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HD Hairlines

HD Hairlines – SMP Treatment & Training Provider

HD Hairlines is constantly looking to improve. Improve the standards we set as a team, to improve the quality of the ink and equipment we use, to hone the skills and processes in place. This ensures that every customer experiences an enhanced experience and walks out with a new lease of life and confidence to match the HD hairline they’ve just received.

Our professional standards and top quality training all come from our head honcho Craig Molyneux. Here’s his story of getting into the SMP industry after years of working as a barber.

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Craig Molyneux’s SMP Story

It’s been an eventful and exciting journey for our head technician Craig Molyneux as he has become an SMP expert in the last few years. From confusion and intrigue back in 2017 when he first saw a video of a hair tattoo, right through to SMP training and making the shift away from barber work to the expert scalp micro pigmentation artist he is today. Let’s have a look at the timeline and see how it’s all worked out for Craig Molyneux within the SMP world, and now the bright, bold HD Hairlines.

Craig Molyneux SMP artist and HD Hairlines Owner
Craig Molyneux

2017

At first it was purely by chance Craig Molyneux became aware of SMP and its possibilities as a future career. He had been working for some time as a barber and was confident in his abilities and skill to cut hair. Things had gone a little stale though and at the back of his mind he was starting to wonder about what steps to take next – whether to try and open his own barbershop in the future or stay where he was and where he had found great support from the team. It was when he was sat one lunchtime in 2017, scrolling through his Instagram and eating his butties (as you do) that he saw a post about SMP that changed everything.

He showed it to his boss who just replied; “it’s just a shaved head, a skin head, what you on about, why are you showing me this?”

Fooling a team of barbers that work with hair every single day was like switching a light bulb on in Craig’s head. If they couldn’t tell that the tattoo wasn’t genuine hair, then there must be a market out there for an alternative to hair transplants.

The idea was born, and Craig knew it was time to make a change.

The Values of HD Hairlines

All the work produced at HD Hairlines is based on the values Craig Molyneux holds and how he has held himself throughout his career – first as a barber and then as an SMP practitioner. When you come to HD Hairlines as a customer, you’ll experience the best levels and standards of service.

  • Grafter – Craig Molyneux is a hard worker. He always has been. Every client will see this in the work. He’s put in the long hours of work to practice his skills, to learn the methods of SMP, and to hone those skills to where he wants to be. As a customer looking for the best hair tattoo, you’re in good hands.
  • Standards – the standards are set very high at HD Hairlines. Craig demands the best from himself and from his team. Without these high standards it wouldn’t be worth going to work in the studio every day.
  • Consistency – a lot of what SMP is about is consistency. Consistency of performance and standards, of hard work, sure, but also consistency in the technical approach. It takes focus and dedication to become great at SMP, and the HD Hairlines team has that consistent approach to fall back on.
  • Trust and ease of communication – one of the best things that came out of Craig’s time as a barber was the years of chatting with customers, learning how to naturally build trust with customers and be easy in conversation. Any person coming to us for a head tattoo will have doubts and worries. This is natural. Craig and the team will put you at ease immediately.
  • On-going support – you’ll be asked to come back to ‘top up’ your SMP over the course of a few sessions. Understanding the long-term process, what is required of you, and any extra help we can give you will all be explained in full by Craig. We’re on the other end of the phone or email if you ever have any questions after your SMP has been completed.

For every first time client Craig is there to welcome you. It’s daunting to come and sit with us, to ask for help with something like your hair, it impacts your entire look. We understand this, and Craig has been there and seen it all. He’ll go through the entire process with you, make you feel as comfortable as possible and make sure you’re fully committed before we start the process.

Craig Molyneux and the future of HD Hairlines

You could say Craig Molyneux fell into his career as an SMP specialist. It wasn’t something he knew about until he happened to come across it on Instagram, on a lunch break where he was mindlessly scrolling to waste some time, as we all do from time to time. Once he saw it though, he is a grafter and wanted to put in that hard work to learn the basics quickly, to set up his own studio, and to gain a reputation as one of the best in the business in the Liverpool area. Now that he’s achieved that, Craig is passing on his knowledge to others that want to train up in SMP – showing them the ropes, exposing the myths of the industry, and making sure people have access in a much easier, helpful way than he did when he first started out in SMP training.

Now, the future is very bright for Craig. After becoming the go-to SMP guy in Liverpool the next step is to expand. HD Hairlines has already opened a franchise in Cheshire and is looking to expand further in the near future, in different parts of the UK. As a brand, HD Hairlines is all about inclusivity, an open book of SMP knowledge and expertise, helping future SMP artists to become better at the skill and art of hair tattoos, and helping any person looking for a hair tattoo to cover hair loss of any kind, to boost self-confidence, and to be better versions of themselves.

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