THIS IS MY JOURNEY

I STARTED ON A 5 YEAR APPRENTICESHIP AT JOHN OLIVERS IN THETFORD NORFOLK
(INCLUDING YOUTH TRAINING SCHEME – DOES ANYONE REMEMBER THAT!?)

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WON A PHOTOSHOOT AND GOT PUBLISHED IN HAIRDRESSERS JOURNAL 5TH MAY 1989

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VERY QUICKLY I BECAME THE SALON TRAINER AT JOHN OLIVERS IN CAMBRIDGE

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THEN TEACHING CUTTING IN THE JOHN OLIVER TRAINING SCHOOL IN NORWICH

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THEN MY NAN DIED, LEFT ME 5K AND I BOUGHT A ROUND THE WORLD TICKET (WELL EVERYONE IN CAMBRIDGE HAD A GAP YEAR SO I THOUGT I’D TAKE ONE!)

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CAME BACK AND GOT A JOB AS A STYLIST AT CHARLES WORTHINGTON IN LONDON

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REALISED THAT I COULD NEVER GET ONTO THE PROPERTY LADDER, I MOVED BACK TO NORFOLK, WHERE I SET UP A MOBILE BUSINESS,

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JOINED THE FREELANCE HAIR ASSOCIATION

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BUILT UP A BUSINESS AND KEPT ON LEARNING (THROUGH THE FHA IVE DONE FABULOUS TRAINING WITH TOP INDUSTRY ICONS ANDREW BARTON, PATRICK CAMERON, TIM HARTLEY,TREVOR SORBIE)

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JUDGED JOHN OLIVER TRAINEE AWARDS AND WEST SUFFOLK COLLEGE HAIR AND BEAUTY. FESTIVAL FOR MULTIPLE YEARS AS I LOVE WHAT THE YOUNG PEOPLE CREATE.

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REACHED THE FINAL 10 IN BOTH THE LADIES CUTTING EDGE COMPETITION AND THE EUROPEAN GOLDEN CLIPPER AWARD AT THE GUILD OF HAIRDRESSERS

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SHEILA ABRAHAMS CALLED ME UP AND SAID ‘A FRIEND OF A FRIEND IN AMERICA NEEDS SOMEBODY TO GO AND WORK ON A BRAND NEW CRUISE SHIP AND I THOUGHT OF YOU

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(I’D PREVIOUSLY TOLD SHEILA ‘WHEN I WAS 18 I’D APPLIED FOR THE CRUISE SHIP BUT YOU HAD TO WEAR WHITE SHOES, I CHUCKED THE APPLICATION IN THE BIN AND SAID I’M NOT WEARING WHITE SHOES!). SHEILA REMEMBERED THIS!

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I’D JUST BEEN DUMPED BY MY BOFRIEND AND MY CAR LOAN HAD JUST FINISHED SO I WENT TO SEA

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FOR 3 YEARS AND CAME BACK WITH A HUSBAND.
. (WE’RE STILL TOGETHER NOW!).

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BEGAN AS A STYLIST, AFTER 6 MONTHS GOT PROMOTED TO SPA MANAGER

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SET UP 3 SALONS ON THE SEVEN SEAS. MARINER, VOYAGER AND NAVIGATOR.

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BECAUSE I WAS HAIR OBSESSED I USED TO HAVE HAIRDRESSERS JOURNAL SHIPPED OUT TO ME AT SEA.

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I APPLIED FOR A JOB AS A TECHNICAL CONSULTANT AT L’OREAL. GOT IT, STARTED TRAINING AGAIN IN SALONS IN EAST ANGLIA

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GOT PREGNANT, WHEN MY BABY WAS 1 OPENED MY FIRST SALON 'JAZZYD’S' IN JAN 2007

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OUTGREW THAT AND IN JUNE 2008 OPENED
JAZZY D’S COLOUR SPECIALIST SALON.

ANDREW BARTON SUGGESTED I CALL IT THAT AS HE SAID I WAS ONE OF THE MOST KNOWLEGABLE PEOPLE IN COLOUR. (THAT WAS ON A MARIE CLAIRE SUPPLEMENT CALLED HAIR ENVY PHOTOSHOOT JULY 2008)

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GOT 5 STAR RATING IN THE GOOD SALON GUIDE

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COULDN’T GET RID OF THE FIRST PREMESIS SO REOPENED IT AS JAZZYD’S KIDS ONLY SALON.
(KIDS FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT WHERE THEY SAT IN AN AEROPLANE OR A CAR)

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WE ALSO OPENED SALONS ON RAF LAKENHEATH AND RAF ALCONBURY

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AS I WAS NOW A SALON OWNER I ENROLED IN THE ‘FANTASTIC SALON PROGRAMME’, THIS LEAD ONTO ME DOING THE 2 YEAR AMBASSADOR PROGRAMME WITH THE FANTASTIC HAIRDRESSER COMPANY.

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ALSO LEARNT FROM AKIN KONIZI, SALLY BROOKS AND DESMOND MURRAY AT THIS TIME

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TRAINED TO OFFER ‘MY NEW HAIR’ WITH TREVOR SORBIE

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ONE DAY I OPENED A LETTER FROM UNIVERSITY CAMPUS SUFFOLK OFFERING ME A CHANCE TO DO A SALON MANAGEMENT DEGREE, (AS I ONLY HAD NVQ3 THE SAME AS ALL MY TEAM, I SAID OK!)

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ONLY 3 HAIRDRESSERS TURNED UP SO INSTEAD I STARTED A 3 YEAR FULL TIME ‘BA HONOURS BUSINESS MANAGEMENT DEGREE COURSE’

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THEN I COLLAPSED WITH EXHAUSTION!

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I COULDN’T TEACH IN LONDON FOR L’OREAL ANYMORE.

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GOT SHORTLISTED FOR THE FINAL OF THE BRITISH HAIRDRESSING BUSINESS AWARDS, SALON OF THE YEAR 2010

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MY BEST FRIEND FROM UNI GOT CANCER.

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REGIONAL FINALIST IN THE L’OREAL COLOUR TROPHY 2010

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THEN MY SALON MANAGER EMIGRATED TO AUSTRALIA

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RUNNER UP IN THE EAST OF ENGLAND BUSINESS CHAMPIONS AWARD 2011

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WINNER OF CUSTOMER EXCELLENCE AWARDS

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THEN I WITHDREW FROM PUBLIC LIFE AS I HAD A PROPER BREAKDOWN.

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WE THEN HAD TO TAKE THE PAINFUL DECISION TO CLOSE EVERYTHING DOWN AND LIVE A SIMPLER LIFE. THIS TOOK A WHILE……

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HOWEVER I DID GRADUATE WITH BA HONS BUSINESS MANAGEMENT 2:1

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I STARTED LEARNING AGAIN DID COURSES IN
BRAND LEADERSHIP
P.R
COPYWRITING

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WEST SUFFOLK COLLEGE OFFERED ME A JOB TEACHING IN THE BUSINESS SCHOOL AND THE HAIRDRESSING SCHOOL.

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I COMPLETED ‘SECTOR TRAINING ON TEACHING LEARNING AND ASSESSMENT TOWARDS OUTSTANDING STANDARDS’

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EVERY OCTOBER I ATTEND SALON INTERNATIONAL AND EVERY JUNE I ATTEND THE FREELANCE FEDERATION INSPIRE EVENT.

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IT WAS HERE WHERE I WAS ASKED BY L’OREAL IF I WOULD CONSIDER TEACHING FOR THEM AGAIN IN EAST ANGLIA

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I HAD TO BE RE-INDUCTED AND STARTED BACK DOING THE JOB THAT I LOVE, EDUCATING HAIRDRESSERS.

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IN THIS LOCKDOWN I HAVE RECONNECTED WITH THE HAIRDRESSING INDUSTRY LIKE I HAVE NEVER BEFORE.

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ITS GIVEN ME THE OPPORTUNITY AND TIME TO WORK ON MY BUSINESS AND GET OUT THERE




MUCH LOVE AND FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME

SARAH DAWES XX

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