September
I didn’t love my hair, until I lost it
AFR journalist Lauren Sams hoped losing her hair might feel empowering, but it just made her sad – and cross at anybody who takes their tresses for granted.
- Lauren Sams
June
Beauty-brand founders who started their careers in banking
Four successful women tell how they developed their skills at companies like Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan before starting their own businesses.
- Lauren Sams
April
TikTok and cost-of-living crisis reignite a mega ’80s style trend
Just because you like a colour, doesn’t mean it likes you. Yes, “getting your colours done” is the new fashion hack for buying smart, not more.
- Lauren Sams
May 2023
Why Korean perms are taking men’s hairdressing by storm worldwide
Draw a graph measuring the proliferation of the male permanent wave, and it will most likely match one charting the popularity of K-pop groups and K-dramas.
- Wilson Wong
April 2023
How Drunk Elephant evolved from a side hustle to a mega beauty brand
Tiffany Masterson is a hero to skincare entrepreneurs eager to replicate her success. Meet the master marketer who rewrote the rule book.
- Eugenie Kelly
Beauty brands are coming for your most embarrassing problems
Once neglected challenges such as flaky scalps and blotchy skin are in the sights of a raft of companies offering solutions with an upbeat spin.
- Lauren Sams
February 2023
Guys, are you fretting over your receding hairline? So is this 34yo
Having long enjoyed a thick head of hair, this young professional is mulling over his options – is it time for a transplant?
- Mark Di Stefano
October 2022
Australian hair loss treatment could be worth $10b plus
The treatment, which is increasingly popular overseas, was pioneered by Melbourne dermatologist Rodney Sinclair in the late 90s.
- Hannah Wootton
‘Game changer’: How Australia is winning the hair loss battle
For those suffering from the condition, the work of one Melbourne professor is welcome news. But there’s a catch.
- Hannah Wootton
August 2022
The strange double standards of men dyeing their hair
While women tweak the tone of their tresses unabashedly, it’s often secret business for guys. But beware, you could end up looking like a human Berocca.
- Jeremy Langmead
‘I’ve seen miracles happen’: Old drug grows new hair
Dermatologists who specialise in hair loss say that the key ingredient in a topical treatment worked even better when taken orally at a low dose. “I’ve seen miracles happen.”
- Gina Kolata
May 2022
PE firm Adamantem Capital to nourish Nak Hair in $90m deal
Private equity shop Adamantem Capital is getting into the fast-growing world of vegan friendly beauty products.
- Anthony Macdonald, Sarah Thompson and Kanika Sood
March 2022
Study shows treatment works for the hair-loss that disrupted Oscars
As the Academy Awards were being rolled out, so new studies on alopecia were being published showing a new treatment works for the condition.
- Jill Margo
May 2021
The latest must-have hairstyle: the ‘shullet’
A new version of a long-derided ’do is set to be the style of the northern summer. This summer, that is – not the summer of 1981.
- Rosa Silverman
April 2021
Barbers take grooming to a new level with $2300 treatments
A fresh breed of men’s salon offers facials, beauty services, waxing and even Botox, all with a sympathetic ear designed to give customers a ‘mindful’ time out.
- Dan F. Stapleton
March 2021
Hair apparent: Anabel Kingsley continues her father’s work
Decades after Philip Kingsley whipped up treatments for Audrey Hepburn, his haircare products still fly off the shelves.
- Annie Brown
October 2020
'Embarrassing': Mixed reactions to Andrews plan
Melbourne hairdressers are celebrating being able to reopen this week, but restaurateurs are angry at having to wait.
- Natasha Boddy
June 2020
The waiting list for $1400 haircuts is ballooning
Julien Farel says at his posh Manhattan salon, 'We have over 1000 people on a waiting list - 85 per cent of blondes have disappeared during the pandemic.'
- Amanda L Gordon
May 2020
Why the $15b luxury haircare market is booming
$260 shampoo, anyone? No longer confined to professional salons, high-end hair products have become a must-have to turn 'untameable' hair into shiny manes.
- Natalie Reilly
March 2020
Government backflips on 30-minute haircuts ruling
Hairdressers want a shutdown as the government relents on the 30-minute time limit for haircuts, while keeping the four-square-metre social distancing rule.
- Elouise Fowler