Editors Letter

I think the most exciting part about sitting down to write this Editors Letter, is the welcoming of a brand-new year! One with a completely new clean slate, and of endless possibilities.

The stretch of bright shiny new months ahead of us, waiting to be filled with our various goals and adventures… However we choose to write the script.

2023 feels like a new beginning for me, after what feels like years of rules and regulations and the world shutting down, we can finally do life on our own terms again.. So, it’s time to grab 2023 with both hands and give it a red-hot go, and really enjoy the year ahead. Make sure you do things that your future self will thank you for, and that includes getting rid of the things in your life that don’t serve you well.

Make sure you get that new planner or diary out and spend some time planning out the year ahead, and start the year organised and with a plan of attack. Remember that a goal without a plan is just a wish, so if you are wanting to smash those goals out of the park this year, you will need a plan of attack mapped out, to ensure you give yourself the best possible chance of achieving success. Don’t just wish for it, work for it!

Face to face education and events are back in full swing this year, and we have an insane amount of education on offer, and some very cool industry events coming up... The first of those being our Hot Shots ‘3-day House event! With such a great line up of Industry Icons who will be mentoring over the 3-day period and lots of fun and exciting activities will be taking place! Bring it on!

We seriously have so much in this fabulous first issue of the year! We meet another one of our Hot Shot winners Louise Graham, we spend 20 minutes with Vegas Superstar Ira Pope Sage, we chat with Paul Dare about his new education platform and we celebrate 45 years in the industry with Wayne Chappell.

We head across the pond to New Zealand and feature two of our AHIA Creative finalists - Shannon Dowd and Anthony Bayer, we cross over to the UK and meet recently crowned Avant-Garde Hairdresser of the Year at the British Hairdressing Awards 2022, Enrica Russo, and chat with the one and only Michael Young.

We also feature shibui in Melbourne and Royals Academy in Sydney, plus plenty more, including 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 2023

We are also very excited about the Launching of Mocha Village! The Village is an online space, that resides within the mocha group website and is unique to the hair, beauty, and barber industries where information can be shared by all. The village will be separated into 3 areas for Hair Beauty and Barber.

Whether you are looking simply for contact details, paid or free education, business connections, industry links, resource library, staff, business courses and more... Mocha Village is where you will find it.

I hope you enjoy this issue as much as I have enjoyed putting it all together for you, and I hope that the year ahead is a good one!

Lou x

Louise May, HAIRBIZ EDITOR louise@mochagroup.com.au