Colin McAndrew and Kym Wyser of Medusa finalist for Scottish Hairdresser of the Year.
Colin McAndrew and Kym Wyser are celebrating as they have finalised for Scottish Hairdresser of the Year Award in HJ’s 2009 British Hairdressing Awards. After a two-day photoshoot in London earlier this year, their hard work has paid off. The pair beat stiff competition to make it to the final six.
In 2009, the British Hairdressing Awards are celebrating their 25th anniversary. Launched by Hairdressers Journal International and sponsored by Schwarzkopf Professional, the awards have celebrated and rewarded the best of British hairdressing creativity, and have fast become the ‘Oscars’ of the hairdressing world.
To enter the competition, hairdressers working in salons throughout the United Kingdom have to submit four images, which fulfil the criteria set down by Hairdressers Journal International. Colin and Kym entered the Scottish Hairdresser of the Year category and have secured a place in the final of the Awards. They will now have to submit another four images, which will be judged along with the first four by industry experts, members of the British Hairdressing Awards Hall of Fame and hair journalists from only the most influential, and fashion forward consumer magazines.
“Each year the standard of entries in each category becomes more creative and inspirational,” comments Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of Hairdressers Journal International, Jayne Lewis-Orr. “British hairdressing is perceived throughout the world as being the best, and the British Hairdressing Awards acknowledge skill, creativity and excellence in hairdressing. Colin and Kym is a very worthy finalists.”
The pair will have to wait until Monday 23rd November 2009, to find out if they will be awarded the title of Scottish Hairdresser of the Year, when they attends a glittering awards ceremony at the Grosvenor House, a JW Marriot Hotel, London. The winners of the fifteen specialist and regional categories, along with the prestigious British Hairdresser of the Year Award, will be announced by a leading media personality.
Colin said, “We were delighted when we received the letter telling us we had made it to the finals. This year has been an incredible one for Medusa. To be recognised by your peers as being one of the country's leading hairdressers and being involved in the British Hairdressing Awards is both a wonderful feeling and a great achievement."