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Professional education for hairdressers

Confidence changes everything.

Practical, live education for hairdressers who want to understand more, communicate better and feel genuinely confident behind the chair — built on around twenty-five years in the industry.

Sound familiar?

Most hairdressers don’t need another technique.

You take a breath when a curly client sits in your chair — and hope the consultation goes your way.

You know how to do plenty. It's the why that sometimes feels shaky.

You second-guess decisions you've made a hundred times before.

Education has felt intimidating — big rooms, big egos, no room to ask the question you actually have.

None of that means you’re not good at your job. It means nobody ever taught you the understanding underneath the technique. That’s what Amanda’s education is for — and why it’s taught in small, honest, judgement-free groups.

Long golden curls, styled and defined, photographed in the salon

The flagship class · Live & in person

Stop fearing curly clients.

Curly Confident — Live is a small-group day for professional hairdressers. It’s about understanding texture — what curl is actually doing, how to read it, and how to make decisions you can stand behind.

Not a formula to copy. Understanding you can apply to the hair in front of you — so the next curly consultation feels like an opportunity, not a risk.

How Amanda teaches

Six hairdressers. One educator. Proper attention.

Classes are deliberately small — a maximum of six — because that’s where real learning happens. Enough room for every question, every pair of hands, every “can you show me that again?”

Conversation, not lecture

Small groups mean you can actually talk — ask the awkward question, challenge the idea, work through the client you're thinking of.

Individual attention

Six people means Amanda sees your work, your habits and your sticking points — and teaches to them.

Nothing to prove

No egos, no audience, no being made to feel behind. Just a supportive room built for understanding.

Before

“I hope I’m doing this right.”

After

“I understand why I’m doing this.”

That shift — from hoping to understanding — is what every class is built around. It changes your consultations, your decisions, and how it feels to stand behind the chair.

Meet your educator

Experience without ego.

Amanda Brooke has spent around twenty-five years in professional hairdressing — behind the chair, on editorial and fashion work, and in the classroom teaching other professionals.

She teaches the way she wishes she’d been taught: practically, warmly, and without making anyone feel small for asking. The point isn’t her CV — it’s what all that experience makes easier for you.

Backstage at a fashion show — a model in a gown surrounded by photographers, in black and white
Editorial portrait of a precision platinum crop
A glass-sharp one-length bob, seen from behind in the salon
Models walking a couture show in gold gowns

From Amanda’s working archive — fashion, editorial and salon craft.

Dates & Locations

Upcoming live education

Dates & locations to be announced.

New classes are being planned now. Register your interest and you’ll be the first to hear when Amanda is teaching near you — before dates are announced anywhere else.

Follow along

The education,
between the classes.

New dates, class news and everyday education from behind the chair — it all lands on Instagram first, alongside the interest list.

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Amanda teaching a room of seated hairdressers at a professional education session

For salon owners

Want Amanda to teach your team?

Bring the education into your salon. Team sessions are shaped around your people — their level, their clients and the areas where they most need confidence.

Confidence is learnable.

Whether it's curls, consultations or simply trusting your own decisions — the right education changes how you feel behind the chair. Register your interest and Amanda will let you know when she's teaching near you.