AUSTRALIAN HAIR FASHION AWARDS 2016 THE FINALISTS ARE ANNOUNCED!

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Now in their 24th year, The Australian Hair Fashion Awards (AHFA’s) continue to consolidate their position as Australia’s largest and most successful independent hairdressing awards program, this year again proudly partnered by L’Oréal Professionnel who share the vision of the AHFA’s in recognizing and rewarding the symbiotic and dynamic relationship between hair, fashion and beauty.

Featuring hundreds of entries from the elite of the hair fashion industry in Australia, the AHFA’s are the only Australian industry awards with an international reach. In order to gain global recognition for our esteemed national stylists, all photographic categories are judged

in London under the watchful eyes of the crème de la crème of British and European hairdressing. This year was no exception with the panel reading like a ‘Who’s Who’ of hairdressing heroes, including Anthony Mascolo, Bruce Masefield, Akin Konizi, Sacha Mitic and Jorge Càncer. An innovation for 2016 saw the addition of a number of influential fashion and hair media judges: Robert Johnston (British GQ), Lisa Oxenham (British Marie Claire) and Catherine Handcock, publisher of Brit-industry bible Creative Head. The overall feedback from the judges was that the Australian hair fashion industry is up there with the best in the world in terms of the creativity and vision of our stylists.

So finally the wait is over!

We are thrilled to announce those who have made the finals

of the prestigious photographic categories for 2016…

AHFA Australian Hairdresser of the Year

CATERINA DI BIASE – HEADING OUT HAIR & BEAUTY

CRAIG SMITH – FRUITION

FRANK APOSTOLOPOULOS – BIBA ACADEMY

JAMIE FURLAN – XIANG HAIR

JOEY SCANDIZZO – JOEY SCANDIZZO SALON

UROS MIKIC – KINKY CURLY STRAIGHT

AHFA Men’s Hairdresser of the Year

AARON CHAN – KINGS DOMAIN

AIDEN HORWOOD – HEADING OUT HAIR & BEAUTY

MADISON VOLOSHIN – DISTRICT SALON

PAUL MASCI – MASCI HAIR & SPA

SHANTELLE NEATE – OSCAR OSCAR SALONS

STEFANO SILVESTRI – PORTFOLIO HAIR

AHFA Creative Colourist of the Year

ADAM ISLES – ROKK EBONY

DANIELLE SOLIER – XIANG HAIR

KYRA WILLIAMS – JOEY SCANDIZZO SALON

MELISSA WALKER – MASCI HAIR & SPA

RACHEL VITULLO – JOEY SCANDIZZO SALON

TRAVIS BANDIERA – ROYALS HAIR

AHFA Artistic Team of the Year

BOND HAIR RELIGION

FRANCK PROVOST PARIS HAIR SALONS

FRUITION

HEADING OUT HAIR & BEAUTY

INTERCOIFFURE MONDIAL AUST

TONI&GUY ARTISTIC TEAM

AHFA Avant Garde Hairdresser of the Year

ANDREA DE DEUGD – JACOU HAIR & BEAUTY

BILL TSIKNARIS – TSIKNARIS HAIR

LUKE McCAUL – EVOKE HAIR & MAKE-UP

NADIA SEMANIC – TONI&GUY GEORGES

PAUL JAMES GRAHAM – PAUL & PAUL SALON

SHAUN McGRATH – STEVIE ENGLISH HAIR

AHFA NSW/ACT Hairdresser of the Year

ALEXANDER FUCHS – BAUHAUS HAIR

BRETT ALBURY – MURPHY GOZZARD HAIR COMMUNITY

LESLIE HENSHAW – NEXT HAIR

MARIA UNALI – s.81 HAIR

MARY ALAMINE – ROYALS HAIR

PALOMA ROSE GARCIA – OSCAR OSCAR SALONS

AHFA Victorian Hairdresser of the Year

ALEXANDRA NEWMAN – CHUMBA CONCEPT SALON

HERMIZ DANIEL – JOEY SCANDIZZO SALON

JACKY CHAN – OSCAR OSCAR SALON

JOSEPH SEMAAN – JOEY SCANDIZZO SALON

MALISSA MASCI – MASCI HAIR & SPA

SCOTT CONDON – ROKK EBONY

AHFA Queensland Hairdresser of the Year

AMANDA MENZ – FRUITION

BILL TSIKNARIS – TSIKNARIS HAIR

BRODIE-LEE STUBBINS – ROKSTAR

LAURA HUDSON – LAURA HUDSON HAIR DESIGN

LEE BLACK – MOW HAIR

SHANNAH CROWE – PAPAS AND PACE

AHFA South Australian/Tasmanian Hairdresser of the Year

ANDREANNA MANOV – ALKAZAR SALONIERES

CHERIE FALCO – KINKY CURLY STRAIGHT

JOHNNY GEORGIOU – PARLOUR HAIR GROUP

NICOLE HABENSCHUSS – ROGUE AND REGAL

SAM JAMES–COCKAYNE – ORBE NORTH ADELAIDE

TIFFANY DECAUX – BORIS THE CUTTERY

AHFA Western Australian/Northern Territory Hairdresser of the Year

JESSICA DEL BORRELLO – CIRCLES OF SUBIACO

JO BANKS – HAIR ART

LISA POLINI – HYPE HAIR STUDIO

MICHAEL O’DOWD – O’DOWD CHRISTIE HAIR

RACHEL WALKER – CHILLI COUTURE

STEPHANIE BELLAIRS – HEAD GRAFFITI HAIR & BEAUTY

AHFA Apprentice Hairdresser of the Year

EMMA GOTTWALD – ROYALS HAIR

JASMINE HECKENBERG – SFUMATO HAIR

JESSICA BURT – CHUMBA CONCEPT SALON

MADISON LAMB – LUKE REYNOLDS HAIRDRESSING

NAOMI STEWART – ROKK EBONY

ROXANNE BENLI – ROKK EBONY

AHFA Newcomer Hairdresser of the Year

JAY FREDERICKSON – MASCI HAIR & SPA

NATHAN CHERRINGTON – TONI&GUY PARRAMATTA

NICOLE KAE – TONI&GUY NEWTOWN

NIKKI PORTER – RUBI HAIR

STEFFI TANIAN – OSCAR OSCAR SALONS

TRAVIS BANDIERA – ROYALS HAIR

AHFA Session Stylist of the Year

JENNY KIM

MANDY KINGSMAN

MICHELE McQUILLAN

RICHARD KAVANAGH

RICHI GRISILLO

SARAH LAIDLAW

AHFA Make –Up Artist of the Year

CHEREINE WADDELL

KYLIE EUSTACE

MIKELE SIMONE

NADINE MONLEY

SARAH BAXTER

VIVIANNE TRAN

AHFA Fashion Stylist of the Year

CHLOE ROSE

EMMA COTTERILL

LETICIA DARE

MILANA DE MINA

AHFA Hair Fashion Video of the Year

CATERINA DI BIASE

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ELEVEN AUSTRALIA

KEVIN MURPHY

KOBI BOKSISH

THE 2015 AUSTRALIAN FAME TEAM

BUSINESS AND PRODUCT CATEGORIES

AHFA Salon of the Year

Bauhaus Hair

Blow Its a Hair Thing

Bond Hair Religion

Esteem Hair Beauty Spa

Papas and Pace

Sloans

AHFA Most Innovative Marketing Campaign

Eleven Australia – Hair School

Eleven Australia – One Girl Eleven Looks

label.m – Label Men

Ssh! Australia

Sustainable Salons Aus

Tangle Teezer

AHFA Excellence in Education

DCI Education

Geoffrey Herberg Education

Heading Out Academy

Kaarina Hamilton Education

Sharon Blain Education

AHFA Best New Professional Styling Product

Eleven Australia – Smooth and Shine Anti Frizz Serum

Elgon – Sublimia DD Hair Cream

Evo- She Bang a Bang – Dry Wax Spray

Kevin Murphy Killer Curls

O&M Project Sukuroi Gold Smoothing Balm

Redken Diamond Oil Glow Dry

AHFA Best New Professional Haircare Product

Kérastase Paris – Resistance Therapiste

L’Oréal Professionnel – Pro Fiber Restore Shampoo and Conditioner

Matrix Total Results – Shampoo and Conditioner

Oribe – Gold Lust Collection

Sachajuan – Hair Cleansing Cream

Wella Professionals – Elements Renewing Shampoo

AHFA Best New Professional Packaging and Design

Kevin.Murphy – Killer Curls

La Biosthetique Styling Range

label.m – 10 Years Design

R+Co – Vicious – Stronghold Flexible Hairspray

Sachajuan – Ocean Mist Shampoon and Conditioner

Shu Uemura – Art Series – Cleansing Oil Shampoo

AHFA Most Innovative Hair Tool

Excellent Edges – Glider Mantaray Scissors

ghd – platinum

Glam Palm – Simple Touch

Kevin.Murphy – Smoothing Brush

Kevin.Murphy – Styling Brush

Tangle Teezer – Blow Styling Paddle Brush

The awards night itself will take place in Sydney’s iconic Luna Park on Sunday 10th April and it’s shaping up to be THE industry event of 2016. Tickets are selling fast, so to ensure your place go to http://www.australianhairfashionawards.com/tickets/

– TJ