
FOUNDER OF PHAB STANDARD RETURNS TO PROVIDING BUSINESS TRAINING COURSES
After a five year sabbatical from her first love of providing Business Management training courses to hair & beauty industry, worldwide, CEO and Founder of the PHAB Standard, Nergish Wadia-Austin, will be returning to her training roots. From January 2018, Nergish will be providing an updated curriculum of training courses for hair & beauty salon, spa, nail-bar and barbershop managers, everywhere. After many requests to once again provide her popular training courses, Nergish


AJC SPOTLIGHT... REBEKAH: ORGANISATIONAL QUEEN 👑
Rebekah joined the AJC team just under a year ago at the end of 2016 after completing her PR and Marketing degree at Queen Margaret University. Rebekah has had some experience working in marketing in a few different industries before exploring the life of a PR. Organisation is one of Rebekah’s passions, anything that involves a check list and a highlighting pen! From helping organise client events such as ‘The Big Hair Do’ to arranging press appointments, anything that requir

THERAPI: A LUXURY BRITISH HAIRCARE BRAND
Love for hair? New luxury haircare brand on the block, THERAPI unleash their range to the hairdressing elite. THERAPI was born out of a desire to offer a luxury salon professional haircare range bursting with benefits, whilst maintaining an affordable price point. All THERAPI products contain a unique multi-benefit ingredient; Baobab Oil from the iconic Baobab tree. Featuring in all ten of the THERAPI products, this light oil has miraculous moisturising, strengthening, repair


AUTUMN/WINTER BRIDAL STYLES FROM POUTS & PINUPS 🍂
Planning an Autumn/Winter wedding? You've picked your dress, your shoes and have a great makeup look in mind - but you're still unsure about your hair. Never fear - Michelle Paterson, Hair Manager at Kirkcaldy salon Pouts & Pinups, has you covered. In this great piece on Inspo magazine, Michelle talks us through low ponytails, buns, chignons and big curls. Read Michelle's words of wisdon on Autumn/Winter bridal hairstyles here. AJC x


AJC SPOTLIGHT... KELLY: THE ALL ROUNDER 🎨
Kelly has been an integral part of Team AJC for almost four years and enjoys every minute. With a huge passion for fashion, hair and beauty and a Design degree under her belt she jumped at the chance to be part of AJC93. On a day-to-day basis Kelly attends client and press meetings, compiles PR plans and advertising budgets, manages client accounts and all members of the AJC team, as well as gaining coverage and booking models for shoots, designing websites and marketing mate

ENVY's "MIRACLE IN A BOTTLE" HITS THE US!
To celebrate its US launch, Envy's revolutionary prewash system Dual Fix 12 appeared on QVC US, and has already received rave reviews! With a perfect balance of silk proteins and amino acids to target damaged areas and attract moisture, Dual Fix 12 gives salon quality results, leaving hair smoother, stronger and easier to manage. It seems that QVC customers definitely agree with this, as one commented that after using Dual Fix, her hair "was amazing... silky, shiny, great bod


RRI OWNERS SCOOP LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD AT SHABA 👏🏼
The Scottish Hair and Beauty Awards has come and gone, with salons and stylists from around the country earning the right to call themselves the best of the best and it was a fantastic night for Rainbow Room International’s Owners, Alan and Linda, who scooped the incredible Lifetime Achievement Award. The event saw over 500 of the hair and beauty sector’s most talented people come together to celebrate at the Marriott Hotel in Glasgow and almost 30 awards were handed out on t


WORK EXPERIENCE WEEK AT AJC
My name is Craig Brownlee, I’m fourteen years old, currently in fourth year and I spent the last week doing my work experience at Alison Jameson Consultants. I am very fascinated by media and would hopefully like to get a job in this kind of industry, so when I found out about the PR intern role, I was more than happy. It’s been a very interesting week, so I am going to take you through everything that happened. Day 1 I was very nervous starting my first day here; it was a wh


THE STATEMENT CHIGNON, WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM RAINBOW ROOM
The chignon is a the perfect go-to style for any evening occasion, whether it's a glamorous wedding, or dinner with your friends. In this piece on Stylist Magazine, Megan Deigan from Rainbow Room International's Bearsden salon, also a Schwarzkopf young artistic team member, shares her step-by-step guide to re-creating the look. So go on, be bold - the chignon will hold! AJC x


AJC SPOTLIGHT... ALEX: WRITING TALENT 📝
Alex has been with Team AJC for just over a year, joining in July 2016. Before joining AJC, Alex studied PR and Marketing at university for four years and then worked in another PR agency, where she worked on behalf of travel and hospitality clients. Alex has always loved all things hair and beauty and the jobs she undertakes at AJC include gaining clients a great amount of coverage, both online and in print, locally and in trade, as well as profile building, organising event