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Redken Hair Awards 2010

Last year over 200 teams took part in the competition which highlights the talent we have in Redken salons across the whole of the UK. Getting two teams through to the regional heats at the Birmingham NEC was an amazing experience for all of the team and to go on further and have one team reach the grand final stage in London really did make all of our dreams come true. We are really proud of our hair team for entering again for this year’s competition and would like to say a big thank you to Jo, Teresa, Amy, Anika, Lauren and Katherine for all putting themselves forward and spending many hours creating their models look. This year’s regional heats will take place at the NEC on Tuesday 11th May 2010. We would like to wish our teams all the best of luck. Please click on the pictures to see our model photoshoot.

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Boot Camp Blow Dry Promotion

We would like to say a big thank you to all our clients who took part in our Boot Camp Blow Dry Day. We had the perfect solution on Wednesday 31st May for our clients to come into the salon for a one to one session purely dedicated to them. Each one hour session covered the techniques of shampooing the hair properly, product knowledge and what we would use to create that certain look and the overall blow drying tips to show our clients how to achieve that blow dry themselves. All sessions were charged for but the monetary amount could be redeemed against any of our Redken Hair Care products to encourage our clients to use the correct product for their hair at home. If this is a service that you or any of your friends would like to do as a workshop together please speak to Kerry.

Congratulations

Congratulations to Daniel who passed all of his NVQ Hairdressing Qualifications in March 2010. Daniel joined 5th Avenue in May 2007 on an extended work placement from his school. He started at Bedford College in September 2008 for a two year hairdressing apprenticeship. In September 2009 Daniel started to build his own clientele and now has busy days offering hair services to all of his regular customers. In May Daniels prices will increase in order for him to start earning a salary as a fully qualified stylist. He would love for you to keep coming to him but understands if you would rather try another junior stylist. He would like to thank his clients for all their support throughout his training. If you would like to discuss your appointments further please call Kerry or Kay at the salon.

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Junior Soiree

This years Junior Soiree will be held on Sunday 6th June for all of our trainee team. Every year this event goes from strength to strength giving our junior team members the chance to show off their creations. They will be given a theme to think about and create their look, make up and outfit based on the theme throughout the day. Our evening show will start at 7.30pm and is open to anyone who would like to come along and see our future stylists work. If you are interested in attending please speak to Kerry or Kay.

Charity Curry Night

Our charity curry night was an amazing success. Held at Saffron restaurant we had 115 guests arrive to help us raise money for St Johns Hospice in Moggerhanger. During the evening we had entertainment from Lauren Luke and Crystelle a gorgeous Indian buffet and a raffle with some amazing prizes. We raised a total of £1500.00 and would like to thank everyone who either took part or supported us

Thank you to all our raffle sponsors.

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Clothes Show Live

We would like to wish Lauren the very best of luck for entering into “Young Hairdresser of the Year” sponsored by Clothes Show Live. Lauren needed to prepare her model with a brand new look to give an interpretation of the current fashion trends.

New Pureology Hair Care Range - Now in!

Discover a new standard of professional colour care for colour treated hair. This amazing new range has been exclusively created in California for professional colourists and their clients and is now the number one hair colour care brand in the USA.

• Hydrate is for dry colour - treated hair
• Pure Volume is for fine colour - treated hair
• Essential Repair is for distressed colour- treated hair.

These products have already won major awards in the States and have already proven to be a massive hit with our clients here at 5th Avenue. Please ask your stylist for more information or click here to see the pureology pricing information.

Rosjke Hasseldine, author of “The Silent Female Scream”

Rosjke has recently moved to Bedford. Read her inspirational book that is changing women’s lives and relationships. Through her honest exploration of her own experiences of being silenced and invisible, and her work with women and mothers and daughters as a psychotherapist, Rosjke exposes how girls and women are still being silenced. With insight and key questions, this book empowers girls and women to reclaim their voices and to know that “you have the right to be heard, valued and respected and to know that anything less is just not okay”. “The Silent Female Scream” is available on Amazon, bookstores or on www.thesilentfemalescream.com

For A Good Cause

Kerry was asked to join the Princes Trust committee in August for Beds and Milton Keynes. It was a great honour to be asked she said. She is now helping with organising their annual Christmas Cracker Ball on Monday 21st December at the Park Inn Hotel with all proceeds going to The Princes Trust.

For any information regarding tickets, please contact Kerry.

Rising Star Awards 2009

Thank you to all our clients who nominated us for the Bedfordshire Business Excellence Awards which are held every year at the Park Inn in November. Organised by Premier Newspapers, these awards recognise the achievements of leading edge employers and individuals. We are proud to announce that we have been shortlisted for the “Champions of Learning” category and will be attending the Awards Evening. Many thanks for everyone’s support.

Ongoing Salon Training

Congratulations to Kay Jennings and Frances Ronan who have now completed their NVQ level 2 in business admin. Kerry qualified as an A1 assessor earleier in the year enabling her to take staff members through NVQ qualifications in Business Admin, Business Management and Team Leading. Joanne Picton, Anoka Miller and Katherine Moore are currently working towards their NVQ level 2 in Team Leading. Good Luck to them all.

Eyelash Extensions

We now offer Semi Permanent Nouveau Contour Eyelash Extensions at 5th avenue. There are many different companies that offer this treatment on the market to enhance the look of your own eyelashes but we have investigated and brought to you what we feel is definitely the best system on the market for our clients. After seeing Nouveau lashes advertised at prestigious Health Farms and speaking to ladies who have used the lash enhancement service we felt that this was the product we were excited to take on and talk about.

Prices start at £30.00 for maintenance and £75.00 for a full set. For further details or bookings please contact our reception team.

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Personal Shopper Launched!

We had a fantastic turnout on the night and Elaine gave us an excellent talk based on how to utilise our wardrobes better, explain what clothing will suit our individual needs and how we can boost our confidence and learn to love our bodies. Elaine is now taking booking for her new services. More details and prices in the Specialist Treatments section here.

Midnight Walk For Charity

The Midnight Charity Walk held by St Johns Hospice in May 2009 attracted over 800 women who took part for this worthy cause. The planned walk was for 10 miles and so far £67,000 pounds have been raised. 5th Avenue sponsored two of the posts and donated gift vouchers for all the walkers who took part.

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Ascot Ladies Day

5th Avenue organised a coach to the annual Ladies Day held on the third Thursday in June at Royal Ascot. 37 staff, clients and friends dressed to impress for a wonderful day out enjoyed by all.

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Pride in Bedford 2009

Congratulations to Kerry and the rest of the team. Kerry has won the adult acheiever category whilst the team was highly commended in the service with a smile category.

We would like to thank all our clients and friends for supporting us and feel it an honor to receive these awards.

The Pride in Bedford Awards are aimed to salute the outstanding individuals and amazing organisations working so hard to make Bedford a special place.

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A Cut Above the Rest

This year 5th Avenue entered into the annual Redken RAP competition. Over two hundred teams entered from Redken salons covering the whole of the UK and we were completely overwhelmed to find out that two of our teams had got through to the regional finals at the NEC in Birmingham at the end of March. Liz and James were short listed for “Style Innovator” category; Carrie completed the team as make up artist. Anika and Lauren were short listed for the “Color Genius” category and Katherine was their make up artist. Both teams went down to Redken head office in London prior to the RAP event to complete their finished look within a one hour time scale and were pre judged and interviewed.

The RAP event is held for all Redken salons across the country and is a great opportunity to watch top stylists in the industry creating the professional edge for the latest looks on the street. The event attracted an audience of over three hundred people however there were 3 regional finals in total that salons could attend. Our teams had to create their look once again for the audience to see on the catwalk and a recording of the interviews were shown on the big screens.

It was a great achievement and a first for our teams to get through. Truly a memorable occasion to remember!

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Las Vegas and Scottsdale Redken Symposium Trip 2009

Kerry put together a staff incentive package for one staff member to win a trip to the annual Redken education conference in Las Vegas and Scottsdale Arizona. Jo Picton won the trip and accompanied Kerry in January.

Over 10,000 stylists and salon owners attended from all over the world to attend seminars with some of the most elite educators in the industry. The UK and Ireland group went onto Scottsdale, Arizona for three days and attended further training seminars. Jo and Kerry took part in a team building exercise where there were 20 teams of four people who had to assemble a bicycle from scratch. Twenty young local students entered the room and were told to join our teams. These children were from underprivileged families who had not often received a gift let alone given a bicycle. The emotion in the room was absolutely unexplainable knowing that we helped to put a smile on the children’s faces and brighten up their day. A memory to be cherished forever.

One of our special salon evenings.

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Hot footing it for charity…..

Anika, Katherine, Claire and one of our clients Kay took part in the Fire and Ice challenge held at St Johns Hospice Moggerhanger in August. It involved the brave girls walking on broken glass and hot coals to raise much needed donations for St Johns. Well done to you all.

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Ongoing development

On the 7th September the team attended a team building day held at the Park Inn Hotel in Bedford. We had Peter Lunn who is a motivational and lifestyle coach come and join us for the day to promote how we could be more successful in the salon and improve our customer service to our clients.