My New Hair Bible....... (Hair Ideas)

Member Name: mythdata

Product:	Hair Ideas
Date:	29/09/09 (136 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Very Cheap Magazine To Get The Point Across.

Disadvantages: The Paper Pages Fall Out

INTRODUCTION

As you will all know I have been a hairdresser for over fifteen years now and I have had a salon for nearly seven of them, it can be hard work but now years down the line very rewarding as I don't have to put in as many long hours.

Now that the salon is fully established I am constantly looking for new ideas, which can range between new treatments, training, new products and basically things to keep my clients happy.

Every week I buy numerous magazines that range from the legendary cosmopolitan, Hair & Beauty issues, Men's Health, Nuts and many other magazines to suit all of my clients needs, I have to buy both Men's and Women's magazine so my clients can see what styles are available to them and they can also catch up on celebrity gossip at the same time. So as you can imagine this doe's cost quite a lot to replace many of them on a weekly or monthly basis.

Anyway on Saturday I squeezed a regular client in on the understanding she knew what she wanted as I didn't have time to do the full consultation with her, anyway when she arrived she was not only fully prepared but she also has a brilliant find for me in the form of a new hair magazine that I did not know existed.

THE NEW EYE OPENER FOR ME

This magazine is called Hair Ideas and the name certainly reflects the magazine as that is basically what it consists of, it has 198 pages of back to back hair styles to chose from all of which are in fully glossy colour.

It as made up of a thick glossy front and back cover and then thinner papery pages inside, the paper is on the thin side but the magazine does the job it needs to, and shows off hundreds of different styles.

I have not sat and counted every single hair style in the book but the cover says it has over 647 different styles, which I would personally disagree with as each page has many different styles so I would say it has a lot more.

Inside you will find full pages styles, half page styles and pages with six styles to the page. As they are in full colour you can even get colour ideas to show to your stylist, so this magazine can kill two birds with one stone.

Within the style pages you get hundreds of styles for short hair, medium length hair, Long hair, Hair ups, Curly hair, straight hair, fringes and in the very back of the magazine you get a men's style section which is very unusual as I normally hair to buy a separate style book for men.

This is not only jam packed with styles but it also recommends products that have helped achieve the pictured looks, I found this to be very appealing to certain customers as many don't have a lot of cash to splash and this recommended nice cheap high street branded products and the more expensive salon products. So I have no doubt ion my mind that this caters for everyone.

There is also small beauty sections scattered across some of the pages, these are more like adverts to promote the products, but as with any magazine you expect to find this adverts but in this they are not as slap dash as other magazines who have an advert on every other page.

WIN WIN WIN

In this issue there are six different competitions running, the biggest of which is a fully make over with a celebrity hairstylist for this you need to submit you photo and why you need a make over and the winner will be selected at random. There are three chances to win and you will be featured on the next Hair ideas issue.

The others are to have a chance at winning products, hair cuts and free subscriptions to the magazine for a year.

For all of these competitions you need to fill out the questionnaires in the magazine, which only include you name address and postcodes. You don't nee to do anything but fill them out and send them off.

You can also enter by text but this costs 50p to register you phone number and then it is just the cost of a standard message. The 50p registration is a one off cost and you will never get charged that again.

PRICES / AVAILABLILTY

The magazine is issued once a month and usually goes on sale on the 10th of every month, so the cover will state September / October 2009 for example.

Now the best bit this brilliant invention comes to you for £1.99 which is a fraction of the price I was paying for magazine, so as you can see it is very inexpensive for you to buy and have a flick through.

You can by this from many major news agents and big shops such as Tesco and WH Smith.

PERFECT FOR A SALON VISIT

This magazine is perfect for everyone considering a change or just wants to let there hairdresser know what they want. I have gained many new customers from surrounding salons and they tell me their hair stylist never listened and they went away with a style they didn't like, I personally feel that it is very important that a client gets what they want, hence why I do a full consultation before I even lift my scissors.

If you are one of those people who always comes away from a salon disappointed take in a picture or this magazine for instance and don't leave until you get what you want, if you have a picture in mind take it with you on your next visit to the chop shop.

Some hairdressers will try to talk you out of getting it cut into a pictured style, this is because they don't really know how to achieve the look or you won't suit it. I past experience when I have gone to the hairdressers with a picture the girl tried telling me I would not suit it, but in fact I had the style a few years previous after perseverance she did it and mad a complete hash of it, so she was one of the few that didn't have a clue. I am sorry to say people there are many people that class them selves as hairdressers when in fact they would have made better butchers.

MAGAZINE CONTACTS

If you have a salon and you would like to submit your latest creation or you have a whacky hair style that you want to show off, then it is very simple, the magazine accepts pictures to be published in there issues.

To get your pictures published you need to send your high resolution pictures, which details on who the person is, who did the hair and who took the photograph. You will also need to send along written permission form everyone involved in the picture so that the magazine can publish it.

The contact address is:
Scissorhands Media Ltd
Third Floor
207 Old Street
London
EC1V 9NR

MY OPINION

The only down side to this magazine is the paper pages, which seem to come loose and fall out, which can be hard work keeping the magazines tidy and there is nothing worse is you pick up a magazine and all pages fall into your lap, but for the very small price this cost I don't mind buying two of the same copy in a moth as it has proved very beneficial to my clients and also helps me determine exactly what each client wants.

Whatever the style you have in mind this will help you out by either showing your hairdresser what you want or by making you decide what you actually want.

I love that the magazine is half the size of a normal one, as it fits perfectly into you handbag which I really don't think helps keep the flimsy pages in place.

I feel this is a superb magazine and I think my clients agree, since my client left me the copy on Saturday 80% of my clients have looked at and used the pictures to help determine what they want.

I have to dedicate this review to Claire for not only giving the inspiration to write it but for also opening my eyes to what is actually out there, just goes to show it pays to open my eyes.

Summary: Highly Recommended To Show Your Hairdresser What You Want.