About Our Centre and Our Principles

The founder of this Centre has been in business for over 20 years and has seen the industry slowly deteriorating with over-saturation, mutually destructive pricing and sub-standard services. It is the founder's wish to establish this Centre in order to nurture the next generation of hairstylists.

Our Goals:

Designed for apprentices who are passionate about the industry and wish to develop the skills and creativity to excel in this industry
Talented or partially-skilled individuals who wanted the opportunity to get into the industry
All age/gender welcome

Our Centre focuses on both practical and theoretical teaching that enables you to acquire the necessary hairstyling skills within the shortest time frame. The founder's 20 years of experience has made learning simple and direct. Nurturing your talent is our principle! Our honest, quick-learning methods offer you an employment opportunity into the industry.

Founder DEREK PENG: Experienced Hairstylist

NURTURING TALENTS, SKILLS FOR A LIFETIME

In my 20 years in the business, I've noticed that the number of salons has over-saturated the industry, replacing healthy competition through service excellence with mutually destructive pricing and sub-standard services due to a declining talent pool. But through skill-advancement, self-improvement, maintain fair pricing and services, it is not impossible to keep and grow your customers and keep a good salary. Our Centre facilitates you to keep a part-time job while learning full-time at our Centre with both practical and theoretical skills. Past mentor/apprentice method you're beholden to your mentor and your mentor could be holding you out from the advanced skills so you can't move up the chain. Going independent and you are pressured by your customer's demands that you can't adequately meet. In the end you give up on this industry saying the customers are unreasonably demanding or that the industry can't provide you with a decent salary. However I believe this artist pursuit is a worthwhile one, there's a market for high-end salons as customers are willing to spend more to find and return to a professional hairstylist that will satisfy their needs. Our Centre therefore is aimed at training our graduates to get into the high-end salon business.

Our Teaching Methods and Benefits

We don't waste your time by teaching theoretically in Centre. No overwhelmingly long days learning while keeping a job. No need for major financial investment. Our teaching methods concentrate on practicality first so our apprentices ` decide on their interests in this industry early on.

Instructor's History

1991		Obtained professional hairstyle design license
1993		Opened first hair salon (Young Image Hair Design)
2002		Acquired "In Salon" Business
2006		Designated hair stylist for Asian Night Market Singing Contest
2007		Hairstyle designer for one of Fairchild Television show's program director
2009		Teaches as Hair Instructor at Milliken Mills Community Centre
2010		Teaches as Hair Instructor at TCCSA Centre