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I pride my salon on unparalleled that sets us apart from other salons.
levels of service and it’s one of the things
kids say they don’t have credit on their phone, it made me aware of all the things we take for granted. So I help from the employment side, but then Dubble Trubble really came into its own by also giving money to the trust. It’s also alarming when you look at the chemicals that go into children’s products, some are used in floor cleaning products! Our products are kind to the skin and smell great – no chemicals.
With your name and the ingredients it could carry a pricier tag! Thank you and you’re right, it should be higher priced, it’s funny as organic often has a snob factor, but when the prices aren’t up then people question what’s wrong with it! It’s packed full of aloe vera, proteins – wonderful ingredients.
You’re not afraid to take chances. Set aside your pioneering work with the organic industry, you have the strongest name in the industry, a prestigious salon and location, a client list that other salons would give anything to have, yet you also employ amongst your team kids that haven’t had the easiest start in life – not what you’d expect from a Belgravia salon? The mix in the salon works so well – it’s a beautiful atmosphere! Thank you. I’m proud of all my staff, but especially the kids that have come from difficult backgrounds and how they have risen to the challenges and demands of this salon. Some of them have compelling stories and you witness the barriers they’ve overcome and to know you’ve been part of mentoring them gives me huge job satisfaction. Our Head Start programme has been compared to Jamie Oliver’s work with kids, but that was a start-up business created just for that purpose, whereas we have an established business with reputation and valued customers and so of course we have to choose the kids we take on very carefully.
HRH often enquires as to how the kids we’ve taken on are getting on. I explain that they are doing really well, some require extra mentoring that goes beyond the salon hours, it’s a 24-7 commitment regardless of what is going on in your
life, they just need you when they do and one in particular had autism so things in his life were magnified 200% due to that. Here’s a funny story for you, as HRH has a wonderful sense of humour. He asked me once how I tested all the shampoos I produce, I explained that I have many willing ladies here in Belgravia and that Suzanna was number one guinea pig! He leant forward and examined Suzanna’s hair and said “I’m delighted to see you still have your hair on your head!” [Laughing] He asks about her hair often when we meet!
So you now work with the Highgrove range? Yes and a lot of the inspiration for the products are taken from the garden, the camomile, mandarin, lavenders, so yes his gardens are a huge inspiration and he’s very passionate about them and hands on.
Do you have regular meetings to come up with ideas? I’ll come up with an idea and present it to the Chief Executive of Highgrove Christina Prescott, and she’ll then pass it onto the ‘boss’ and he’ll decide whether he likes it, we’ll trial and test it, he has sign off over everything. He’s hugely passionate about his garden and very hands-on, even down to things such as choosing the bolts on garden gates for Highgrove, so literally down to the nuts and bolts. He’s very involved with all projects relating to the Princes Trust and Highgrove,
You can tell you have complete respect for him, even in the warm tone you say ‘the boss’! Yes, he is a complete visionary and has a wonderful sense of humour, I think people should understand more just how visionary he is, not just in terms of sound husbandry, the farming, the land, but also the society, our heritage and not just here in the UK, but also his work in the Americas with environmental and wildlife initiatives
I’ve interviewed many creative types from celebrity chefs to fashion designers and often they mention the difficult balance that comes with success – the distraction of
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