WILLOMINA A MECCA OF COLOUR AND STYLING
Proudly owned by Chris and Kass Hunter, Willomina is based in the heart of Woollahra Village and is a specialist in both women’s and men’s styling, and a mecca for influencers and media. The salon, with its beautifully raw industrial aesthetic, will now offer Goldwell Color and the KMS Styling range to its discerning clientele. Chris and his talented team are known for their expertise in colour and are renowned for bringing fashion trends to life. Aligning with Goldwell brings this creativity to a new level, opening up a new world of color opportunities – from Goldwell’s core Topchic and Colorance lines through to the patented technology of Goldwell’s color morphing, direct dye additives in @Pure Pigments. “When we decided to look at all the color brands on the market and what would suit WILLOMINA the best, Goldwell and KMS was a cut above the rest. The pure quality of the Goldwell color range was more than enough to convince us to become a salon partner, but it just so happened we were aligning with KMS too. We have a very strong cutting and styling ethos at WILLOMINA and needed a range of products that would really highlight that.” “The Kao Australia team are also a bunch of legends. Working with a big brand can sometimes be daunting, but they really treat you like an individual Salon, not just another account,” said Chris Hunter, Owner of Willomina. Always creating and pushing the industry forward, Chris has also launched a side hustle called CoMMMunity Events, which is an ongoing calendar of educational sessions for Hair Stylists designed to stretch and challenge creativity, featuring masterclasses from leading stylists from around the country. 32
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Editor Louise May recently caught up with owner Chris Hunter, to find out a little more about Willomina.
Willomina has a fantastic reputation and strong influencer/media following. What’s your secret?
Keep it real. There is so much noise in the hair and beauty market driven by the internet and social media, hairdressers are forgetting about the major task at hand - their clients. Without a strong loyal Clientele there would be no influencers or media following.
Where did the name Willomina come from?
Wilhelmina Curzon was Chris’s great Granny; she was a hoot of a woman and would have loved having a salon named after her. We had to slightly alter the spelling for SEO purposes and came up with WILLOMINA.
