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  <description><![CDATA[Copper Glacier is a precision colour and cut salon in Edinburgh. Balayage, colour correction, and bridal packages by Fiona Caldwell and team. Book a consultation.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[What sun, salt, and chlorine do to colour-treated hair]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Every summer we see the same pattern: clients come in after a holiday with colour that has shifted in ways they did not expect. The brassiness, the dullness, the unexpected warmth at the mid-length. Most of it is predictable once you understand what is happening at the level of the hair shaft.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 10:19:27 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Balayage vs highlights: what actually changes]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Clients ask us this question at least twice a week. Both services lighten the hair. Both use bleach or a high-lift colour. But the way the product is applied, the tools used, and the result you live with for the next six months are genuinely different. Getting the distinction right before you book saves time, money, and a lot of disappointment.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 18:58:23 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Colour correction: what to expect before you book]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Colour correction is the service we get the most enquiries about, and the one where expectations most often need to be managed carefully. Not because the results are bad, but because the gap between what a client hopes for and what is safely achievable in one session is often significant. This is an honest account of how correction work actually goes.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2026 21:04:27 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[What Olaplex actually does to your hair]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Olaplex is in a lot of salons now, and it is on a lot of supermarket shelves. The marketing around it is heavy, which makes it hard to know what it actually does and whether it is worth the cost. The chemistry is straightforward once you strip out the language around it.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 11:33:57 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Planning your bridal hair colour: a realistic timeline]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Bridal hair colour is the appointment where the stakes are highest and the margin for error is smallest. Most of the problems we see come not from bad technique but from a timeline that was too compressed. This is the schedule we recommend to every bride who comes to us.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 16:37:23 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[How toners work and why the choice matters]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[The word 'toner' gets used loosely in salons and in product marketing. Clients sometimes arrive expecting a toner to do the work of a full colour service, or they book a gloss when what they actually need is a permanent formula. The distinction matters because the wrong choice wastes time and money and can leave the hair in a worse position than before.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2026 17:19:18 GMT</pubDate>
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