Louisa Tandy recommends
5 ways to improve your grooms
Louisa Tandy recommends
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As a busy groomer, I’ve been helping Simpsons to test new product concepts for a few years now. It’s actually very rewarding and has helped me to learn more about tools, coat treatments and salon equipment.
Banish Super Conditioner
Simpsons have asked me to pass on a few tips with a focus on products I believe can make our jobs easier and improve the results of our labours. Hope you find my suggestions useful.
Banish Dematting Spray
With best wishes
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Louisa Tandy LCGI, GMG
1Litre Super Conditioner & 500ml Dematting Spray £30 4071–904
1L £20 4071–130 2.5L £30 4071–129 5L £50 4071–128
100ml £6 4071–132 500ml £15 4071–131
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Banish has “completely changed the
Banish tangles as you shampoo - no extra time or effort and amazing results!
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way I approach matted coats and detangling. This gives me a pain free alternative to shave downs and has boosted my business immensely. It’s now my go to treatment in the salon and is the most used
Use the super conditioner neat on really tough matts and tangles to tease them apart. Then just add a squirt to your diluted shampoo solution.
product in my day-to-day grooming. Try it - I promise you won’t be disappointed!
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Use the spray as you’re drying the coat then spritz on occasionally as you work through your groom.
SPECIAL OFFER Why not put these sprays to the test?
Triple Pack
Mastercut Scissoring Spray
“ I use Scissoring
500ml £10 4040–025
spray to hold coats in
2.5L £30 4040–026
crisper scissor finishes.
place so I get cleaner, It has other big advantages in the salon
3 x 500ml bottles Scissoring Spray + Texture & Hold Spray + Cologne (any scent)
Showpride Texture & Hold
– removing static, and
£25 4071–912
500ml £10 4071–085
It does such a great job
2.5L £35 4071–086
clipping too!
£25 RRP £30
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Showpride Colognes
reducing the amount of hair particles in the air.
that I use it when I’m
I turn to Texture and Hold spray to create expressive faces and
Choice of 7 scents
column legs. And I use
100ml £5 500ml £10 2.5L £35
spray on those tricky
it alongside scissoring drop coats.
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Use sprays to make sure customers really appreciate your work
100ml retail sizes
We finish most “grooms with a spritz of cologne - our customers love the smell of a freshly groomed dog! It seems to be an extra touch
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Create a crisp clean finish with Scissoring Spray Texture and Hold spray gives lift and volume to all coat types
they all appreciate! My favourite scent is Power Pup but there’s a whole range you can choose from.
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Colognes will give your finished groom a final touch - and there are small bottles you can sell on to clients
STARTER SET Switch to superwides with this great value starter set. Includes 4 superwide combs (10, 13, 16, 19mm) and the matching comb blade (30w) plus 3 of the most popular superwide blades (10w, 7Fw + 5Fw). £145 4026–902
£145 RRP £170
Mastercut Superwide Combs ⅜” 10mm £10 4026–209
½” 13mm £10 4026–210
Blades
⅝” 16mm £10
30w * £30 4026–216
¾” 19mm £10
10w £30 4026–217
⅞” 22mm £12 4026–218
7Fw £33 4026–121
1”
25mm £12 4026–219
6Fw £35 4026–127
4026–211 4026–212
1¼” 2mm
£15 4026–220
5Fw £37 4026–123
1½” 38mm £15
4Fw £39 4026–124
4026–221
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30% wider than a standard blade
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30w * Specially designed comb blade
hard to say what’s “mostIt’simpressive - the time savings or the results! I can honestly say, the superwides have revolutionised clipping in our salon. If you spent a decent amount of time clipping, then you need to give them a try.
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Work smarter by switching to superwide blades and comb attachments
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They literally “shave” up to 20 minutes off groom times! The blades make setting in style patterns so easy (such as skirt lines) and almost eradicate track marks in the coat. The combs make poodle and doodle trims a doddle!
OFFERS Doodles
vitamin E in the Mink “oilThe is ideal to nourish fine, flyaway coats such as
Blue Flexi plus 1 litre bottle of Curly Coat Shampoo
Yorkshire Terriers or
£25 4071–910
butter fragrance is my
Fine Coats Green Flexi plus 1 litre bottle of Mink Oil Shampoo £25 4071–911
Maltese. It gives the coat a lustrous shine and the cocoa definitely my favourite. The softer slicker lifts and separates the hair without damaging fine coats or causing discomfort to the skin. This is also a great
£25 RRP £31
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poodle topknots.
Finishing Flexi
Tip - a teaspoon of Banish
£15 4061–043
brush for those thin
conditioner added to shampoo can give these coats an added bit of volume.
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Showpride Mink Oil Shampoo 1L £16 4071–071
+
Doodle Flexi £15 4061–045
Showpride Curly Coat Shampoo 1L £16 4071–064
Choose a few specialist products for the key coat types you see regularly Coat is marvellous “forCurly giving poodle and doodle coats added volume, plus improved manageability to make combing and brushing the coat easier. Enhanced with B5 which moisturises and softens the skin. Use the blue flexi to separate thick heavy curls using the light grey side then pull and straighten the coat with the darker side.
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Specially designed flexible brushes will help you work through different coat types more easily and produce much better looking grooms Investing in a few specialist shampoos pays dividends my poodles are always treated to Curly Coat
COMB SET OFFER
Mastergroom Pro Scissors It’s easy to “underestimate the importance of a good
Triple Pack
quality comb. I have
The complete range of three MasterGroom combs
to creat a set that are the
£75 4062–909
manipulate the coat for
worked with Simpsons perfect weight and design to be able to the perfect finish. The unique spine allows the
£75 RRP £90
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comb to sit comfortably in the hand and the 3 different models mean that I have every coat type covered. No more rummaging around my comb drawer to find the right one.
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£30 4062–040 Coarse/ Detangling
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£30 4062–041 Medium/ Fine
£30 4062–039 Fluffing / Finishing
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Invest in the best tools you can afford - spending a bit more tends to pay off
Simpsons Supajet £495 4081–001
For a limited time - you can grab a free blast dryer when you order a new Supajet. Limited stock so please order now.
Free Blast Dryer RRP £99
Offer code 4081–901
My Supajet dryers are now over 20 years old and are still going strong everyday in my Salon. I can’t recommend these dryers enough. The combs I helped to design work superbly, minimise hand fatigue and are built to last.
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