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Award-Winning Haircare: Insight's Hair Magazine Hot 100 Wins
From Best Serum to Best Colour Care, Insight has won across the Hair Magazine Hot 100 (Pro category), 2022–2025. Here's the roll of honour, year by year.
Meet Graham Pollard: Insight's Sustainability Manager
Discover how Graham Pollard combines award-winning colour expertise, education and sustainable salon practices as a leading educator for Insight Professional UK.
Find Your Hair Type: Wavy, Curly & Coily Hair Explained
Not sure if your hair is wavy, curly, or coily? Learn how to identify your curl type, understand what your hair really needs, and find the right routine to support natural texture, definition, and moisture.
Why Insight Isn't a B Corp (and What We Do Instead)
We're not a B Corp, by choice. The independent certifications we choose to renew every year, explained.
What Colour Should I Dye My Hair? A Guide to Choosing
Changing your hair colour is one of the quickest ways to feel like a new version of yourself — but staring at a wall of swatches (or a salon colour...
Hair Porosity Explained — and How to Test Yours
If you've ever wondered why some hair drinks up oil and stays soft while other hair feels coated and greasy, or why a product works wonders for a friend but...
What Does Keratin Do for Your Hair? (And Is It Actually Good for It?)
You'll see "keratin" on the label of all sorts of hair products, and "keratin treatment" on most salon menus. But what is it actually doing — and is it genuinely...
Going Grey Gracefully: How to Care for Natural Silver Hair
More people than ever are choosing to embrace their natural grey rather than chase it away — and done well, silver hair looks striking, modern and effortlessly chic. But "effortless"...
How Often Should You Use a Hair Mask? (And How to Use One Properly)
A hair mask is one of the simplest ways to keep your hair soft, strong and shiny at home — but it's also one of the easiest to get wrong....
What Do Toners Do for Your Hair?
If you've ever left the salon with a perfect cool blonde, only to watch it turn brassy a few weeks later, you've met the reason toner exists. Toning is the...
Balayage vs Highlights: What's the Difference (and Which Is Right for You)?
If you've ever sat scrolling through hair inspiration trying to work out whether you want balayage or highlights — or whether they're secretly the same thing — you're not alone....
Warm vs Cool Blonde: Which Suits You?
Not all blondes are created equal. The difference between a blonde that lights up your face and one that leaves you looking washed out usually comes down to one thing:...