April-September
Fashion week/bumble backstage
Fashion week
We’ve definitely been keeping ourselves busy over the last couple of months. We were very fortunate to be asked if we’d like to take part in working backstage at the London Fashion week, styling multiple models' hair for the Susan Fang FW24 & Victoria Secret collab collection named ‘air home’. The day was fast paced (to say the least) and the energy was thriving. We were given a debrief of the chosen look in the morning, which was ‘hair undone’. This involved creating various wet and textured looks, enhancing natural movement on natural hair and braided on wigs.
Bumble backstage
We headed down to London to meet with Jo and Aaryn, who are part of the bumble backstage team and spent the day learning new techniques and session styling over the course of two days. We were then given the opportunity to create our own looks on models. We decided to go for something urban, using bumble and bumble’s grooming cream to create ‘wet look’ hair. Our second look was a ‘power pony with a twist’ working with the hair's natural movement and texture and a piece of string.. yes you read that right.
Product of the month
Each month in Meraki, we choose a product of the month to shout from the rooftops about, and better yet.. add on a cheeky discount!
As the sun has FINALLY made an appearance, it inspired us to choose the bumble seaweed air dry cream as our product of the month! This product is a versatile part leave-in conditioner and part styling cream, which delivers all-day hydration, reduces frizz and flyaways and adds soft hold to air drying. It also helps maintain an optimal scalp environment. Sounds good right?
‘How to use’ tips from the pro’s!
- Massage into the scalp and throughout damp hair, combing through to the ends. Style as desired.
- For effortless waves, apply to damp hair and braid before bed. When you wake, release your braids to reveal those effortless waves. This product usually retails at £29, but is currently on offer for £24! Available to purchase in the salon.
Loreal summer offer!
Shampoo and conditioner - 2 for £30!!
Summer wedding Fair
We were very kindly asked if we would like to take part in the Old Bridge Hotel’s spring/summer wedding fair which was a new experience for us as this was our first wedding fair. We had such a lovely afternoon meeting and chatting with lots of couples on their wedding planning journey and were very grateful to have some gorgeous brides reach out and choose us to be a part of their big day! We did also get a chance to mingle with lots of other businesses where we met some super lovely people and may or may not have taken full advantage of trying out some of the wedding entertainment extra’s (the VIP Photo Booth was a personal favorite of Saffron’s).
Summer drinks menu
We mentioned in our last blog about our very popular winter drinks menu.. Well the suns about, which means the summer drinks menu is out!
Whether you’re in the mood for something alcoholic (a peach Bellini, an ice cold gin and tonic or a fruity pimm’s), or fancy a pick from our selection of soft drinks, we’ve got you covered this summer. If you’re anything like we are, as soon as the sun peeks through, we hear the cocktail bars calling, so we decided to bring it to Meraki! Equally, if you’re that individual who just can’t beat a hot drink no matter the temperature then take your pick from our list of hot drinks; yes, we do get a surprising amount of clients who still opt for our signature hot choccy even if it is 30 degrees outside (you crazy lot)!
Meraki book club
We’ve suddenly become major book worms in our salon and we’re finding our topic of conversation with a lot of clients is book recommendations or having a serious debrief on our latest reads. This got us thinking; why not make a Meraki book corner in the salon where we can store all of our completed books and give our clients a chance to bring in their latest reads to do a book swap! We can’t wait to
get stuck into some of your personal recommendations, so keep them coming! Colleen Hoover seems to be taking over us at the moment, With Saffron reading ‘confess’, Becki reading ‘It starts with us’ and Lea reading ‘Too Late’.
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