Creative HEAD UK April 2018

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RAINBOW ROOM INTERNATIONAL
CELEBRATES TEAM SUCCESS
Scottish salon chain Rainbow Room International celebrated its top talent at its 29th Annual
Congress. Diana Carson, from the Uddingston salon, was awarded Fantastic Hairdresser of the
Year, while Great Western Road salon (pictured above, left) scooped Salon Team of the Year and
Alijah Nerheim, from RRI’s Bearsden salon, took home the Creative Image Award.
The RRI Art Team was also on hand to deliver its punk-edged presentation (pictured above,
right). The awards were held at Airth Castle Hotel and Spa as part of a larger event where team
members from RRI’s 12 salons enjoyed a day of presentations and challenges.
RRI owner, Alan Stewart, said: “It’s a wonderful event and really builds team spirit.”
Balmain Hair
and ghd join
bgx partnership
SOFTWARE SERVICE blowout&go has
launched bgx in London in partnership with
ghd, Uber and Balmain Paris Hair Couture,
to connect stylists directly to consumers.
The new beauty platform, which has
already launched in Dubai, allows clients to
book a blow-dry with a top local stylist at a
moment’s notice via the bgx app. The app
looks for salon stylists within a one-mile
radius of the client who are available and
can come to them quickly.
Nick Higgins, UK & Ireland managing
director of ghd, said: “bgx is an exciting new
concept to launch within the industry and we
welcome ghd professional tools being used
by bgx partners.”
“We have years of experience styling across
locations, so it fits our brand to support this on
a large scale,” added Paul Reilly, UK managing
director of Balmain Paris Hair Couture.
NEÄL & WØLF
AND CREATIVE
HEAD LAUNCH 2018
TIME TO SHINE AWARD
CALLING ALL YOUNG STYLISTS
AND BARBERS! NEÄL & WØLF HAS
LAUNCHED ITS TIME TO SHINE AWARD,
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CREATIVE HEAD
Now in its third year, the competition aims
to shine a spotlight on ambitious young
stylists keen to show the world what they
can do and be crowned Neäl & Wølf’s
Shining Star of 2018.
The competition runs from now until
16 September, with monthly winners
chosen from social media entries. Each
winner gets to attend a Neäl & Wølf
training course, while the overall winner
and two runners-up will have their work
featured in this magazine, as well as win
a year’s subscription to Creative HEAD
Club. Turn to page 39 for more details
on how to enter the competition.
MY month
AHEAD
What April
has in store for...
ANDREW
MULVENNA
ANDREW MULVENNA HAIR
Straight after attending
Salon Smart I’ll be
entering ‘Operation
Launch’ mode. The
past 12 months (10
years, in fact) have
been building towards this
month when the salon moves
to a beautiful new building, an
old Victorian Bank in Belfast.
I’m also judging the L’Oréal
Colour Trophy Regional Semi-
Finals, and training my team
before the new salon opens.
JONATHAN SOONS
HEADMASTERS
I’m just about to do
a shoot with blogger
Really Ree along with
Headmasters and Little
Light PR, especially
for social media. I’m then off
to India with Headmasters
colour ambassador Siobhan
Jones, where we will be
teaching students the latest
cuts, colour and styling.
We are also in the midst
of prepping our two big
collections for the year.
56%
The amount of women who
have visited a barber shop
at least once in the past two
years, according to a survey
carried out by The Bluebeard’s
Revenge. The study claimed
the rise was attributable to
more women seeking shorter,
sharper styles.
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this issue at page 66.
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