Hj's 2017 british hairdressing awards finalists revealed

After a day of judging with some of the most respected hairdressers in the industry, the finalists for HJ's British Hairdressing Awards, sponsored by Schwarzkopf Professional, are revealed. The finalists in nine regional and six specialist categories will now go on to the second round judging, which will see their collection of eight images judged by industry peers and beauty press. The winners will be announced at a glittering event at the Grosvenor House hotel on Mayfair's Park Lane on 27 November 2017. REGIONAL CATEGORIES Eastern Hairdresser of the Year Christian Wiles, Christian Wiles Hairdressing, Northampton Paul Falltrick, GFC Hairdressing, Hornchurch Helen Stilwell and Jessica Neil, KH Hair, Nottingham Joseph I’Anson and Lisa Graham, Mark Leeson, Mansfield Alastair Jubbs, Vae Hair, Norfolk Lisa-Marie Seldon and Emma Bedwell, Hoop, Clacton-on-Sea London Hairdresser of the Year Desmond Murray, Atherton Cox, New Cavendish Street Taiki Ogawa, Eton Crop, Museum Street Jake Unger, HOB Salons, Jamestown Street Indira Schauwecker, TONI&GUY, Bedford Street Daniele de Angelis, TONI&GUY, Commercial Street Darren Webster, Webster Whiteman, Pollen Street Midlands Hairdresser of the Year Stephanie Gamble and Ashley Gamble, Ashley Gamble, Shifnal Lewis Moore, Lewis Moore Salons, Sutton Coldfield Shaun Hall, Mark Leeson, Chesterfield Kieron Fowles, Regis, Birmingham Royston Blythe and Charles Douek, Royston Blythe, Shrewsbury Nick Malenko and Sophie Beattie, Royston Blythe, Wolverhampton North Eastern Hairdresser of the Year Sarah Cotton, Bang, York Alan Simpson and Karen Storr-Simpson, Contemporary, Cleveland Jonathan Turner, Hooker & Young, Newcastle Upon Tyne Joseph Ferraro, Joseph Ferraro Hair, Harrogate Rick Roberts, Rick Roberts, Beverley Isobel Eaton, Russell Eaton, Barnsley North Western Hairdresser of the Year Gary Taylor, Edward & Co., Brighouse Melenie Tudor, En Route Hair and Beauty, Wakefield Daniel Couch and Ashleigh Maybank, Russell Eaton, Leeds Laura Kulik and Ria Kulik, The Hairbank, Urmston Jon Wilson, TONI&GUY, Deansgate Jess Lyon and Ashley Wallace, Yazz Number One Hair Studio, Leeds Northern Ireland Hairdresser of the Year Andrew Mulvenna, Andrew Mulvenna, Belfast Kevin Kahan, Kevin Kahan, Bangor Damien Johnson, Pure Hair, Belfast Julie Cherry and Colette Fitzpatrick, Shane Bennett Salon, Lisburn Paul Stafford and Leisa Stafford, Stafford Salon, Belfast Julian Dalrymple, The Sitting Room Hairdressing, Ballymena Scottish Hairdresser of the Year Caroline Sanderson and Claire McIntyre, Ego Hair Design, Inverness Paul Paterson, Ishi Salon, Edinburgh Jason Hall, Jason Hall Hairdressing, Edinburgh Colin McAndrew, Medusa, Edinburgh Suzie McGill and Dylan Brittain, Rainbow Room International, Glasgow Sophie Laidlaw, Wonderland, Livingston Southern Hairdresser of the Year Altin Ismail, Marc Antoni, Reading Daniel Spiller, Marc Antoni, Fleet Ceri Cushen, Metropolis Hairdressing, Kingston-upon-Thames Ryan Humpage, RUSH Hair, Epsom Thomas Hills, TH1 Hair, Oxted David Baker and Ben Hendry, The Vault, Claygate Wales & South West Hairdresser of the Year Craig Chapman, Craig Chapman Hair Design, Launceston Mia Dellicompagni and Amy Sultan, Francesco Group, Poole Zoe Williams and Scott Evans, Ken Picton Salon, Cardiff Lara Johnson and Dom Capel, Lara Johnson Lifestyle, Swansea Casey Coleman, Ocean Hairdressing, Cardiff Steven Smart, Smartest 73, Weston-Super-Mare  SPECIALIST CATEGORIES Afro Hairdresser of the Year Charlotte Mensah, Hair Lounge, London Anthony Grant, Jamie Stevens Hair, London Lathaniel Chambers, Lathaniels Couture Hair and Beauty, London Aycan Kemal, New York Hair Design, London Sophie Springett and Hayley Bishop, TONI&GUY Old Brompton Road, London Harry Casey, Jamie Stevens, London Artistic Team of the Year Hooker & Young, Newcastle Upon Tyne Mark Leeson, Mansfield RUSH Hair, London Russell Eaton, Leeds Shane Bennett Salon, Lisburn TONI&GUY, London Avant Garde Hairdresser of the Year Anne Veck, Anne Veck Salons, Oxford Emmanuel Esteban, Anne Veck Salons, Oxford Joanne O’Neill, Joanne O’Neill Hairdressing, Dunloy Seung Ki Baek, RUSH Hair, Epsom Lucie Monbillard, Seanhanna, Putney Shelley Pengilly, Shelleys Salon, Bridgend Sylvestre Finold, TONI&GUY, Wimbledon Men’s Hairdresser of the Year Michael Francos, D&J Ambrose, Pinner Joanna Jane Surace, Essensuals/ TONI&GUY, London Jason Hall, Jason Hall Hairdressing, Edinburgh Kevin Luchmun, Kevin Luchmun, Cheshunt Terri Kay and Andrea Giles, Mark Leeson, Mansfield Ross Charles, Ross Charles, York Newcomer of the Year Olivia Nevill, Ashley Gamble, Shifnal Grace Dalgleish, Brooks & Brooks, London Sophie Chandler, RUSH Hair, Croydon Michael Rackett, RUSH Hair, Croydon Frazer Wallace, Seanhanna, Putney Brooke Evans, Tim Scott-Wright @ The Hair Surgery, Stourbridge Schwarzkopf Professional British Colour Technician of the Year Clayde Baumann, D&J Ambrose, Pinner Paul Dennison, Ken Picton Salon, Cardiff Richard Darby and Mark Leeson, Mark Leeson, Mansfield Suzie McGill and Dylan Brittain, Rainbow Room International, Glasgow Robert Eaton, Russell Eaton, Leeds Stephanie Gamble and Ashley Gamble,