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The Importance of Education for Regional Salons

Kerrie Di Mattia and Jenni Tarrant own successful salons in two very different, regional parts of Australia.  Kerrie runs the innovative Di Mattia and Co in Grafton (Northern NSW) and Jenni operates Bond Hair Religion in Canberra with an extremely mixed professional, business and rural market. They are ‘hitting the road’ with 2026 Culture + Bond Business Seminars from March to August in Geelong, Albury, Gold Coast and Newcastle.   Ready to spread their management and leadership expertise, Kerrie and Jenni share their thoughts here on how their experience can help salon leaders develop. What is different about your business in your town compared to major cities? Kerrie – Running a salon in a regional town means access to education, recruitment and industry exposure is far more limited than in major cities, yet our clients and our community deserve the same high standard you’d expect to find in a major city.

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Regional Business Seminars Coming

Jenni Tarrant and Kerrie DiMattia Head to Regional Australia to Present Business Seminars With more than 80 years of combined experience, award-winning salon leaders Jenni Tarrant OAM of Bond Hair Religion and Kerrie DiMattia of Total Coaching Academy will present a series of practical business seminars for salon owners and managers across regional Australia in 2026. The workshops, titled Culture + Bond, are designed to support salon leaders navigating the realities of running a business while trying to build strong, motivated teams and sustainable workplace cultures. Between them, Jenni and Kerrie have spent years in salon ownership and know the rollercoaster well. “There are times when things are flowing, the team feels aligned, and you remember why you started — and there are other times when it feels heavy, overwhelming, and like you’re carrying everything yourself,” Jenni said.  “We understand the pressure, the constant decision-making, and the responsibility that comes

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2024 AHIA CREATIVE WINNING COLLECTION – INTERNATIONAL HAIRDRESSER OF THE YEAR

2024 AHIA Creative Winning Collections SCI-TEX By MARK LEESON, UK This futuristic interpretation of runway shapes and textures is an infusion of block colours and intricate styling. Sci-Tex fuses a kaleidoscope of contrasting colours with boundary-pushing textures to see pin frizz techniques and edgier, strong-lined graphic haircuts collide. Custom-made, architecturally inspired outfits with a shard-like finish mirror the sci-fi feel for one of Mark’s most edgy collections to date.

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2024 AHIA CREATIVE WINNING COLLECTION – SALON TEAM OF THE YEAR

2024 AHIA Creative Winning Collections – Salon Team of the Year TREASON By BOND HAIR RELIGION The TREASON collection objectively explores the power dynamic between socially elite influencers and the cancel culture movement across the globe. It is the latest iteration of aristocracy versus the masses that has been a part of every civilisation from the dawn of time. The winner can ‘have it all’ but their time at the top depends upon the opinion and loyalty of the people. Our vision was to capture beauty, originality, privilege, fame and strength through the lens of risk. We sought to evoke a sense of isolation following a fall from grace. Each image was designed and crafted to depict the inherently fine balance between seeking fame and power, and social (dis)approval across cultures and the ages. Themes include ambition, performance, superficiality, subterfuge, restriction, distraction, inauthenticity, ruthlessness, and, being given ‘enough rope to

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Bond Hair Religion Have Done it Again!  National Winner in the Australian Achiever Awards

Bond Hair Religion, led by Jenni Tarrant OAM, has been honored as the National Winner in the Hairdressing Services category at the Australian Achiever Awards, recognizing their excellence in client service. “It was remarkable to receive 100% scores in 5 criteria and 96% and above for the remaining three,” Jenni Tarrant said.  “We continually monitor and improve our client service, with feedback meaning everything to us. We take what our clients say seriously and they know we welcome their thoughts and ideas.” The Australian Achiever organisers said that the overall score of 99.2% for customer relations and service was an outstanding result which very few achieved and showed that Bond Hair Religion’s approach was of the highest standard. Jenni Tarrant and Bond Hair Religion are fast becoming one of the most awarded salons in Australia and a rarity for being awarded in all aspects of hairdressing business: creativity, business and

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