Unregulated Cuts: Addressing Hairdressing and Regulation

Would you let an untrained doctor operate on you? So why risk your hair with an unqualified stylist? In this episode of Hair Life, we sit down with Rae Palmer, a hairdressing legend with 40 years of experience and the founder of WELOVE. She shares her journey from sweeping floors in a barber shop to owning buzzing salons, driven by her passion for teaching and frustration with the UK’s wild-west hair industry - where anyone can grab scissors or chemicals without training.Rae shares shocking salon mishaps and her fierce fight with the Hair and Barber Council to push for proper standards. This episode is a wake-up call for stylists and clients to demand better, stay safe, and help turn hairdressing into the respected craft it deserves to be.Hair Life is produced by Urban Podcasts.