Sharlene's Hair Carers

Lest we forget 🌿

As we approach the Christmas break, I would like to take this moment to extend both mine and our salon family’s, wishes to you and your loved ones for a wonderful Christmas. May it be a time of love, joy and togetherness, and may the new year bring peace, love, and good health to all 🩷🩷🩷

✂️ Hairdressing is a skilled profession, not a hobby. 💯

This week, the Australian Hairdressing Council wrote to the Chair of the Productivity Commission to oppose suggestions to remove mandatory qualifications for hairdressers.

Removing qualifications would:
⚠️ Put client and worker safety at risk
⚠️ Undermine wages and career pathways
⚠️ Weaken TAFE and RTO training
⚠️ Risk a return to unskilled migration and cowboy training providers

“We cannot afford to go back to the days of back-door visas and low-quality training," says AHC CEO Fiona Beamish. "Hairdressing must remain a qualified, professional trade.”

During the pandemic, Australians realised the true value of their hairdresser - not just for a haircut, but for mental health, self-confidence, and community wellbeing.

That’s why the AHC is calling on government to:
✅ Uphold mandatory qualifications
✅ Protect safety and professional standards
✅ Respect small business costs and realities
✅ Ensure only skilled migrants join the workforce

Hairdressing is a proud trade that supports thousands of small businesses and millions of Australians every day. We will not see it undermined!

The AHC will continue to fight for our industry, our members, and the respect our profession deserves.

👉 Read an overview of our letter to the Productivity Commission on the AHC website:
https://theahc.org.au/why-hairdressing-qualifications-matter-more-than-ever/

All gave some
Some gave all
And although we may not know them all
We all owe them all 🕊️❤️

Lest we forget

Happy Easter everyone 🐣🐰🐇

We are so lucky to have clients bring in their beautiful babies, and when the Easter bunny arrives at the salon our lovely hairdresser Cindy took this little man to meet him, while mum relaxed in the salon.
Then the bunny takes the little man on a tour of the Rockpool community to visit all the lovely residents.
The residents loved seeing the little bub so much that they forgot about the chocolate eggs.

We have the best of both worlds in our salons 🩷

Stay safe all those in the line of cyclone Alfred

Congratulations to the beautiful Fiona for her 35 years of care, she is such a wonderful carer and we have been so lucky to work with her over the years.
Her kindness and compassion for the residents is beyond words.

Thank you for all you do 🩷

Happy new year ❤️

May this coming year bring you and your loved ones, good health, joy and always surrounded by love. ❤️

And may this year be the year the world finally finds peace❤️