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JOEWELL SCISSORS CELEBRATE 100 YEARS JOEWELL SCISSORS IS celebrating its long and storied history, passing its 100th year and celebrating nearly 50 years in Australia. The company came to Australia in 1979 as an innovative Japanese tool brand ideal for a market enjoying a boom in the precision cutting trend and Vidal Sasoon aesthetic. The brand’s new designs and smaller size options, as well as efficient distribution from Australian International Industries (AII), which distributes the scissors to this day, made it a quick success. Premium quality is synonymous with the historic brand and their range of cutting scissors, thinning scissors and left-handed scissors. Despite its historic beginnings, Joewell has survived and thrived through consistent innovation, and, even after passing a century, is releasing an all-new scissors with exclusive technology. The Supreme Powder Metal Scissors, available as 5, 5.5 and 6 inch models, boast hardness and strength, with new and bold technology that make them wear resistant and corrosion resistant. www.aii.net.au
ROKK EBONY AWARD TEAM MEMBER A CAR THERE’S WINNING BIG, and then there’s winning giant. Rokk Ebony personified the latter by gifting a company high-achiever with a car. Senior hairstylist Lisa Burns walked away from the salon group’s company awards with a brand new Hyundai Kona, from a draw of twenty senior hairstylists from three salons. “Our company chose to reward our teams with one big incentive to boost overall results,” shared Managing director, Maurice Torcasio. “Rewarding our teams for their achievements over a twelve month period was a new approach. We wanted to offer our hard working employees with a life changing reward. How many employers have the ability to offer such great rewards for consistent hard work? A car was not the only bonus the team could work towards with numerous overseas holidays also handed out during the incentive period.” “It’s life changing. To be rewarded in my career after all these years of hard work has come at a vital stage,” Lisa said. “Th is will greatly help me to get ahead in the future. I have been working for Rokk Ebony since I was 15 year old. I would have never imagined as a hairstylist I could receive such a large reward.” www.rokkebony.com.au 22 INSTYLE
BRITISH HAIRDRESSING AWARDS NAME 2017 WINNERS THE LATEST BRITISH HAIRDRESSING AWARDS took place on November 27 2017, with 1500 attendees there to see which talented hairdressers would take home the gold. Compered by TV presenter Cat Deeley, alongside HJ’s executive director, Jayne Lewis-Orr, the evening provided plenty of highlights, including the awards presentation, a performance by pop group Boyzlife and the Schwarzkopf Professional Essential Looks collection show. The highlight of the night was the presentation of Britain’s most coveted award, British Hairdresser of the Year, this year presented to Sally Brooks, who is the fi rst woman to win the award since 2005.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS! BRITISH HAIRDRESSER OF THE YEAR Sally Brooks, Brooks & Brooks, London AFRO HAIRDRESSER OF THE YEAR Charlotte Mensah, Hair Lounge, London ARTISTIC TEAM OF THE YEAR RUSH Hair, London AVANT GARDE HAIRDRESSER OF THE YEAR Emmanuel Esteban, Anne Veck Salons, Oxford SCHWARZKOPF PROFESSIONAL BRITISH COLOUR TECHNICIAN OF THE YEAR Robert Eaton, Russell Eaton, Leeds MEN’S HAIRDRESSER OF THE YEAR Terri Kay and Andrea Giles, Mark Leeson, Mansfield NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR Olivia Nevill, Ashley Gamble, Shifnal EASTERN HAIRDRESSER OF THE YEAR Joseph I’Anson and Lisa Graham, Mark Leeson, Mansfield LONDON HAIRDRESSER OF THE YEAR Indira Schauwecker, TONI&GUY Bedford Street, London MIDLANDS HAIRDRESSER OF THE YEAR Shaun Hall, Mark Leeson, Chesterfield NORTH EASTERN HAIRDRESSER OF THE YEAR Isobel Eaton, Russell Eaton, Barnsley NORTH WESTERN HAIRDRESSER OF THE YEAR Daniel Couch and Ashleigh Maybank, Russell Eaton, Leeds NORTHERN IRELAND HAIRDRESSER OF THE YEAR Julie Cherry and Colette Fitzpatrick, Shane Bennett Salon, Lisburn SCOTTISH HAIRDRESSER OF THE YEAR Suzie McGill & Dylan Brittain, Rainbow Room International, Glasgow SOUTHERN HAIRDRESSER OF THE YEAR Thomas Hills, TH1 Hair, Oxted WALES AND SOUTH WEST HAIRDRESSER OF THE YEAR Zoe Williams & Scott Evans, Ken Picton Salon, Cardiff