It all started at the age of fifteen in the little town of Stirling in Scotland. A career in Hairdressing was all I ever wanted to do.

After a very tough apprenticeship and building a large clientele – I then proceeded to open my own salon at the tender age of 21. Complete I thought, contented I should be, but there was always the need to do more! That’s when working with Cruise Ships began. In 1989 I first stepped onboard the QE2 as a stylist where my time at sea began.

Wearing many different hats and performing many different roles from Management to Artistic Director I then travelled and worked with Spas onboard training staff in all aspects of Hair & Beauty – a career that spanned 13 years.

During this time I was chosen to look after HM The Queen’s hair which I still have the honour to do to this day and have recently been granted the Royal Warrant Of Appointment for my years of service.

Always looking for new challenges I have built a vast portfolio working on Fashion Shoots, Videos and TV work - including the last two series of Ladette to Lady for ITV1.

Over the years I have worked on many celebrities hair such as Nicole Scherzinger (X-Factor USA) and Olga Kurylenko (The Quantum of Solace). However I do not see myself as a celebrity - I am a Hairdresser and my role in life is to make women feel feminine, fashionable and ultimately fantastic creating looks such as In Excess:

Ian Carmichael’s Decadence Collection