RPL National Hairdressing Apprenticeship

RPL is the recognition of people’s prior certified / non –certified learning and experience to acquire certification. The National Hairdressing Apprenticeship; Recognition of Prior Learning process provides an opportunity for hairdressers, to achieve the QQI Level 6 Certificate in Hairdressing Award.

Photo Credit: The National Hairdressing Apprenticeship – Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board Participants of the Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) Hairdressers Pilot Group, enjoying one of the skills training days at College of Further Education and Training, Ennis Campus.

THE CULTURE OF HAIRDRESSING FORMULATED WITHOUT PARABENS + SULFATES, VEGETARIAN, CRUELTY + GLUTEN FREE.

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Time is money so make every minute count with LUMI10™. This professional permanent hair colour is formulated with the Quick Coverage System™ to deliver 100% grey coverage in just 10 minutes while also achieving up to 2x the shine. This fast-acting range of rich and deeply pigmented shades offers long-lasting colour, designed to increase your creativity and efficiency with speedy results. Last-minute walk-in with grey hair? No problem! LUMI10 10 is here to help you and your clients reach your full-coverage poTENtial. When time is of the essence, colour in the fast lane with vibrant permanent shades that have all the bells and whistles of the LumiShine line … and a dedicated Accelerator for optimum performance. Head over to joico.eu for 10 ways that could help a hairstylists business. Brought to life through JOIful characters, these tips could help hairstylist reach more clients in less time!

OLAPLEX® No.4P BLONDE ENHANCER TONING SHAMPOO is the OLAPLEX® bestselling shampoo formulated to celebrate the beauty of blonde. It is suitable for all hair types and textures. It brightens three times greater than any other purple shampoo* and is gentle enough to use for every shampoo. OLAPLEX® No.4 BOND MAINTENANCE SHAMPOO cleanses while adding hydration and repair and now, the newest addition to the family, OLAPLEX® No.4P maintains all the benefits of the original and deposits just the right amount of tone to neutralise any unwanted warmth between salon visits.

Whether you’re blonde comes naturally or from your stylist, root to tip or balayage, even if you’re proudly grey - OLAPLEX® No.4P BLONDE ENHANCER TONING SHAMPOO will help keep your colour bright.

Light up your hair tones with the new illuminating and silkening hair colour treatment, certified Green&Clean Cosmetics. Enriched with coconut oil and extracts from organic medicinal plants, it offers natural-looking, intense and shiny results while fully respecting the scalp and hair. A new way to colour your hair for visibly more beautiful, healthier and illuminated tresses.

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The line is designed to perfect the toning experience: perfect toning results where every shade is created with bleaching techniques, even the most advanced is enhanced to the maximum, for a truly multi-dimensional colour. Easy and quick to use, Color Wear Gloss Toners will allow you, the hairstylist to sensitively guide all your clients through their blonding experience, without compromising performance. The vegan formula is developed with patented technology The vegan formula is developed with patented technology based on Arginine of natural origin. Arginine is a 100% based on Arginine of natural origin. Arginine is a 100% natural amino acid that can replace the most common natural amino acid that can replace the most common chemical alkalising agents. It is very similar to hair, as it chemical alkalising agents. It is very similar to hair, as it is already present in its protein structure. is already present in its protein structure. If going blonde is your clients’ greatest desire, let them If going blonde is your clients’ greatest desire, let them experience it at its best. experience it at its best.

Descend into deep detox. Silky, concentrated shampoo + beadless scalp exfoliator revitalises hair with balanced hydration. Gently removes excess fl akes, oils and build-up with naturally derived enzymes and fruit AHAs.

Someone who wants clean, nourished hair and a refreshed scalp.

• AHA Alternative Technology, revitalises the scalp by exfoliating and removing excess skin without granules • Bilberry Extract, rich in tannins + antiinfl ammatory qualities to help calm the scalp • Fermented Radish Root, nourishes + softens hair while improving scalp circulation

• Tomato Extract, helps to stimulate scalp, improve shine + dissolve odourcausing excess sebum R+Co products are formulated without parabens and sulphates*. Vegan. Cruelty and Gluten Free.

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The NAK HAIR colour range comprising NAK HAIR Permanent and NAK HAIR Soft - Colour with Integrity has launched in Ireland. It is a collaboration of chemistry, science, nature and artistry creating formulations with chromatic micro-pigment technology, gentle processing that penetrates the hair fabric with ease for deposits of rich colour and condition. Resulting in the creation of true tone and colour brilliance that colourists perfect through their techniques and creativity. NAK HAIR colour is not just about pigments in a tube, for NAK HAIR it’s a question of integrity, it’s who they are and what they stand for. Their years of industry experience, colour expertise and knowledge is the reason they created NAK HAIR Permanent, a contemporary colour collection blended with the lowest possible ammonia levels for gentle processing with sulphate and paraben free ingredients. It is exclusively designed for salons, offering high performance with colour actives that respect the delicate nature of hair and skin. Experience an endless colour story, designed to meet each colour challenge with an infi nite choice of shades, harmonising beautifully with NAK HAIR Soft - colour with integrity. NAK HAIR Soft treats the hair fabric to a soft, ammoniafree hair colouring experience which is designed to create colour equilibrium like no other with illuminating demi-colour results from sulphate and paraben free ingredients. It infuses soft, luminous, multi-dimensional colour without commitment and is an adaptable collection that harmonises seamlessly with NAK

Both NAK HAIR Permanent and Soft are enriched with White Tea and Orchid Butter. Within the NAK HAIR Permanent range there is a NAK HAIR Blonde – Blonde 360 collection that embodies the NAK HAIR colour philosophy on lightening. This exclusive collection of premium blonde lightening tools feature powder, crème and clay formulations, all designed to help achieve high performance lightening and the perfect blonde shade. With advanced and protective Sugarplex lightening, colourists can marvel at the power of platinum and lighten hair beyond the base, creating extreme or transformational blonde lightening effects or sweep and create with NAK HAIR Clay Balayage. To become a NAK HAIR stockist contact your Xpert Professional representative. @nakhairuki #Nakhair #Nak www.xpertprofessional.ie

This elegant mist refreshes and purifi es hair from pollutants. Its delicate formula is gentle on strands and effective in helping keep your hair smelling fresh. Featuring a unique blend of purifying and soothing ingredients, its lightweight formula leaves hair clean, shiny and soft to the touch. Good For: Anyone looking to purify their hair from pollutants while keeping hair shiny and soft to the touch. How To: Spray mist directly on hair to purify. Let it dry naturally. Can be used as often as desired. Fragrance: Dark Waves.

• Vitamin E, protects hair from the environment + moisturises strands • 70% Ethyl Alcohol, acts as an antiseptic active and helps to eliminate bacteria

Extract, protects from pollutants and helps purify strands + remove odours from hair fi bre • Pathenol, helps to increase softness and nourish hair. Known to promote hair growth R+Co Bio Dome (108ml) RRP €27/£24 R+Co products are formulated without parabens and sulphates*. Vegan. Cruelty and Gluten Free. *SLS OR SLES @randco R+Co Bio Dome is available from Xpert Professional. www.xpertprofessional.ie / 045 856 490.