Both from Seanhanna salon make the finals of the HJ British Hairdressing Awards

Seanhanna in Putney is one of those salons celebrating two of their stylists have finalised; Lucie Monbillard for Avant Garde Hairdresser of the Year and Frazer Wallace for Newcomer of the Year. In 2015 Seanhanna stylist creative stylist Lucie Monbillard was named Avant-garde Hairdresser of the Year at the HJ British Hairdressing Awards.



They are part of a select group of 98 from all corners of the United Kingdom who woke up to the news that they are a finalist in HJ’s 2017 British Hairdressing Awardsl.

This is no small feat with the 2017 awards attracting hundreds of entries which take the form of photographic collections.

The 75 first-round judges drawn from industry experts, hairdressers, session stylists and creative leaders, viewed the UK’s biggest photographic awards exhibition as they spent the day marking the thousands of individual images.

The Newcomer and Avant Garde Hairdresser of the Year categories seek to recognise the most inspiring hairdressers in the industry, catapulting the finalists into the upper echelons of the
nation’s very best hairdressing talent.

Hairdressers Journal International’s Executive Director, Jayne Lewis Orr says: “The awards remain true to the original objective - to promote the professionalism and leading vision of British hairdressing, and importantly to celebrate its contribution to the wider world. I am so proud that we can see the impact that the awards have had on not only our own industry and the individuals within it, but also on partnership industries as its success is shared by many. This year more than ever, we encouraged entrants to produce work that’s aspirational and wearable, to really unify the bonds between creative hairdressing and the fact that this industry contributes £7bn to the national economy and employs 500,000 nationwide. Now that’s something amazing to celebrate!”

The winners of this and 15 other categories including the coveted British Hairdresser of the Year title are all to be announced at The British Hairdressing Awards which takes place at the Grosvenor House Hotel, a J W Marriott Hotel, in London on Monday 27 November.


July 27, 2017