Behind The Mirror Glasgow Podcast
Jul 2, 2026 · 45 min · 12 segments
In this episode we meet Rae the founder of “We love Purple Hearts”. Think of this as a Michelin star but for hairdressers. Covering scary topics in the industry like the lack of regulation, people…
Rae PalmerGuestLisaHostLauraHostI've done a quick summary there of what you're trying to do but obviously there's no regulation in hairdressing.
No.
And I don't think people know that, like clients maybe don't know that.
Clients
When you say to them, do you know our industry isn't regulated? And they're like, no.
just naturally think, yeah.
Peroxide was used to make bombs.
And you're trusting someone to put bleach maybe straight on your head.
That can cause burns.
It can cause, you know, contraindications like scalp irritations.
Obviously as well, the more that you have a reaction to something, if someone hasn't noticed or they haven't done the patch test, then you could go into severe reactions like anaphylaxis and things.
So it is.
Yeah.
It should have regulation.
Everything else does.
That's unbelievable that we're so far behind when we've got so much legislation and everything.
Yeah, it really blows my mind because I've been in hairdressing a long time, British hairdressing.
I've done a quick summary there of what you're trying to do but obviously there's no regulation in hairdressing.
No.
And I don't think people know that, like clients maybe don't know that.
Clients
When you say to them, do you know our industry isn't regulated? And they're like, no.
just naturally think, yeah.
Peroxide was used to make bombs.
And you're trusting someone to put bleach maybe straight on your head.
That can cause burns.
It can cause, you know, contraindications like scalp irritations.
Obviously as well, the more that you have a reaction to something, if someone hasn't noticed or they haven't done the patch test, then you could go into severe reactions like anaphylaxis and things.
So it is.
Yeah.
It should have regulation.
Everything else does.
That's unbelievable that we're so far behind when we've got so much legislation and everything.
Yeah, it really blows my mind because I've been in hairdressing a long time, British hairdressing.
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