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Twincare wins international accolade

Vincent Terce (MD of KEVIN.MURPHY EMEA), Stav Dimitriadis (CEO of Twincare International), Kiara-Jade De Lange (marketing manager of K.M SA), Andrew Young (sales manager of K.M SA) and Palle Peterson (director sales of KEVIN.MURPHY EMEA)

The KEVIN.MURPHY South Africa division of Twincare International won the Up and Coming Distributor of the Year Award at the annual KEVIN.MURPHY event held late last year in Marbella, Spain, at the Don Carlos Resort Hotel.

This award is presented to the distributor that exhibited the most growth over the previous year.

Says Twincare CEO Stav Dimitriadis: “KEVIN.MURPHY South Africa was excited and honoured to be given this accolade. South Africa is a small market compared to the 51 other KEVIN. MURPHY countries that we are competing with.

“As Twincare, we are proud to rank very high in all the brands and are particularly excited to receive the KEVIN.MURPHY award because the brand has experienced such spectacular international growth.

“I would like to thank and congratulate my fantastic team who have done such a phenomenal job. Well Done to Andrea, Andrew, Kiara, Debi, Natassja, Kristy, Lindi and Holly.”

Twincare took over KEVIN,MURPHY’s South African distribution in June 2019.

The trophy

Triumphant trio – Andrew Young, Kiara-Jade De Lange and Stav Dimitriadis

The winners on stage

Gary Rom Cover Look Awards celebrate stylists and apprentices

Approximately 60 participants in each of the two categories of the Gary Rom Hairdressing Cover Look Awards vied for top honours at the 2022 event, held late last year in Pretoria.

Felicia Booysen walked away with the Stylist award, with Timone Visser winning the Apprentice category. Prizes were sponsored by Schwarzkopf Professional and ghd.

The Gary Rom Hairdressing Cover Look was introduced in 2015 and is open only to those who work within the Gary Rom franchise. Originally launched as a biennial event, it did not take place in 2020 and 2021 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Says Gary Rom: “My motivation for this awards initiative was to create an internal competition that would inspire creativity, a feeling of belonging, and a sense of purpose in our teams.

“I have always placed a lot emphasis on apprentices in this competition as apprentices are the future of the brand. If we nurture them and place as much emphasis and importance on them as we do our stylists, the future of the Gary Rom Hairdressing brand will be secured.”

The preliminary rounds of the competition were judged on professional photographs that were taken and submitted. Independent judges chose the top 10 in each category to participate in the finals, where stylists and apprentices were able to display their creativity on models in a live competition on awards night.

Golden Globes hair – all the top styles

It was Red Carpet Central at the recent Golden Globe Awards in Hollywood

Report by Joanna Sterkowicz and Natasha Chisese

Liza Koshy @lizakoshy

Media personality/actress Liza Koshy led the way in terms of slicked back styles, namely a neatly pulled back top knot and gelled, jagged bangs, swept to the side.

Jennifer Hudson @iamjhud

Singer and Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Hudson sported a ponytail so high on her head that her hair fell becomingly into a chin-length bob around her face, with gelled edges.

Jessica Chastain @renatocampora

Nominated for ‘George & Tammy’, Jessica Chastain’s red hair was pulled back from her face and folded into a classic Old Hollywood-style bun that skimmed the neckline.

Kaley Couco @kaleycuoco

The normally blonde Kaley Cuoco, nominated for ‘The Flight Attendant’, debuted a chocolate brown colour, styled into a towering updo with a face framing parted fringe.

Elizabeth Debicki @mararoszak

Sporting long blonde hair, nominee Elizabeth Debicki (‘The Crown’) wore her locks in a tousled and casual style.

Anya Taylor Joy @anyataylorjoy

‘The Queen’s Gambit’ star, Anya Taylor Joy, is the reigning queen of dead straight, extra long, ice blonde hair. In this instance, one side was secured behind the ear by means of a twist.

Julia Garner @bobbyeliot

For winner, Julia Garner (‘Ozark’), stylist Bobby Eliot created a style reminiscent of iconic 1960s model, Twiggy, with a short blonde crop and long, side-swept bangs.

Angela Bassett @im.angelabassett

Winner Angela Bassett (‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’) looked stunning with a side-parted, fringeless bob styled into 1940s waves.

Viola Davis @violadavis

Nominee Viola Davis (‘The Woman King’) rocked a chinlength layered Afro.

What went down at the People’s Choice Awards

Regarded as Hollywood’s major pop culture event of the year, The People's Choice Awards recognises people in entertainment and is voted online by the general public and fans, with the 48th edition held on 6 Dec 2022 in Santa Monica, California.

Hip hop star and body diversity advocate, Lizzo, who won the People’s Champion Award, rocked a towering Mohican style Afro, held together with ornate hairclips and featuring laid edges, which really took the red carpet by storm.

Trans actress MJ (Michaela Jaé) Rodriguez had a messy updo, with soft curls. Actress and director of ‘Don’t Worry Darling’ (which scooped the award for The Drama Movie of 2022) had very casual long tresses and a barely-there ‘revenge dress’, having recently broken up with pop idol, Harry Styles, who also stars in the film.

Sporting a similar style, although with darker, thicker locks, was ‘Modern Family’ star, Sarah Hyland, whose dress was also fairly skimpy. ‘Law and Order SVU’ alum and one of the evening’s winners, Mariska Hargitay, also opted for long, casual locks.

In fact, subtle variations of this look were favoured by several other stars on the red carpet, though mostly in blonde hues, such as seen on ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ star, Ellen Pompeo, comedian Nikki Glaser, actress Sarah Michelle Geller, country star Carrie Underwood and ‘Real Housewives of Beverley Hills’ star, Dorit Kemsley.

Fellow ‘Housewives’ star and actress, Lisa Rinna, had her usual iconic short shag swept up and teased for a rather severe look.

Social media star Tinx sported a glam bun, with long strands framing each side of her face. Winner of the Music Icon award, country star Shania Twain’s hair was pale pink and worn under an animal print hood, referencing what she wore decades ago for her hit song, ‘That don’t impress me much’.

Laverne Cox always makes a statement on the red carpet and this time had a lovely half updo in ash blonde highlights and a long parted fringe framing her face. ‘Selling Sunset’ star, Chrishell Stause, had a fulsome top knot with even longer strands framing her face. Stause’s castmate, Lazkani, went for full-on, classic Hollywood glam and looked fabulous with her tawny structured waves flowing on one side, with the other side tucked behind the ear.

Comedian Pretty Vee had one of the more unusual top knots of the night, which towered above her head and was accentuated by an interesting V-shaped parting, as befitting her name.

Actress Tefi Pessoa definitely had the longest hair of the night, with her long, black braid literally reaching her ankles.

Supermodel, TV presenter and businesswoman, Heidi Klum, wore the standard ‘Heidi Klum hairstyle, as in long, straight blonde hair with fulsome eyelash-skimming bangs, although her hair was barely noticeable due to one of the most bizarre outfits of the night.

Actress Selma Blair rocked the appealing blonde pixie cut she has been wearing of late, while singer Gayle had a half-half style – with 50% of her long, centre-parted hair black, and the remaining 50% in a rich chestnut hue. This style channeled Cruella De Ville.