Australian Hair Fashion Award Winners 2014

Do you know who throws a good party? 

Hairdressers!

On Monday night I attended the Australian Hair Fashion Awards (AHFAs) at the Ivy Ballroom in Sydney. The AHFAs are the longest running independent hairdressing awards in Australia and the whole night was a celebration of the industry.

I’m so inspired by the passion in the Australian hairdressing industry, and to have so much talent in one room made for an incredible night.

Leading editorial stylist Richard Kavanagh and actress Erica Heynatz hosted the event and Dami Im, winner of X Factor, wowed the crowd with her incredible voice.

What a year it has been for The Journal magazine! That’s me with The Journal’s editor, the gorgeous Viola Doyle. We met for the first time at the 2013 AHFAs and I’m grateful to now call her a friend.

The Journal was relaunched last year by Creative Director David Mannah, and – with Viola as editor – they have created a fresh fashion-focused hair magazine.

The AHFAs celebrate all aspects of the hairdressing industry, including makeup artists and stylists. I was proud to be one of the judges for the product categories and I’ll be sharing more about some of the best new products I trialled for the AHFAs.

Congratulations to all the winners – here is a full list of all those honoured at the 2014 AHFAs.

Australian Hair Fashion Award Winners 2014

AUSTRALIAN HAIRDRESSER OF THE YEAR 2014
Emiliano Vitale, é Salon (pictured above with his partner Lisa Muscat)

ARTISTIC TEAM OF THE YEAR 2014 – Sponsored by TONI&GUY
ELEVEN Australia

MENS HAIRDRESSER OF THE YEAR 2014 – Sponsored by American Crew
Grant Norton, Boris The Cuttery

CREATIVE COLOURIST OF THE YEAR – Sponsored by Goldwell
Jack Morton, TONI&GUY Georges

APPRENTICE OF THE YEAR – Sponsored by Joico
Steffi Tanian, Chumba Concept Salon

MAKE-UP ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Nicole Thompson

FASHION STYLIST OF THE YEAR – Sponsored by Stylerunner
Leticia Dare

AVANT GARDE HAIRDRESSER OF THE YEAR – Sponsored by label.m
Chung-Yang Su, Rokk Ebony

NSW/ACT HAIRDRESSER OF THE YEAR – Sponsored by FUDGE
Maria Unali, s.81 Hair

VIC/TAS HAIRDRESSER OF THE YEAR – Sponsored by Goldwell
Malisa Masci, Masci Hair & Spa

QLD HAIRDRESSER OF THE YEAR – Sponsored by Tangle Teezer
Andre Faiva, Revolution Hairdressing

SA HAIRDRESSER OF THE YEAR 
Kristy Hodgson, Jarahs Hair

WA/NT HAIRDRESSER OF THE YEAR – Sponsored by Delorenzo
Judith McEwen, TONI&GUY Perth Central

Best New Professional Hair Care Packaging & Design
ELEVEN Australia – Hair Care Range

Best New Professional Hair Care Product
Terax – Crema + Keratin

Best New Professional Styling Packaging & Design
ELEVEN Australia – Styling Range

Most Innovative Professional Hair Styling Tool
ghd – eclipse

Best New Professional Styling Product
Kérastase Paris – Couture Styling Mousse Bouffante

Salon Manager of the Year 
Olivia Zynevych, Mieka Hairdressing

Salon of the Year – Sponsored by Cloud 9
Mieka Hairdressing

Excellence in Education – Sponsored by Evo
Tracey Hughes Education

Most Innovative Marketing Campaign
Goldwell – Put yourself in the hands of a Goldwell color expert

Best New Salon Design – Sponsored by Shu Uemura
Axis Hairdressing

Best New Business Resource
Shortcuts

Industry-nominated categories were awarded to:

AHFA ICON
Eugene Souleiman

International Industry Ambassador
Errol Douglas

Session Stylist of the Year
Sarah Laidlaw

Photographer of the Year
Steven Chee

Part of Emiliano Vitale’s winning collection, Cryptogram.

Thanks to The Journal for a fantastic night and congratulations again to all of the winners.

Tell me, do hairdressing awards make a difference to you when choosing a stylist or salon?