Industry title Creative HEAD Magazine has revealed the finalists for the 11 categories of its Most Wanted Awards for 2015. Designed to celebrate outstanding individuals, superlative salons and supreme teams working in UK hairdressing, the awards were judged on Monday at Beach Blanket Babylon in Shoreditch, where experts from the worlds of hair, fashion, business and media joined to deliberate over hundreds of entries. The Grand Final will be hosted by comedian Jack Whitehall at The Natural History Museum on 7 September (see DIARY dates).

Team Awards

Best Salon Team
The Chapel, Tunbridge Wells
En Route Hair & Beauty, Wakefield
Ruffians, London
Spirit Hair Company, Wallingford
Alison Stewart Hairdressing, Kirkcaldy

Best Local Salon
Barbara Daley Hair & Beauty, Liverpool
Emma Brown Hair, Leicester
George’s Hairdressing, Leicester
Jas Hair Group, Salisbury
Lara Johnson Lifestyle, Swansea

Best Salon Experience
The Chapel, Tunbridge Wells
Paul Edmonds, London
Headfirst, Leeds
Malcolm Murphy Hair, Leicester
Tony Wood Hairdressing, Portsmouth

Best New Salon
Anderson’s Hair, Glasgow
Duck & Dry, London
Hare & Bone, London
Myla & Davis, London (Brixton)
Tim Scott Wright @ The Hair Surgery, Stourbridge

Individual Awards

Creative Talent
Jamie and Sally Brooks, Brooks & Brooks
Craig Chapman, Craig Chapman
Johanna Cree Brown, Trevor Sorbie
Richard Phillipart, The Boutique Atelier
Angelo Vallillo, Zullo & Holland

Business Thinker
Katya Davies, Myla and Davis
Julia Gaudio, Elajé Hair & Beauty
Caroline Sanderson, Ego Hair Design
Johnny Seckington, Seckingtons
Tony Wood, Tony Wood Hairdressing

Colour Expert
Jayson Gray, Toni&Guy
Siobhan Jones, Headmasters
Katie Mulcahy, Dale Hairdressing
Abby Smith, D&J Ambrose
John Spanton, Trevor Sorbie

Hair Trend
Adriano D’Astolo, Radio Hair Salon and Gallery
Errol Douglas MBE, Errol Douglas
Mai Ha, Trevor Sorbie
Gary Hooker & Michael Young, Hooker & Young
Karine Jackson, Karine Jackson Hair & Beauty

Award for Innovation
Alison Asbury for Salon Central Nottingham
Lee Brown for #HAIRHOUR
Phil Jackson for Club Bravo
Lee Stafford for Lee Stafford Education
Mark Woolley for The Electric Dispensary

Session Stylist
Adam Reed
Anthony Turner
Guido
James Pecis
Syd Hayes

Hair Icon
Darren Ambrose
Errol Douglas MBE
Mark Hayes
Mark Leeson
Sam McKnight
George Northwood
Adam Reed
Angelo Seminara
Eugene Souleiman
Jamie Stevens

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