14th October 2025
2026, it’s only 79 days till January 1st 2026 and with the new year comes new opportunities. If you are thinking about ways to re-energise your team and your business, and your clients engagement with your salon, then there are lots of things you can start planning right now in readiness.
Have a browse around this blog and read about the amazing array of retail products that can offer something new and exciting, and then get in touch with the companies (I CAN HELP) who are supporting salons with products that offer a point of difference to mass market brands that are available everywhere.
And then there’s your COLOUR RANGE. Think about your colour range and analyse what it brings to the business. Does it cost more and more every year? Some companies now add a price increase twice a year. Some expect a contractual obligation to purchase X amount per month. Some have more or less given up on EDUCATION, with lots of online activity now replacing the benefit of having an educator visit the salon and train the team. Some have the audacity to charge* extortionate amounts for the privilege of visiting a studio or a collective venue for the privilege of learning about products.
*There isn’t anything wrong with charging for education, so long as it is affordable and accessible.
2026 COLOUR, IT’S TIME TO MAKE THAT CHANGE.
The honest truth is that salon colour, from almost every company is now of such a high quality that changing from a well known and trusted brand to something new is a relatively easy process, but making that change brings huge benefits, but why bother?
- PRICE: Independent brands offer hugely competitive price structures.
- PERFORMANCE: All colour houses invest heavily into making sure their products perform.
- KNOWLEDGE: The majority of colour education crosses over with brands, depth and tone are universal, the usage is more or less the same, there is generally very little to learn. Sometimes a brand uses numbers, sometimes letters. There will be some specific nuances that need to be learnt, but generally the knowledge is pretty much generic.
- EDUCATION: Independent brands train your teams when you change colour. They offer a vast range of (affordable) educational courses, in salon and online, with a strong focus on understanding consumer friendly trends that translate into salon colour business.
- SUPPORT: Any changeover will always be backed up by help from sales, education and office based teams. Companies that support SALONS with SALON PROFESSIONAL PRODUCTS understand that relationships are important, probably more so than the product itself.
- POINT OF DIFFERENCE: Make your salon stand out from the crowd with a brand that fits your vibe, that suits your tribe! Bringing a new range into the salon generates excitement from clients, and whilst the team might initially worry, it’s short lived. If your current supplier is one of the companies that are pushing further and further into the mass market, then it’s time to move away from them and find a company that supports SALON PROFESSIONAL PRODUCTS.
- POINT OF DIFFERENCE 2: It’s time to seriously look at the environmental impact your salon has, and there are companies out there that are implementing big changes to their operations, the way they make product, its carbon footprint and it’s sustainability. If you are concerned about our precious planet, and you really should be, align with brands that mirror the aims you have for your salon.
79 days, imagine the changes you can plan to implement in that time, giving you a super charged boost to the start of 2026, surely that is worth looking at from a salon business perspective.
As always I’m here to offer advice and help you if there are questions you have about potential brands that might suit your salon ethos. And believe me when I say, there are some truly amazing companies out there that will help you, your salon and your team grow in 2026 and beyond.
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