LIVE Q+A SESSIONS

Submit Your Question to Meagan For The Next Live Q+A Session:

Live sessions are broadcasted into the Members Only FB Group!

Click below to complete a google form with your question/feedback request –  You’ll be able to add images and videos!

Live Replays:

22nd July 2025:

Sophie : Can you please do this upstyle on your next live – I’ve been getting a lot of this style! (Pic below of inspo from Sophie and What we did in this live.

16th June 2025:

No Q’s this Month – I chat with Sophie about he new exciting space she just opened up 🙂

19th May 2025:

No Q’s this Month – I show you my new Mannequins I have for sale for Students only xx

14th April 2025:

0:00 –  Poorni: Hi Meagan, over the weekend I have practised waves and somehow its not right. Please help – I don’t have white sands – Steps i did, blow dry with mousse, snd started curling in sections and dressed out and secured it and the waves dropped very soon too.

12:40 – Should I use spray wax?

16:30 – (FULL UPSTYLE TUTIRIAL) – Mellisa: Hey lovely, would you be able to give a quick run through on how to do this style? I have a mum of the bride wanting this look in the next few weeks 🙂

48:00 – Products – What to use if you do not have White sands / What products you should use to prep your curls. And remember its your TECHNIQUE over the perfect PRODUCT 😉

17th March 2025:

01:00 – Sophie: I would love some tips on doing a half up on someone with fine hair (when they don’t want to use extensions) as much as I do discuss with them that a half up on fine hair is taking away hair and can look a bit scalpy sometimes they still want that! Any tips for a textured half up on fine hair please xx

11:20 – Kristie: Hey Megan, I’m having issues with my curls dropping out to much and need some help. I started with Moroccan oils foot boost and Blowout at roots then individually sprayed each section with Schwarz liquid hairspray and curl wand and pinned them in for an hour while I did makeup. Removed pins and hairspray each section after separating the curl and in 20 mins it had dropped to this. ( admittedly it was a 37% day) but what the heck I feel like I spent so much time and effort and it still dropped?

32:00 – Hair Bestie Launch Coming – Get on the waitlist

34:00 – Sophie: Any tips for then making that side section nice and full when you bring it back? She wanted it super textured and boho look…

38:53 – Sophie: Would you do a rope braid and pull it out as much as you can to create the texture?

 

10th February 2025:

01:57 – Shannon: When prepping hair for a full up-style what products would you use? texture spray, hairspray?

08:30 – Melanie – twisted twist help -let us know how you went xx

10:54 – T’ai – I’m hoping for a prep holding spray for down-styles that is easy to access in the U.S – maybe Keune?

00:00 – Rest of the video after T’ai’s Q -we chit chat about products! 💕

20th January 2025:

00:00 – HNY! – No Q’s today for our live so I just chat briefly about 1:1 support options for members I will be launching in 2025 🙂

9th December 2024:

00:00 – Neelofer – How would you create this upstyle? (Pic below)

11th November 2024:

00:00 – Intro waiting for Q’s

03:20 – Lisa Needs help getting started and accessing the content

13:00 – Neetta: I am stuck when the client wants volume at the front. Like a puff. Can you show practically please? Is there a video on this?

21:06 – Katherine: I struggle with volume in the front pieces. Curtain bangs, face framing

26.41 – Lisa: What kind of powder do you use

28:00 – Katherine: If the hair is really frizzy prior to curling, can you use a smoothing cream prior to curling the hair, or should we curl then use smoothing cream over the curls? I don’t like when the updo’s look really frizzy 

31:00Julianna: What’s the best way to tackle a down style when a client wants their natural curls?

35:05 Shakira: Hey Meagan ! I was wondering have you used Moroccan oil ? If so do you like it? And is there any circumstance where you wouldn’t use it?

38:45 – Our Live Style Sesh DEETS for November 19th – sneak peek at my Wedding #2 Look we will recreate!!

8th October 2024:

00.00 – Intro: What you can ask IN Q+A Sessions

00.30 – How to boost your confidence with your hair education

01:22 – Niecy – Do you use a heat protection spray on the hair everytime you style hair?

03:00 – Katherine – Do you always use a Volume curl with your hairstyles? I’m confused with when to use a volume or flat curl for my hairstyles..

08:32 – Casey – Price-list would be helpful – how much should I charge for hairstyling?

15.48 – Niecy – Can I get a price range for my business also?

21.20 – Talking about raising prices and how you’ll get better clientelle by doing so.

27:50 – Next Live Sessions coming up.

2nd September 2024:

0:00 – Chu: WEATHER VS HAIR Not sure how to consult clients regarding their hairstyles when it’s forecasted to be drizzly, humid, high temp etc.

5:27 – Katia: I did a bridal trial at 12 pm two weeks ago, and the client loved the hairstyle. However, the only issue was that it started to falter by 6 pm, and she’s wondering if the hairstyle can hold its shape until 9 pm on her wedding day. Her hair is thin and silky, and to help the curls last longer

5th August 2024:

0:00 – Reminder of how to submit a question for live Q+A

0:55 – Amal: I’d like to know why the hair style gets flatened after a couple of hours and curls fade away please.

9:26 – Sophie: Up-styling for short hair styling.. My bride wanted a bun, but her hair was short and layered once it was pulled in. I had hardly any hair to play with, I used padding with the style to help, whats your go-to style for shorter hair?

1st July 2024:

01:05 – Vicky: How do I get the ends of my curls to be straighter by still look smooth?

11:16 – Here I remind you all that the perfect hairstyles you see in professional photos involve a lot of posing, multiple shots, and touch-ups. So, don’t stress if it doesn’t look exactly the same in real life – it’s all about managing expectations.

15:10 – Giselle: Seems like a stupid question, I’m super new to this. Do you have tricks to hold in hair combs, hairpieces and veils for brides?

22:38 – Catherine: How do you braid the side accent? Any feedback? I have a wedding coming up for a friend. I asked my friend to send me inspo pics so I can practice. I’ll send the pic she sent and then how I dissected it, it’s not exact, but thought I’d share how I did it. Happy to get lots of feedback. i know the left side is a major fail. Do you do the accent first if it’s a braid?

33:10 – Sophie: What are some tips on the best way to photograph or firm hair? I normally do films as it’s best for the gram.

42:31 – Sophie: Do you change any particular setting on your phone?

 

3rd June 2024:

01:30 – Where to buy White Sands? I talk about White Sands availability and alternatives.

13:43 – Sophie: When I do textured loose boho updos, they take me ages. I circle the whole head as I’m hesitant to do a ponytail. Is there a quick way of doing this style? — I run through a quick tutorial and give tips on how to speed up the process.

50:44 – Sophie: “The amount of look and learns I’ve done but not then gone home and practiced and taken pics and so now have completely forgotten what I learnt” — I talk about the benefits of Online Learning vs going to a Look and Learn.

53:02 – Holly: I’m doing a sixties beehive for an assessment this week. Do you have any quick tips?

7th May 2024:

02:10 – Quick run down of updates in portal

03:00 – Tutorial request – from Michelle is now on youtube

04:00 – Tamara: Will you be doing a up-style on a high bun? I always stress about this hairstyle..

09:00 – How to request new content for some education video updates/add on’s in your courses

14:00 – Tamara: “I think my confidence is slowly growing – I’m getting less nervous…” I talk about what really gives you ultimate confidence with hairstyling and the stages along the way.

18:12 – Tamara ” The fluffy hairline is my enemy” I talk about what exact steps to take to be able to banish fluffy hairlines

2nd April 2024:

00:53: Shane: Can you go over flat and volume based curls for the beachy waves please

24:20: Sophie: Can you show me the volume curl in the front without switching hands – with the tong.

28:40: Do you think alternating direction will help curls to hold?

29:55 – Tamara : How do you get volume in long, fine hair with no layers? I struggle getting texture and volume in this type of hair.

4th March 2024:

Intro: How to send a question through for me to answer live.

1:06: Sophie – 1/2 up styles, I find that I don’t nail it every time, I feel like it is because I have taken too much crown or not enough – can we go over the up-style blueprint again for a nice blend?

*FULL CROWN UPSTYLE DEMO + TIPS AND TRICKS TO BLEND YOUR CROWN*

23.15. – Prepping hair with volume for crown section

27:30 – Pep talk about instagram, confidence in your work + Why we do what we do

36:50 – Do you do in-person hair styling workshops?

43:00 – Do you think there is any difference if one brand compared to another? Hair elastics/pins etc 47:15 – hot tools – comparisons between brands

5th February 2024:

Intro: Chit chat about asking for support
04:30 – Intro : New portal announcement
06:00 – Christina: My Braids always look great on a mannequin but on real hair looks bad and I can see too much scalp.
20:49- Jo: My daughter has very fine and curly hair- she wants a bouncy soft curl look. It always falls out within an hour – any tips?
25:30 – Courtney: 50+ Ladies with fine hair just touching shoulders or above – they want waved with volume – following short hair textured tutorial in Down-Style Queen – Curls fall out and I have to re-curl – how to improve this?

29.54 – Eileen: When I use White Sands I find my hands and my tools get super sticky – any tips?

32.54 – Sophie: Braiding in half – upstyles – with braids or twists. I always fine I need to go back and re-curl the hair after sectioning to create the upstyle.

38:52 – Katie: I only had 30minutes to create a “pantene pro-v” type hair – big and volumous. It ended up with alot of flyaways and not as flawless as she wanted. How would you achieve this style flawlessly and quickly for a photoshoot?

55:52 – Sophie: Do you ever put a velcro roller in the face framing section to give lift?

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2nd January 2024:

1:00 : Sophie – Quick hacks for bridesmaids hair

15:00 : Andrea – Tips on how to style fine/virgin hair that is static

20:35 : Eileen – What is the best way to wash my mannequin hair? and how often?

26:33 : Email to our community sent out on how to book in your free training or business plan…

6th November 2023:

Q1: Sophie: Granny blowdries- they can never explain how they like it or have photos- as a non hairdresser I always find these tricky- general method?
 
18.52 – Andrea: Running ahead of time – I’m wondering if you are finished everyone is it okay to leave the venue early? Do you think brides expect you to stay until right before they walk out?
 
27.20 – Manes Over Margs Every Monday LIVE 6.30pm AEST on INsta + Facebook
 
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9th October 2023:

Q: How to create these bun styles? I feel like I do it differently each time – Always hard to get that last piece.

4th September 2023:

Intro: Chitchat about my weekend weddings!

 
7:10 – Andrea: Q: “What is the best way to deal with soft, straight silky hair? I can never seem to get enough texture in it without it tangling up?”
 
15:10 – Andrea: Q: “In terms of how clean the hair is – what if a client used to washing their hair everyday – is it okay to have them wash their hair the day before the event?”
 
21:52 – Andrea: Q: “How would you deal with tricky/picky clients?”
 
27:15 – Sarah: Q: “which direction should you curl the hair to prep it for an upstyle/ which type of curl should I use for upstyle prep?