Discover how entering, finalising and ultimately winning at the British Hairdressing Awards, sponsored by Schwarzkopf Professional, could change your life forever like it did for these hairdressers who bagged themselves a silver lady over the years!
Winning is good for your business
“The prestige of winning this award has been wonderful for our family business. I hope my win represents the hard work shown in salons across the country.”
Robert Eaton
“Winning put us in the same place as so many other hairdressers that we have looked up to throughout our whole career. It is something that we will be proud of for the rest of our lives. Winning brought a lot of new business to the salon – we’re so grateful to have received such an accolade.”
Sophie Gibson & Jonathan Turner
Winning will help you get noticed by brands
“Winning Midlands Hairdresser of the Year at the British Hairdressing Awards in 2019 has given me so many opportunities and has helped me to be noticed by brands that wouldn’t have seen my work before.”James Earnshaw
Winning will be the best moment in your career
“Winning only made me want to enter again even more! It’s such a great event and seeing my work in Hairdressers Journal International is one of the best moments in my career.”Jon Wilsdon
Martin Crean
“Winning this award is the best feeling ever. Being recognised within the industry is a dream come true and it’s such a great feeling mentoring people to be able to get the crème de la crème of awards!"
Jim Shaw & Daisy Carter
Winning can take your career to the next level
“Being named Southern Hairdresser of the Year at the British Hairdressing Awards changed my life – it catapulted my career beyond my wildest dreams. I was invited to solely create a global ICON collection for milk_shake and z.one Concept and I’ve since travelled to teach and inspire global education teams. My work is on salon walls, in marketing materials and on videos being shared by tens of thousands of salons across the world. I've headed a team at London Fashion Week, I’ve been featured in multiple print publications and I pinch myself every single morning!”Andrew Smith
Winning benefits the entire salon team
“I’m grateful to have won. My clientele were delighted, and it’s also brought new business to the salon. Plus, it provides awareness and recognition for my team.”Sharon Malcolm
“Winning at the British Hairdressing Awards showed a culmination of all our creativity and energy and everyone felt part of it. The award is great for team morale and our clients love hearing all about our accolades.”
Mark Leeson Art Team
Entering and eventually winning is big learning curve
“Winning Eastern Hairdresser of the Year was an incredible experience. The journey was a necessary learning curve. All of the previous collections are the steppingstones to achieving the goal. To work together on this for the first time and actually win was amazing!”
Nathan Jasztal & Zoe Jasztal
Winning motivates you to become even better
“Winning for me was a celebration of the hard work behind the scenes and for the team that supported me. Winning has also given me the motivation to get better and better every year.”
Federico Patelli
Winning attracts an international audience
“It was such an honour winning this award and very exciting. We’ve done some big shows and we’ve had lots of attraction from international clients.”
Andy Heasman
Winning creates lots of publicity
“Wining Scottish Hairdresser of the Year has been amazing for us. Not only has it given us lots of local publicity and opportunities, but it’s also made our clients in the salon incredibly proud and the place has been buzzing ever since.”
Jason Hall
Winning puts you on the map for offering specialised education
“Winning at the British Hairdressing Awards was a dream come true. Winning put me on the map for Afro and textured hair. I’ve won lots of Afro hairdressing awards already but winning Afro Hairdresser of the Year at the British Hairdressing Awards is such a prestigious award. It led to me being asked to teach more texture courses.”
Rick Roberts
Winning is a career highlight
“It was such an honour to be recognised for my craft at the highest level. The British Hairdressing Awards is such a prestigious award platform and the level of talent involved is always sensational. Winning at the British Hairdressing Awards changed my life and is a true career highlight.”
Jacky Chan
“Avant garde was a unique challenge to anything we had done before. It required all of our passion, creativity, commitment and sanity. To be recognised for this art in an industry so full of creatives was an absolute honour.”
Sophie Springett & Hayley Bishop
Winning really boosts your confidence for anything moving forward
“I felt so grateful to win Newcomer of the Year. It was my first award and to win alongside such creative people in the industry who are so talented and respected within the industry gave me a lot of confidence and I realised you can do anything if you set your mind to it.”
Alex Morton
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