I have been fortunate enough to meet him on a few occasions and he is a warm and gentlemanly person

He also has a fab blog, which quite frankly should have more fans and more readers – you see Jon talks a lot of common sense and shares business thoughts and talks about local business. So if you are in Essex, you must promise me two things…

1. You will go and take a look at Jon’s blog http://onourbikes.com/ and leave a comment. Get the blogs delivered to your email and read them – you will learn something, so it’s worth it.
2. You will try and meet him at one of the many networking events he supports in Essex, again it will be worth it

Essex is full of hidden gems like Jon, so over the next few months I plan on mentioning at least one of them every week

Sarah

#FF – When you are contemplating word domination you need all the help you can get, really you do. Anyone who thinks it can be done on their own is a meglomaniac or something…

So bookmark this page, cos if you are planning it too you need to know some great people

@lucywhittington for making tea at the right time

@mykitchenstore – Elaine always has your back and thats something essential when dominating the world

@anngodridge @babssaul they are great friends and will never ever distract you with tasty tidbits on facebook, no, never….

@taluta who kindly reminds me that world domination is so cold war…. I will have to change plans to globalisation instead

@Smokeyjjoseph who would obviously prefer it if I conquered the world later in the day….

@annhawkins and @JaneCwoods for supplying the much needed humour and support

Thanks everyone, you made my week on twitter

Sarah

No, this isn’t going to be a blog about how much peroxide you need to get the right colour Essex blonde… (on near black hair like mine, 40% for 30 mins only gives you gold), no, this blog is about hair cutting and styling.

I have just (Saturday)  had my haircut by Hazel, a vibrant hair stylist from the Isle of Dogs working in Essex.

She works at the Supercuts salon, which is where I get my twice a year haircut (the maintaining cuts in between are done by the family hairdresser who is good at maintaining but not so good at the original cut)…  For me the mark of a good haircut is the one that when washed a few days later is as good as the day it was cut, less styling products.  Many look good for 30 seconds after, few withstand Kev’s driving, the kids and a good nights sleep.

Hazel listened to what I wanted, washed my hair and then after examining some more said, I can do what you want but if I do this, this and this, it will look so much better. What do you want me to do? I said do what you said…

Maybe it was the East London accent, maybe it was the knowledgeable look in her eye. It could even have been the way she held the scissors as  Hazel exudes confidence and skill. The first hairdresser to do so in my presence for a long time, the last one gave my dead straight hair a spiral perm and my hair barely recovered…

Perhaps I am just too fussy when it comes to hairdressers which is why I use places like Supercuts instead of the local hairdressers, I like to think it’s because I prefer the first in first out system that they use instead. I like not knowing their names, not making small talk and I like getting my hair cut with minimal annoyance.  Although they are the home of the fixed price haircut I don’t think I have ever paid less than £30 for a cut in the last 5 years.  Saturday it was different.

So is the hair. Different. It does as it’s told. It looks fab after it has been washed. It shines like it did before the terrible spiral perm. I missed that shine. I think this hairdresser is a keeper.

So remember Hazel in Supercuts Lakeside, for when you want your hair to do as it’s told.

Sarah