.png){kind=spacer}
About Us
About Essence Hair
Established in Haywards Heath, West Sussex, for more than 20 years, Essence Hair is a professionally ran hair salon. Our skilled stylists always put the client first, making sure you leave our salon looking and feeling your best. Keeping up with the latest trends and techniques, we provide an exceptional salon experience, whether you’re looking for a cut and colour or something different. Get in touch today to speak with our professional team.
Meet The Team
Sinead (Apprentice)
Enjoying all aspects of her career so far, Sinead has worked in the hairdressing industry for nearly 2 years. She loves to chat with clients whilst shampooing or blow-drying their hair, to ensure they feel relaxed and welcome.
Sinead is also very excited that her training is progressing and she’s able to cut and colour hair for her friends and family without supervision. Trained to a high standard, she loves working in our salon. The team describe her as hard-working, hungry to learn, easy-going, calm, friendly, and very talkative.
Sinead is also very excited that her training is progressing and she’s able to cut and colour hair for her friends and family without supervision. Trained to a high standard, she loves working in our salon. The team describe her as hard-working, hungry to learn, easy-going, calm, friendly, and very talkative.
Carice (Stylist)
Carice is our salon stylist and continues to further her skills She is continuing her further training with colour and has now completed afro hair relaxing courses, and has found a new love of Afro hair relaxing and finishing. Carice has a great all round strength in all aspect of hair to help you achieve you new look.
The team would describe Carice as creative, talented, friendly and efficient.
Gemmy (Premier Stylist / Hair Extension Specialist )
Specialising in curly hair, short textured cuts, and hair extensions, Gemmy has more than 27 years’ experience in the hairdressing industry. She loves building a relationship with her clients and making them feel like family. Gemmy isn’t the quietest member of our team, but she wears her heart on her sleeve. The team describe her as passionate, with a positive and effervescent personality.
Sissi (Senior Stylist/Senior Technician)
Sissi has been in the hair industry for over 22 years. Originally starting her career in Turin, Italy, she also worked for L’Oréal in Milan, specialising in all colour and cutting techniques, and she joined the Best Club programme at Toni & Guy in 2015. Her career highlights include a range of catwalk and hair fashion shows. She also holds a Bachelor Degree in Modern Languages from the Tourism Industry, with a dissertation in Art, which is her biggest passion.
With a love of hairdressing craft as a form of artistic expression, Sissi’s extensive academic training background has given her an excellent understanding of hair, proportions, and beauty. Confident in working with any type of hair, she provides bespoke work to every client. Sissi loves to empower women with hair that is sexy and feminine. The team describe Sissi as a perfectionist, and a knowledgeable, reserved, and sweet-natured person.
With a love of hairdressing craft as a form of artistic expression, Sissi’s extensive academic training background has given her an excellent understanding of hair, proportions, and beauty. Confident in working with any type of hair, she provides bespoke work to every client. Sissi loves to empower women with hair that is sexy and feminine. The team describe Sissi as a perfectionist, and a knowledgeable, reserved, and sweet-natured person.
.png "Grace")
Grace (Stylist Technician)
With more than 5 years’ experience in the hairdressing industry, Grace has a real passion and an abundance of aspiration and drive for her work. After 4 years working at Toni & Guy in Brighton, she moved onto Essensuals Haywards Heath, where she has grown and flourished as a stylist.
Grace loves expressing herself by creating bespoke cuts and colours, specialised to each client, to make them feel confident and beautiful. She has completed a high standard of training, including Level 4 training and L’Oréal colour keys 1 and 2 at the L’Oréal Academy. People describe Grace as relaxed, fun, down to earth, adventurous, and very driven in all her work.
Grace loves expressing herself by creating bespoke cuts and colours, specialised to each client, to make them feel confident and beautiful. She has completed a high standard of training, including Level 4 training and L’Oréal colour keys 1 and 2 at the L’Oréal Academy. People describe Grace as relaxed, fun, down to earth, adventurous, and very driven in all her work.
.jpg "Katie")
Gemma (technical director and stylist)
Gemma has over 23 years experience in the hairdressing Industry focusing her passion on colour. She is a true perfectionist making sure each client has a bespoke colour individually for them,making her work truly unique. She enjoys all aspects of colour and has also completed afro relaxing courses and has returned to her cutting skills that she had missed in her previous job role, and is continuing to learn new techniques along the way. She has gained a very loyal following over the years this is due to her hard work and dedication but also her gentle and kind nature, she is a great new addition to our team, as our technical director.
Katy (Creative Director Manager and Senior Technician)
With more than 28 years of experience in the hairdressing industry, Katy specialises in cutting, colour, and hair extensions. Listening closely to her clients’ needs, she is passionate about creating a style that will suit them and their lifestyle. The team describes Katy as relaxed, committed, and enthusiastic, and helpful.
Katy’s career highlights include working at London Fashion Week, (LFW) teaching NVQ students, and completing the Durham University leadership programme. As a hairdresser, she gives her heart and soul to her job, and loves to meet a variety of people from all walks of life, learning something new every day!
Katy’s career highlights include working at London Fashion Week, (LFW) teaching NVQ students, and completing the Durham University leadership programme. As a hairdresser, she gives her heart and soul to her job, and loves to meet a variety of people from all walks of life, learning something new every day!