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How Hairdressers are profiting from Colour Analysis
Colour Analysis is the latest trend, and judging by the interest at the Academy, hairdressers are ready to get in on it—and for good reason. This service is taking off in salons everywhere, transforming the customer experience and driving new business. Here’s why...
How to make Money as a Colour Analyst
How times have changed. When I became a Colour Analyst (a long time ago) I knew just how amazing a service it was, but at that time I had to almost convince my Personal Styling clients to have it done. Roll forward nearly 20 years and my phone doesn't stop ringing...
Colour Analysis – The perfect part-time Career….
Have you recently had your colours done? Did you love it? Did you come back full of excitement telling all your friends and family how like magic your complexion changed when your Colour Analyst held different coloured drapes against your face? Did you then go on and...
Do a job you Love, and you’ll never Work a Day….
How do you know you’re in the right job? For me, it’s been 14 years since I left my corporate career behind and I can honestly say, since becoming a full-time stylist and trainer work never feels like work, because I simply love what I do, and because I love what I...
Style ME Training Academy is Accredited!
When I trained to be a Personal Stylist all those years ago, trust me there were not many Academies to choose from, and believe it or not I chose the most expensive Academy to train with, naively presuming that they must be the best, hence the price point (how wrong I...
Is 1 day enough to Train to be a Colour Analyst?
Roll back 17 years ago I did my colour analysis training with the now out of business, but then reputable Aston and Hayes Academy. The training was great, but it cost £3500 and took 1 full week, which ate into my precious 28-day holiday allowance. Was my training...
Colour Analysis: 12 Seasons or 4?
Great, you’ve decided you want to train as a Colour Analyst and let me guess you’re now overwhelmed as to not only which Academy to train with but also whether to train in the 4 Seasonal Colour Analysis system or the 12 Seasonal. I remember having the same dilemma 17...
How Makeup Artists are doubling their income.
In the past week, I’ve had 3 bookings from makeup artists wanting to add Colour Analysis to their services, it makes perfect sense; makeup and colours go hand in hand. But there are other wins too: Value Added Service Colour Analysis is back on trend, it’s all-over...
How is the cost-of-living crisis effecting Personal Stylists?
Many potential delegates ask, is this a good time to train to become a Personal Stylist? Surely people view personal styling as a luxury not an essential. Although it may seem that way, I’ve been in the industry long enough to tell you, my Personal Styling business...
Is Colour Analysis necessary to become a Personal Stylist?
You’ve probably at a stage where you’re looking into becoming a Personal Stylist, whilst you’re full of excitement you can also be feeling a little overwhelmed with what services you want to include and what Academy you want to train with. The most frequently asked...
What Qualifications do you need to become a Stylist?
Congratulations you’ve come to the realisation that you want to become a stylist; you love clothes and fashion and your friends and family always come to you for fashion advice, you’d happily style them free but now you’ve realised you can make money from it, you...
Are you a Life Coach wanting to add Styling to your services?
I can’t tell you how many Life Coaches have sent me personal styling clients over the years. You can see why of course. The woman who’s struggling with dating but fails to see it could be her style that’s putting men off, or the guy with an amazing CV who doesn’t get...