February

It's great to see the Village back to its lively self as businesses are now operating their usual hours as people have returned to work and kids are back at school. Having Waitangi Day off was a treat as it meant a long weekend for most and we were treated by one of our clients who gave us tickets to attend the rugby 7's. Kat and friends went along on the Friday, then Carmelita and I went on the Saturday. It was bitter cold on the Friday but we were treated to a magnificent day on the Saturday, which was a day for hat and sunblock, except Carmelita didn't slip or slap and she got burnt. I have to say it is the first 7s that I'd been too whereby I watched pretty much all of the games. Probably because the spectators were well behaved! So thanks Mike and Caroline for making it happen.
Following on from last month's salon training - consultation. We invited two models to come in and tell the girls what they wanted. The aim of this training was to identify areas for improvement, particularly with the consultation process. The process  consists of determining what the client wants, if there are any issues, what process can be used to achieve the outcome, recommended retail, price etc. Ben was happy for Carmelita to colour his hair but didn't want anything too 'out there' because of his job, so Carmelita pre-lightened his hair to a warm chocolate tone. Kat added warm tones of reds to Jacinta's hair and straightened her natural curls to reflect the colours that were used. Many thanks to our two models and Sinead for sharing her technical expertise with the girls and we look forward to seeing her next month.

Some clients have had to persevere with a little inconvenience whilst we underwent more shop makeover. We are presently advertising that we now do eyelash extensions, eyebrow & eyelash tinting and eyebrow shaping. From next month, we will be able to provide a more private setting for these services. When making an appointment please be aware that eyelash extensions can take up to 2 hours to perform.