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Ciara Mc Manus Hair Specialist

The best colour doesn’t overpower your natural hair. It understands it. 🤎

For this look, I wanted to work with her natural depth — not cover it.

Using JOICO Blonde Life Crème Lightener, I worked completely freehand, strategically painting lightness through the hair to create movement, flow and contrast while allowing her natural brunette to remain an important part of the finished result.

This is why I love freehand work.

It allows me to decide exactly where the eye needs to see light, where the hair needs depth, and where contrast will create dimension — rather than simply making everything lighter.

The result?

Softness around the face.
Movement through the lengths.
Depth where we need it.
And a blonde that feels like it belongs to her.

Because beautiful colour isn’t about how much blonde we can put into the hair.

It’s about understanding where it should go.

Hair, Understood.

Created using JOICO Blonde Life Crème Lightener 🤍
#HairUnderstood #JOICOBlondeLife #JOICOBlondeAmbassador #BlondeSpecialist #DimensionalBlonde

The best colour doesn’t overpower your natural hair. It understands it. 🤎

For this look, I wanted to work with her natural depth — not cover it.

Using JOICO Blonde Life Crème Lightener, I worked completely freehand, strategically painting lightness through the hair to create movement, flow and contrast while allowing her natural brunette to remain an important part of the finished result.

This is why I love freehand work.

It allows me to decide exactly where the eye needs to see light, where the hair needs depth, and where contrast will create dimension — rather than simply making everything lighter.

The result?

Softness around the face.
Movement through the lengths.
Depth where we need it.
And a blonde that feels like it belongs to her.

Because beautiful colour isn’t about how much blonde we can put into the hair.

It’s about understanding where it should go.

Hair, Understood.

Created using JOICO Blonde Life Crème Lightener 🤍
#HairUnderstood #JOICOBlondeLife #JOICOBlondeAmbassador #BlondeSpecialist #DimensionalBlonde

Some people come into your life and, at the time, you never realise the impact they are going to have. 😭

Brooke started by helping me one day a week when I first opened the salon, and somewhere along the way she became so much more than a member of staff. She became one of my closest friends, like a sister, and part of our Salon family. 🏡

To have watched her grow over the past while, to see her confidence soar and to see the woman she has become has made me so unbelievably proud.🥹

But what she has done for me goes far beyond the salon. She has been there through some of the hardest times in my personal life, especially over these last few months, and I honestly don’t know how I would have got through them without her. ❤️

She has listened to me, supported me and stood beside me when I needed someone most. She has been there for my family in ways I will never forget, and she is loved by all of us.😭

I am so proud of her for taking this huge step but I am absolutely heartbroken that she is going. The salon will never feel the same without her, and neither will our salon family. ❤️

Thank you for everything you have done for us , every missed lunch 😂 and every lunch you fed us when we couldn’t eat ❤️

We love you so much, Brookie. More than you will ever know. You will always be part of our salon family, no matter where in the world you are. ❤️❤️

Some people come into your life and, at the time, you never realise the impact they are going to have. 😭

Brooke started by helping me one day a week when I first opened the salon, and somewhere along the way she became so much more than a member of staff. She became one of my closest friends, like a sister, and part of our Salon family. 🏡

To have watched her grow over the past while, to see her confidence soar and to see the woman she has become has made me so unbelievably proud.🥹

But what she has done for me goes far beyond the salon. She has been there through some of the hardest times in my personal life, especially over these last few months, and I honestly don’t know how I would have got through them without her. ❤️

She has listened to me, supported me and stood beside me when I needed someone most. She has been there for my family in ways I will never forget, and she is loved by all of us.😭

I am so proud of her for taking this huge step but I am absolutely heartbroken that she is going. The salon will never feel the same without her, and neither will our salon family. ❤️

Thank you for everything you have done for us , every missed lunch 😂 and every lunch you fed us when we couldn’t eat ❤️

We love you so much, Brookie. More than you will ever know. You will always be part of our salon family, no matter where in the world you are. ❤️❤️

To be shortlisted for Best Colour Salon and Best Colour Technician is something I’m incredibly proud of, but more than anything, I’m proud of the team behind it all.

The salon has grown so much, the team has grown, and I definitely need an updated photo with every single one of them in it because this is not a one-person journey.

There have been so many people who have genuinely supported me, encouraged me, opened doors for me, backed my ideas and believed in what I was trying to build, especially in the moments where I probably doubted it myself. I don’t take any of that for granted.

Thank you to everyone who has been part of the journey so far, to our amazing clients who trust us with their hair, and to the Best in Beauty Awards for recognising what we’re building here in Midleton.

Very proud of this little salon and very excited for where we’re going next. 🤍

Best Colour Salon — Shortlisted
Best Colour Technician — Shortlisted

To be shortlisted for Best Colour Salon and Best Colour Technician is something I’m incredibly proud of, but more than anything, I’m proud of the team behind it all.

The salon has grown so much, the team has grown, and I definitely need an updated photo with every single one of them in it because this is not a one-person journey.

There have been so many people who have genuinely supported me, encouraged me, opened doors for me, backed my ideas and believed in what I was trying to build, especially in the moments where I probably doubted it myself. I don’t take any of that for granted.

Thank you to everyone who has been part of the journey so far, to our amazing clients who trust us with their hair, and to the Best in Beauty Awards for recognising what we’re building here in Midleton.

Very proud of this little salon and very excited for where we’re going next. 🤍

Best Colour Salon — Shortlisted
Best Colour Technician — Shortlisted

Grey blending at its best 🤍

This wasn’t about covering the grey or making the hair dramatically blonder. It was about reading what was already there and working with it.

Soft, mimicked silver babylights were placed through the hair to blend seamlessly into the natural grey, but the real priority here was condition.

We treated the hair with the JOICO K-PAK 4-Step Treatment, then lifted only where the hair needed it.

And the best part? No toner.

The natural undertones were already doing exactly what we needed them to do, so adding more would have been unnecessary.

Sometimes knowing what not to do is just as important as knowing what to do.

Grey blending should look like it belongs there.

Hair. Understood.

Grey blending at its best 🤍

This wasn’t about covering the grey or making the hair dramatically blonder. It was about reading what was already there and working with it.

Soft, mimicked silver babylights were placed through the hair to blend seamlessly into the natural grey, but the real priority here was condition.

We treated the hair with the JOICO K-PAK 4-Step Treatment, then lifted only where the hair needed it.

And the best part? No toner.

The natural undertones were already doing exactly what we needed them to do, so adding more would have been unnecessary.

Sometimes knowing what not to do is just as important as knowing what to do.

Grey blending should look like it belongs there.

Hair. Understood.

The longer I work with hair, the less I believe the answer is simply more blonde. 🙌

After more than 20 years behind the chair, one of the biggest things I’ve learned is that creating a great blonde isn’t just about how light you can get the hair.

It’s knowing when to lighten.
When to leave it alone.
When the hair needs strength before it needs another colour appointment.
And sometimes, when to say, not today.✋

I spoke about some of my journey at GLOW from opening my salon to working with JOICO and becoming a JOICO Blonde Ambassador for Ireland but so much of that journey has shaped how I look at hair today.

For me, the consultation will always come before the colour.

Because two clients can sit in your chair asking for exactly the same blonde, but their hair history, water, porosity, lifestyle and starting point can mean they need two completely different journeys to get there.

The goal isn’t the blondest hair I can create today.
It’s the best blonde I can help that client maintain long term.

That’s what Hair, Understood. means to me.

The longer I work with hair, the less I believe the answer is simply more blonde. 🙌

After more than 20 years behind the chair, one of the biggest things I’ve learned is that creating a great blonde isn’t just about how light you can get the hair.

It’s knowing when to lighten.
When to leave it alone.
When the hair needs strength before it needs another colour appointment.
And sometimes, when to say, not today.✋

I spoke about some of my journey at GLOW from opening my salon to working with JOICO and becoming a JOICO Blonde Ambassador for Ireland but so much of that journey has shaped how I look at hair today.

For me, the consultation will always come before the colour.

Because two clients can sit in your chair asking for exactly the same blonde, but their hair history, water, porosity, lifestyle and starting point can mean they need two completely different journeys to get there.

The goal isn’t the blondest hair I can create today.
It’s the best blonde I can help that client maintain long term.

That’s what Hair, Understood. means to me.

Meet Mira.

You’ve always trusted us to understand your hair.

Now we’ve made sure that understanding begins from the very first phone call.

While we’re creating beautiful hair in the salon, Mira is there to answer your call, ask the right questions, and guide you to the appointment that’s right for you.

It’s one more way we’re making every part of your experience feel considered.

Thank you to Call Handlers for helping us build something we’re incredibly proud of.

Hair. Understood.

Meet Mira.

You’ve always trusted us to understand your hair.

Now we’ve made sure that understanding begins from the very first phone call.

While we’re creating beautiful hair in the salon, Mira is there to answer your call, ask the right questions, and guide you to the appointment that’s right for you.

It’s one more way we’re making every part of your experience feel considered.

Thank you to Call Handlers for helping us build something we’re incredibly proud of.

Hair. Understood.

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