NHBF Presents Sofa Talk – Details, episodes & analysis

Hi all, welcome to the final episode of NHBF Shines On for the season!  To cap it all off we welcome Dija Ayodele. Dija is an award-winning aesthetician with more than 15 years’ experience in the beauty industry. She's also an author, a business owner, and a consultant who educates us about the importance of looking after our skin.

Dija also champions diversity and her book, Black Skin is the definitive skincare guide for black women. She's someone who genuinely wants to help people have a better relationship with their skins.

To find Dija on Instagram head to ​​@dija_ayodele

To find our host Brooke go to @br00ke.evans on Instagram. 

Today, we’re joined by Lan Nguyen-Grealis. She's worked with major fashion titles, Glamour, Vanity Fair, Earl, Grazia and Stella. She's an author of two books on makeup and someone who is a strong advocate for turning makeup into art. 

She's also someone who has done it largely as a freelancer. On today’s episode we wanted to find out how she did it, and how you can make it in the beauty industry if you want to strike out on your own.

If you want to find more of Lan’s work, head to @lanslondon on Instagram. 

To find our host Brooke go to @br00ke.evans on Instagram. 

Welcome to another episode of NHBF Shines On… Today on the podcast we’re joined by Jessica Crane. Jessica is an award winning business coach, and someone who thrives on helping salons reach their true potential. She tells us about her journey from the salon floor to helping other salons thrive. Along the way she explains why creativity and commerce go hand-in-hand in the hair and beauty industry and why a sense of community drew her into the industry. 

Find Jessica at https://www.jessicacrane.co.uk/ and on Instagram @jessicacranesiss. 

Find our host  Brooke Evans on instagram @br00ke.evans.

Welcome to another episode of NHBF Shines On. Today on the podcast we’re joined by Keri Blue. Keri's the founder and leader of Hair Has No Gender, an organization dedicated to getting rid of gender discrimination in the hairdressing industry. 

For more info on the NHBF, head to https://www.nhbf.co.uk/membership/member-benefits/ to find out more. 

Find Keri at @hairhasnogenderuk on Instagram, head over to Hair has no Gender on Facebook or go to their website https://hairhasnogender.co.uk/

Find our host  Brooke Evans on instagram @br00ke.evans. 

Today on the podcast NHBF Shines On…Tom Chapman. 

Our guest today is a superstar barber that has left a giant footprint in the barbering industry. Tom Chapman’s written books, appeared on the cover of Hairdressers Journal, and his Lions Barber Collective is slowly changing the conversation around men's mental health. He tells us about how he got his start in barbering, how he manages to look after his own mental health and about the one event that changed his life forever. 

Just a warning,  today's podcast does deal with issues of suicide and depression.  If those are issues that affect you, go to: https://www.samaritans.org/

To read more about what the NHBF and what it could do for your business, go to https://www.nhbf.co.uk/membership/member-benefits/ 

Head to https://www.thelionsbarbercollective.com/founder/ to learn more about Tom’s work. 

Find our host  Brooke Evans on instagram @br00ke.evans.

Episodes from Shine on Podcast by the NHBF is now available on general release. 

On the podcast we chat with award-winning hairdresser Mark Woolley. Mark is a renowned hairdresser whose work has appeared all over the world. He’s also the founder and creative director of Electric. A brand that doesn’t just focus on hair but on fashion, design, hair products and much much more.

For more info on the NHBF, head to https://www.nhbf.co.uk/membership/member-benefits/ to find out more. 

Find Mark at @markwoolley1 and Brooke at @br00ke.evans on Instagram. 

and visit https://www.electric-hair.com/ to see some of his work. 

Keeks is an award-winning journalist with more than a decade's experience covering the hair and beauty industry.

She talks to us about the role of journalism in hair and beauty, her own journey with her natural Afro hair, and what the industry can do to help promote diversity. Today on the podcast, NHBF Shines On Keeks Reid.

Head to https://www.keeksreid.com/ to find out more about Keeks and her work, and find her on Instagram @keeksreid. 

Find our host  Brooke Evans on instagram @br00ke.evans. 

A fourth-generation hairdresser, Dom is someone who lives and breathes hairdressing, and his podcast is a must-listen if you are trying to break into the industry. Here’s a little sneak peak of our conversation with Dom Lehane.

You can find Dom at https://howtocut.it/ and on Instragram @howtocutit. 

Find our host Brooke Evans on instagram @br00ke.evans. 

To hear the rest of our conversation with Dom head to https://www.nhbf.co.uk/membership/member-benefits/

Along the way she has an amazing story to tell that’ll inspire you to change the way you look at your business. 

Today on the podcast NHBF Shines on…Vivienne Johns

You can find Vivienne on Instagram @thehairdresserssocialclub and check out her website: https://www.thehairdresserssocialclub.com/

Find our host  Brooke Evans on Instagram @br00ke.evans. 

Today on the podcast, NHBF Shines On…Casey Coleman. Casey Coleman is the founder of CHAIR Salons, the first gender neutral salon in Wales. The pandemic forced him to close down his salon but he’s since then he’s gone from strength to strength. In this interview Casey tells us all about how he got started in the hairdressing industry, and he lifts the lid on the stigma surrounding mental health issues within hairdressing. 

To hear the rest of this conversation, head to NHBF.co.uk to and while you’re there, check out how the NHBF can help support your business. 

Check out Casey’s on Instagram, @caseyC_hair. 

Find our host  Brooke Evans on instagram @br00ke.evans.