The
winners of the English Hair and Beauty Awards 2012 are...
The winners of the first ever Happli.co.uk English Hair and
Beauty Awards were announced on the evening of the 6th of
May 2012 at a glittering bash at the Midland Hotel in Manchester.
Nominations came in from all over England and the race to
be crowned at this year’s debut awards ceremony was an extremely
tight contest.
Rachel Stewart, Commercial Director from Happli said “Health
and beauty is a key sector for happli.co.uk so we’re delighted
to be sponsoring the Awards. With thousands of our customers
buying health and beauty deals, we’re able to deliver high
volumes of sales for our health and beauty partners. So we’re
really excited to be recognising the best businesses in the
industry, and would like to congratulate all the nominees
and winners”.
Over 300 guests attended the glamorous event, including gorgeous
host, Miss United Kingdom Supernational, Rachelle Perez, YouTube
sensation Carolyn Baxter and Katie Piper, the founder of the
Katie Piper Foundation.
Director of Creative Oceanic, Irfan Younis said: “The 2011
Happli.co.uk English Hair and Beauty Awards followed in the
footsteps of the Scottish version and proved to be a fantastic
success, both supporting our charity partner The Katie Piper
Foundation as well as paying tribute to the hair and beauty
community within England. We are confident this will be the
first of many successful English Hair and Beauty Awards and
we cannot wait to see what next year brings.”
And the winners are…
Junior Stylist of the Year Award – presented by Rachelle
Perez, went to Bethany Ferns (Jaspers Hair)
Make - Up Specialist of the Year Award - presented by
Rachelle Perez, went to Sian & Robbin (So Coco
Rouge)
Nail Technician of the Year Award - presented by Rachelle
Perez, went to Kerry Morgan (Nailz)
Cosmetic Therapist of the Year Award - presented by Rachelle
Perez, went to Caroline Gisbourne (Bloomin Beautiful)
Colour Technician of the Year Award - presented by Rachelle
Perez, went to Clare Chell (Francesco Group)
Francesco Group
Spa of the Year Award – presented by Salim Uddin – Khandkar,
owner of Didsbury Magazine, went to KI Day Spa
Beautician of the Year Award – sponsored by FirmSlim
and presented by Pamela Kharikou of FirmSlim, went to Rosie
Kefford (Rosie’s Beauticians)
Men’s Stylist of the Year Award – presented by Cusick
Jnr, went to Jamie Stevens (Jamie Stevens)
Women’s Stylist of the Year Award – sponsored by Creative
Oceanic and presented by Yasmin Mahmood, Operations & Business
Development Manager of Creative Oceanic, went to Tana
Bennet (Tana B Hair Company)
Salon Design of the Year Award – sponsored by Happli.co.uk
and presented by Matt Davis, Regional Commercial Manager of
Happli.co.uk, went to Lush Locks.
Manchester Salon of the Year Award – sponsored by Happli.co.uk
and presented by Rachael Stewart, Commercial Director of Happli.co.uk,
went to David Rozman.
Beauty Salon of the Year Award – sponsored by FirmSlim
and presented by Pamela Kharikou of FirmSlim, overall winner
is The White Room
Winner of the North East region went to Jesmond Beauty
Clinic
Winner of the North West region went to So Coco Rouge
Winner of the Yorkshire region went to The Element Creative
Winner of the West Midlands region went to Venus
Winner of the East Midlands region went to Zest Beauty
Winner of the East region went to The White Room
Winner of the South East region went to Beauty Basements
Winner of the South West region went to Bloomin Beautiful
Winner of the London region went to Hari Hair & Beauty
HAIR SALON OF THE YEAR AWARD – sponsored by Creative
Oceanic and presented by Irfan Younis, Director of Creative
Oceanic, overall winner is: Jamie Stevens.
Jamie Stevens
Winner of the North East region went to David Harvey
Winner of the North West region went to Hooka for Boys
& Girls
Winner of the Yorkshire region: Ash Hair & Beauty
Winner of the East Midlands region: Zullo and Holland.
Winner of the West Midlands region went to Francesco
Group (Stafford)
Winner of the East region: Strand Hair Salon
Winner of the South West region: Jamie Stevens
Winner of the South East region: Jam Hair
Winner of the London region: Headmasters Mayfair
Headmasters
Lifetime
Achievement Award – presented by Katie Piper of the Katie
Piper Foundation, went to Peter Collinge.
The Lifetime Achievement Award winner went to Peter Collinge,
hairdresser and founder of one of the UK’s most respected
hairdressing companies. Peter Collinge, 84, was awarded an
OBE in the New Year.
He began hairdressing on Richmond Street in 1942 before opened
his first salon 10 years later. This year the 84-year-old
celebrates both an amazing 70 years in the business and 60
years since he opened his first salon.
His son Andrew now leads the award winning chain of salons
and barbers.