Antonia Cometa joins DYE JOB to talk about her journey from Vidal Sassoon to creating colour for Dior, Tom Ford and The Row, working with Björk and Daisy Edgar-Jones, and opening her own studio, Tone.

She shares the creativity and complexity behind her work, the realities of building a business and why she no longer wants to go with the flow — she wants to be the flow.

Warm, honest and very funny, this is a conversation about colour, hard work and creating a career on your own terms.

Edward Darley has spent 33 years at Sassoon, with 27 of those at the Academy, becoming one of the industry's most respected colour educators — and, as Sophie describes him, a true “colourist’s colourist.”

In this episode of DYE JOB, Edward and Sophie talk about what it actually takes to become a great colourist: technical skill, honesty, teamwork and the willingness to keep learning.

They discuss how AI-generated hair imagery is creating increasingly unrealistic expectations in the salon, why sometimes the most professional thing a colourist can do is say no, and whether skills such as precision foiling are being lost in the age of balayage and freehand colour.

Edward also reflects on more than three decades of Sassoon education, teaching around the world, the decline in traditional apprenticeships and why bringing experienced colourists together with the next generation remains essential.

A conversation about craft, education, change — and never believing you know everything.

Lesley Jennison has spent four decades at the forefront of professional hair colour.

From walking into Vidal Sassoon in Sloane Square at 17 to becoming Global Brand Ambassador for Schwarzkopf Professional and Fellowship Hairdresser of the Year, Lesley has built a career spanning salon work, education, fashion, shows, product development and creative collaboration.

In this episode of DYE JOB, Sophie talks to Lesley about the hard graft behind that career: learning her craft at Sassoon, winning her first industry award as an assistant, creating colour collections, working internationally and developing the breadth of knowledge required to work at the highest level.

They also look at where hairdressing is heading, why the industry needs to do more to excite the next generation, the limitations of learning solely through social media and why great colourists never stop learning.

Warm, funny and candid, Lesley also reflects on the more personal side of a 40-year career — from the nerves she still feels before stepping on stage to the confidence hairdressing has given her and the time it has taken away.

A conversation about colour, creativity, education, longevity and why hard work can take you to places you only dreamed of.

DYE JOB — for colourists and the colour-curious.