Team ARKIVE
The respect is there, for the dream to work, you need the team to work.
We work like a well-oiled (the Good Habit of course) Headcare machine.
Sarah
Colour Director AKA. Master Product Tester & Tinter
What Adam loves about her:
Her inclusive approach to team work. She always has her own amazing ideas, but always involves loads of people.
What is your favourite ARKIVE product and why?
I’m gonna cheat a little here because it’s SO HARD to pick. My hero combination of ARKIVE is The Prologue Primer and The Good Habit Hybrid Oil. With these two combined, I know I can create the healthiest looking hair EVER, with a relaxed hold, and ultimate softness and shine.
What makes you belly laugh?
The more ridiculously stupid, the more I’ll wheeze laugh!
What is your go-to ritual to take care of your head?
I don’t think I have set rituals, but making sure I get time with my people is what saves my sanity and renews my energy.
El
Brand Manager AKA. Bossy Boots
What Adam loves about her:
Her sensitivity towards Adam's creativity and the fact that she can decipher Adam's circus brain, and then keep all those ideas on track.
What is your favourite ARKIVE product and why?
I love using the primer. Spritzing something so delicious smelling through my hair before I dry it feels like a real luxury. I have loved eating rhubarb since I was little, and it really reminds me of my Granny too.
What makes you belly laugh?
The US Office will never cease to be hilarious to me. The combination of every one of those characters is genius!
What is your go-to ritual to take care of your head?
Taking a long walk, having a bath, and then making a delicious dinner that takes more than 40 minutes to prepare. Individually they are all great. But combined, they're positively soul soothing.
Lauren
Director AKA.
What Adam loves about her:
Her honesty and her ability to see the future of our brand.
What is your favourite ARKIVE product and why?
The hair oil. Amazingly luscious when combed through damp hair for a smooth blow dry. The fragrance stays with me all day and is very nostalgic.
What makes you belly laugh?
That moment when you have had a glass of wine or three, are with some really good friends and are comfortable enough to share memories, secrets, regrets and dreams. There's always a good belly laugh moment or two.
What is your go-to ritual to take care of your head?
Yoga for the soul and mind. A good amount of time to do a proper facial, manicure, pedicure, blow dry. A beautifully fragranced candle and a good (fiction) book. Oh and a list, I love a list.
Harry
Director AKA. Blue Steel
What Adam loves about him:
He's so sensitive, not like any business man I've ever known. He's obviously great with the numbers.
What is your favourite ARKIVE product and why?
The Co-Cleanse is amazing and fits perfectly into my routine and lifestyle. My hair feels amazing after use and the multi-purpose nature of the product suits my lifestyle perfectly.
What makes you belly laugh?
Sooo many things. Normally a dinner with friends over a few glasses of wine end up in us all taking the p**s out of each other to the point of crying. Failing that, the IT Crowd is amazing - particularly the episode about the Underground Countdown Club - absolutely hilarious!
What is your go-to ritual to take care of your head?
Sport is my ultimate self care. A game of tennis with a friend or a run whilst listening to a podcast is the ultimate tonic for me. The mix of endorphins and distraction from every day life works wonders :-)
James
Part of ARKIVE's Design Duo AKA. Our answer to Bert & Ernie
What Adam loves about them:
Their ability to bring my vision to life is second to none...
What is your favourite ARKIVE product and why?
For years I’ve searched far and wide to find the perfect pomade. From the matt mountains to the greasy glaciers, I could never find the perfect finish. Until Adam introduced me to The Hybrid Pomade. Soft like a wax but with the natural finish of a pomade, it was the answer to taming my medium length waves. It’s also very reworkable, perfect for restyling after a quick siesta.
What makes you belly laugh?
Pranks in the work place, always. Whether its swapping someone’s mouse and keyboard, or covering their desk in post-it notes, all pranks have a special place in my heart.
What is your go-to ritual to take care of your head?
Playing with Lego, board games and building blanket forts. Anything that gets me in touch with my inner child. There’s something so wholesome and nostalgic about still being excited by toys, no one has to ever fully grow up!
Conor
Part of ARKIVE's Design Duo AKA. Our answer to Bert & Ernie
What Adam loves about them:
...and they do it all with a sense of humour.
What is your favourite ARKIVE product and why?
I can't get enough of the All Day Everyday Shampoo. It's such a joy to use something that smells so good on my locks everyday. For once, its my girlfriend trying to steal my smellies, and not the other way around!
What makes you belly laugh?
Sitting around a table with friends, a bottle of red wine and a board game always ends up with belly laughs. I love listening to comedy podcasts on my commute - I'm the guy who laughs to himself on the tube!
What is your go-to ritual to take care of your head?
Gardening! I'm an avid veg grower with the best spuds in town - just like home (I'm Irish). A walk among the trees or a swim in the sea is my therapy too - anything outdoors!
Rosie
One of ARKIVE's Product Developers AKA. The team that makes the dream work.
What Adam loves about them:
Their knowledge and passion for product almost matches mine...
What is your favourite ARKIVE product and why?
It’s so hard to pick just one! But I think the Scalp Serum just about clinches it. Extending my skincare routine to my hair and scalp was a real game-changer. I love that I can be proactive in doing something to help the overall health of my hair.
What makes you belly laugh?
My three year old niece regularly has me in stitches, usually when regaling stories of her and her imaginary friend, Eric. That and the fact that she can't pronounce the letter 'J' so often asks me to watch her 'Do a really big dump!' during our weekly FaceTimes....
What is your go-to ritual to take care of your head?
Cleaning the house from top to bottom, fresh flowers in every room, clean sheets, a long soak in the bath, candle-lit spaces and tea (from a tea-pot) whilst cosied up with a good book in bed. Heaven.
Matthew
One of ARKIVE's Product Developers AKA. The team that makes the dream work.
What Adam loves about them:
...which makes me feel very in tune with them.
What is your favourite ARKIVE product and why?
The Co-Cleanser was a life changer for me! Possessed of a of a lot of thick hair, I love that it makes my hair feel settled and lived in, but not greasy, even immediately after washing.
What makes you belly laugh?
I love a silly pun, and also a dad joke. These are wonderfully combined for me in the 1970s Britidsh comedy, The Good Life. I aspire always to channel a bit of Margo Leadbetter.
What is your go-to ritual to take care of your head?
I find it really important to do something that requires my concentration and alone time - reading or a bit of embroidery maybe. I love how these activities release my mind from the shackles of life's daily anxieties!
Gabie
Creative consult and content creator AKA. Genius of Creativity
What Adam loves about them:
She's always there to encourage my creative fantasies, plus she'll let me do ANYTHING with her hair.
What is your favourite ARKIVE product and why?
The Treatment Mask performs miracles! My hair is bleached to the bone and often finds itself in struggle-town. As a result of this toxic-love-affair with rainbow hair, I am a self-proclaimed hair-mask connoisseur. This treatment breathes life back into my locks, allowing my delicate ends to live to see another day.
What makes you belly laugh?
Reminiscing over all the questionable decisions my friends and I have made over the years. If not that, David Sedaris books, @SaintHoax, @Bombanizer, @jtfirtsman, @SwipeTalks and @ChickenShopDate all make me LOL too.
What is your go-to ritual to take care of your head?
Going 'home-home' to see my family is the ultimate Headcare. But here in London, I try to keep a good balance of social events and alone time each week, so I have the chance to decompress and focus on creative hobbies outside of work. I am also in love with my hot-yoga class on a Sunday evening, it's a pretty dreamy way to re-set for the week ahead.