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Join us at Wella Trend Vision Award World Finals 2016 in Barcelona

Join us in Barcelona at the Wella Trend Vision World Finals 2016 , Wella’s biggest and best showcase for hairdressing talent worldwide! The wonderful city of Barcelona host this year’s final where 81 contestants selected from over 5000 compete for the International TrendVision Award. Experience the amazing show streaming live on wella.com/live on November 6th and vote for your favourite hair trends! RSVP to the event on Wella’s Facebook page and get notified when they go live!

Sassoon pop-up salon at the V&A

Sassoon has created a pop-up salon at the V&A as part of the Records & Rebels exhibition that showcases the times of the late sixties where music and fashion produced a cultural revolution. Apart from this being an amazing experience to go and see, what’s really fantastic is that a hairdressing brand back then has been rightly credited retrospectively as being such an influencer of the times and movement but that significance this exhibition demonstrates how relevant the hair industry is equally as justified as being as big an influencer as it is today.

Coty Inc. new owner of Wella Professionals buy UK brand leader ghd

American cosmetics beauty brand Coty Inc has aquired the UK ghd electrical hair tools and product business for an estimated £400m+. Having recently purchased the P&G hair and cosmetics portfolio earlier this month including the Wella prestige professionals division in a record $12.5 billion pound acquisition, Coty further strengthens its presence in the hair care salon sector with ghd, signalling its intent and global ambition.

Wella Launches new World Studio in London

Wella launches their new World Studio in London, their state of the art academy is now at No1 The Strand. Wella closed the doors on its former iconic London Studio in Mortimer Street after 25 years. The new facility is closer to Covent Garden with all the boutiques and shops , I’m sure this will be a much more stylist friendly location for their flagship Academy.

UK Wella Trend Vision Award Finals 2016

Kay McIntyre judges the UK & Ireland Wella Trend Vision Awards 2016 and will be attending tonight’s gala dinner at the Roundhouse in London supported by a team of stylists from McIntyres.Tonight’s competitors and event is the pinnacle of the UK Wella Trend Vision 2016 Competition and showcases the best looks created by stylists, colourists and salons across Great Britain, the winners go through to the International Wella Trend Vision 2016 final later in November hosted this year in Barcelona.

Join us for the hair industry’s biggest party #BigHairdo

Join the UK hair industry’s biggest party ,the ‘Big Hair do’ , mcIntyres salons are selected as one of only 2 salons in Scotland in association with ghd to support this nationwide event created by Creative Head magazine – ‘100 salons one big night’
Its all about having fun and inspiring clients with the latest hair, hints and tips from the best salon professionals and displaying the latest hair innovations

ghd Electric Pink limited edition collection

ghd has launched ‘Electric Pink’ their new limited edition collection. The striking and vibrant colour raises awareness of breast cancer every year and has so far raised over £9 million and they are hoping to reach over £10m with yet another amazing collection. There is a pink hairdryer based on their best selling ghd ‘Air’ and there’s new pink ‘Platinum’ and pink ‘Classic’ ghd V stylers, this trio is available to buy at mcIntyres in salons or online at mcintyres.co.uk/shop
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Pink Air hairdryer £99
Pink Classic Styler £130

Dyson Supersonic First Impressions by Kay McIntyre

So just what’s all the fuss about?
Well, Dyson the world’s innovative and leading vacuum cleaner manufacturers has invested an estimated £70m+ entering the consumer and professional hairdryer technology market with the most expensive production hairdryer to date, the new Dyson Supersonic.
Should their competitors be worried? How are they going to engage the professional salon industry? Is the Technology as good as it looks?

McIntyres Academy Perth Road salon Student Discount £25 off cut & colour

McIntyres Academy Perth Road salon offers student discount with £25 off cut & colour.
The training academy is the ideal place to find a new graduate stylist who shall cut and colour your hair under the supervision of salon directors and Kay McIntyre 3 times ‘Scottish Hairdresser of the year’
All professional colour brands and products used to colour, lighten or tone your hair, ask in-salon or call 01382 668007 to make an appointment

Hair Stylist Appreciation Day

Its Hair Stylist Appreciation Day! Now clients can recognise the amazing contribution your stylist makes to all our lives directly
National Hairstylist Appreciation Day is observed annually on April 30th. On this day, we are encouraged to honour hairstylists everywhere who make artful hairstyles possible. A talented hairstylist will not only make you look good but also make you feel good. This day also celebrates the uniqueness of all styles of hair.