Education is an area that the Clipso group directors take very seriously and it’s the younger generation of upcoming talented hairdressers who are recognised as the continued future success of the Clipso group. Each year, the Clipso Young Superstars awards put Clipso and Addiction salon assistants and trainees against one another.
The competition was compared by Kim Rance and Emilie Pearson Brown, both Artistic Consultants at Clipso Watford. The audience and judges were kept fascinated with the extraordinary talents of Clipso trainees from first to third year level each presenting a ‘complete look’ model, with the second and third years each giving a two minute presentation to explain their concept, technique and over all look, including use of mood boards.
The judging panel for the 2011 competition was award winning salon owner and International Creative Directorfor Electricsalons Mark Woolley, award winning Jo O’Neill, International Technical Education Director for Toni & Guy, colour expert Carolyn Newman, Colour Director atCharles Worthington and the award winning Alison Dace, Creative Director at SAKS.
Each winner and runner up was presented with a certificate, Selfridges voucher, and goody bags from GHD and L’Oreal Professionnel.
The winners included:
First Year winner – Hayley Hanson, Clipso Hemel Hempstead
First Year runner up – Sam Ashcroft, Clipso Watford
Second Year winner – Abbie Gill, Clipso Hemel Hempstead
Second Year runner up – Rebecca Hill, Clipso Watford
Third Year winner – Shelby Burton, Addiction
Third Year runner up – Reagan Daniels, Clipso London
Men’s Winner – Shelby Burton, Addiction Watford
Best Mood Board winner – Shelby Burton, Addiction
The Young Superstar Overall Award was presented to Shelby Burton from Addiction Watford by guest judge Mark Woolley and the prize included a trip to
A special prize was also donated by hairdresser Jamie Stevens, which was to spend the day with him, and was presented to Jack Williams from Clipso Watford in recognition for his enthusiasm and energy in the 1st Year category.
Russell McGrath, Operations Director at Clipso, commented, “This annual competition has been a huge success as always and it’s so essential to have it each year, especially so as it was the first awards event without Clipso creator, Terry Calvert. We were all so proud to see Terry’s legacy continuing through our younger team members and their dedication to the future of hairdressing and the Clipso group coming stronger than ever. I want to say a big thank you to everyone who helped with this event and a special thank you to our judges, they were fantastic. Each salon director is really pushing their salon team forward and the future is looking exciting for Clipso.”