International Creative Director of Nicky Clarke, and recent winner of Backstage Stylist of the Year 2012 at the HAIR Magazine Awards, Warren Holmes, is in demand. Amongst shooting for Liam Gallagher's Pretty Green clothing label and presenting at Professional Hairdresser Live, Warren was requested by Danny O'Donoghue to style his hair for a cover shoot with Fabulous magazine.

Danny O'Donoghue, lead singer of The Script sits alongside Tom Jones, Jessie J and will.i.am as the fourth judge on the BBC's primetime show, The Voice. Stepping away from his trademark 'mullet', Warren cut Danny's hair to give it a much cooler edge, 'Danny's got a strong look, but I wanted to make it more contemporary with a runway feeling to it. Taking the sides and back shorter was a simple way of doing this, emphasising and creating drama on top.'

Warren says: 'I wanted to move Danny's hair away from being commercial and take the back off. We definitely wanted to channel a feeling that was more appropriate for the runway but still very wearable, we were both massively on the same page with that.

He's really good at doing his own hair so I was able to be a bit more creative with how I approached it. We're planning on taking the sides and back even shorter for the live shows to create more drama on top. I used Nicky Clarke Control Shine Shaping Cream for urban texture and elastic support that gives hold and separation allowing us to move the hair about'.

Since styling Danny for the shoot Warren has been asked to take creative control of his hair, 'We will dress it out in a number of different ways, whether it's tailored or unstructured. There is a plan for Danny's hair that will involve us growing it after the live shows before he goes on tour.

Warren Holmes's impeccable attention to detail and creative vision have made him one of the most in-demand new hair stylists.

Warren's intuitive sense of trends and ability to create endless individual looks for each model, celebrity and client he works on have him widely considered one of London's most inventive, conceptual hair stylists.

Article by Heather Bell