Lyndal Salmon hails the return of the supermodel.
“It’s like the 90s again,” she enthuses.
myhairdressersearch’s Hairdresser of the Month believes the days of the model clones with long blond hair and all looking exactly alike are over. Lyndal praises British supermodel and Burberry face Agyness Deyn for teaching girls that “it’s OK to cut your hair off” and leading the new wave of supermodels who don’t conform to the long hair model formula that has long been churned out of the international fashion scene. Individuality is once again on top and being predictable and dull are out.
No stranger to accolades herself, the Creative Director of the Biba Academy took home the silver gong at last year’s Wella Trend Vision Awards which she declares “an amazing opportunity on that level with the rest of Australia”. Her Wonderland-themed look portrayed innocence and rebellion, perfectly intertwining to suggest a hint of Alice and her adventures in the far away land. The blond pixie cut with sharp edges was inspired by Vidal Sasson’s work with a slightly more commercial feel.
Her lifelong passion for hair began at a young age where, with Dad’s long hair and two other sisters, saw her gain a lot of practice in her own home.
However, her love for the creative field that is hairdressing was not encouraged or nurtured at school. Spending years in the private school system meant that any natural gravitation she had towards anything creative or left-field was not only frowned upon, but completely banished from the world of academia.
“When you’re at a private school, even art isn’t discussed,” Lyndal tells myhairdressersearch. “No one even talks about that.”
After she completed high school, Lyndal took the expected route of tertiary education at university and she enrolled in an interior architecture course. Her passion lay elsewhere, so after a few semesters at university she decided to return to leave and pursue what she was really passionate about.
Soon after, Lyndal signed up for a course at Biba. The buzz of the atmosphere and the surrounds proved too good to resist and Lyndal knew had definitely found the place for herself. When her course finished, she stayed on as an assistant and the rest, as they say, is history.
“You’ve just got to love what you’re doing.
“And you’ve got to love spontaneity,” she says, of her chosen career path. “Each day is different.”
She has seen the rise of an even more educated public when it comes to hair treatment and maintenance. Lyndal says clients are becoming more educated about how to take care of their hair and how their hair can be damaged.
Lyndal’s experience in the hairdressing industry also has seen the evolution of “mug shots” in editorial to photographs that include the whole body. The public is no longer satisfied with hair and beauty images of models from just the shoulders up and those old-fashioned photos won‘t do anything to curb a fashionista’s hunger for high-quality editorial images. They want to see the complete picture and understand how one’s hair and make-up work in harmony with the rest of the ensemble. Consumers today “want the whole package”.
Especially when it comes to those supermodels.
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