Hairdressing's most honest conversations start at the backwash.
Hosted by Luke Ormsby, Backwash Bullshit brings the hair industry's biggest characters, sharpest minds and most exciting new voices into the chair for the conversations we do not hear anywhere else.
No rehearsed answers. No corporate scripts. Just the careers, mistakes, opinions, triumphs and absolute bullshit behind the people shaping our industry.
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- The official launch date
- First guest announcements
- New episode alerts
- Exclusive clips and backstage content
- Early access to membership
No spam. No endless salon newsletters. Just the good stuff.
See what is coming to the backwash.
Big personalities. Honest careers. Awkward questions. Brilliant stories. Watch the official Backwash Bullshit trailer and meet the people helping us bring some excitement, ambition and honesty back into the hair industry.
Who's on the show.
Every episode puts a different hair professional in the backwash chair — industry legends, salon owners, educators, creatives, disruptors and the new generation changing what a career in hair can look like. Our first guests will be revealed soon.
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One guest. Three services.
The Rinse
Where it all started.The early years, the first opportunities, the mistakes and the moments that shaped their career.
The Chair
Where they are now.The realities of success, leadership, creativity, money, pressure and building a name in the modern hair industry.
The Blowout
Where the filters come off.The opinions, confessions, industry truths and questions people normally avoid asking.
The conversation does not end there.
Every public episode gives you the main conversation. Backwash members go further — with access to extended interviews, additional stories, backstage footage, uncut moments and the parts of the conversation that were too good to leave in the salon.
Membership launches alongside the podcast in January 2027.
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Luke Ormsby
Luke Ormsby has spent over 25 years behind the chair, building a career — and a premium salon group — from the ground up. He knows the industry from every angle: the apprenticeship years, the chaos of a fully booked Saturday, and the quieter moments that make the job worth it.
Backwash Bullshit is his excuse to sit down with the people who make this industry what it is, ask the questions clients never do, and let the conversation go wherever it wants — usually somewhere funnier, and more honest, than expected.
Built to get people into this industry — and keep them here.
Hairdressing doesn't always get talked about the way it deserves. We want the next generation to hear, in their own words, from the people already living it — why they love it, why they stayed, and why it might be for you too.
A light-hearted, non-political, non-polarising space built for one thing: bringing people together over a shared love of the industry.
Think you've got a story worth telling?
Backwash Bullshit is looking for people with a genuine story to tell. You might be an industry legend, an ambitious salon owner, an educator, a creative, a brand founder or someone challenging how the hair industry works. You do not need the biggest following in the room. You need experience, opinions, personality and something worth talking about.
Filming will take place in London. The full experience should take no more than two hours.
Know someone who should be on the show?
Know someone with an incredible career, a brilliant story or an opinion the hair industry needs to hear? Send us their name.
Suggest a GuestPartner with Backwash Bullshit.
Backwash Bullshit connects brands with an engaged audience of hair professionals, salon owners, future stylists and industry decision-makers. We are interested in working with brands that genuinely want to support, strengthen and excite the professional hair industry.
- Episode sponsorship
- Product integration
- Social video and short-form content
- Branded interview segments
- Launch partnerships
- Live events
- Education and industry campaigns
Follow the bullshit before it begins.
Get the first guest announcements, filming clips, behind-the-scenes moments and the conversations that do not make it onto the website.
Listen and watch from January 2027.
Backwash Bullshit will be available across all major podcast and video platforms.