I am so proud to be able bring to you lots of exciting news and hair- fashion updates in this article Anyone who knows me or our Z may salons, will already be aware of our dedication and passion for the hairdressing industry.
April was a great month I celebrated my 25th anniversary in the industry I thought that was a huge achievement, until a month later when I realised my mum celebrated her 50th year in the same industry So, all I could think then was, What could we achieve together as a team over the next 25 years Also in April, I was over moon to WIN Victorian Hairdresser of the Year and Australian Salon Manager of the Year.
But honestly, both awards do not belong only to me, they belong to my whole Z may team who help make our salons what they are, day in and day out.
Check out the collection on our NEW website www.zumay.com And I wasn t the only winner.
In May, Victoria won third place in the HBIA creative make up competition.
Well done Still in May, REDKEN invited 9 stylists from around the world to New York to take part in The Inspiring World of REDKEN photo shoot.
I was humbled to be given the honour of representing Australia.
The shoot was totally amazing And I will go back in January to launch the book.
I wanted to share this travel opportunity with one of my team, so I set a competition across the salons for one of our seniors to join me.
Like most businesses, we recognise that word of mouth is the best form of advertising, so I decided that the stylist who had the highest number of new clients referred to them would win the trip.
And the winner was Amanda A HUGE thank you to all her clients who helped get her there, and each of them would have been rewarded with Z may gift cards for every referral they brought in to the salon.
So, while I was at my shoot, Amanda spent three days in some of the top New York salons Day 1 Rodney Cutler s salon in Midtown.
Rodney is originally from Bonbeach before he made it BIG in New York 15 years ago.
He now has three salons that employ more than 90 people.
Their style is classic New York, their motto is Runway to Reality , and they have opportunities to do high fashion photo shoots and parades every single day While Amanda was there, they were doing a shoot with talk host Rachel Raye.
Day 2 Cutler salon in Soho.
This salon was more shabby-chic with leather lounges pumping music.
Day 3 the very cool Dop Dop salon owned by the famous Jo Blackwell.
Honestly, if you weren t looking for it, you wouldn t even know the salon was there with a small door leading into a loft space that was originally a dance studio.
While it was being renovated, a pair of Sammy Davis JR s tap shoes were found, which are on show in the salon today.
Dop Dop, also located in Soho, looks after many celebrities.
We just loved their motto, Experience hair artistry with an edge as you get your locks rocked .
This salon had a real grungy, trendy pub atmosphere.
At dinner each night, I would grill Amanda on all the details of her day and the best thing I heard from her was that while it was a great experience spending time in all those amazing salons, she felt that the work we produce in our salons is right up there with each of them we are simply in a different location and on a smaller scale.
How do we keep up to date Well, it s simple we keep ourselves continually educated and inspired.
Over the past three months, our team have been involved in the following I was Hair Director at Melbourne Fashion Week working for Mimco, Jack of London, Ready to Wear and City of Stonington Bridal, and on my team was Nichole, Erin, Amanda and Amy.
Global Immersion high fashion colour show with top stylist from New York Carmody Homan and Australian Colourist of the Year Kristina Russell.
Madeleine, Amanda and Nichole helped prep all day for the show, and then 12 of our team enjoyed the presentation.
Full-day hands-on advanced colour workshop with New Zealand Hairdresser of the Year Mana Dave and the wonderful Kristina Russell.
Our apprentices are enjoying REDKEN s Specialist Program, a series of 5 full workshops spread throughout the year covering cut, colour styling.
At Z may, our philosophy is simple if we are inspired, then YOU OUR VALUED CLIENTS will be inspired to.
- See you soon, Lorna www.gdlife.com.au 37