This week my guest is one of UK’s top hairdressers, Adam Reed. Adam has been nominated for Hairdresser of the Year multiple times, he has worked with superstars such as Madonna and One Direction as well as the great and good in fashion and editorial over the last 30 + years. He is also a brand ambassador for ghd and L’Oréal Professional.
Adam has just launched 4 perfumes for hair & skin that are part of his 'Arkive Makes Scents' range. He is a huge fragrance fan and, in fact, has a ‘fragrance library’ as part of his Arkive by Adam Reed salon in Covent Garden, London. I’ve never met anyone that has such an encyclopaedic knowledge of products and brands and his list of favourites from his daily routines is probably the most extensive ever!
We also spoke about Adam’s neurodiversity (he was diagnosed as having ADHD fairly recently) as well as the struggles he’s had with his mental health in the past. This episode was recorded in early November 2024 in Adam’s Arkive salon in London. I really appreciated how open and candid Adam was and I hope you take something from the conversation we had.
Adam mentioned too many products for me to link them all here, so due to word count restrictions it’s probably better that I just list them:
Marvis - Liquorice Toothpaste
Fenjal, Vaseline Intensive Care & AKT - Deodorants
Estée Lauder - Advanced Night Repair
Imperial Leather - Hand Soap
Skin Rocks by Caroline Hirons - Gel Cleanser
Kiehls - Facial Fuel range, Beard Oil
Badedas - Bath Gel
Diptyque - Tuberose Candle, Tam Dao Fragrance
Mason Pearson - Hairbrush
Charlotte Tilbury - Magic Cream
This Works - Sleep Oil
Santa Maria Novella - Jojoba Oil
Reome - Active Recovery Broth
YSL - Nu Concealer
Haeckels - Various products
Gloved by Tom Daxon - Hand Soaps
Boots - Eye Mist
You can find Arkive Hair & Skin Fragrances here:
https://arkiveheadcare.com/collections/fragrances
The Arkive hair products are here:
Arkive on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/arkivebyadamreed/
Adam’s personal Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/adamreedhair/
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