The SOS Theory (paperback)

The S.O.S. Theory

The Essential Guide to the Hairdressing Industry

Hairdressing school teaches you how to do hair. It doesn't necessarily teach you how to survive — and thrive — in the hairdressing industry.

The S.O.S. Theory is Alexandra Girling's straight-talking guide to the realities of life behind the chair: the stuff that happens between the technical training, the clients, the colleagues, the career decisions and the everyday madness of salon life.

Written for hairdressers at every stage of their career, it combines practical industry knowledge with the lessons that are usually learned the hard way.

It’s frank, funny and grounded in real salon experience — less of a textbook and more like having an experienced hairdresser sit you down and tell you all the things she wishes somebody had told her at the beginning.

As Dale Herne, Stylist for Hershesons London described it: 

“The Swiss-Army knife of the Hairdressing industry — everything you need to know and more.”