Hair By K.Mac

Alright hairdressers…

I hated history at school, it was boring and often taught by relics of the past to boot.

But turns out history is fu***ng cool.

Not only because Henry VIII blew up and stray dogs ate him but also because of these incredible women (and that’s just the tip of the iceberg).

These incredible women shaped the way you work behind the chair.

But no one really talks about it, I don’t need to go into that, we all know the depths of my female rage 🥰

It’s absolutely mad that these are the faces behind our industry and yet women are still not recognised, paid fairly or given equal opportunities.

Ew.

This industry is built on the dream and defiance of fu***ng incredible women (yes men too, I’m not stupid. But representation, off you pop).

So the next time you think you can’t, or you’re being greedy, or that’s not for people like you remember the likes of Madam C. J. Walker, born on a plantation to enslaved parents and left this planet with the title of “first self made black female millionaire”.

WHAT A FU***NG WOMAN?!

You’re not a s**t hairdresser, you’re not s**t at social media, you’re not behind.

You’ve just never been shown the full picture of what is actually achievable with a s**t tonne of tenacity and grit.

You can achieve whatever you fu***ng decide, just like these incredible women.

Next time you think “I can’t do that” replace it with “I’m not familiar with that yet.”

Remember Madam C. J. Walker (f**k she has inspired me!!), you can. JUST like they did and will continue to do so, despite of the powers that try to tell us no.

So if this made you think a little…

Follow me, I help hairdresser mums earn more, without working more.

It’s an absolute fu***ng delight to have you here 🖤

Alright hairdresser…

Is it a bit much? Or is it a mirror?

You’re in an industry FULL of women.

Hairdresser mums, young stylists, older women, working class legends, it’s women holding salons together day in, day out.

Fight me babes, I’ve had a day of it with my kids and I’m raring to go.

But you know it’s true because you’re the one fitting clients in wherever you can to make ends meet

You’re the one working around everyone else’s schedule sorting the kids, dinners and general life admin.

You’re the one questioning your prices when you’re barely making ends meet.

And you’re the one watching people with born privilege get opportunities never offered to you.

It’s tiring as f**k, isn’t it?

And this isn’t about just “bashing men”. There are incredible men in this industry, always have been, always will be.

Because they use their privilege for good and use their voices to shine a light on what women like you have been tolerating for years.

Hairdressing is an incredible industry, but it lies.

Hairdressing talks about opportunities for all, being open, honest and fair.

But you’ve just been expected to get on with what’s left.

Zero flexibility, recognition or honest conversation about the reality for millions.

There’s movement in hairdressing right now, of women standing up and saying enough is enough.

Because we can see what’s happening, we can feel it and once you start seeing it you cannot unsee it.

It’s time to start making decisions that actually support your life.

So if you’re sat there thinking “yeah… I am sick of this s**t too”
You’ve found your clan babes.

If you’re still here, you should probably follow me for honest, real talk about salon life, being a woman in the industry and general japes.

(I’m also s**t hot at social media and help women like you add clients to your diary and thousands in your pocket)

Alright hairdressers, did you fit in as a kid?

Because I didn’t.

I pointed out what was wrong or unfair in the world and didn’t just “put up” with things. I always have and I always will, btw.

I was a problem child for as long as I can remember.

I was labelled a problem, so I lived up to it, kinda like - “you actually want a problem? Because babes, I’ll serve it to you hot and spicy.”

So I did.

For years.

There is so much to unpack here and tbh I don’t think I can do it in one caption, but the bottom line is this.

People tried to change me, to be less, or more, sit up straight, don’t listen to that.

Be someone entirely different.

Can you imagine what that does to a person? Telling a child from the moment they understand that everything about them is wrong.

Wankers.

Fast forward a few (ish) years, after being expelled, trying my hand at an art degree and landing myself in hairdressing.

I was still not pretty enough, not done up enough, never quiet enough, not, not, not.

Turns out I’m AuDHD and I have masked so fu***ng successfully that I didn’t know who I actually was after all of that. Some days I still don’t, but I’m getting there.

And now I support women to build their businesses by using social media, because the hyperfocus is real and someone told me that I couldn’t. Turns out you shouldn’t do that, because I succeed with fu***ng bells on.

So if you’ve ever been told you’re too much, you’re not enough, you’re not what THEY perceive to be right. Then I’m here to tell you that they should f**k all the way off.

Because being you is your fu***ng superpower, standing out is what makes you magic and anyone that says otherwise is a burp.

You are magic. I see you.

As you’re here, you should probably follow me 😇

I’m fu***ng hilarious AND I want to show you that your potential is limitless, even if you can’t see it yet.

(Also, tell more people to f**k off, you don’t always need to be the bigger person and healing isn’t linear)

Love you, bye 🖤

Reasons women are fu***ng incredible part 26384929.

I can’t even lie hairdressers…
These made me feel a bit sick, but also not even slightly surprised.

If you’ve worked in a salon… you’ve either lived this, witnessed it, or heard something just like it.

Salon owners, bully managers, insecure men, used to (and still do!) get away with s**t in the hair industry.

It’s so fu***ng normal, but tell me how any of that is normal?

THIS is just another reason as to why women are incredible.

Not in a “look how strong we are” way, but in a “look what we’ve had to survive just to do our fu***ng jobs an feed our kids” way.

None of this is okay, it never was and it never will be.

There’s real rage in the industry about freelancing and self employment, but reading this utter s**t is anyone surprised?

We love our work and are proud to be hairdressers, but working people to the bone and expecting a lifetime of loyalty is gone.

I love to see it.

Welcome to my corner of the internet, I’m Kat The Anti Hairdresser and I support women, mums and the underdogs.

Because this utter nonsense HAS to end, for every stylist - whether you’re in the kitchen or Chelsea, we all fu***ng matter.

(Follow me, I’m hilarious)

Alright hairdressers… People say I hate men, but actually, I champion women.

One of my favourite points to make is if you walk into Boots, scroll online, look at salon shelves unfortunately, the names you see over and over again aren’t female.

Mic drop (yes this industry is 90% women, the math don’t math babes).

And that’s bananas when you think about it.

Because this industry is built by women.

But alas, it isn’t always represented by them.

So, that’s why I wanted to make a point of highlighting incredible women in this industry. Because they are there, they maybe just don’t shout so loudly.

So here’s a spotlight on female founded, female led, and female scaled haircare brands that are actually shaping the industry.

Whether you’re a self employed hairdresser, running a salon, or a hairdresser mum trying to grow your business…

What you stock, what you recommend and what you talk about matters.

It shapes trust, it supports client results and in short, it shapes who we keep giving power to in this industry.

And listen, this isn’t about bashing men (today), it’s about balance and awareness.

It’s about backing more women in an industry that is literally full of them.

So I’m curious…

🖤 What female founded or female led hair brands do you rate?
🖤 What are you using behind the chair right now that actually gets results?
🖤 And have you ever even thought about who’s behind the brands you stock?

Let’s have a proper conversation about it.

Drop them below Babe!!

And if you’re a hairdresser, hairdresser mum or salon owner trying to grow your business, get more clients and actually understand how to market yourself properly…

Follow me. I talk about this stuff all the time (with a few minor rants in between).

Alright hairdressers, what is there to know about me, your sweary pocket pal.

Im the kid who didn’t really fit in, when I was 11 I was told I wouldn’t amount to anything. Imagine saying that to an actual child?!

Still blows my mind that.

I was expelled at 15 (thanks undiagnosed AuDHD) and well for a while it seemed like I wouldn’t amount to much. I went to college, studied art and smoked a lot of .

OOPS!

I’m now sober, because I have a little too much fun with prettttty much everything. Also, thanks AuDHD…

Anyway, I eventually found my way into hairdressing after being told I had to pay rent - the actual audacity!?

After years of getting it wrong in hairdressing, partying too hard and of course being treated like a shrivelled turd by the powers that be, I slowly began building something that actually worked for me and my family.

My sisters are a support I didn’t realise I had until after my teen years, we are tight AF. Some might call us weird, but we are at peace with that now. You probably won’t want to hear about my cousins, because they’re even weirder. Big love to them!

My cat, my kids and my strong sense of right and wrong guide me everyday, to be a better mum, hairdresser and coach to you.

I’m blessed every damn day, friends.

Not every day is easy, but everyday is worth it - ew, bring but true!

So if you’re new here - hi!

Tell me about yourself…

Because around here we don’t shy away from our goals, our weird and what we are fu***ng obsessed with.

You’re a hairdresser and I already know you’re tired.

Cos same.

Not just from being on your feet all day, but from everything that seems to come with this job that no one really talks about.

Because it’s not just doing hair, is it.

You’re the one your clients offload to.

You remember the details, you hold space for them, you keep those relationships going in a way that goes way beyond what you’re actually paid for.

And then you finish work and go home… and it doesn’t switch off there either.

You’ve still got the house, the kids for some of you, the constant mental load, the school emails that seem to come in at the worst possible times and just the general feeling that everything somehow lands on you.

And what I see a lot, especially in hairdressing, is women just quietly getting on with it.

Holding everything together, at work and at home, and not really questioning it because it’s just become so fu***ng normal.

So when people start talking about connection breaking down, or loneliness becoming more of a thing, I don’t think it’s as simple as people make it out to be.

Because the people who have been holding connection together for years, in salons, in homes, in everyday life, are starting to feel completely worn down by it.

And you might not have ever said it like that before, but I’d bet there’s a part of you that recognises yourself in this.

This isn’t really just about hair anymore.

It’s about how you’re valued, what you’re available for and whether you actually want to keep doing things the way you always have.

If you’re a hairdresser and this has been sitting in the back of your mind for a while, you’re not on your own with it.

And if you want more from your business, more money, more stability and a way of working that actually feels like it fits your life, then stick around - you’ve found your new favourite corner of the internet.

Hey hairdresser mum, can I be really honest with you?

You’re not hitting your goals because you’re bad at your job.

So please stop thinking that.

You’re not hitting your financial goals as a hairdresser because no one ever showed you how to run a profitable freelance business that works for your life as a mum.

You went self-employed for freedom…

And ended up copying the same systems you used when you were employed.

No wonder your income doesn’t match your effort.

You fu***ng hated being employed?

(but alas overlooked the benefits of employment, not worrying about tax, education, support, community)

I’ve been there.

Skint, guessing and seriously overwhelmed.

But I rebuilt everything with simple, strategic steps that led to consistent £7.5K+ months on part-time hours.

(One month I hit 10k 🤯)

So I wrote those steps down for you.

It’s called The Pathway to 8K and it’s the first step towards building a hairdressing business that gives you money, time and breathing space…

Not burnout and a s**t load of mum guilt.

Comment 8K and I’ll send it straight over, it’s free too (for now).

🖤

Hey hairdresser mum…

You’re busy.

But you’re not actually making money.

You’re working all the hours, saying yes to clients, trying to fill gaps when cancellations hit…

And wondering why it’s not adding up.

So you tell yourself it’s the hairdressing industry itself,
people aren’t spending or maybe you’ve thought that there’s too much competition in your area.

Babe, it’s not that.

It’s that no one ever showed you how to actually run a profitable business.

Not just do the hair itself…
But actually price properly, understand your numbers, set standards in your business
and use social media to bring in consistent, perfect-fit clients.

So you’ve just been figuring it out as you go.

I TOTALLY GET IT.

I did the exact same thing!

And it kept me stuck at £3–4K months repeatedly.

Until one day, I realised this - it wasn’t a booking problem…

It was me, it was how I was operating.

That’s what took me to £8K months.

Inside my free Pathway to 8K, I break it down really simply:
🖤 why being “nice” is costing you money
🖤 how your money mindset is affecting your pricing
🖤 what running your column like a real business actually looks like
🖤 how to stop relying on last-minute clients
🖤 and how to build steady demand using your socials

No bulls**t, just what actually made a difference to me and my freelance hairdressing business.

If you’re still here, you’re likely done grafting for pennies and want to actually feel paid properly for what you do…

So, DM me 8K and I’ll send it over, so you can start creating a business that earns money, attracts clients and gives you the freedom you tell everyone you want.

I’m so excited for you.

Hits a bit close, doesn’t it hairdressers?

Firstly, you’re not alone.

I sacrificed SO MUCH, as a young hairdresser and single mum.

I used to be proud of it, wore it like a badge of honour.

Now I’m just pi**ed off by the expectations of mums and women.

This industry (that I love btw) has a way of making you think this is “just” how it’s meant to be.

That being exhausted, overworked, underpaid and constantly stretched is part of the deal.

It’s not.

Being reliable is important yes, but it shouldn’t come at a cost to you and your kids.

For me, being reliable meant missing things at home.

It meant feeling on edge about money even when I was busy AF.

It meant saying yes to clients I didn’t even want to see because the thought of gaps in my diary made my stomach drop.

It’s all a part of the design of exploiting women, so no one really teaches us another way.

So we just keep going.

Hoping it clicks and gets easier.

But it doesn’t because we’ve made ourselves so bloody useful, we’re trapped by people that don’t respect us and just see us as a cash cow.

So we leave, we become self employed and you act in the only way you know how.

Relentlessly.

We are shown how to “do” business, leave it to management, right?

So we never actually build a hair business that works for your life.

One that brings in consistent money, attracts the right clients and doesn’t rely on us running ourselves into the ground to keep it going.

So let me tell you, as a recovering people pleaser and thankless grafter - you can earn more and work less.

You can have a full column without saying yes to people you don’t like.

You can have boundaries and still be fully booked.

You just need the right strategy behind you.

If you’re still here, sounds like you’re ready to stop guessing and actually understand how to make this work for you and your family.

Come and get in The Staff Room with us (probs the only staff room you’re allowed in for an hour or more 😂😂)

DM or comment STAFFROOM so you can build a proper income, proper stability, and a business that fits around your life… not the other way round.

Every time I open this conversation up…

About female hairdressers being mistreated in salons the same stories come flooding in.

Not from one or two people.

From fu***ng loads of you.

Women, mums all of you hairdressers.

With very different lives…

But weirdly similar experiences.

It’s not a fu***ng coincidence.

You’re underpaid, spoken down to, made to feel like you should just be “grateful”.

Pushing through things that you absolutely should never have had to fu***ng tolerate.

And then being told it’s YOUR fault.

Like what in the f**k are we doing here?!

It’s exhausting.

And what these utter winks are really missing, is the most important part.

It’s not just about money, although it’s pretty key.

It’s what the lack of money keeps you stuck in.

When you’re constantly worrying about your income, you tolerate more than you should, you stay quieter than you want to and you put up with things that don’t sit right.

ESPECIALLY if you’re a woman even more so if you have kids too.

Not because you’re weak.

Because in this world you literally don’t have another choice.

(Come for me about benefits and council houses I will send you stats about economic imprisonment. Winkle)

That’s why MY space matters and the other absolute bad asses I share it with.

You’re not alone babes, but there are options for you.

One where you’re paid properly working with amazing clients, who really respect you.

Where you’re not constantly feeling like you’re at the mercy of your diary.

(One cancellation and the house of cards collapses, right?)

I know because I’ve done it.

And so have the women inside my world.

If you’re ready to see what things could and SHOULD look like for you then DM me 8K.

I’ll send you the exact steps I took to build £8k months as a part time hairdresser with two kids at home.

Growth suits you and so does sticking your finger up to morons x

Alright hairdressers… I don’t know why but I am still fu***ng blown away by the treatment of hairstylists and apprentices in salons.

It’s backwards, you wouldn’t get away with it any other other industry.

Only hairdressing, but I suppose…

It’s predominantly women… So makes sense…

There’s a lot of stuff in salon life that we were told is “just the way it is”… that actually isn’t normal at all.

Like at all.

For as long as hairdressing has been a thing it has been under valued, underpaid and riddled with mistreatment.

Being spoken to like s**t is normal.
Being made to feel replaceable is par of the job.

Watching men fly in their hair careers while you graft and get nowhere but ‘free exposure”.

The maddest and equally infuriating part is that most of us didn’t question it. We just got on with it

Because that’s what hairdressers do, right?

Especially if you’re a hairdresser mum…

You’re already juggling everything at home, then walking into a salon where you’re expected to overgive, undercharge and keep the fu***ng peace.

For who? Some guy thats barely changed a nappy? No way pal.

No wonder so many of you are exhausted, doubting yourselves and still not earning what you should be.

This isn’t about bashing the industry, it’s about finally being honest about it.

Once you see it, you can’t unsee it, oh and if this bothers you… You’re a part of the problem angel.

So tell me babe, what’s something from your salon life that you thought was normal…
but looking back now feels completely off?

I know you’ve got stories and I wanna hear them!!

While you’re here, follow along. For salon stories, community and a few too many f**ks.