Editors Letter

I think the most exciting part about this particular Editors Letter, compared to the others I have written over the last 14 months, since I have been in this role, is welcoming in a new year after the nightmare we have all endured in 2021.

The biggest lesson learnt from 2021 for me is to always take “imperfect action.”

This last year many of us have had to pivot, not having the time to procrastinate or wait until we had everything perfect. We just had to go for it!

If you wait for things to be perfect before you action them, you will never gain momentum. For me personally this whole process of imperfect action has been a huge game-changer in my business life. It has reminded me that when we need to show up and do our best, based on the circumstances around us, generally, while we may be used to crossing all the ‘t’s and dotting the ‘i’s ten times over, we still seem to do ok, in fact forced spontaneity can often give us great results. We are also reminded that we have the experience to make quick decisions if needed and can trust our knowledge, foresight and instinct to do the right thing within a much quicker time frame than we have enjoyed in the past.

I know one important thing that has been desperately missed over the last 12 months and that is LIVE industry events! And I must say I am extremely excited about our beautiful industry being able to get back to some form of normality, and this is our year for it!

We have so much happening in 2022! From Hot Shots House, to the AHIA Creative event, to Hair Festival weekend, to the AHIA Business event, and so much more... it is certainly going to be a year of working hard and playing hard!

In this fabulous first issue of 2022 we congratulate our AHIA Business winners of 2021, we meet another one of our Hot Shot winners and we spend 10 minutes with the absolutely gorgeous and down to earth Jo Coles from Lily Blue. We also celebrate 30 years in business with Headhunters in W.A and visit Manifesto in the UK, get introduced to Darcey Maria by the one and only Errol Douglas MBE, and learn all about The Art of Building a Brand with our new segment by UK’s Phil Smith.

Joining us this year is social media Guru ‘Nicole Healy’ and the very much loved and admired ‘Kerrie Di Mattia’, who is going to be sharing her years of experience and knowledge in business along with our other business writers and bloggers giving you ‘our readers’ as much advice, tips and tricks as they possibly can to help you have the most successful year possible in 2022.

I hope you enjoy this issue as much as I have enjoyed creating it.

Wishing you all a safe and amazing year ahead.

Lou x

Louise May, HAIRBIZ EDITOR