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Summer Blondes
After a tumultuous few months, nothing says freedom like a new hair colour! Check out some of our fave colour predictions for Summer.
Reopening Your Salon - The Checklist
Whilst we still may not have a confirmed date, it’s looking likely that salon doors will be allowed to reopen come July 4th. We could cry with happiness. With that in mind, we have created a handy checklist of the things you need to consider to get you started again.
Getting your salon clean and ready for opening post-Coronavirus
It’s nearly here. Clients will soon be flocking to our doors wanting us to correct the atrocities that 3 months at home have caused to their hair, nails and skin. However, it is vitally important that salons do their bit to minimise the risk of spreading the virus.
Confident and Killing it
Gearing up to re-open? We've spent the last 3 months feeling a wide array of emotions, but for many of us in the hair and beauty industry, it's time to start thinking about what happens next.
Over on our blog London-based Confidence Coach Tiwa Ogunlesi, founder of Confident and Killing It, provides some tips guaranteed to get you ready!
OPI: How to create the perfect home manicure
With the salons closed, and no colleagues close by to give you a cheeky post-work mani, we reached out to OPI and nail artist Amy Tann to how what makes the perfect at-home manicure, because it’s no secret that the perfect nailfie starts with a proper manicure.
Setting up your own hair and beauty YouTube channel in 4 easy steps
There aren’t many better ways to show potential clients how good your work is than to display it in video. With over 300 hours of video uploaded every minute, 5 billion videos watched every day and 8 out of 10 people watching a least once a month, YouTube should be high on your list of marketing priorities.
8 ways to attract new clients to your salon or mobile hair, nails and beauty business
At Capital we consider ourselves partners in your business and that doesn’t stop at delivering you hair and beauty supplies. Helping you grow your business is high on our agenda, so for our latest instalment of our ‘Time to Improve’ series we’ve compiled a list of the 8 best ways to attract new clients to your salon or your freelance hair, nails or beauty business.
Three Golden Rules for Managing Your Salon or Freelance Business Finances
For the latest instalment of our ‘Time to Improve’ series, we thought we’d look at the ways you can really get to grips with your businesses finances, streamline the amount of time you’re spending managing them and the options available when you’re looking to grow your business. So, whether you’re a salon owner, a freelancer or own a mobile business, these 3 golden rules may help you spend less time worrying about bills and more time focusing on the things that really matter - hair, nails and beauty, obviously.
Growing your social media audience to attract new clients
As part of our Time to Improve series, we wanted to look at the importance of social media in the hair, nails, beauty and barbering industries and how you can utilise it to attract new clients.
It's time to improve!
With a little more time on your hands, now is the perfect time to brush up on some key skills and improve your business.
We've put together a series of articles and guides that we’ll release over the next few weeks to help you get your business in top condition and ready for when lockdown is behind us.
The best hair, nail & beauty influencers to get you through lockdown!
Putting aside the serious issues surrounding COVID-19 for a minute, there’s one major issue that we are all suffering from as we push through week 2 of staying home: boredom.
So, to help ease the tedium and keep you at the top of your game, we’ve compiled a list of the best YouTube channels, Instagram accounts and blogs for interesting hair, beauty and nail tutorials. Grab your tablet and headphones, head to the nearest room in the house with a lock on the door and enjoy!
Financial support for salons / freelancers
These are unprecedented times and it can be quite overwhelming. So, to help with this, we’ve brought together a round-up of the financial support available to you.
Freelance Focus
Freelance Focus, is a one stop resource for anyone working as a freelancer or thinking of going freelance in the hair & beauty industry, which includes a FREE downloadable guide filled with advice, useful insights, experiences and tips (from experienced freelancers) to help you understand the steps needed to make the right choices for you.