The Editorial Archive
This page collects essays and insights from inside the practice—written not for industry peers, but for clients, thinkers, and those seeking structural clarity in a field overrun with marketing, mimicry, and misinformation.
These articles don’t aim to teach technique or push product. They exist to articulate something quieter but more precise: a philosophy of care built on geometry, client autonomy, and lived complexity. Some are short-form critiques. Others are longer reflections on structure, identity, or the psychology of service. All of them are written from inside the work.
How hairdressing became dependent on styling—and why unstyled hair remains unseen when structure isn’t trusted to carry beauty.
The psychological architecture behind haircut intervals—and how structural projection governs both client behaviour and technical authorship.
How social media reshaped curly hair culture into an aesthetic performance—and how salons and influencers alike sustain a new form of unrealistic beauty pressure in the name of definition and sales.
Why most haircuts collapse before the client leaves the chair—and how the industry’s flat thinking breaks geometry, structure, and trust.
Why the pursuit of curl “definition” persists—and how aesthetic pressure, not product, keeps textured clients fixated on control over clarity.
Why the concept of “healthy hair” is biologically false—and how decades of marketing trained clients, especially those with curly hair, to see structure as sickness.
A critique of Australia’s hairdressing industry and why intellectually rigorous women are left cycling through mediocrity while hoping for alignment the system was never designed to produce.
How mainstream salons shaped client behaviour and belief systems over decades—and why certain spaces now function more as correctional systems than as service providers.
Why “suiting your face shape” is a cosmetic-era myth—and how structurally sound haircutting renders that concern irrelevant by design.
When haircutting becomes fluent, it transcends demonstration and functions as a transmission system—particularly in neurodivergent and curl-focused environments.
Why the rise of “curl specialists” doesn’t always equal structural expertise—and how to recognise the difference between commercial mimicry and genuine support.
How the curly hair movement abandoned liberation in favour of rule-based marketing—and why so many people are still trapped under a different kind of control.
How the desire for long hair often gives way to lived priorities—and why that transition is about clarity, not defeat.
Why the work being done here isn’t scalable, teachable in a course, or destined for handoff—and what will eventually replace it when the time comes.
Why clients instinctively blurt that phrase mid-cut—and how the nervous system often recognises alignment before the mind can explain it.
How the Curly Girl Method went from grassroots support to obsessive subculture, and why liberation won’t be found through stricter routines and stylised conformity.
On misleading journalism, token voices, and why curly-haired consumers are still being used as leverage while their lived experiences remain ignored.
Beyond the Archive
For those drawn to structure, clarity, or simply looking a little deeper—here’s where the system continues. Explore practical insights on curls or listen in on authored reflection.