Tara Cuff. Her stylist was Jayme Browning
Blaenau Gwent Learning zone hosted a hair and beauty show over two days 9/10 of April.
The level 3 hair team planned and implemented the event. The objective was to gain summative assessments, while raising the profile of BGLZ and to raise money for our chosen charity.
The students decided to raise money and raise awareness for Breast Cancer Care as a previous hairdressing learner was affected by the disease.
Hair and Beauty students at Coleg Gwent’s Blaenau Gwent Learning Zone created their own hair and makeup looks for a spectacular live show, which featured an array of designs in the body paint category and hair styles inspired by well-known films.
12 – Level 3 hairdressing learners took part , each working on two models, 1 cut and colour 1 Avant-garde look (music icon theme)
25 – Level 2 Beauty Therapy learners took part covering commercial make-up and theme based make-up. Tutors – Kelly Morgan, Rhianne Evans
Dance troupe – indepenDANCE
Lighting –Nick Wheeler
Sound – Lyndon Price
Compere – Barbara Lane
On the second night of the show Dean Poole Welsh hairdressing champion and two of his colleagues judged hair and make-up. All winners received trophies
Results as follows;
Avant Garde Hair
1st – Jaime Browning
2nd – Carla George
3rd – Helen Mckelvie
Winner Jamie Browning, 21 from Tredegar “For my entry I took inspiration from Lady Gaga to design my avant-garde music icon design. It took me three months to make the dress and 2 weeks to design the hair. I absolutely loved the experience. I was nervous going into the competition and was quite shocked to win, but really pleased. Winning has given me the confidence to enter more competitions and to pursue a career in the fashion side of media and film.”
LEVEL 2 BEAUTY
1st Lucy Weed & Sophie Hayes-Pugh
2nd Justine Evans & Shelby Sims
3rd Charlotte Tibbs
Cut & Colour Hair
1st – Sophie-Anne Lane
2nd – Carla George
3rd – Zoe Jones
Both shows had music provided by a level 3 college band.
Helena Boys Lecturer of Creative Studies “The hair and beauty shows was a huge success, the standard of work showcased from both the hairdressing and beauty departments was phenomenal. The ideas and overall total looks just get better year on year. I feel creating the opportunity to take part in this event opens the learners mind to other progression routes such as a session stylist, working in TV or theatre and is an overall excellent experience for them that they can use to gain future employment”.
