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Hello Babes! Let me start by wishing you all a happy 2021. We’ve now been shut for around 2 months, with at least another month and a half to go before we will be able to open our doors and…

A few of you will already know this but we love to educate and train ourselves further at Brandon May. We always have and it’s a big part of who we are. Hannah has fully embraced that (as do all…

Reopening Update We are still awaiting guidelines for everything and need to ensure all the relevant procedures etc. are in place. However, we wanted to get booking information from everyone so that we can ensure everyone is booked for the…

It’s Sunday morning mid-May, before 9am, my mind is turning to what salon life will look like post-lock down. May is usually a very busy month for us; but instead we’re all staying home, staying safe. I’ve been thinking about…

Kerastraight Ultimate Treatment: There’s a few keratin treatments on the market so, how do you choose which one is right for you? Are you suitable for Kerastraight Ultimate? Is your hair…? Hard to manage? Takes too long to style and…

Gender Neutral Salon: Welcome to 2018. We’re becoming a gender neutral salon. And, here’s why… Once upon a time (read: 1950s), women went to go and get their hair done in a salon and this was their only bit of…

With recent 90s hair trends, these looked set to stay with Gigi & Bella Hadid on the Versus Versace runway in London Fashion Week AW17. Both wore deep side partings and had a grunge element to their look with a lived-in…

With it being the Grammys, BAFTAs and Brit Awards recently we thought we’d talk about our favourite red carpet looks from all three and give you some pointers on how you can achieve red carpet-ready hair yourself! BRIT AWARDS In…

We thought we’d give you a little update, with it being our third birthday it seemed like a good time! Sophia left in December to move to Newcastle, and we were sorry to see her go, as I’m sure you…

We get asked this question a lot… What’s the difference between ombre and balayage? To put it simply, ombre is a more bold, ‘dip dye’ kind of look; more colour through the ends of the hair and balayage is a…

Some call it a long bob, mid length haircut; on the shoulder hair… we like the word MIDI. Mid length hair is very now and recently, here at Brandon May, there have been quite a lot of requests for us…