Hairdressing Course - Upstyle

Beautiful upstyle created by one of our wonderful learners

Hairdressing Course - Valentines Upstyle

Beautiful Valentines Day inspired upstyle created by Nikita

Hairdressing Course - Blow-Drying Tips

• Is Your Hair too Wet? Your hair should be 60-to-65 percent dry before you start to blow dry your hair with a brush.
• Root Lift: For a  blow dry that looks as good as when you last left the salon, encourage more root lift using your fingers before using a brush,
• Where to Start? When blow drying take your hair in sections, starting at the roots then glide the brush through the mid-lengths. Repeat this two or three times before turning in the more difficult ends.
• Which Brush to Use? As a rule the larger the brush the smoother the hair. For wiry or coarse hair use a brush with as many bristles as possible, an old type nylon bristle brush is ideal. Heat retaining brushes (Brushes with a metal core) are everywhere at the moment, while fantastic for adding curl and shine to hair; a word of caution, the metal core can get extremely hot and care should be used when using them.

• Want your blow dry to last? Blow drying is not something that should be hurried. Each section of hair that is dried should be allowed cool on the brush; this will allow the hair to “set” the desired style and your blow dry to last much longer.
• Hair Products: The golden rule “Less is best” applies, volumiser and root lift sprays should only be applied to the roots. Hairsprays should only be applied from a distance allowing for even distribution and remember to brush out at night before bed.
• Heat protection: heat protection sprays can be used on wet or dry hair and should be used before using any heated appliances.  
• Hair straighteners: it is important for you to remember that hair straighteners damage the hair. Don’t hold the straighteners in the same position for too long, always keep it moving!  It is important to use heat protection every time.  

The Hairdressing Group

(L-R) Kayleigh, Blaithin, Nikita, Mary, Shannon, Emma & Kyle 

Hairdressing Course - Curls

There are many ways of curling hair, today Kayleigh is using a wand to style short hair.

Pancake Tuesday

Breakfast time - catering trainees busy preparing delicious pancakes and fresh fruit salad for breakfast!

Hairdressing Tips

Did you know??

©   Hair is made up mostly of keratin, the same protein animals’ horns, hooves, claws, feathers, and beaks are made of.

©   Hair grows slightly faster in warm weather, because heat stimulates circulation and encourages hair growth.

©   All hair is dead, with the exception of the hair that’s still inside the epidermis of your scalp.

©   Hair contains information about everything that has ever been in your bloodstream, including drugs, and is one of the most commonly used types of forensic evidence.

©   The only thing about you that can’t be identified by your hair is your gender—men’s hair and women’s hair are identical in structure.

©   Black is the most common hair colour. Red is the rarest and only exists in about 1 percent of the world’s population, with blonde hair found in 2 percent.

©   Hair can grow anywhere on the human body with the exception of the palms of hands, soles of feet, eyelids, lips, and mucous membranes.

©   The scientific term for split ends is “Fragileitas Crinium.”

©   At any given time, 90 percent of the hairs in your scalp are growing, while the other 10 percent are resting.

©   Each strand of hair can support up to 100 grams in weight. Multiply that by the average 100,000 to 150,000 strands on each head, and your entire head of hair could support the weight equivalent to two elephants. 

Beautiful Sligo

Photos taken today by Rachel Bruen and Kayleigh Farragher down around Doorly Park.  The girls are currently on a two week work placement studying Education Studies in Mario Institute, Dublin.

Lunch time in Sligo CTC!

Mairead, Lisa and the catering trainees preparing a delicious lunch today in the centre

CTC Garden Progress - Week 2

This week I took out all the old plants and vegetables from the raised beds and hoed the soil for new plants and vegetables to be planted. it looks a lot tidier now. it is very cold at the moment for setting any vegetables with frost at night.