Colour Experts
At Steve Hilliard Hairdressing we send our team on intensive courses at the Goldwell Academy in London so they can constantly be inspired to create colour and styles you'll fall in love with. We are also privileged to have Goldwell Technicians coming into our salons at least three times a year to update us on the latest catwalk trends and the work of their world renowned artistic team.
Below is a list of the courses the teams have been on in 2017.
Balayage Essentials Aston & Fincher
Enhance application techniques and explore creative sectioning patterns. Look at ways of combining existing skills with new and innovative ideas to form the perfect look. Enabling you to create your own interpretation of the latest colour looks.
CHARLIE
Balayage Ombre Fusion
Perfect the art of Balayage! During this one day seminar, Goldwell will show you quick and easy techniques to help you gain confidence and create this look time and time again.
Jordan
Colour Lab
Creativity is about capturing moments that make life worth living. Learn to express vision with personalized colour and formula concepts. Give the colour signature and soul. Master of colour statements.
ALICE
SHARON
LUCY
Hair Up Styling Masterclass
Gain knowledge and expertise from hair up specialists. Learn how to master hair up techniques. Discover how to create and evolve classic modern and trending hair up styles. Build confidence when it comes to creating the perfect hair up look.
JEN
Essential Shapes
Understanding the fundamentals of hair cutting by re-learning the rules and reasons behind them. Working methodically, insights into which colours and techniques are best designed for each shape to give the best result.
CHLOE
CAITLIN
Blow Dry Brilliance
Correct product usage dependant on hair type, care and styling tips. Importance of clean working. Popular curly blow-dry and dressing out techniques. Classic blow dry and pin set technique. Hands on sessions smooth straight and curly blow dries.
CHLOE
CAITLIN
Trend Report
Explores the latest colour phenomenon’s sweeping social media. For intermediate and advanced levels of hairdressers looking to offer the most talked about colour services. Learn techniques, colour patterns and formulas to recreate looks at the forefront of the fashion hungry consumer.
BETH
Classic Barbering Erik Lander
Develop your skills in all aspects of barbering and learn how to achieve impeccable fade, blend lines and get the perfect finish. Increase your confidence when it comes to working with male clients.
JORDAN
PAIGE
Colour Correction
Impress clients with your mastery of colour transition. Advanced knowledge and tools to overcome any colour challenge with outstanding results.
LUCY
Salon Inspiration Shane Bennett
Led by Shane Bennett and Dorothy Sturgeon. Gain an insight into their creative cutting and colour vision. Encompasses a range of techniques and styling tips that have a strong consumer feel and are perfect for the salon client.
VICTORIA
Advanced Fashion Colouring
Explore the unlimited possibilities of fashion colouring and create true colour statements for your clients. Learn how to beautify your most precious raw material with your most ingenious tools, advanced knowledge and creativity.
SHARON
Mark Leeson Colour & Cut
Learn more about Mark’s first class colouring and cutting techniques. How to personalise and make these techniques your own. See how to transform your clientele and push creative boundaries.
ALICE
London Style Colouring & Cutting Lisa Whiteman
Tailored to all levels of hairdressers looking to boost average client spend. Based on the most current London hair trends. Interactive sessions, learning new and inspiring colour formulas. Bespoke foil placement ideas. Advanced cutting techniques.
PAIGE
Below is a list of the courses the teams have been on in 2015 / 2016.
Foiling Mastery
Foil highlighting. Finding out more about how you can adapt placements to achieve different colour effects and add dimension to colour.
JORDAN
LUCY
Demi Permanent Colour Mastery
Demi-permanent colouring with Colorance. Versatile hair colour solutions that meet real-world needs and expectations. Services ranging from shine enhancement to the most exciting fashion colours and grey blending that clients will love.
JORDAN
LUCY
BETH
Permanent Colour Mastery
Wow your blonde, brunette, redhead and grey clients with limitless colour possibilities. 100% grey coverage and the ultimate durability. Evenness of the Topchic and Nectaya ranges. Learn how to enhance your clients’ natural beauty through the most beautiful hair colour.
LUCY SHARON
BETH
PAIGE
Express Colour and Cut
Terri Kay is an educator who truly understands how to create a winning collection. With numerous awards to her name, including three times winner of Eastern Hairdresser of the Year, is now in the British Hairdressing Hall of Fame and her technical knowledge is exceptional which has resulted in her work being regularly featured in hair magazines all over the world. Terri is who is renowned for her superb teaching skills and enthusiasm for hairdressing.
SHARON
ALICE
Lightening Mastery
Get to know all about blonde: its versatility, it’s challenges and its beauty. Make your salon the place to be for blondes. Gaining knowledge and skills needed to create perfect blonde every single time.
JORDAN
LUCY
SHARON
BETH
PAIGE
Colour Correction
From decolourising and colour remover to pre-pigmenting and everything in between. An in-depth understanding of colour families. Insights into advanced colour formulations. A vast variety of the most utilised and useful correction techniques. Building a colour trouble shooting strategy for the most demanding colour challenges. How to transform visual references into amazing colour results. Inspirational hands-on sessions.
JORDAN
PAIGE
Elumen Mastery
Learn how to achieve brilliant colour results with exceptional shine and durability with Elumen colour, customised communication and application tools as well as promoting new services to clients. Learn why Elumen is so special. Identify the right clients for Elumen colour. Application and commercial techniques with Elumen. Confidence in usage of Elumen.
JORDAN
LUCY
BETH
PAIGE
Master Colourist Technician
World-class consultation clients. In-depth knowledge of the Goldwell brands and their performance. Creating a “total look” that is more than just hair colour. Learning how to talk confidently and promote colour services. Knowledge in dimensional colouring according to client needs. Formulations for reliable grey coverage, durability and evenness. Inspirational hands-on sessions to gain true colour mastery and have fun!
JORDAN
LUCY
BETH
PAIGE
Colour Lab
Learn to express your vision in personalised colour and formulae concepts. Give the colour your face and your soul.
CHARLIE
Advanced Goldwell Techniques
Be the first to discover the most timeless and Phenomenal colouring techniques and services of Goldwell. Wow your clients with beautiful colour results and the versatility of your service menu.
LUCY
London Style Colouring and Cutting
Terri brings her salon experience to teach young stylists quick and easy, but very effective colour and cut techniques that can enhance a salon’s menu.
ALICE
Creative Excellence
Classic signature looks that will build and define your business with easy and practical ideas. This course covers colouring and cutting techniques.
DANI
Advanced Grey Coverage
Become the grey expert and build your clientele. Discover state-of-the-art grey services to impress your most demanding grey clients. Make grey service the flagship of your salon by gaining excellence in grey coverage.
OLIVIA
LUCY
SHARON
PAIGE
Advanced Fashion Colouring
Explore the unlimited possibilities of fashion colouring. Create true colour statements for your clients. Learn how to beautify your most precious raw material with your most ingenious tools advanced knowledge and your creativity.
OLIVIA
LUCY
Neil Barton on the Edge Colouring and Cutting
Colouring and cutting for contemporary styles for all clients. Neil and his team pride themselves on their innovative colour, cutting techniques, fashion-forward knowledge, creativity and their ability to provide each client with the ultimate salon experience.
OLIVIA
Master Colourist Designer
Learn about a broad range of customised colour services and techniques for every client type, age and complexion. Growing skills. Expertise in blonde, grey and fashion colouring. How to break down advanced techniques into salon colour statements. Know-how on how to develop a stunning hair colour design. How to put fashion statement through the total look. Tips and hints on follow up services. How to tell instead of sell (best communication for fashion colouring) Inspirational hands-on sessions.
Beverly C Creative and Inspirational Cut and Colour
Focuses on Precision Cutting, Razor Cutting and Creative Colour Trends. Using her extensive knowledge Beverly will creatively inspire and help to expand and take technical skills to another level. Beverly C MBE is one of the UK’s most prolific female hairdressers and has been awarded the title of British Hairdresser of the Year twice during her career.
OLIVIA
JEN