Bob Recine was first introduced to hair when he met legendary French hairdresser Jean Louis David…
Read MoreHair Artist — Bob Recine

Bob Recine was first introduced to hair when he met legendary French hairdresser Jean Louis David…
Read MoreIt's been a long time since I listened to much David Bowie but I downloaded his last album—Blackstar, this week…
Read MoreThe French Reception is currently looking for talented hairdressers, colour technicians and apprentice hairdressers to join our team.
Read MoreThe blow-back hairstyle (think Elvis or James Dean) may be synonymous with men's hair but it's a great hairstyle on women and is currently as popular on the catwalks as it is with A-list celebrities.
Read MoreHave you ever found it difficult to recreate that salon blow-dry at home? Would you like to learn professional blow-drying techniques?
Read MoreHow times have changed…
Read MoreI haven't seen Black Panther yet but if the soundtrack is anything to go by then it should be brilliant.
Read MoreAs our regular customers will already know we love a good Gin and Tonic at The French Reception, especially when we're giving them to our clients.
Read MoreThe Fall have been many things in their nearly 40 year career—genre defying, the most prolific band of the British post-punk movement, some kind of Northern English magical realism.
Read MoreMaia Flore's work fits somewhere between reality and her own imagination.
Read MoreWe have the low down for you this weekend on a grown-up, low-maintenance and minimal style that's currently all the rage: the low ponytail.
Read MoreLeeds Art Gallery is currently exhibiting German fluxus/performance artist Joseph Beuys' (1921–1986) sculpture and drawings from the 1950's onwards and it's well worth a visit.
Read MoreI've been unable to stop myself listening to the Future Islands latest album 'The Far Field' for a while now.
Read MoreCalifornian Photographer Medina Duggar, who lives and works in Lagos Nigeria, celebrates Nigerian women's hair styles 'through a fanciful, contemporary lens' in her ongoing series of photographs called Chroma: An Ode to J.D. Okhai Ojeikere.
Read MoreIn no particular order, here are our 10 favourite movie hairstyles.
Read MoreWe might be a bit late with this post. After all Leeds Pride was a few months ago.
Read MoreThis week our favourite track comes from Penguin Cafe.
Read MoreWe've started the day with a pixie haircut, also know as a short texturised crop. I love this cut on women and it's been popularised recently by celebrities such as Katie Perry, Cara Delevigne and Scarlett Johansson.
Read More"The slowly grown hair has been flattened and processed for eternity, and marks the definitive end of a hairstyle..."
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