Hair products session stylists can't live without

Whether preparing look for a live hair show or working with a client in the bustle of a busy salon, hair stylists know what it's like to work under pressure. Thats why its important to have the right hair styling products at hand. HJi caught up with leading session stylists at London Fashion Week to find out what products they couldn't live without.   <Aaron Blondell "My must-have product is OSiS Glamour Queen from Schwarzkopf Professional because it's so versatile. I use it for preparing hair to give it life, or as a finishing product. It adds height, volume and holds the look all day long. It's an all-rounder." Price: £10.45 Call: 01296 314000 Web: Osis at Schwarzkopf Professional Darren Ambrose "My favourite backstage product would have to be High Hair Flat Iron Spray from Wella Professionals. It's a fantastic, versatile product that has a smoothing oil which provides protection against hot irons, but also creates a barrier against humidity to ensure models don't walk down the catwalk with frizzy hair." Price: £9.30 Call: 01256 320202 Web: High Hair at Wella Professionals   Antoinette Beenders   "My must-have product for session styling is Aveda pure abundance hair potion. It delivers voluptuous, windswept hair, or tousled and textured styles, and is great for adding grip to slippery or silky-smooth hair when creating an updo. Hair immediately becomes more workable and it holds the style in place." Price: £16.50 Call: 0870 034 2380 Web: Pure Abundance at Aveda Efi Davies "As models do so many shows at fashion week, label.m Dry Shampoo is ideal for stripping unwanted textures and giving a clean start to the hair, as well as being a brilliant texture agent." Price: £9.50 Call: 0870 770 8080 Web: label.m Guido Palau "Redken fabricate is a favourite backstage as it's such a versatile product. You can achieve natural-looking, slightly undone looks by applying it to damp hair and rough-drying. Or you can create more extreme texture by applying more of the product when the hair is dry. I use it for hair down, updo's and braids - it's a modern, wearable product that works for high fashion and on the street." Price: £11.20 Call: 0800 444 880 Web: Fabricate 03 at Redken Josh Wood "We're moving away from strong, bright, solid bases and have seen softer, gentler natural shades with tone-on-tone colours and understated highlights. I couldn't survive backstage at shows without Color Touch from Wella Professionals." Call: 01256 320202 Web: Colour Touch at Wella Professionals Paul Knights "Bumble and bumble does it all is my must-have product. It's a permanent resident in my kit bag and this Fashion Week season it proved indispensable. It's lightweight and perfect for prepping the hair before styling. I used it to moisten the hair and dress through as a foundation product. It's also a wonderful setting product and perfect for tonging and creating curls on poker-straight hair. As a finishing product it gives amazing, flexible hold, without creating a helmet head." Price: £18.50 Call: 020 7247 5656 Web: Bumble and Bumble does it all Steve Carr "My backstage must-have is L'Oréal Professionnel tecni.art pli. It can be used on the roots to give volume really quickly, which is key when you are working on a show, or on the ends to give guts and workability to all hair types. Pli is also heat-responsive, so when used with curling tongs or flat irons gives a long-lasting and glossy finish." Price: £11.30 Call: 0845 6000 122 Web: tecni.art at L'oreal Professionel Malcom Edwards "My key product at London Fashion Week was tecni.art fix design. I used this at Amanda Wakeley, Temperley London, Roksanda Illincic and Sinha Stanic. Mixed with water it becomes a great workable product, making hair malleable and pliable." Price: £9.25 Call: 0245 6000 122 Web: tecni.art at L'oreal Professionel