P&J Palmer, Backridge Farm, Twitter Lane, Waddington, BB7 3LQ.

Fat Plaits

Ever since Alexander Wang sent his models down the runway with chunky, messy plaits last season, we've spotted them everywhere.

The easy-to-wear style is a no brainer. As long as you've got the length to work with - or some extensions to hand - this look is easy to achieve, cool for summer, and seriously on trend. What's not to love?

Laidback style always looks great in the summer, but this season's take on the plait - half mermaid, half sixth former - is a real statement, and moves away from the ubiquitous Grecian look of the past few years.

Latest in the [very] long list of celebrities to jump on board the train is Emma Watson, who opted for the look at Glastonbury Festival 2010. This practical style is perfect for festivals, and works better on second day hair with a bit of texture.

Also joining in the side-plait trend is Denise Richards, spotted wearing a neater take on the style. Worn tight, short and even, this is a more preppy version of the look. Contrasted against scrunchy, loose texture on top, Denise looks suitably sporty and All-American.

Ashley Greene wowed the crowds at the London premiere of Twilight Eclipse. As the only major female cast member in attendance, it was down to her to dazzle on the red carpet. This loosely woven fishtail braid is spot on for summer, although worn with a heavy gothic dress, the holiday vibe was somewhat lost...!

Supermodel Alessandro Ambrosio manages to combine Denise's neatness with the breezy, effortless feel of Emma's braid for a chic, loose finish. Perfect for those who want to get on board with the trend without looking too dishevelled, this pretty plait is a perfect summer party look.

The side braid is easy to do, It brings boho bang up to date, keeping scenesters on trend - even in the relaxed summer months!

Working at P&J Palmer

We Here at P&J Palmer we truly believe that our continued success is largely down to our fantastically unique and talented team.

As a company we understand the importance of investing in our people. Our employees receive continuous structured ongoing training and development, excellent wage rates, performance related commissions, plus great opportunities for career development on both the artistic and management side of the business.

We are always looking for talented, dedicated, passionate individuals to join our fantastic team.

If this sounds like you then take at look at our current opportunities and email us at info@pjpalmer.com- Remember to attach a current CV!