The new do

After nearly a decade of long hair, I finally took the plunge and went for the chop. Thankfully, I think the new crop does just what I hoped it would - it makes me look like a grown up, and a rather sophisticated one at that, if I do say so myself. The lovely Spencer at Trevor Sorbie Brighton (pronounced Sorbee, rather than Sorbet I'm told) is to thank for the new do.

Before

After

In-between the steady snips and blow-dry blasts, Spencer told me that several of the salon's clients have been in for restyles over the past month, due to the change in season and the fact that many just don't get chance to get to the hairdressers in the school holidays. Many customers are asking for soft perms and waves, he said, predicting that the most popular Christmas party style this year is going to be big hair - blow dried, backcombed and curled. Time to invest in some super-strength hairspray...

From fine to fabulous - exciting hair news

Fine-haired women rejoice - Trevor Sorbie claim to have devised a way to put a spring in your step with a permanent wave treatment. Similar to the Eighties' perms of your-mum's-head fame, the waves will last until they grow out.

The treatment is only available at the Covent Garden salon from 2 September, priced at £180, but will likely to be rolled out to regional branches if it proves a success. And with big Seventies hair, well, big at the moment, and my locks frustratingly flat, I'll be first in line to trial 'The New Wave' when it comes to Brighton.


Oh, and while I'm talking about hair, I have to mention my recent bargain hair care revelation: Creighton's Beautiful Brunette range, which has made my aforementioned lifeless hair multi-tonal, thicker and super-soft over the past week. And where is this magical serum sold you ask (we'll, you don't, but Im going to tell you anyway) not at Trevor Sorbie or any other fancy salon, but Poundland - POUNDLAND! Now that is a product worth stockpiling.