Overview
You know that moment. That split second before they speak. When the blonde catches the light just right and the shape frames their face, and they reach up and touch it and smile.
That’s the moment. YOUR moment.
Want to feel it again and again and understand why?
ONE SHOW ONLY
Olivia Thompson is coming to Australia. JOICO Blonde Specialist, Brand Storyteller, and part of the JOICO Global Education Team. She takes the stage at Hair Festival with Australian industry heavyweights Katy Reeve and Carolyn Gahan.
Method is the skill. Mindset is the courage to create.
It starts before anyone picks up a tool. Olivia’s consultation framework shapes everything. It’s how she creates low-maintenance blonde with high-impact results that looks as good at eight weeks as it does on the day. Her placement is deliberate, her process is refined, and at Hair Festival you’ll see all of it live. If you follow modern blonding, you know her work. This is your chance to see how she thinks, watch how she works, and hear every choice explained as it happens.
Great colour deserves a great cut. Katy Reeve, 2019 NSW/ACT Hairdresser of the Year, 2023 & 2025 AHIA Sole Trader of the Year, is on stage to show how cutting and colour work together so the whole package lands and the finished look carries beyond the chair. The questions she asks before she even picks up her shears will change the questions you ask. Real hair. Real thinking you can take back to the salon on Tuesday.
Hair doesn’t have to stay in one lane, and neither does JOICO. Built on healthy hair, Carolyn Gahan does what she does best and takes creative colour as far as it can go. With, titles such as AHIA 2022 Independent Hairdresser of the Year, five Australian Hair Fashion Awards finalist spots, winning Hair Shot of the Year in 2020, and earning another nomination for the same category in 2026. Work in Vogue, at Cannes, at Cosmoprof. She builds a highway paved in colour, shape and texture. Work that feeds your soul.
This is not theory. It’s serious artists working live. Commercial to creative, this is the session built around the moment that keeps you in love with hair.
Key learning outcomes for attendees
- The consultation approach that shapes everything before a single tool is picked up
- Olivia’s placement and process for blonde that delivers high-impact results and looks as good at eight weeks as it does on the day
- How cutting and colour work together so the whole package lands and the finished look carries beyond the chair
- Creative work that shows you how far hair can go and the healthy hair foundation that makes it possible
- The full spectrum on one stage, from bookable blondes to editorial-level work
What participants will gain from this session
- You’ll see how Olivia approaches modern blonde for the long game. Her consultation, her placement, and her process demonstrated live and explained as it happens. You can use it on Tuesday.
- You’ll watch Katy show how the right cut makes the whole package land. The questions she asks before she picks up her shears will change the questions you ask.
- You’ll see Carolyn’s creative work and remember how far hair can go. Editorial colour, shape, and texture. The kind of work that keeps you excited about what you do.
- Whether you’re an apprentice watching high-level technique for the first time, an experienced colourist or cutter looking for smarter process, or a salon owner wanting your team fired up, this is the session.
- Method is the skill. Mindset is the courage to create. JOICO backs you in both.