Electric hair team go on tour - day eight diary
Published
12th Mar 2013
by rachael
We've been following the team from Electric Hairdressing as they drove from Brighton to Bologna for Cosmoprof - and after a successful show, they had to face another two-day drive home.
And with weather taking a turn for the worse, it was another action-packed adventure...
Stylist Ky Wislon shares his tour diary with us for one last time...
"The day started with Mark jet-setting back to England to start work on a project which had been organised since we have been away.
"Every other member of the Electric team then took up their roles; Military Manns gets organising the camper van while the rest of the boys took charge of clearing up the stand.
"We offloaded our products to the general public, who were grabbing anything they could for as little as possible. Play-the-Game Phil enticed people's imagination by holding a pen out offering it to them as a gesture and when they went to grab it smoothly moving his hand away - bringing them instantly in to the zone to purchase electric products. This was entertaining for everyone around with the locals even trying to fool Phil back in return.
"As we packed up, we had a power hour of Ryan's disco beats which turned our now-bare stand into the speakeasy stall of Cosmoprof - the sudden stop of the music made sure everyone knew the Electric boys were exiting the building.
"Saying our goodbyes we strolled back to our home on wheels and started the journey off with a slightly manic wheel spin in the mud to mark our territory until next year.
"It's been an epic journey so far already, with Steve and Charlie's mission to get the earlier ferry seeming possible by driving through the night - and me, Ryan and Phil on a different mission of their own... to drink the van dry!
"As the snow came down thick and fast and the van iced over, we realised that combined with our tiredness we should pull over and get the later ferry back tonight. At least we fit in the lorry park that's now our home for the night..."
