News & Blog

Plastic recycling is a super important subject for hair salons, hairdressers and of course clients and the public. Here we republish a very informative piece by Kate Whitman, Cressida Bowyer and Steve Fletcher, three very serious academics from the University of Portsmouth, about results from The Big Plastic Count which you might have taken part...Continue reading→

Sensible Swag! Hair tools which double as awesome jewellery. An innovation and collaboration with my daughter Chloe, who is based in France and trades as Dirty French Girl Bijoux. A range of bespoke hairdressing tools which make a hairdresser’s everyday salon work much easier yet are stylish at the same time. What’s more innovative than...Continue reading→

All about bobs- will it suit you or not? With thanks to Cosmo for quoting Anne, we have based this blog on a recent piece on their website.  (No don’t go there now, read this first!) Will a bob actually suit you and the way you style your hair? Anne ‘s advice is “The bob...Continue reading→

Himba hairstyles! A few years’ ago I travelled around Namibia and encountered a group of Himba women in the town of Swakopmund, someway south of their homeland in Damaraland. I was blown away by their hair and this memory came back to me whilst I was preparing my mood board for this shoot earlier this...Continue reading→

We wrote our first company CO2 emissions and nature positive plans in 2023 and reviewed them last year. This time round we have combined the two into one sustainability report with an updated set of targets for 25/26. Read on to find out why. This blog puts the plan in context and gives you the...Continue reading→

This piece was first published in Creative HEAD magazine, in their Fxxked up but fixed it series. It’s about how Anne tried to scale down her wedding hair service but instead doubled it! I opened my first salon in Oxford back in 1991. I’ve always loved styling and hair up so it wasn’t long before...Continue reading→

Anne is now taking hairdressing training bookings for autumn/winter 2025/26 so we thought we’d share an excerpt from one of her recent award entries! Call her on 07525498903 or email anne@anneveckhair.com for more info and hurry, Mondays are starting to be booked already. “My passion is sharing my skills and creativity with my peers and...Continue reading→

Is plastic pollution really the problem or is it a distraction? Adapted from an article by Martin Attrill Professor of Marine Ecology, University of Plymouth published in The Conversation 27/5/25 The flow of plastics into the ocean must certainly be stopped but Martin Attrill worries that the plastic pollution problem is a bandwagon that so...Continue reading→