Behind The Mirror Glasgow Podcast
Oct 15, 2026 · 45 min · 14 segments
From her beginnings at the Paul Mitchell Academy in the States to making Glasgow her home, Caroline Lamp shares the journey that shaped her career, creativity and passion for hairdressing. We explore…
[laughs] So tell us about the brand.
So how did that all come about?
Oh, I could actually cry sometimes because it's a really personal, genuine project that incorporates stuff from my childhood, from teachers that weren't hairdressers, but they really taught me-
Inspired
And it's a quirky experience to get you out of your comfort zone, and I don't know how many times or how many times someone can recall when they actually had a genuine new experience.
And having, feeling safe enough and confident enough to do that.
Because obviously in this day and age the, you know, I think especially with social media, you know, creativity, I mean, plays a huge part in the way that people market themselves.
But st- a lot of people are still frightened of being too creative or even allowing themselves to be- For whatever reason or, you know, I'm not sure
I really, I really wanna help that too, 'cause when I did my training here, I needed, like, proper refinement.
Like, I'm happy to take criticism and direction, but I think it was at the detriment to my self-esteem-
Mm-hmm
Mm-hmm
And that's why I say I've been in an industry snooze for the last 10 years, but now I've just woken up out of this coma, if you will, or cocoon.
Mm-hmm.
And yeah, like, I'm just ready to put my stamp on things, and I wanna keep building this brand and have an all-women's art team predominantly, and really show that, because I still think that that's the representation of women is still quite lacking.
[laughs] So tell us about the brand.
So how did that all come about?
Oh, I could actually cry sometimes because it's a really personal, genuine project that incorporates stuff from my childhood, from teachers that weren't hairdressers, but they really taught me-
Inspired
And it's a quirky experience to get you out of your comfort zone, and I don't know how many times or how many times someone can recall when they actually had a genuine new experience.
And having, feeling safe enough and confident enough to do that.
Because obviously in this day and age the, you know, I think especially with social media, you know, creativity, I mean, plays a huge part in the way that people market themselves.
But st- a lot of people are still frightened of being too creative or even allowing themselves to be- For whatever reason or, you know, I'm not sure
I really, I really wanna help that too, 'cause when I did my training here, I needed, like, proper refinement.
Like, I'm happy to take criticism and direction, but I think it was at the detriment to my self-esteem-
Mm-hmm
Mm-hmm
And that's why I say I've been in an industry snooze for the last 10 years, but now I've just woken up out of this coma, if you will, or cocoon.
Mm-hmm.
And yeah, like, I'm just ready to put my stamp on things, and I wanna keep building this brand and have an all-women's art team predominantly, and really show that, because I still think that that's the representation of women is still quite lacking.
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