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Www.indiehairacademy.com.au It's so nice to see you here. I am Angela and my goal is to get you set up in your business and making money as quick as possible. I support hairdressers become independent with my step by step academy program. Indies once you are all set up you are apart of the family but the support doesn't stop there! We have wellness retreats, business and mindset work, how to keep stress to a minimum and stop burnout creeping in.
08/09/2026
Visiting Comfortel Salon Furniture showroom in QLD today.
It’s always a pleasure catching up with the beautiful Kara Johnstone - Comfortel QLD and Elise - Comfortel QLD Representative
If you are setting up a home salon or wanting to level up your furniture make sure you check out the showroom.
“I’ve made more money since going out on my own than I ever did running a salon with 12 staff.” 🔥
Now THAT is something worth talking about.
Katy Reeve is proof that success in our industry doesn’t have to mean a bigger salon, a bigger team or more responsibility.
Sometimes, the biggest success comes when you have the courage to back yourself, step out on your own and go ALL IN.
Since becoming an independent hairdresser, Katy has experienced incredible growth financially, personally and professionally.
She’s grown as a business owner.
She’s grown as a businesswoman.
She’s become an educator.
And she’s created a version of success that works for HER.
🏆 2023 Sole Operator of the Year
🏆 2025 Sole Operator of the Year
Katy’s journey is such a powerful reminder of what can happen when you feel the fear and do it anyway.
When you trust yourself.
When you back yourself.
And when you stop measuring success by what everyone else says it should look like.
Katy Reeve , thank you so much for being part of The Empowered Indie at Hair Festival and sharing your journey with a room full of independent hairdressers.
Your story brought so much inspiration, empowerment and belief into that room and showed what really is possible when you decide to back yourself
This was one for the record books!
We had full room of hairdressers who are backing themselves and going all in on their business.
We had an amazing line up of speakers/ educators
Original Aussie Detangler Hair Brushes for kids, teens & adults
HUSL app for Hairdressers
Sustainable Salons
Australian Hairdressing Council
Katy Reeve
Cheryelle King - Apprentice Training Specialist
SOPHIC PRO | Home of the Conscious Stylist
Thank you to everyone who came and supported the very first event.
25/08/2026
I had the absolute pleasure of catching up with the incredible Wendy Gunn recently and what a woman, what a career and what a story.
Wendy is an absolute icon in our hairdressing industry, with more than 50 years of experience behind the chair, as a salon owner, colourist, educator and industry leader.
But one of my favourite parts of Wendy’s story is this…
When the opportunity came to enter the L’Oréal Professionnel Colour Trophy, Wendy nearly talked herself out of it.
She could have told herself she was too old.
She could have decided her competition days were behind her.
She could have simply not entered.
Instead, she thought, NO. I’m going for it.
And thank goodness she did.
Wendy won the Australian L’Oréal Professionnel Colour Trophy in 2018 and then travelled to Paris in 2019, where at 69 years of age she became the FIRST AUSTRALIAN to win the GLOBAL L’Oréal Professionnel Style & Colour Trophy.
How bloody incredible is that?!
For me, Wendy’s story is such an important reminder that there is no expiry date on success.
You are never too old to enter.
Never too experienced to keep learning.
Never too late to try something new.
And you certainly don’t have to quietly step aside because you’ve reached a certain age or stage in your career.
Wendy continues to be incredibly passionate about our industry. She owns Ink For Hair in Brisbane with her daughter, is passionate about education and developing other hairdressers, and is now Queensland State Manager for Smiths Collective Brands.
And she’s still creating, learning, educating and contributing to our industry.
THIS is what a career in hairdressing can look like.
I absolutely loved sitting down and talking all things hair, business, education and the industry with Wendy and I’m very excited to say…
🎙️ Wendy will be joining me on the Independent Hairdresser Podcast!
So stay tuned
20/08/2026
Hairdressers Math……
I will ALWAYS back a hairdresser who wants to step out on their own. ❤️
I’ll cheer you on. I’ll help you set up. I’ll show you how to price, market yourself, find clients and build a successful independent business.
But I’ll also tell you when something isn’t the right way to do it.
Taking, downloading or printing a salon’s client list and contacting those clients to tell them where you’re going? Massive no. 🚫
Going behind your employer’s back and handing out cards or secretly telling clients where to find you? That’s not how we need to do business.
Remember…….. that salon, and the person who built it, helped put you in front of those clients in the first place.
There should be gratitude and respect for that.
And the beautiful thing is… you don’t need to take anyone’s client list to succeed.
We have the internet at our fingertips.
Post on your socials.
Introduce yourself in your local Facebook groups.
Show people what you do.
Share your work.
Tell your story.
Build your own name.
And most importantly… back yourself enough to believe that people WILL find you.
You can build something incredible without trying to damage what somebody else has built.
There are more than enough clients to go around. We don’t need to operate from competition, fear or scarcity.
I want to see an industry where salon owners support the next generation of independents, and where hairdressers leaving employment do it with honesty, gratitude and respect.
Go out on your own. Be brave. Build the business.
Just leave with grace. ❤️
Your reputation will follow you far longer than any client list ever will.
This right here is WHY I created Indie
Not just for the courses.
Not just for the business tools.
Not just for the weekly coaching calls.
For the COMMUNITY & Connections
A place where independent hairdressers can ask questions, share wins, talk through the hard stuff, get advice and actually have people around them who understand what it’s like to run a hairdressing business.
And one of my favourite things about our Indie Community is seeing everyone helping each other. 🥹
There’s no competition here.
We share ideas.
We answer questions.
We celebrate each other’s wins.
We help each other through the challenges.
And we genuinely want to see each other THRIVE. 🙌
Because there is no such thing as a dumb question.
Every successful business owner started somewhere.
You’re not expected to know how to price your services, understand your numbers, market your business, navigate council requirements, create content, attract clients or figure out every little part of running a business by yourself.
That’s what we’re here for.
To show you exactly what to do, how to do it and give you the support, tools and direction to build a successful, profitable and thriving independent hairdressing business.
This is so much bigger than a course.
It’s a community of independent hairdressers backing independent hairdressers.
And THAT is exactly why Indie exists.
If you’ve been looking for a place like this and you’d love to be part of our Indie Community, comment INDIE below and we’ll help you get started. 👇
I had so many people asking questions on this so let’s dive deeper into it.
Can you sell your clients information to another hairdresser?