Curls, Coils & Cashflow
About this Event
Cashflow 2026
The business summit for the textured hair community
Build it to last
Sunday 25 October 2026 · STĀ Studios, London
Doors 09:30 · Programme 10:00 to 17:00
One day. One room. One promise.
Every person who walks through those doors leaves with practical, actionable knowledge they couldn't easily get elsewhere.
Black hair and beauty is worth £4.8 billion a year in the UK. Yet many of the stylists and founders behind it earn £15k to £20k for sixty-hour weeks. The gap isn't talent or demand. It's business knowledge, and Cashflow exists to close it.
Cashflow is the annual business summit for the textured hair community, from Curls, Coils & CIC. It isn't a hair show or a networking day. It's for stylists, salon owners and beauty brand founders who are done with inspiration and ready for information. No panels for the sake of it and no generic advice. Every session has to pass one test: will it help you earn more, charge properly, keep more of what you make or protect what you've built?
This year's theme is Build it to last.
The programme
Welcome
Jade Buffong & Jo Wong, co-founders of Curls, Coils & CIC
Building wealth in textured hair
How to turn your expertise into real revenue: retail, product, brand strategy and building something that lasts beyond the chair. Led by Jade with Dionne Smith, Jennifer Kerr and Dr Juliet.
Money masterclass: read your real P&L
What your numbers are actually telling you. How to price, how to separate your finances and how to build a business that sustains you, not just a chair you rent. Comes with a worksheet to take home. With Jo Wong and Lulu Pierre.
Get certified, get protected
What being licensed and certified actually means and why it matters commercially. How to protect yourself, your clients and your brand from day one. With Nkem Ekwukoma, The Legal Storyteller.
Lunch + Brands to Watch
A full hour, plus a marketplace of up to five independent, founder-led textured hair brands you should know.
Marketing & social media growth
How to grow your audience and turn it into bookings and sales. Talk and live Q&A with Ayanda Soares, House of Hair UK.
Scalp & trichology deep dive
What's happening at the root and how it should shape the way you diagnose, treat and recommend product. Plus why that expertise is something clients will pay for. With functional trichologist Irvinia "Nina" Wout Daantje.
The future of textured hair education
Where education is heading, why standards and certification matter, and what the next generation of stylists needs from the people already in the room. A panel moderated by Jade Buffong, with Lauralyn London and Gaia of Tootilab.
Closing AMA
Your questions, answered.
Close, toolkits, goodie bags & networking
Speakers
- Dionne Smith: award-winning celebrity hairstylist, Beauty & Lifestyle Editor at Darling Magazine, founder of Keep Track and Creative Industry Honours
- Jennifer Kerr: owner of Obsession Salon for 22 years, co-founder of StrandScience
- Dr Juliet: medical doctor, founder of HAIRGLO and Dr Juliet Medical Aesthetics
- Nkem Ekwukoma: founder of The Legal Storyteller®, UK-qualified business lawyer with more than 20 years' experience
- Ayanda Soares: House of Hair UK
- Nina Wout Daantje: certified functional trichologist and scalp microbiome specialist
- Lauralyn London: 38 years in the industry, building the Afro Hair Federation UK
- Gaia: founder of Tootilab, with nearly a decade developing award-winning products for major textured hair brands
- Lulu Pierre- founder of Boho locs
- Tomi, The Black Beauty Club
- Hosted by Jade Buffong and Jo Wong
What you'll walk away with
- A curated toolkit booklet: a practical resource you can act on all year
- Your money masterclass worksheet
- A goodie bag put together for stylists and business owners, with products that serve the work you do rather than generic freebies
- A room full of people who are serious about building businesses that last
Get your ticket
- General admission: £30
- Student / institution: £15
Spaces are limited, so book early.
Brands: put something back
If this community has been good to your business, invest in it. You can partner on a session or space, take a Community Sponsor ticket bundle for your own community (from £250) or make an introduction. If you run an independent, founder-led brand, ask us about Brands to Watch.
About Cashflow
Cashflow is the business pillar of Curls, Coils & CIC, a Community Interest Company dedicated to the textured hair community. Everything we do is built around three pillars: Care, Change and Cashflow.
The summit is funded by brands investing back into this community, so the knowledge stays accessible. As a CIC, we reinvest every surplus in the community. When you buy a ticket, you're joining a room of people who are serious about building something that lasts.
Where is it happening?
Event Location & Nearby Stays:
GBP 22.38 to GBP 33.22
