Salon Conversation with Lisa Conway

Chrissy Alger is a start up Business Entrepreneur, Psychologist and Business Coach who specialises in mindset, marketing and business growth and scale. She has scaled her start up businesses Infinity Wellness and Infinity Skin and Body exponentially and now assists other salon business owners to do exactly the same.Chrissy is passionate in supporting business owners in living their best life AND having everything they ever dreamed of, all whilst running a successful business!"I believe people can have everything they want in life if they cultivate a growth mindset, and stop at nothing to get what they want" To contact [email protected] contact [email protected]

In 2009, Pauline Valle proudly launched her new Cosmeceutical skincare range Ultraderm to the Australian market. Pauline saw the need for a range of professional and retail products that not only delivered real results but offered great value and affordability.With over twenty-five years in the beauty industry, Pauline has worked with thousands of salon owners, and listened to feedback saying ‘We need an affordable skincare products that will support our industry and put salons first”. This message came through loud and clear and so Ultraderm was created.Not only is Ultraderm a product range that delivers optimal results to its clients, but it also prides itself on the fact that every product in their range is ethically formulated with zero animal testing.Ultraderm makes it their mission to stay ahead of the market and is constantly innovating to address the concerns of their clientele and the ever-changing trends in the [email protected] https://[email protected]

A master of his profession, no one understands the transformative power of hair better than Kevin Murphy. His work has graced the covers of all the major global print publications, and he has directed hair teams for countless high profile fashion houses. Having trained at Vidal Sassoon in London, Kevin returned to Australia to establish himself as one of the country’s most sought-after stylists. As a regular contributor to Australian Vogue he carved his niche within the industry as the go-to guy for the iconic ‘Beach Hair’ look, and in 2007, was awarded the Australian Masters Award at the AHFAS for his outstanding contributions to the profile of Australian Hairdressing [email protected]

This week I chat with the beautiful Rebecca Miller. Bec is one of the most awarded Beauty professionals in Australia, owner of La Bella Medispa and a ZING Coach. Bec believes that every woman (and probably man) deserves to love the skin they are in.Rebecca's awards include, Australian Clinic Owner of the Year, Australian Team of Team Year and Direct and Leader of the Year to name a few. Rebecca is so passionate about sharing her 27 years in the beauty industry, where she started as a solopreneur, and now employees over 25 talented team members. She has not only built three successful medispas, but educated herself to become a Skin Expert. Rebecca loves sharing her trials, tribulations, lessons learnt and her recipe for success, so that others can experience the freedom and success from a business that they deserve and desire. Rebecca’s zone of genius lies within empowering and mentoring teams to maximise performance and team fulfilment, also Rebecca has a keen interest in human behaviour and psychology.Bec is also extremely passionate about aligning your values, mission and purpose to your business, along with having a healthy mindset and practicing gratitude. To Contact RebeccaE: [email protected]: thezingproject.com.auW: labellamedispa.com.auP: 02 6862 5515

Linda is the force behind Mocha Publishing, a company offering print and online magazines, events and awards to the hair, beauty and barber industries. She is also the publisher of the trade magazines Hair Biz, Beauty Biz and Barbershop. Owner of Hair Biz Forum a hair educational event offering both creative and business education and HOT SHOTS, a competition aimed at young rising stars under the age of 30 with prize valued in excess of $20,000 each, a stay in the infamous HOT SHOTS house, overseas trip and phot shoot. Owner of Beauty Squad , similar to Hot Shots for the Beauty industry with a mentorship program and great prizes. If that wasn't enough she also own and runs the Australian Beauty Industry Awards, Australian Hair Industry Awards – Business & soon to be launched Creative, the Australian Make Up Industry Awards and soon to be launched Australian Modern Barber Awards - one very busy woman.

Selina Tomasich is an academic, that has taught business at USC, the University of Queensland and QUT in the area of management, HRM, leadership, entrepreneurship and communications. Selina describes herself as a ‘dedicated nerd’, with a passion for education and learning. Selina holds five university qualifications as well as an international Patent for creating online technology. She has created eight apps, written academic books and is published in peer reviewed journals. A Mother of three, a Grandmother of four, and lover of backyard chicken farming she has many talents. But she can’t cook for quids. Useless in the kitchen she tells me. Lucky for her she has a patient husband who, for the last 39 years, ensures she stays sane and keeps her fed and watered, which leaves her able to play with their four granddaughters on demand. Today Selina is here to share the journey of Hair Aid – an Australian based charity that is doing amazing things both internationally and right here in our own communities. Selina is the Founder and CEO of Hair Aid, please make her welcome.To Contact [email protected] Contact [email protected]

Clive Allwright has been at the forefront of hairdressing excellence over the past 30 years. For the past 10 years, Clive and his business partner Kelly Grant have co-owned the successful hairdressing salon Our Place Salon in Potts Point Sydney. The internationally renowned hair stylist has educated hairdressers throughout many continents and counties during his career including, Australia, Africa, Europe, Asia, Scandinavia, USA and Canada.Clive has also been responsible for implementing numerous education programs and global imagery campaigns for global haircare brands KMS California & Muk haircare in the USA & Australia.After completing his apprenticeship and training during the 1980’s in Mayfair, London with International salon group Toni & Guy. Clive headed to Hong Kong for 2 years working in the prestigious Le Salon alongside celebrity stylist Kym Robinson. Clive then moved to Sydney Australia holding the position of Artistic Director at the first Toni & Guy Salon/Academy in Australia. Clive worked with Toni & Guy and assisted with launching TIGI products over a period of 7 years in AustraliaIn 2001 Clive was requested by global haircare brand KMS California to relocate to Los Angeles. Clive’s role with KMS Haircare was International Creative Director. The role took Clive around the globe to many of the 88 countries, within the KMS distribution network. Sharing his expertise and knowledge at many global conferences, photo shoots and seminars/shows with many hairdressers from all around the world. In 2010 Clive returned to Sydney and opened his salon Our Place Salon in Potts Point Sydney Australia along side his business partner Kelly Grant. In 2017 Clive aligned with family owned Australian hair care brand Muk Haircare as their Global Artistic Director. Clive continues to be instrumental in creating global brand imagery and education programs/ seminars & shows for the brand.In late 2016 Clive Allwright and Kelly Grant Co-founded a new business venture called piloroo.com. piloroo.com is the ultimate online booking website for hairdressers & educators and salon assistants. Which enables salons to book educators & assistants on demand. Similar to booking an Uber / hotel / airline ticket online.The Piloroo.com concept was created by understanding and identifying many of the challenges facing many hairdressing salons in Australia today. The hairdressing industry like many other skilled industries, face a global shortage of apprentices looking to join us as a positive career move. Salons can now book assistant’s and find staff online using the piloroo.com website. Assisting and helping salons find an extra pair of hands. Helps salon owners increase their efficiency, productivity, and in turn profitability. Piloroo.com also encourages salons to hire their assistants either full & part time basis. Salons can recruit staff from piloroo.com for a small recruitment fee. Similar to placing ads on recruitment on-line websites i.e. Indeed/ Seek Clive and Kelly successfully expanded piloroo.com assistants into Brisbane in September 2019. Both Kelly & Clive are excited to expand piloroo.com further into national & international markets in the near future. Contact [email protected] Clive +61 (0) 434 352 680 Insta: @piloroocom @cliveallwright @ourplacesalon @mukhaircare FB: Piloroo /Our Place Salon/ Muk haircareContact [email protected]

Maria Graduated as a Beauty Therapy in 1985. Founded Inskin Cosmedics a medical aesthetics distribution company in 2007. Founded and created O Cosmedics, Australia’s Number 1 professional skincare branded in AustraliaCo-founded and created her second professional skin care brand GINGER&ME in 2016 Maria is the only person in Australia to have created two successful skin care brands, ask her why no one else has attempted it and she will tell you “because I must be the only dickhead!” One brand is a dream, two is insanity lol...Contact Mariahttps://www.ocosmedics.com/Tel: +61 2 9712 8188Contact [email protected]

Stevie is the Guvnor,He has been colouring hair for over 25 years, he spent 8 years in London, then stints in the USA and Asia before coming to Sydney. Stevie Won Hairexpo’s Australian colourist of the year 2018 Stevie is now global colour creative director for evo™ which sees him travelling around the world colouring hair and educating.Stevie has helped create all the global brand imagery for Matrix in the past. He was the hair director for the Voice Australia 2016, is regular voice in most Australian mags as a hair colour expert! Stevie’s reputation for creating beautiful hair colour both on clients and in photographic fashion shoots is well known. He has won various industry awards Stevie has worked on global trend shoots.But his biggest passion is for his team, and the work they create #TeamenglishContact [email protected] [email protected]

Faye Murray is one of Australia’s most recognised and respected business coaches and business speakers. A master of managing staff, her many years of experience guarantees she understands what it takes to make a business successful in today’s changing times. She is a hairdresser, so she knows about real salon situations. Throughout her career she has trained hundreds of hairdressers, many who are today’s industry leaders. Contact Faye:FB: @FayeMurrayYour Coach email: [email protected] Lisa [email protected]

About Anthony With 30 years in the hair industry Anthony stills approaches each salon or studio day like its his first. I still have an incredible amount of curiosity in my day to day learnings that make me want to strive even higher. That also spending ten wonderful years and one Green card later, living the dream in New York City as an editorial stylist. You can find Anthony in his Surry Hills salon and regularly shoots two to three times a week on editorials and fashion campaigns which fuels the continuous spark which all leads back to RAW salon. In his spare time Anthony also teaches aspirational workshops which focus on editorial hair, for those wanting to work on a higher percentage with their time on photo shoots. Will you ever see Anthony on TikTok though?.........never, he draws the line here. Contact Anthonyw:rawhair.com.au | w:sydneysalonsupplies.com.auf:facebook/rawanthonynader| t:twitter/rawanthonynaderi:instagram/rawanthonynader| p:pinterest/anthony naders:snapchat/anthony_nader | b:blog/rawanthonynader.com Contact [email protected]

Five times Australian Session Stylist of the Year, co-founder, and co-CEO of piiq, the world’s first smart mirror for the salon professional, internationally published author and creative director for Redken, Rodney Wayne, and ghd, Sydney based Richard Kavanagh is the southern hemisphere’s pre-eminent hair professional. A hair director at Fashion Week in New York, Sydney and New Zealand, Richard has worked on hundreds of shows over the years for brands such as Armani, Prada, Versace, Marc Jacobs, McQueen to name just a few, he is the go to commentator for emerging trends and has a knack for making hair easy to understand for everyone.With more than 30 years in the business, his client list reads like a who’s who of A list celebrities, and he is known for creating effortlessly undone looks for covers, editorial, red carpet and campaigns. To Contact:Richard Kavanaghwebsite - https://www.piiqdigital.comwebsite - https://www.dlmau.com/artist/hair/richard-kavanaghinstagram: https://www.instagram.com/richardkavanagh/facebook: https://www.facebook.com/richardkavanaghsessionstylist/Lisa [email protected]

Sandy Chong is a key influence in the Hairdressing Industry. Currently she is the CEO/Director of the Australian Hairdressing Council and Director of COSBOA (Council Of Small Business Organisations Of Australia ) representing small business. She speaks on behalf of the industry to Government, creating relationships to support an industry that is often overlooked.Her role at the AHC has established better business practices, training and education and building sustainable careers for the future of the industry.Sandy’s vision is to create an industry that has the highest possible standards in ethics, technical ability and workplace practices. Like to reach out:Sandy [email protected] [email protected]

Edward Beale is one of the great characters in the Hair industry and done it all, award winning salons, international product ranges (including scrunchies) He has worked all over the world and with other greats like Vidal Sassoon. Now in his mid 70's Edward has retired, but not before selling off his final haircut for $5,000 that went to the Royal Children's Hospital, a natural entrepreneur!To Contact [email protected]