ATTENTION COLOURISTS!! by Remo Cignetti

IDEAS on fixing grey coverage problems. I was listening to a podcast the other day by Dennis Gebhart called “Guru in your ear” (episode 7) “Dennis Gebhart is one of the most sought-after hair color, business development and sales trainers in the professional salon industry. He has dedicated over three decades of his industry career […]

The Correlation Between Self-Education and Success by Joe Cignetti

I love scrolling through looking for simple ideas or stories that ignites a spark. It’s a quick read and it did that for me. Enjoy! Read more at: https://www.skillsyouneed.com/rhubarb/self-education-success.html   You may be well aware of the success stories of billionaires who dropped out of school. Ellen Degeneres, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerburg… the list goes […]

What makes a Happy Client? by Joe Cignetti

Providing outstanding customer service is vital for any business to thrive. I believe consistency is the key. However, at times we may have things going on in our personal or work life that affects us providing the level of customer service to which we aspire. Personally, I love watching, listening, and taking note, as to […]

This week is Business week ideas! by Joe Cignetti

Giving Back to the community or charge a nominal fee for Hair Class/Workshops in your salon once a month. Class ideas -easy basic braiding classes for mums -single dad workshops to show how to care and style their daughters hair. -a shaving or grooming class for young teenagers -5 min hair styles for dirty hair. […]

2024 at Glide Hair Tools by Joe Cignetti

  Each year Remo and I sit down in November and plan the first 6 months of the following year, then in January we complete the final 6 months. So, after some thoughtful and thorough planning, this year is going to see some very innovative new products which have been in our pipeline for well […]

Advertising for staff by Joe Cignetti

We are constantly asked by salons if we know of any hairdressers looking for a new team to join as they have no luck when advertising for staff. Recruiting staff and why people should want to join your team. has really changed over the years. These days you need to sell why people should want […]

“But I do want the fries & chocolate”

We all laugh at McDonalds’ “Would you like fries with that?” or the service stations “Would like a chocolate with your petrol?” But some days I DO WANT THE FRIES and on a bad day, I DO WANT THAT CHOCOLATE! by Joe Cignetti I recently started going to a new beautician for facials. The girl […]

Press Release

Glide Hair Tools has now become the Australian & New Zealand distributor of Dennis Bernard’s POWERTOOLS®. POWERTOOLS® is an authentic and original innovative line of additives, aimed to solve the problems faced daily by hairdressers in the salon. Issues such as stinging scalps, prevention of colour fading, eliminating brassy red or gold tones, colour resistant […]