It wasn't my dream when I was younger to become a hairdresser. I wanted to be a journalist or a greenpeace activist. Then I went to a language school studying too many languages for my own sanity. So how did I end up as a hairdresser you wonder?

I always played with different hairstyles as a teenager and ended up always colouring my friends hair.

It wasn't until I finished school and I was worrying about what to do with my life my friend suggested hairdressing. First I thought it absurd but after a while I started to like the thought of it. My worst nightmare was to work in an office. I wanted to do something creative and have a steady income at the same time. I guess hairdressing was it. But how do you become a hairdresser?

In Sweden I was too late to go the usual way choosing hairdressing at gymnasium as I already was 18 and finished all my languages that I chosen instead. So the only other way was to pay a fortune for hairdressing school and I didn't have that money.

After a while I found a add for a salon who needed a trainee so I took my chance and went for an interview. They loved me and thought I would be perfect for the job. Until I was writing down my details and they realised I was left handed. Apparently left handed can't be hairdressers I was told (that is a lie).

I put the thoughts about hairdressing behind me and decided to go to London. I was meant to as the most stay for the summer, 11 years later I'm still here.

First I just got random jobs in a bar and then in a record shop, where I met my now husband. But eventually the thoughts of hairdressing started to come back. I remember talking to my neighbours.  They told me to go to this funky hairdressers in Spitalfields market because they thought it would suit me. So I did. I went in and told them I wanted to become a hairdresser but didn't know how to go about it. I was in luck as they needed a trainee so I could start the same week.

I started with sweeping the floor and washing hair. For anyone who wants to become a hairdresser. That will more or less be your life for the next couple of years adding one thing at the time. I remember spending hours practising parting the hair in a straight line down the middle. Practising blow drying on anyone I knew every spare half hour I had.

After a bit of time I started to go to college part time and still working in a salon. I've moved to the salon I'm still working in now. I was lucky with a great teacher who is a talented hairdresser with a big heart. He helped me with anything hair way beyond the curriculum. I have a lot to thank John for.

Also my two bosses Bradley and Scott pushing me to get better and improve my skills.

Our salon ( Natural Colour Works ) specialises in natural colour and we focus on colours. So it is important to have a strong colour knowledge and do good highlights. We do cutting as well so I have to be good in all areas.

After a while my bosses allowed me to colour clients hair as a graduate stylist and was soon promoted to stylist.

I love hair and I love my job. Even though I never dreamt about it as a young girl. It's something I  enjoy and I get such a satisfaction out of making other people happy.

I also love styling hair. Especially wedding hair. Being part of someone's special day is such an honour and I just love it so much. I love creating something beautiful and hair is definitely a piece of art you can shape in so many wonderful ways.

10 years down the line I'm now a senior stylist and I still love my job just as much. I'm looking forward to the wonderful people I will meet on a daily basis. Without the friendly and loving people that are my clients my job would not be what it is.

Don't take me wrong there's some horrible sides to hairdressing as well.

• Like you never have a break, you might not have time to pee for 3 hrs even though you need to go. 
• People can be horrible and shout at you. 
• Or when people turn up late for their appointments and get mad at you for not be able to do everything they ask  
• Everything hurts and you got someone else's hair inside your bra and you cut your fingers. 
• Not to mention all your clothes got colour stains on them

Yet I still love my job and I happily do it. Even when people ask me on my day off. But that's all part of the fun right?

Hairdressing is hard work and you have to be passionate about it or it won't be worth it.

I'm so happy someone many years ago suggested me to try hairdressing. From the day I started I loved it.

June Favourites 2015 - Whole Foods + Sukin Body Lotion

Hej!

So, half the year has gone, which means it's end of June and I'm doing my June favourites.

June has been a great month.  I haven't done much shopping this month so I decided to show you things that I've enjoyed in the month of June new or old.

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June Favourites

1. Tea - green tea and coconut from  Higher Living
Holland & Barrett

2. Book - The sunrise by Victoria Hislop

3. Peppermint facial spritz - Suti

4. Running top - Nike - Run London

5. Coconut & Raspberry chocolate - Seed & Bean chocolate

6. Body lotion - Sukin
Wholefoods

7. Strawberries - Borough Market
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Tell me some things you've enjoyed in the month of June

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Review | c/o Gerd B2 Hair SERUM

I bought the c/o Gerd serum a while back and I thought it's time to do a review. I bought it back in Sweden and there's few reasons why I bought it.

1. It's organic
2. It's made in Lapland and I lived there before and I love everything about it.
3. It's made from blueberries and blueberries are amazing.

If you, like me, never heard of c/o Gerd it's because it's a small Swedish brand. Owned by two siblings, named after their mum. It's based in northern Sweden using raw ingredients from Swedish Lapland.

At first glance the product look like a medicine bottle with it's dark tinted bottle and bright blue label. Being in a health food store didn't help. But reading on the bottle and the information about the company next to the products made me intrigued. (See all the reasons why I I bought it.) After sampling all their products I decided to buy the Serum.

The serum smells more of citrus than blueberries, but it still smells great.

The serum is a light creamy liquid and easy to apply. Most of the time I apply it on wet hair after I washed my hair, but sometimes I apply it on dry hair to give it a shine, especially for my dry ends.

The serum makes my hair feeling soft and gives it a nice shine. It absorbs in to the hair and doesn't feel greasy or sticky after. I think it's almost more like a leave in conditioner.

I'm pleased with this product and will definitely look in to other products in their range.

For more information www.careofgerd.se

What hair products are you loving at the moment? 

Exciting news

This week has been an exciting week of Sara Steele. First of all the salon I work in (Natural Colour Works) has been moving location. From a quiet street in Soho to the busy and vibrant street Berwick street. I love working in Soho and being in a place that reflects the cool and trendy Soho makes me proud. I must say the new salon is looking good. We are a natural colour salon using natural and organic products. I think the new look reflects us really well. 

Moving on to a more personal news. With the big move, I was promoted to senior stylist.
I've been working with Bradley and Scott (my bosses) for 9 years as I started when doing my training and then moved up to a stylist. Moving up to senior stylist has been a long time coming. I know many of my clients thought I was senior already.

I'm hoping that most of my clients will follow me.  I love my job and what I do. It's no greater joy than when I get that colour and cut right and seeing my clients smile getting bigger and bigger. It's such s satisfaction to make other people feeling good about themselves.

Being a senior stylist in a brand new and beautiful salon feels great and exciting. I'm lucky to work with a great team too.

Advice from a senior stylist is to never give up, be patient, continue to always improve yourself and love what you do.

What do you think of our new Salon? 

How To: Quick & Easy Hairstyles - Wedding Edition

In this video I'm showing 2 quick and easy hairstyles for special occasions like for attending a wedding, as wedding season is upon us or any other occasion you want to look fab.  
                                                             

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The styles are
1. Low loose bun
2. Plaited loose bun

The tools I used was
1. Elastic bands - Sally's
2. Bobby pins - hair tools
3. Pin tail comb - Lotus
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Review | Sukin hydrating body lotion & Aloe Vera gel

I recently went to buy my first Sukin product, a body lotion. When I got home I had an email asking me to try their aloe vera gel to review. I was only a little freaked out. Like had they just been stalking me in Wholefoods? Probably not. To be honest I was more happy than freaked out. Anyway I've decided to review both of the products here.

Sukin - hydrating body lotion

Reason why I chose Sukin was because it's free from so many nasties like -

• parabens, 
• SLS, 
• animal derivatives, 
• synthetic fragrances, 
• artificial colours I can go on and on

I have a normal skin type with tendencies towards dry and this lotion feels nice and refreshing on my skin. It's for all skin types. It's light and sinks into the skin quickly. The lotion smells a bit citrusy and fresh, perfect for summer I think. This makes sense as some of the ingredients are citrus fruits like lime and grapefruit it also contains avocado, nettle and rose hip.

I'm a bit funny with trying new body lotions because I had few irritated skin accidents in the past. But Sukin body lotion is a new favourite of mine.

I like the bottle with the pump that squirt out just the right amount to apply to my skin. It's a lovely dark tinted bottle with a a label that gives an organic look to the product.

Sukin - Aloe Vera gel

Aloe Vera gel is great to use for after the sun, to cool and soothe the skin. unfortunately, I haven't had much chance to try it for that purpose as living in the UK. But I can tell it's going to be great for it so I'm bringing it to my holidays this summer.

The Aloe Vera gel is good to use for dry and irritated skin and after you've shaved as it soothes your skin.

I must say that it does soothe the skin especially after shaving my legs it was such a nice feeling to put the gel on. The gel is light and sinks into the skin easily and my legs feel great.

I wished I had the Aloe Vera gel earlier as great to use for irritated skin. I'm even thinking all those time I've burned my skin whilst cooking this would work miracles.

Again it's a nice bottle with a pump that makes it easy to use, but a smaller version than the lotion.

So far I haven't got anything negative to say about Sukin.

Have you tried Sukin? What's your favourite Sukin product? 

What midsummer means to me

Midsummer's here!
Being Swedish midsummer doesn't pass by unnoticed. In Sweden is a big celebration for everyone and why wouldn't you celebrate 24hr sunshine when living in a place that in the winter there's 24hr darkness.

So how do we celebrate? Most people leave town, dance around a pole and get really really drunk.
I've never been into celebrating a very traditional midsummer, but there're certain things that I love about midsummer. It's the best time of the year in Sweden and most of the things might not make sense to an outsider. I guess that's what makes it Swedish.
I've decided to list what midsummer is to me.

1. Pole dancing
At midsummer, pole dancing means something completely different in Sweden (midsummer pole) We take two big poles put them together into a cross and cover them in flowers. We then mass dance around it. The bigger the ring the better. Our favourite is the frog dance and everyone's involved from toddlers to grandpa.

2. Strawberries
Around midsummer, we eat a lot of strawberries. I mean a lot no a lot. I don't think you can celebrate midsummer without strawberries. We also cover all cakes in strawberries. In the month of June I normally eat at least 1ltr of strawberries a day until the end of the month I start getting rashes because clearly I've overdosed.

3. Sun shines at night
24hr the sun. That means the sun is shining for 24 hours. It doesn't get dark at all. It's amazing. You'll never know what the time is without looking at the clock and it's easy to forget to go to bed. The best is to sit outside with a great friend, a bottle of wine and just talk all night and before you know it, it's 6 am and you had no idea.
One of the most magical things I've ever seen is a sunset and sunrise at the same time. It's breathtaking.

4. Flowers
Picking flowers is something most people do at midsummer. You'll need flowers for the midsummer pole, the flower crowns for your hair and of course plenty of flower bouquets everywhere. In Sweden, we're allowed to pick flowers wherever as we have the "allemansrätt". Meaning we have the right to use the land even if it doesn't belong to us.

5. Rain
For some reason, it always rains on midsummer. If for some reason it doesn't snow.  (That does happen )
It's very few midsummers that's actually sunny and very warm but when it is, it's heaven.

That is my five things that come to my mind when I think of midsummer and I can't wait to celebrate this weekend with lots of strawberries and, of course, Swedish cider. No summer without Swedish cider.

What do you think about midsummer? 

How To... Make A Midsummer Crown (Midsommarkrans)

In this video me and my friend Jess are showing you how to do a Swedish midsummer crown (midsommarkrans ).

Perfect for midsummer or any other events this summer.

Hope you enjoy it!❤

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You'll need:
1.Twig from Birch tree or a wire.
2.Green wire
3.Flowers
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Start with wrapping the wire around the twig and then adding few flowers at the time and just secure them with the wire. You can use whatever flowers you'll like.
To finish the crown off you secure both end of the twig with the wire and you're done.

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My Top five festival hair essentials

Summer is here and that means festival season. Festivals are so much fun filled with music, friends and great memories. I've put together a list of my hair essentials for your festival hair, because let's be honest, it's not going to be washed for a few days and you still want to look your best, right? 

1. Dry shampoo

This is a lifesaver to your hair. When you can't wash it, at least it won't smell and look too bad with this. You'll thank me later. 

2. Hair bobbles 

At some point you're going to want to put it up and out of the way. Don't forget your hair bobbles. Perfect for those messy buns. 

3. Bobby pins 

Great to have to hands if you want to do an easy and quick up do. Check out my video on some quick and easy festival hair styles. 

4. Hair accessories 

Great to add some fun to your festival look. For festival hair it's all about feathers and flowers. Make sure you pack some nice hair bands as well.

5. Hat 

A hat will save you at its worst and not only protect you from the sun damage and heat stroke. A great alternative is a scarf. 

For some festival hair style ideas please check my last video out

I hope this was helpful. What are some of the things you make sure to bring with you to festivals? 

How To: Quick & Easy Hair Styles - Festival Edition | Sara Steele

In this video I'll be showing 3 easy hairstyles that are perfect for festivals this summer.

Hope you enjoy it!❤

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Hair Styles

1. Milk maid braid
2. Hippie plait
3. Tuck and roll
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I also show you some of the hair essentials to bring with you to your festival. So what are you waiting for? Go on and have loads of fun.

Hair Products Essentials

1. Dry Shampoo
(Fresh hair - Kevin Murphy)
2. Hair bobble - H&M
3. Bobby pins - hair tools
4. Hair accessories - Claire's accessorize
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