Learning how to colour hair - louis

I've been back in training for three weeks now and everything is coming along really well. I did have a bit of a reminder of the importance of doing things by the book a couple of weeks back, though. There were a group of Forresters trainees being assessed on our blow dries. For training you are taught to divide the hair into four cutting sections and work from the bottom up, incorporating the sides as you go. However, I'd been on a product knowledge course at Tigi during the summer and had been shown to take the water out, then push it forward from the crown to get maximum root lift. I - along with all the other juniors - went for that approach and we worked all the way up the back, isolating the sides. Afterwards we were told that we should have divided it into perfect, clean sections instead. At least now I know that's the way I'll need to blow dry hair for any assessments in the future.Last Monday, my training moved onto colour, which is something that really interests me, but I haven't done a lot of. I've been given a model who used to be John Forrester's secretary. She has always done modelling and she stays with a junior throughout their training until they qualify. She has a lot of juniors to compare me to, so it was a bit nerve wracking. I needn't have worried, though, because all I had to do was tint her roots. The colour was on the card and I remembered exactly how to do it from my training. When I'd finished, I put a colour moouse on her ends because she had been on holiday and the colour had faded slightly. Afterwards I asked the manager if it was okay and he said I'd done well, which was a real confidence boost. Looking forward, I've got more NVQ training coming up and I am hoping to go to Salon International in a few weeks' time. Last year, a whole crowd of us from Forresters went and I absolutely loved it. It's a real eye opener and you see everyone in the hair world. It's a chance to see all the shows and all the latest fashions and learn what everyone has been working on. I'd recommend it to anyone who, like me, is just starting out in the industry.