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Amanda Holden’s former private stylist can be opening a brand new house salon in Surrey. The award-winning hairdresser Cally Borg has thrilling plans for her upcoming challenge and confirms it will likely be made with sustainability at its core.
As an entrepreneur and mom, Cally at present runs a profitable salon at her house in Reigate and can’t wait to open her ‘dream house salon’. She plans to transform a barn, additionally in Reigate, and proceed providing shoppers a private, pleasant and prize-winning house expertise.
Cally mentioned: “Myself and my companion Andy have purchased a barn in Reigate that we’re changing into our dream house with after all my dream house salon, this has given me the chance to essentially take a look at my model and the place we’re evolving, work with our new location and put a brand new spin onto the Cally Borg model.
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“Sustainability can be a very key a part of this and can be mirrored in the whole lot from supplies and merchandise to the colors that we use within the new house. A giant factor for me is proving {that a} ‘house salon’ can obtain huge issues simply as a excessive avenue salon can, for me the enterprise has grown organically and the drive has been sheer ardour and love for not solely what I do however the atmosphere I work in.”
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On the finish of final 12 months, Cally and her small staff picked up a formidable 4 accolades from the Salon Awards Hair 2022. They scooped Finest Stylist, Finest Color Salon, Digital Trailblazer and Future Expertise.
Final 12 months Cally took on two stylists – Polly and Beth – to assist her within the salon, and he or she now acts as their mentor. Cally mentioned: “It is one thing I actually take pleasure in doing. I’m an enormous advocate for tapping into the flexibleness the hair trade has to supply and creating a piece life stability not just for me however my employees too.
“I launched my mentorship course in October 2022 the place I train freelance hairstylists and residential salon house owners learn how to boss it with stability, mindset and limits, social media and advertising and enterprise planning, pricing and understanding monetary management.”
Final 12 months Cally was chosen to hitch the Challenge X staff with the Fellowship for British Hairdressing for 2023. Described because the “final hairdressing ending faculty”, it provides a mentoring programme, permitting college students to discover their creativity, develop their expertise, consciousness and develop their individuality and distinctive capabilities.
(Picture: Cally Borg)
Cally added: “I’m delighted to be a part of the challenge X staff for 2023 for the fellowship, I like training, love studying and progressing which is why I’m nonetheless in love with the trade 22 years on. Hairdressing is continually evolving and there is all the time one thing you possibly can study which is nice for me as I’m all the time 100,000 miles per hour.”
To e book an appointment at Cally Borg Hair go to callyborg.com.
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