Education · For stylists and owners
Modern Client.
The other half of Lauren's education series: practical business advice for stylists and salon owners. Great hair fills a chair once. Running it like a business keeps it full.
It comes from doing it, not reading about it. Lauren opened Iron + Ivy in Queenstown in May 2019 and built it into an award-winning studio, then added a second salon, Revolver Hair Studio in Arrowtown, in 2025.
How it works
The business side, told straight.
For stylists
Practical business advice for the stylist behind the chair, from someone who learned it on the salon floor, not at a desk.
For salon owners
Lessons from growing Iron + Ivy from a brand new salon in 2019 into an award-winning studio, and then opening a second.
Built around your team
Tell Lauren your salon, your team size and what you'd like covered, and she shapes the session to fit. Pair it with Modern Blonde for the full series.
Why Lauren
Built it. Then built another.
Lauren arrived in Queenstown in 2014 and opened Iron + Ivy in 2019 with one aim: to put Queenstown hair on the map. The same year it picked up its first industry award.
- Opened Iron + Ivy Hair Studio, Queenstown2019
- Joint winner, Best Salon Design, The Industry Awards2019
- Finalist, Excellence in Marketing, The Industry Awards2019
- Finalist, Top Performing Stylist of the Year2022
- New Zealand's first Moroccanoil flagship salon
- Opened Revolver Hair Studio, Arrowtown2025
Want Modern Client in your salon?
Dates, length and cost depend on your team and what you want covered. Send Lauren the details and she'll tell you straight what she'd run and what it costs.
Start on your numbers today
13 calculators for NZ hair salons and stylists: price your menu, cost your colour, check your team, set aside tax. Buy once, from $59.