What makes the North Laine Hair Company unique to others is the balance of quality, friendliness and value in a distinctively styled salon with a really talented team that cares and have a real passion for their work.
North Laine Hair Company strives to offer the best to its customers with a team of some of the most skilled stylists in the industry. Our team of stylists have over 150 years combined experience and are highly skilled in all aspects of cutting and colouring. As a leading independent Brighton salon all our stylists operate at the highest level and are part of a continual professional development (CPD) programme. The aim is to ensure the team is up to date with the latest techniques and skills so you are guaranteed an excellent result each visit.
April has over 10 years of experience and is one of Brighton’s leading beauty therapists. Having worked in other great beauty salons in Brighton and more recently, in her TV career as the beauty Therapist on E4’s BodyFixers: April has the experience and skills to take the best care of you so that you will leave feeling & looking fabulous.
Following two seasons working on the popular TV programme April is back in Brighton and here to provide the best beauty services in Brighton.
As Beauty Salon Manager April has launched our exciting new selection of beauty services including manicures, pedicures, gel nail extensions, threading, eyelash & eyebrow tinting, lash extensions, make-up and her beautiful nail art.
Down to earth, relaxed, fun, very skilled & completely dedicated to enabling her clients to achieve their beauty wishes we know you will absolutely love being pampered by April!
Kate and her husband Nick setup North Laine Hair Company in 2007 with the goal of creating a hair salon that was really focussed on excellent quality and customer service as well as being a great place to work.
Previously working for Royal Caribbean Cruise Line Kate enjoyed travelling the Caribbean and Americas which was excellent preparation for her joining Crystal Cruises in 2003, a company that has been recognised as the world’s best in luxury experience for an unprecedented 15 consecutive years. As assistant salon manager on the Serenity, the world’s finest cruise ship, Kate was responsible for a team that worked to the highest standards of hairdressing and customer service. That gave her the experience and inspiration to set up her own salon.
After five very successful years the salon moved to larger premises to meet the demand and offer a more luxurious environment. Kate has been in the industry for over 20 years, gaining huge experience with all hair types, except Afro Caribbean. As well as being one of our expert wedding hair & hair up stylists, Kate now dedicates her time to cutting and styling:
“I see one of my strengths is putting a nervous client at ease by really taking my time and giving a thorough consultation to make sure I am talking the ‘same language’ with my client”.
Knowing how difficult it can be to look after your hair, Kate is always ready for her and the team to share ‘salon secrets’, insider knowledge and tips so you can recreate the ‘salon look’ in between visits.
James is our Art Director and a Redken Artist and has been a stylist and colourist for over 12 years. James joined North Laine Hair Company in 2011 from Eleven Hair in Mayfair after having worked at several of London’s leading salons throughout his early career.
James’ passion for cutting and styling really shows in his work with a particular talent for curly hair. He has a great interest in design and furniture, using this influence to incorporate current trends with old classics to create fresh, new hairstyles. His inspiration is derived from Photography, music, art, history, buildings and the catwalks. Highly in demand, both in salon and for shows, James works at London Fashion Week and Colour World as well as being a pioneer for the exciting Hair Club Live Open Chair Nights.
James is a Redken Certified Colourist (the most advanced Redken colour qualification) and his love of passing on his knowledge was a major influence in James being selected to become a Redken Artist. This has given James the opportunity to create courses as well as being an educator at the Redken HQ in London. Through his strong desire to learn and his passion for education James brings great inspiration and creativity to the team in our regular in-salon education sessions.
Manesh joined our team in March 2009 when he moved to Brighton. He quickly established many loyal clients. His technical ability in colouring, cutting, styling and hair up is second to none, having won prestigious hairdressing awards and worked on numerous major fashion shows and photo shoots with some of the best in hairdressing. Manesh is also one of our wedding hair and hair up specialists working both in salon and on location at events. To reflect client demand and his ability & experience Manesh was promoted to Style Director in March 2011 & then Creative Director in Sept 2015.
Manesh has over 20 years of experience since qualifying and has previously worked in top salons both in London (Bond St, Covent Garden and Sloane Square) and Bermuda. Manesh has many years of experience working with Afro hair and performs all Afro hair services including relaxing.
Manesh is well known for being one of the liveliest members of the team and is certainly young at heart! His popularity is reflected by how far in advanced he gets booked so make sure you book with plenty of time to ensure you can get an appointment.
Unfortunately Manesh is currently off sick due to a broken leg but we hope to see him back soon once he has fully recovered.
Mike joined North Laine Company in October 2016 with over 20 years of the highest level of salon experience. Mike has a wealth of knowledge with all things hair related, is an expert with curly hair and is very keen to share his knowledge.
A visit to Mike you will leave knowing more about your hair and its full potential than you ever thought possible. Mike is genial and very enthusiastic to provide advice on what to do, what to use, what not to do and why! Mike’s passion is giving the client the gift of knowledge! ‘I get a feel for my client and match their hair to who they are and what they’re about!’
Mike doesn’t have a favourite style – he loves short, long, bobs, lobs, barbering… everything! He loves variety & change and will ensure you have variety too!
Mike grew up in Wimbledon, and found his passion for hair styling and qualified at the young age of 17. Mike also studied fashion design and this led him to see every hair cut as a piece of art, focusing on all the finer details, taking time to perfect each masterpiece. He progressed through the ranks at Headmasters rising to the top as a Manager and Consultant at their flagship Wimbledon Village salon (the busiest salon per square foot in Europe!).
Mike has many hobbies and along with his hairstyling career he is a web designer, but says hair will always be his main passion. In his spare time, Mike builds, from scratch, custom made motorbikes! He is also a member of the Guild of Master Sommeliers and is a specialist in Belgian beer, so if you need any advice on wine or Belgian beer, he’s your man!
Sarah joined North Laine Hair Company in February 2012 as Style Director and Assistant Manager. Sarah qualified as a stylist with Toni and Guy in 2000 and continued to train at Trevor Sorbie with his artistic team within their Brighton salon. After working for 8 years in some of Brighton’s busiest salons Sarah worked within a newly established salon in Hove where she grew a strong loyal following across 4 and a half years.
Sarah is very focussed and passionate about her profession and the service she gives. With Sarah you are guaranteed excellent attention to detail and enjoy the most calming salon experience.
Sarah is a master of highlights achieving beautiful bright bold blondes and enjoys working with long hair and using our GHD Eclipse stylers and Curve range, she can create elegant curls or softer beachy waves. Sarah also loves creating ombré styles and all over colours such as mahogany and auburn, using the revolutionary Redken Chromatics.
Sarah’s love of fashion, forward thinking personality and ambitious nature are all reflected in her work.
Sarah is now on maternity leave after the birth of her daughter, Layla in July.
Sarune joined the team in January 2016 from Toni & Guy where she held the position of Senior Art Director. Sarune is incredibly focussed and has enjoyed a very successful career by combining a complete dedication to her craft along with a Zen-like calm even on the busiest salon floors. As a stylist in Brighton for the last 3 years Sarune has made this incredible city her home after working for over 14 years in various Toni & Guy salons in Ireland, London & most recently Brighton. Sarune loves to spend her free time with her family and also exercising, including practising yoga and cycling.
Sarune is a specialist in cutting and styling as well as being an accomplished salon educator. She has an incredible passion for styling and creating a style that works for you. Her lovely calming approach will put you at ease as soon as you meet her!
Liv found her passion for hairdressing at the age of 15 and since then there has been nothing else that she has wanted to do. As a Brightonian born and bred Liv started her career as an apprentice at Toni and Guy Brighton, working hard through their apprentice training scheme and then onwards once qualified as a junior stylist.
Since Liv joined North Laine Hair Company in January 2015 she has become hugely popular with clients and in great demand! A self-confessed hair obsessive Liv has a very high attention to detail both in cutting and colouring and with 5 years of experience also has the vision to see the overall look.
Liv was promoted to the position of Senior Stylist in 2016 following her success in passing a comprehensive assessment of cutting, colouring and colour correction techniques. With a strong interest in fashion, make-up and styling Liv loves to match all the ingredients together for her clients. Connecting how they dress, with their hairstyle and their personality to create a style that works and meets her clients everyday requirements.
Liv’s favourite styles range from long glamourous to shorter/mid length choppy cuts. Liv is great at listening and spending time with her clients to make a plan that works while explaining what is needed to be done to maintain a style at home.
Outside of the salon Liv enjoys making the most of her hometown city be it socialising, music, fashion, fitness or dance.
Amy knew she wanted to be a hairstylist from a very young age. “At 14 I got my first salon assisting job on a Saturday and from there it progressed into school holidays and then onto any other time I could find! I would always practice different styling techniques on friends and family. This confirmed my passion for hairdressing and I continued to pursue it, enjoying every step of the way!”
Amy joins us from Langton’s Hair and Beauty in Lewes where she spent 6 very successful years, as an apprentice, then qualifying and then progressing at NVQ level 2 and then further developing her skills both in styling and colouring.
As well as being an excellent stylist and colourist, Amy is very easy to talk to, offering great ideas & giving easy to follow advice to all clients. What does Amy enjoy most about her job? “I’m extremely passionate about cutting, however, I love all aspects of hairdressing and I’m always wanting to learn something new. Its so nice making clients happy, when they can come in to escape from the outside world and then leave the salon feeling amazing!”
“I enjoy taking good care of myself and love to get to the gym as often as I can, sometimes everyday! I enjoy pushing myself to the limit and seeing what I can achieve! With this new found passion for health and fitness I’ve also started running and recently enrolled for a charity boxing event and found that I’m enjoying the training so will continue even after the charity event!
Stevie is very driven by fashion and the creativity of hairdressing and loves getting creative with colour. This particularly includes pastels & silvers which are so popular with many of our clients. Stevie also loves hair up do’s, braiding and creating her favourite ‘boho done/un-done do’. Stevie will be very happy to add in a braid or two to give you an extra special look and show you how to recreate it at home.
Stevie joined North Laine Hair Company in November 2016, beginning her career as a stylist in 2010, completing an extensive training programme in New Zealand. Having half her family in the UK and half in New Zealand Stevie has spent a lot of her life traveling. In her spare time Stevie loves music, enjoying reggae and drum & base and really enjoys going to festivals and live gigs.
“To me, it is really important to understand each person sitting in my chair, as your identity is what makes you special. Together we can create a look that really enhances your individual style & personality.”
Max joined the team having been ‘Head Stylist’ on board the Crown Princess Cruise Ship, where he sailed for 9 months, delivering exceptional service and creating new looks in a different country each day. Hairdressing has been a passion of Max’s since he was very young. Having completed an advanced level apprenticeship and qualifying in 2012, Max has years of salon experience. Max has great professionalism, dedication and ambition, along with a huge appetite for learning.
A finalist in the L’Oreal Colour Trophy regional finals, Max is very creative and thrives on experimenting with new and innovative styles and techniques. “I am always determined to boost my clients confidence by giving them styles that match and enhance their individual look and personalities”.
So no matter what look you are after, he will make sure you leave feeling happy and full of confidence.
Lovely and welcoming, Kayleigh is a real perfectionist and loves creating clean blondes as well as being creative with colour.
“I am always thorough with consultations to ensure I understand what my client really wants and then making that vision a reality. I believe there is no better feeling than my client leaving the salon feeling really happy with their colour”.
Colourist Kayleigh has been qualified as a hairdresser in Brighton, Hove & Lewes since 2006. Kayleigh joins us from Newman & Burtenshaw in Lewes where she had been a colourist for 5 years.
“My passion for colour grew massively as techniques advanced and colour choices widened, my true love are for blondes and pastel shades”
Kayleigh’s first experience of working in a salon was at 14 whilst still at school and then went onto start her apprenticeship at 16. Brighton born, and a fitness enthusiast, Kayleigh is also passionate about travelling and experiencing different cultures around the world but loves her hometown of Brighton most!
Rachel rediscovered her first true love of working with hair after a period out of the industry working in sales and customer service. During her time away from being a stylist she would find the same thing happening each day: “Every meeting, every person, I was looking at them, analysing their hair type and working out what I would do if I had them in my chair!” Rachel’s mentor offered Rachel the best advice: Everyone should follow their passion in life! This prompted Rachel to quit her job and go back to college and redo her training. Rachel joins us from Headmasters where she had been a stylist since qualifying. Rachel is very proud to have been born and raised in Brighton and was absolutely overjoyed when she joined to team to return to the city to work.
“My all time favourite cut is the graduated bob in all its forms, for its timeless quality and the fact that its a style any age either 18 or 80 can wear in a variation of lengths and angles. I am also really interested in the concept of genderless hairdressing”.
Rachel is a very warm person who wants to look after anyone who sits in front of her and put them at ease. “I do a thorough consultation, listening to lifestyle and manageability as well as the hair cut they would like so before I get started I make sure we are on the same page. I work really hard to ensure my clients always leave feeling listened to and that they can manage any style I create.”
Rachel has great passion for life and has a diverse range of interests; her garden, VW cars & her cats. Rachel loves visiting the North with her Husband to see the big striking scenery and also is considerate to the exploitation of animals by enjoying living a vegan lifestyle.
Billy is one of many exciting young talents that we have in the team. Our most recent graduate stylist, having shown excellent progress throughout his apprenticeship Billy joins the styling team as a recently qualified stylist.
“I thoroughly enjoy colouring, I’m especially good if you’ve got stubborn grey hair! As well as the colouring my favourite thing has to be client interaction, I love people. I grew up in a pub and went out with my dad on work contracts so have always been around people”
“I love getting that client that feels unhappy and deflated about their hair and taking the time to make them feel special, giving their hair the revival they deserve and watching them walk out the door with the biggest smile and confidence boost!”
Natalie Sargeant is our Front of House Manager from Sundays to Mondays (as well as part days on Wednesdays and Fridays) and is always happy to help with any clients enquiries.
Natalie started her career working in a salon before working in property for several years. Since having her son Natalie has returned to her favourite environment in a hair salon managing the busy schedule for the team and looking after our clients.
Natalie has been extensively trained in our product range and so can offer great advice on picking the correct hair products to suit your hair from our extensive range of some of finest products available.
Hannah is our Front of House Apprentice, in salon from Tuesdays to Saturdays and is learning all aspects of customer care & managing a busy salon. Having completed her A-levels Hannah is now studying customer service as part of her Apprenticeship. Hannah used to be a client before she successfully applied to join the team in August 2017!
“I am really excited to be in the hair industry and looking forward to career in making people happy!”
Hannah likes to spend time with her friends, whether it be skiing, sailing on their family boat in Portsmouth or swimming in the sea (when its warm enough!)
Hannah also enjoys every kind of music from rock & pop to reggae and loves going to gigs.
North Laine Hair Company has a growing apprentice styling team as development of new talent is a key philosophy for the company. Kate was lucky to have had a very good apprenticeship and training throughout her career and so is really motivated to pass that good experience on.
“I love having apprentices’ in our salon and we are dedicated to giving them the very best training. I think we are quite unique in the level of our training programme where the apprentice team have weekly one to one practical & theory education with me, the salon director. It is a big investment by our company but I know it is well worth it. I have very high standards and this allows me to closely follow their development, it also ensures they know where my expectations are. We work very closely with the local college to ensure the education and training is of the highest standards. We have a clear plan for the future to make sure we, together, achieve our joint goals.”
The key requirement for any applicant for an apprenticeship at our Brighton Salon is a clear dedication to work hard and a focus on being the best stylist and team member you can be.
Mary is in the 2nd year of her apprenticeship having recently successfully completed her NVQ level 2. Mary is now embarking on her Advanced NVQ level 3 qualification and is particularly looking for ladies who would like a short hair style, highlights or Balayage. Mary is available for appointments on alternating Mondays & Tuesdays at 4pm and on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 10am.
Jas is in the 2nd year of her apprenticeship having just successfully completed her NVQ level 2. Having recently applied for the ghd Junior Artistic Team “Style squad”, Jas was thrilled to be successfully through to the final in May. Jas is now working on her Advanced Level 3 qualification and is particularly looking for ladies who would like a short hair style, tint, highlights or Balayage. Jas is available for appointments on alternating Mondays & Tuesdays at 4pm and on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 10am.
Nick is the Business Administration Manager who’s role is to ensure everything runs smoothly behind the scenes. Nick co-owns the salon and is also Kate’s husband!
Nick is a Chartered Engineer having previously had technical roles in passenger car powertrain development as well as managing a large engineering department in a local engineering consultancy.
Nick’s likes eating out, cinema, racing karts and mountain biking. With a young growing family most of his free time is spent playing with his two son’s Max and little baby Dylan.
We will leave the last word to Kate:
It’s such a lovely atmosphere with all the team really enjoying their profession & working brilliantly together to achieve excellent results.
The team have a great rapport with their clients and each other which makes North Laine Hair Company one of the most welcoming and friendly salons in Sussex.