Hair & beauty · Market entry · Sales training & development · Australia & Global

Launch strong.
Grow smart.

Hair and beauty brands, taken into new markets with care, structure and the right rooms. Independent advice, shaped by thirty-five years in the industry.

The work

Direction with
commercial instinct.

From the first market conversation to the reporting pack, every piece is connected and every recommendation is built to move.

  1. 01

    New markets

    What it actually takes to enter a country. Channels, timing, and the first year on the ground.

  2. 02

    The right rooms

    Distributors, salon groups and educators. Introductions with context, then follow-through.

  3. 03

    The room and the stage

    Sales training and education. How to hold a room without overselling the product.

  4. 04

    Someone in market

    A senior pair of hands for founders and brand managers who cannot be everywhere.

  5. 05

    How the brand looks

    Website, language and photoshoots. Keeping the house codes intact as the brand travels.

  6. 06

    A clean report

    Head office sees what moved, what did not, and where the next dollar goes.

Model with glossy, luminous hair in golden light

The standard

A brand should arrive looking its best.

Begin a conversation

The approach

A partnership,
in order.

  1. 01

    Listen

    The brand at home. Product, founder, numbers, ambition and capacity.

  2. 02

    Map

    Channel, competitor, education, price and a plan built for this country.

  3. 03

    Connect

    The right distributors, groups and educators — built on thirty-five years of relationships.

  4. 04

    Train

    Sales teams, educators, presenters and ambassadors who can carry the story.

  5. 05

    Report

    A clear cadence. What moved, what stalled and what to do next.

The wider practice

Beyond the plan:
the people who carry it.

Alongside market entry, I build and deliver the training that makes a brand stick — for the people selling it, the managers leading them, and the rooms where both are learned.

A presenter leading a sales training session in a salon
On the floor and on stage
Premium hair care packaging styled on dark marble
Alongside the product
  1. 01

    Sales training

    Modules written and presented by me, for the people who carry the brand: the salon floor, corporate sales reps, and on-the-road team members.

    • Salon floor
    • Corporate reps
    • On the road
  2. 02

    Management training

    How to get the best from your team. Seeing what style of manager you are, where it serves you, and how to become better at it.

    • Team performance
    • Manager style
    • Growing people
  3. 03

    Education spaces

    Assisting with education events, and building education hubs and upskilling hubs that keep running once I leave the room.

    • Education events
    • Education hubs
    • Upskilling hubs
  4. 04

    Alongside the product

    Working with new product development and packaging design, and creating the education modules that take a new product into market.

    • NPD
    • Packaging design
    • Education modules

In the room

Backstage, on the floor, at the launch.

Working only with the global best brands — Remi Cachet, with Seaneen as Independent Agent and Head of Country
Backstage at a shoot, prepping models
Backstage
Seaneen at a Stellar Hair event
Stellar Hair event
Styling session in the salon with the team
Education
Backstage, hair and makeup in progress
Hair & makeup backstage
With friends at the expo
Expo friends
Filming education content at PA AcademyFilming education content at PA AcademyFilming education content at PA Academy
PA Academy filming
On the floor at the Hair & Beauty Expo
Hair & Beauty Expo
Seaneen holding the Cloud Nine Premium Collection box
Cloud Nine
Price Attack store grand opening
Price Attack opening
Seaneen McCrarren-Fraser, founder of Brand Direction

Queensland · Australia

Behind the direction

Seaneen
McCrarren-Fraser

“I take brands into new countries, train the people who will carry them, and stay close enough to see what the numbers are saying.”

Thirty-five years in the hair industry — stylist, salon management, fashion, national sales, brand relations, franchising and product development.

Independent now. Senior enough for a founder, practical enough for a sales team. Comfortable on a stage, in an education room and in a reporting pack.

The Rooms — current and past

Cloud Nine logo
Stellar Hair logo
Remi Cachet logo
BEARDdye logo
WILDE by OscarOscar logo
Oscar Oscar Salons logo
CPR Hair logo
Neal & Wolf logo
ghd logo
Price Attack logo
Showpony logo
KOOKAÏ Paris logo
Levi Strauss logo
Tommy Hilfiger logo

Expression of interest

If the brand is ready
to travel, let's talk.

Start with a short expression of interest. I’ll review the opportunity, then send a detailed discovery form focused on your company, brand and market needs.

Already invited to continue? Complete the full discovery questionnaire.

Live from the floor

Straight from the stories.

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Backstage · hair and makeup
Backstage · hair and makeup
At the expo
At the expo
PA Academy filming
PA Academy filming
Stellar Hair event
Stellar Hair event
Remi Cachet