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Not just a Hairdresser | Presented by Ally from The Beauty Grail

by Ally

You’re not “just” a hairdresser and this industry is anything but small. Not Just a Hairdresser is a podcast about leadership, entrepreneurship, and resilience in the hair and beauty industry, an industry that’s been overlooked, underestimated, and blazing a trail for decades. Hosted by Ally, founder of The Beauty Grail, the podcast features bold hair and beauty leaders who are building real careers and businesses from the ground up. Through raw conversations and real world experience, Ally uncovers what it actually takes to grow, scale, and succeed in an industry that doesn’t follow traditional rules. If you’re ready to challenge the narrative, back yourself, and build something bigger than the chair, this podcast is for you.

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Episodes

  1. 7. $600 and a Suitcase: How Leticia Prado Built a Multi Million Dollar Haircare Brand Sold in 56 Countries

    At 21, Leticia Prado arrived in Australia with just $600, a suitcase full of keratin treatments, and a determination to build a better life for herself and her mum. Within 24 hours of landing, she'd booked her first client through a Brazilian Facebook group. Before long, she was washing clients'...

  2. 6. How Mackenzie Hayward Built Attache Line from One Simple Salon Problem

    After 10 years behind the chair, Mackenzie Hayward was tired of balancing bowls, bottles and brushes while delivering premium colour services. She searched for a tool that would make life easier for hairdressers working solo. When she couldn't find one, she decided to build it herself. It wasn't…

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  3. 5. Sheridan Rose Shaw: Building a Hairdressing Legacy

    Sheridan Rose Shaw left school at 14 and found her way into hairdressing after struggling to fit into traditional education. What followed was far from a straight line. Over the next decade, she experienced career highs and personal lows, including addiction, homelessness, recovery, and the...

  4. 4. Kirsty Anne Sage: The Truth About Hustle, Burnout & Reinvention in the Hair Industry

    Kirsty-Anne Sage comes from a long line of hairdressers. Her nan. Her auntie. And a school system that quickly realised traditional learning wasn’t going to be her path. With what she calls “crippling ADHD” and a deeply visual brain, she was sent to TAFE to try hairdressing. It clicked instantly....

  5. 3. Dom Pelli: From the Barber Shop Floor to becoming one of Australia’s Most In-Demand Celebrity Stylists

    Dom Pelli was born into hair. Not metaphorically. Literally. His grandfather opened a barbershop in Western Sydney after migrating from Italy. His father followed. So did the rest of the family. Hair wasn’t just a career path, it was the language spoken at the dinner table. At 16, after being…

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  6. 2. Natalie Anne: From Her Mum’s Garage to Paris Fashion Week

    Three generations of hairdressers shaped Natalie Anne’s path. Weekends in her mum's salon. The smell of perm solution. The gossip. The glam. Hair chose her long before she chose it. She took the long road. An apprenticeship at Toni & Guy. Early assisting. Mentorship under strong, no-nonsense...

  7. 1. The Truth about Building a Salon, a Brand & a Community you're proud of with Kaine & Ayden Vakai

    What happens when you stop shrinking your work down to “just hair” and start owning everything you really are? In this very first episode of Not Just a Hairdresser, Ally sits down with Kaine and Ayden Vakai, the co-founders behind House of Vakai, for a raw, funny, emotional, and deeply honest...

  8. Welcome to Not just a Hairdresser, Presented by Ally from The Beauty Grail

    You’re not “just” a hairdresser and this industry is anything but small. Not Just a Hairdresser is a podcast about leadership, entrepreneurship, and resilience in the hair and beauty industry, an industry that’s been overlooked, underestimated, and blazing a trail for decades. Hosted by Ally,...

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

You’re not “just” a hairdresser and this industry is anything but small.

Not Just a Hairdresser is a podcast about leadership, entrepreneurship, and resilience in the hair and beauty industry, an industry that’s been overlooked, underestimated, and blazing a trail for decades.

Hosted by Ally, founder of The Beauty Grail, the podcast features bold hair and beauty leaders who are building real careers and businesses from the ground up. Through raw conversations and real world experience, Ally uncovers what it actually takes to grow, scale, and succeed in an industry that doesn’t follow traditional rules.

If you’re ready to challenge the narrative, back yourself, and build something bigger than the chair, this podcast is for you.

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You’re not “just” a hairdresser and this industry is anything but small. Not Just a Hairdresser is a podcast about leadership, entrepreneurship, and resilience in the hair and beauty industry, an industry that’s been overlooked, underestimated, and blazing a trail for decades. Hosted by Ally,...

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