Vidal Sassoon the Movie finally hits screens at cinemas around the UK from 16th May and its a film hairdressers and salon owners alike have been waiting to see.Kay McIntyre owner and founder of McIntyres salons,Dundee and current Scottish Hairdresser of the Year says, “I met Vidal Sassoon and his girlfriend with my husband John in the Cafe Paris after a hairdressing event in Berlin some years ago, it was quite bizarre’ Vidal Sassoon is a household name in hairdressing and this film tells his story or as New York Times puts it “Vidal Sassoon The Movie isn’t just the story of a brilliant fashio
McIntyres hair salons are hair colour specialists and have created ‘The Colour Lounge’ at its award winning hair salon in Union Street,Dundee. Hair colouring is an art form and with so many hair products to choose from,information and technical innovation to keep up with in order to get the maximum potential its vital you have your hair coloured by a hairdressing professional in a salon environment.
Princess Kate Windsor Middleton’s hair was classic for a Royal Wedding and looked regal wearing a tiara and veil combination with natural looking dressed hair it looked comfortable long and loose and suited such an occasion . London Hairdresser Richard Ward criticised by Great British Hairdresser James Brown should be commended for the Princess’s look and hair-styling, wearing it down was braver when it would have been so easy to just go with convention to dress the hair up.
Dundee College students showcased their talents creating Dundee College’s ‘Vogue’ Fashion Show 2011 at Fat Sam’s Live in aid of Maggies Cancer caring centre with McIntyres hair salons drafted in to assist with hair styling. The models were a mix from Dundee College students and football apprentices from both Dundee and Dundee United football clubs. The models entertained with new season collections from local fashion retailers L:a Senza,Oasis,New Look,Barratts,Arkive,Ozzy’s,Dorothy Perkins,Burtons,Internationale,Missy La La’s,The Dressing Up Box and A1 Kilts.
Five hair stylists win through to the Scottish Wella Trend Vision Award finals 2011. Michael Howie,Lisa Findlay,Alistair Deacon, Annette Linn and Samantha Galloway all made it through. McIntyres and indeed Michael and Sammy have a great pedigree in this competition having won through to the London showcase twice before. The Wella Trend Vision is is a creative,fun,competition to explore trends that are exposed by the Wella brand and sets the gauntlet for salons to experiment within the category to create a new interpretation and present an overall image, below are this seasons trends.
ghd has launched three new promotional offers to boost the new Gold Classic hair styler inspired by Katy Perry the new face of the ghd brand. This new ghd Gold Classic hair styler offer introduces a new stylish safety feature combination of heat protection guard together with heat resistant clutch bag in a choice of three styles ;Boho Chic , New Wave and Gold Classic.The UK advertising campaign will reveal the new range of ghd straighteners with Katy Perry fronting the promotion shot by renowned celebrity photographer David LaChapelle.
Stuck for a Mother’s Day gift idea? Then give your mum a hairdressing voucher from the current ‘Scottish Hairdresser of the Year’ at McIntyres. Treat your mum to a new hair style ,cut, blow dry or colour from McIntyres and let us make sure she is given the treatment she deserves. Every mum loves to get pampered and looked after especially where she can relax in comfort in a welcoming and friendly environment.
McIntyres have created a specialist colour area within the Union Street salon to focus on providing a more relaxing and bespoke colour service so that you can get even more enjoyment from our salon technical services. Have your tint re-growth, the latest fashion colour highlights or the most advanced colour combination in an environment totally dedicated to the hair colour application process designed to achieve the best possible results where you get to see exactly how we create the hair colour mix. There are more hair colour choices than ever and the best hair colour happens in salons.
Are you looking to become a qualified Hairdresser? Get into hairdressing? or ever considered private hairdressing training? Then here is your chance! Kay McIntyre is the Scottish Hairdresser of the Year and there are limited places to train with McIntyres at their flagship premiere award winning salon, Union Street, Dundee, under the supervision and guidance of Kay McIntyre and her talented education team.
Katy Perry is the new face of ghd, the sensational music artist and (Mrs Brand) is one of the brightest female talents in music today and shall be working in close collaboration with the phenomenal ghd brand kicking off with an exciting multimedia global brand campaign shot by renowned photographer David LaChapelle.