Teen stylists through to finals of top hairdressing industry competition
KH Hair is celebrating after three of its stylists – all at only nineteen years of age – have secured their places at the UK finals of a major hairdressing industry competition.
Hosted by Wella Professionals, TrendVision Award celebrates exceptional talent in the hairdressing industry and has become a truly iconic hair competition. For many previous winners, this is the first step towards truly unleashing their creative career.
Amelia Krasinski, a newly-qualified stylist at KH Hair in Arnold, has been named as a finalist in the Colour Visionary category where the first round brief was for entrants to ‘showcase their innovative colouring skills using a sunrise to sunset colour pallet’. “I’m very excited to have finalised for the second time in this category!” says Amelia. “Knowing how amazing last year’s experience was, I can’t wait to get back down to London and prove my worth on that stage again and hopefully bring the title back home to Nottingham!”
KH Hair apprentices, Sophie Taylor and Megan Maloney who train at the KH Hair Academy in Long Eaton, were named finalists in the Xposure Creative Colour Category – an award which specifically celebrates hairdressers in learning. Their first round brief was to ‘showcase the creative use of colour and its placement to create a visible hair colour, maintaining hair quality and condition’.
Sophie hones her skills on the salon floor at KH Hair’s Nottingham salon and director, Debbie McMenamin, says they are all absolutely thrilled for her. “It’s amazing that our apprentices have the courage and talent to put themselves and their work forward at such a young age,” she says. “We actively support this in the salon and are delighted that Sophie has been recognised! She is a great inspiration for future trainees and we can’t wait for the final in October.”
As for Megan, she says she is very excited and a little bit nervous but couldn’t be more thrilled. “My first words to my team at KH Hair in Leicester were ‘I could literally cry!’ she says. “It’s going to be such a new experience and something to really look forward to. I can’t wait to be there showing the look I’ve worked so hard to create. I’m also really happy for the other KH Hair members who got through to the finals.”
KH Hair Group managing director, Darren Messias, adds: “We are absolutely delighted that Amelia, Sophie and Megan have finalised. To reach the final and compete against the whole of the UK is a tremendous achievement and will be a fantastic experience for them all. I’d like to wish them the very best of luck.”
For the first round of the competition, all entrants were asked to enter a before and after image of their model on Instagram which was then judged by a prestigious panel of highly experienced and respected industry experts. The TrendVision finals, where a live competition will decide the ultimate winners, takes place at Old Billingsgate, London on Monday 7th October as an audience of industry experts gather to celebrate the best of UK and Ireland’s hairdressing.
Commenting on the announcements, Max Amen, general manager of Wella Company UK & Ireland, says: “TrendVision Award is the most competitive hair contest in our industry and to reach the final is an incredible achievement. The standard of entries is exceptionally high, and the finalists who have made it through should be immensely proud. They have demonstrated exceptionally high hairdressing skills, creativity and passion.”
