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Melanie

Colourist

Name:	Melanie	Home town:	Swansea
Age:	20	Skills:	Highlights

Swansea girl Mel specialises in doing funky colours, loves all things pink, fluffy and glittery and counts Cerys from Catatonia's mum as one of her clients.
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Relationship status

Taken

Children

None

Nicknames

Roxy, Baby Spice or Skippy

Please give details of current employment

I'm a Colour Technician at Lara Johnson Lifestyle, Mumbles, Swansea

How would you describe your perfect working environment?

Friendly, minimalistic, spacious, bubbly, bright and clean

What do you most/least like about being a hairdresser?

Least like having this type of label that people reckon we are brain dead and hairdressing was a last resort to career

Describe your perfect client

Trendy, friendly, outgoing, humourous, pleasant to talk to, easy going and up for a daring and funky hair colour - basically like me!

What are your favourite topics of conversation whilst with a client?

The weekend, boyfriend troubles, holidays, problems they have, Christmas, celebs and trying to persuade them to change their colour

What are your least favourite topics of conversation whilst with a client?

Weather, finance, politics, religion, boring stuff!

Describe your favourite and least favourite haircuts

Love disconnection/hate anything that just hangs and doesn't compliment the client

Any celebrity clients?

Catatonia's mum!

What's the biggest tip you've ever received?

£50 and a Prada handbag!

Any salon disasters or embarrassing moments?

I knocked my trolley over in front of a guy I fancied and sent bottles of colour flying all over his trousers

Have you won any hair awards?

Describe your personality in 30 words

Massive, daring, up for anything for a laugh but also very passionate about my work and love to live life to the full

What would you say are the best aspects of your character?

Easygoing, funny and smiley

And the worst?

Too trusting

What qualities would you bring to The Salon?

Funkiness and originality. I'm very team orientated - that's very important

What made you choose hairdressing as a career?

My mum was a hairdresser so I've been playing with brushes and rollers since I was five

What is your greatest ambition?

To open a salon abroad and be known everywhere

What is your greatest/proudest achievement?

Getting where I am today

Have you any bad habits?

Burping and chewing gum

List five words which describe your life now

Happy, fulfilled, hectic, wild, fun

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