Boutique, private and home salons create perfectly formed pockets of luxury with exemplary salon services. Entrants in this category will need to demonstrate success in all areas of salon business including; customer service, ambience and customer experience, marketing and communication, education and training, and innovation.

Share your boutique salon success story and be in with a chance of winning this title to propel your business in your local area.

ATTENTION:
This category is only for salons with a maximum of 2 x styling stations in a retail setting (with a shopfront) or 3 x styling stations in a home, private non-commercial salon setting. (no shopfront). If you do not meet these criteria, please enter the Best Salon category.

We all know how important it is to make a client feel special and pampered, but we don’t think that’s the end of it. Our Best Customer Experience Award has one aim, and that is to uncover which salons in your local area are the complete package where a client feels pampered, relaxed and cared for so that they return again and again.

If you have first-class customer service with a heavenly ambiance and consistently exceptional services, then by all means, take the plunge and tell us why your salon should be considered for Best Customer Experience!

Does your salon flourish when it comes to afro and textured hair?

If texture, afro and curly hair services play a key part of your salon business, and we mean you don’t just cater for it, but really understand its needs and what it takes to care for, then this category is a must enter for you.

Put your salon on the map as the go-to texture-led salon in your local area and enter this new category and be in with a chance to take this prestigious title.

Colour services dominate the hair salon business, from simple one colours to complex transformations, being awarded with the Best Colour Salon title would be a great asset to your business, and the point of difference in your local area to encourage new clients to cross your threshold. Enter today and be in with a chance to win this prestigious title.

Does your salon flourish when it comes to adding thickness and length to your clients hair? If you have a prestigious hair extension service, then your salon could take the trophy in this category. With such accessibility and variety available in your local area, being the best salon for hair extensions will help you grow your extension business.

This category is for salons and not individual specialists.

There are some stylish salons out there, and we want to find out who has turned the style-dial up to maximum. Whether your salon has recently opened its doors, or had a spruce up of the surroundings, enter this category to gain recognition for your salon chic, and become the go-to salon where customers can have their tresses tended to in style.

Your refurbishment must have been carried out and completed in the last 18 months and not previously entered into the Salon Awards.

Sustainability and our environment is high on everyone’s agenda, and as a salon business reducing your impact on the environment is increasingly important for the future of our planet. If you take your salon sustainability to the next-level, enter this category to be a front-runner leading the charge for sustainability in our industry.

Your team creates the beat of your salon, providing exemplary service, supporting one-another in times of need, and sharing their knowledge because they are passionate about hairdressing, and proud of the service they deliver. They are committed to being the best team together and fully deserving of winning the Best Salon Team title. Make sure you don’t miss out taking this accolade back to your salon this year.

Stars of the future are created at the Salon Awards, with many winners of this title taking career leaps after winning the Future Talent Award.

If you’re shooting for the stars in the wonderful world of hairdressing or barbering and leaving no stone unturned while creating opportunity to improve your career, then we must hear your story.

Enter the Future Talent Award and tell us why you should be considered as the winner in your local area,

Take your first step onto the hair industry ladder.

If you are you an exceptional apprentice, going above and beyond and on your way to becoming a fully fledged member of the hairdressing industry, then we want to hear from you. We need to know what makes you tick and why you should be considered for this coveted award.

Winning this award would be a great addition to your CV, and can help you establish an industry career path like no other.

The stylist of the year category is for any professional stylist to enter, whether you are a trend-led, have a devotion for refined classics or a precision cutter, we want to see your passion and creativity for hair shine through your entry.

In your entry, share what you have achieved in the last 12 months, and why are you worthy of the title stylist of the year in your local area.

This category is for all hair stylists whether you are employed, self-employed, rent a chair or freelance.

Men’s stylists and top-class barbering experts cross boundaries every day, demonstrating time and again precision and skill with exemplary service.

We want to see your passion and creativity for men’s hair shine through your entry, what have you achieved in the last 12 months, and why are you worthy of the title men’s stylist of the year in your local area. Show us what you are made of and leap into the roll call for 2023.

This category is for all hair professionals to enter whether you are employed, self-employed, rent a chair or freelance.

Would your texture hair clients be lost without you? Texture Stylist of the Year Award is for stylists who have a flair for textured afro or curly hair.

Bouncy, coarse, wide tight or spiral, you take it in your stride to give your client’s hair the specialist care it needs. In your entry we want to see your passion, skills and creativity, and know what gives you the edge to be in the running to take this title.

This category is for all texture hair stylists whether you are employed, self-employed, rent a chair or freelance.

Do you create enviable bridal styles? Whether it’s rolled, curled or flowing free, your bridal services are practically perfect in every way. Show us you have got what it takes to prettify the wedding party and boost your profile as the best bridal stylist in your local area.

This category is for all bridal stylists whether you are employed, self-employed, rent a chair or freelance.

You are the scientist of the salon, calculating, measuring and transforming client’s hair with your colouring wizardry.

If you are an outstanding colourist that keeps control of your clients colour, creates amazing transformations, or has rescued hair from the brink of disaster, then this category is for you to be awarded and recognised for your colouring talents.

To be the next colouring superstar, you will need to clearly demonstrate strengths in three areas:

– Control: maintaining colour for clients who like it just so

– Transformation: Whether it’s a rescue job or dramatic change, we want to see how you approach it and the results you get.

– Creativity: blow our minds with your colouring creativity, no boundaries, no rules, maybe you start the next colour trend.

This category is for all colourists whether you are employed, self-employed, rent a chair or freelance.

Extension artists are a specialist talent that should be awarded for their skill, creativity and business acumen. If your skill set blossoms when it comes to adding thickness and length to your client’s hair, then this category is for you.

Show us what you can do, encapsulate your passion and flair into your entry to be extension artist of the year, and you could be in the running to take the title that will boost your client base in your local area.

This category is for all extension artists whether you are employed, self-employed, rent a chair or freelance.

For the very creative among you, the creative image award showcases individuals who are producing inspirational imagery. The creative image of the year award is your chance to express your creative side and show us what you like to do best.

Enter one trend-led image you have created that is artistic, and a reflection of your creative style.

This category is for all hair professionals to enter whether you are employed, self-employed, rent a chair or freelance.