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Students sparkle in festive hair competition

Tuesday 23 December 2008

Hair and beauty students at Redcar & Cleveland College have tasted what it’s like to take part in a professional hair competition today (Wednesday 17th December) when they competed against each other to produce a variety of spectacular styles.
 
The competition marked the launch of a range of new short courses which start in January including Nail Treatments, Massage, and much more within Hair, Beauty and Holistics and also the new Junior Hairdressing and Beauty School, aimed specifically at teenagers aged 13-16.
 
Level 1 and 2 students studying hairdressing competed against each other in a range of categories, creating dramatic hairstyles themed around the concept of Sparkle and Snow.
 
Entries for the competition included ice queens, elves, and festive characters whose hair was expertly styled by the students under the watchful eye of the college’s staff and industry professionals who were judging the event.
 
Prizes were awarded to the winning students from each category, as well as an overall prize for the most dramatic style produced on the day.
 
Winners of the prestigious team event were Sharon Simms and Rebecca Whatmore who gave their model an elf themed style. Other winners on the day included Judith Stephenson, Laura Husband, Sammy Currie who are all studying Level 1 or Level 2 hairdressing.
 
She said:
 
“I really enjoyed taking part in the competition and putting the skill I have been learning on my course into practice. The hairdressing course has been really challenging at times, but when you take part in something like this it makes you realise how relevant what you are learning is to real-life work.
 
“It was just like taking part in a real professional competition and experiences like this, as well as working in the TS10 salon at the college, will really help when I finish my course and start looking to get a job.”
 
The TS10 salon at Redcar & Cleveland College is a commercial salon which is open to the public, where students studying hair and beauty courses have the opportunity to get real life experience of what it is like to work in a busy salon dealing with members of the public.
 
Since opening in September this year the salon has seen over 3,500 customers pass through its doors, receiving treatments ranging from hair cuts and colours through to manicures and Indian head massage – all from students who are studying at the college.
 
Paul Taylor, Head of the Hair and Beauty Faculty at Redcar & Cleveland College, said:
 
“The students set a really high standard at today’s competition, but we would expect nothing less than that from them. Everyone who took part really excelled themselves and no doubt we’ll see many of them go on to compete in regional competitions in the near future.”
 

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