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