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Western Telegraph
2 days ago
- Business
- Western Telegraph
Hair Syrup founder wins Pride of Wales entrepreneur award
Lucie Macleod who founded Hair Syrup was awarded the Entrepreneur of the Year Award at the recent Nation Radio Pride of Wales Awards. Lucie Macleod, 24, from Newport, established her business Hair Syrup in lockdown. (Image: Hair Syrup/ Lucie Macleod) When she was a university student she had been looking for something that would keep her hair in good condition for a long time, having found a number of products only had the desired effect for a short period of time. She had heard about oil being used as a pre-wash on holiday in Thailand and decided to look into it. Unable find an affordable pre-wash or one that fitted what she was looking for, she made her own using ingredients from local health food shops. (Image: Hair Syrup/ Lucie Macleod) Lucy made a TikTok video about the product and it went viral with more than 600,000 views. People in their hundreds contacted her with just one question: 'Please can you sell me a bottle of this hair oil?'. The business has since blossomed from a 'home grown side hustle' into a business with a projected turnover of £6.5 million in 2025. Although she did nor walk away with a deal from the Dragons, Hair Syrup, which operates out of Goodwick, is going from strength to strength. (Image: Hair Syrup/ Lucie Macleod) This most recent award is one if several accolades won this year and the business is now launching in several international markets. 'Being recognised as Pride of Wales Entrepreneur of the Year is absolutely mind-blowing for me,' said Lucie. 'I am so unbelievably grateful to be recognised as one of Wales' leading entrepreneurs. 'I started my business from my parents' conservatory and never expected it to be anything more than a tiny student side hustle. 'It blows my mind when I look around and see how it's grown over the past few years 'It's even more special that the award is obviously a Welsh award. It's just amazing to see Welsh female entrepreneurs winning these awards, getting their names out there and kind of putting ourselves on the map.' (Image: Hair Syrup/ Lucie Macleod) Nearly 300 people attended Pride of Wales awards ceremony at Swansea's Brangwyn Hall hosted by Nation Radio's Angela Jay and Kev Johns. A special highlights programme from the event will be broadcast on Nation Radio across Wales on Sunday June 15, from 9pm until 11pm and available on the Nation Player Mobile app.
Wales Online
26-05-2025
- Business
- Wales Online
Welsh beauty brand boss quits festival after she's followed to tent and 'shouted at for 20 minutes'
Welsh beauty brand boss quits festival after she's followed to tent and 'shouted at for 20 minutes' The boss of Hair Syrup, which featured on Dragon's Den earlier this year, was with a colleague handing out free samples at In it Together Festival in Margam when the incident happened Lucie Macleod started her multi-million pound business after her TikTok went viral during lockdown (Image: Veolara Studio, Mervè Key ) The founder of Pembrokeshire-based company Hair Syrup and her best friend and social media manager have said they were forced to leave a music festival early after they were followed back to their tents. Lucie Macleod's company, started in 2020, has gone from TikTok to Boots in the space of four years after the now 24-year-old founder filmed a viral TikTok about her hair transformation leading to people requesting her "magic syrup". She and Lucy Palmer, who go by "The Two Luc's", attended the In It Together festival at Old Park Farm, Margam, after sponsoring the event and decided to give out samples of their hair care products to festival-goers. Unfortunately for them the weekend took a bad turn as they were then followed back to their tents leading them to feel unsafe and making them feel they had to leave the festival early. They shared their experience on TikTok to fans of the brand, as well as informing security and the festival's management. From superstar gigs to cosy pubs, find out What's On in Wales by signing up to our newsletter here . Lucie said in a TikTok video: "Umm we've just had a really weird experience this morning so we were obviously supposed to be at In It Together Festival until tomorrow, but we basically had a big group of people sit outside our tent for about 20 minutes, shouting, looking through the windows, being like 'come and speak to us, we want to try your hair oil, we've seen you on TikTok. We found out where you were staying.' Article continues below "That's obviously not cool, we love meeting people of course but you cannot turn up where we're staying, it's like really a massive invasion of privacy coming to our tent. It's really not cool." She continued: "So, we're not going to stay here again tonight. So, we're not going to be here tomorrow. We just don't feel comfortable, like we've got all our stuff in here, this is where we sleep and it's just not really the vibe and there's no other places we can move to. So, yeah we're actually going to leave this evening." The pair then decided to spend the day a little more under the radar, without all the merchandise and without their branded t-shirts as Lucie said: "I feel a bit weird about it to be honest." Content cannot be displayed without consent The pair had been handing out free samples across the weekend at the festival, and even had a queue that didn't go down for four hours. They lugged around over 2,000 samples of their products and ended up giving most of their weekend stock out in the first day. In a separate post, they shared: "We love meeting you guys, but pretty please don't turn up outside where we are staying for 20 minutes shouting at us." In the video you can hear festival-goers outside of the tent asking for products and saying "don't break my heart," as the the founder of the company looks terrified. Content cannot be displayed without consent Social media users shared their support in the comments of the video. One said: "This is beyond breaking a boundary. This is your personal space. So sorry that a small minority of people have ruined your experience and made you feel uncomfortable. Do not blame you for not wanting to stay. Hope you guys can still enjoy your day." Article continues below Another added: "Hope you're both okay, unfortunately people forget we all deserve a normal peaceful life as well as what we do for work." Since their start on the social media platform, the business has grown and grown and their products can be purchased at Boots, BeautyBay, Lookfantastic, ASOS as well as directly from the company shop on Tik Tok where they have amassed over 400k followers. You can read more about the brand and our interview with Lucie here.
Times
03-05-2025
- Business
- Times
Dragons' Den rejection was the best thing to happen to my company
Standing sheepishly in front of some of the UK's best-known entrepreneurs, 24-year-old Lucie Macleod lost her composure. 'I'm normally a very confident person, but I was really nervous,' she recalled. 'I fluffed my lines and was shaking. The producers had to tell me to calm down and make me re-shoot.' Little did she know, the Dragons' Den episode that she had just filmed last summer would dramatically change the trajectory of her business — but not in the way you might expect. Macleod is the founder of Hair Syrup, a fast-growing hair brand popular with Gen Z, and expects sales of £6.5 million by the end of this year. The brand is known for its natural oils, which are used to treat ailments from hair
