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HATSTAND NELLY
September 08
Hatstand Nelly finalised in Hair Magazine Awards 2008 for Best Regional
Salon. Lorraine Says ‘It’s fantastic to be one of only
4 finalists out of the whole of the UK , and the only Scottish finalist
in Best Regional Salon.’ Lorraine and Lainey attended the
awards ceremony in the swanky Haymarket Hotel, Piccadilly and the
category was won by the great Andrew Collinge. Lainey says ‘We
are so chuffed to have got this far. We had a great evening and
got to meet some of our hairdressing heroes!’
October 07
Salon International is finally here. Lorraine and seven of the team
travel to London to support our Art Director Lindsay in her Grande
Finale. After six months of training in presenting, choosing models
and doing photo shoots with the Tigi Inspirational Youth Team, Lindsay
will be on stage presenting her models to an audience of 2000 people.
Lindsay says ‘I have learned so much - I never imagined I
would ever present my work on stage at Salon International, It was
so much fun – I loved it.’ All of the team had a cracking
weekend. See some of the pics in the Style page.
September 07
Hair Now Magazine features Hatstand Nelly as one of their exclusive
‘Heavenly Hairdressers’.
June 07
The Hatstand Nelly team ‘Raced For Life’ on a bleak
and windy Aberdeen day, raising £600 for Breast Cancer Research.
Thanks to all who kindly donated.
June
07
Hatstand Nelly helped Kaimhill Community Centre raise
funds for their youth group by doing the hair for their fashion
show. Fifteen teenage models took the salon by storm on Friday 13th
June. Mad catwalk styles and much fun was had by all.
May 07
The team helped Kaimhill Community Centre raise funds by creating
some funky catwalk do’s for their models in their Fashion
Show.
April 07
Lorraine nominated Lindsay for a place on the team of Tigi’s
Inspirational Youth and we were blown away when she was chosen as
one of the lucky twelve from all over the UK . Tigi take a team
of under 25 year olds who think they have what it takes to learn
the skills required to present at our trade event of the year –
Salon International – held at Excel, Docklands, London.
Tigi Inspiration Youth Team
November 06
Akos Bodi, Tigi International Creative Director comes from London
to for a Hatstand Nelly workshop. All of the team had fun and were
inspired learning new stuff.
September 06
The British Hairdressing Business Awards have chosen Hatstand Nelly
as finalists again! For the second year running we have finalised
in the Business Newcomer category. The salon is now 2 years old
so it’s our final try for this category. Thanks to all our
clients for the support over the last two years. The awards ceremony
will be in London in September so watch this space for results,
we’ll keep you posted.
August 06
The team of Assistants held an in-salon show to a small audience
of friends and family to show them what they have learned during
their time at Hatstand Nelly. The team of young budding stylists
organised the entire event on their own including the hair, the
clothes, make up and music and also choreographed and compared their
own work.
July
06
Hatstand Nelly raised £1700 for the Scottish Society
of Autism by skydiving from 10,000 feet over St Andrews . Denise,
Greig, Lisa and Lorraine took part in the tandem jump and there
were big cheesey grins all round. Lorraine says ‘What an adrenaline
rush, I can see how people get hooked on this!’ The whole
team contributed their time to open the salon for an extra day with
all proceeds going to the charity.
July 06
In July 06 Hatstand Nelly held their first in-salon Presentation
Competition. The stylists presented their look of summer 2006 to
a panel of judges, one of whom was Ruth Hunsley, the editor of our
favourite trade magazine, the Hairdressers Journal. All the competitors
did extremely well and the winner, Lindsay, has earned herself a
place on a Hairdressers Journal photo shoot. Lorraine and Lindsay
are off to London for the special event, the results of which will
be published in the HJ. Ask in-salon for a preview of the published
work. Have a look at the style page for the images we created.
March 2006
Hairdressing and Beauty Magazine published a feature on Hatstand
Nelly.
February 2006
Matrix launched their new advanced formula of colour products –
Lorraine attended the two day colour launch in London. Matrix Creative
Team including Terry Longden (from the Salon) presented their models.
Lorraine says ‘the new colours are so fantastic – we
all got the chance to play with it on models too.’
Salon Business Magazine published a feature on
Hatstand Nelly based on their entry to the British Hairdressing
Business Awards.
January 2006
Achieved Investor In People status. Working towards this has helped
us to grow as a company, its encouraged the individuals within the
team to develop so that we can constantly improve our standards.
November 2005
Lorraine attended the Creative Head – Most Wanted Awards in
London with Julie Collier, the President of the Fellowship of Hairdressers.
Lorraine says ‘it was a great day out, I met loads of my hairdressing
idols!’
Louise attended a High Impact Cutting Course.
The whole team enjoyed an in-salon Presentation Skills training
course with one of our industry's experts.
October 2005
Lorraine visited London to spend a day with Charles Worthington.
She helped with makeovers for 'This Morning' at the TV studios,
learned a heap of stuff about TV and picked Charles' brains about
business stuff! Lorraine says 'He was so comfortable with the cameras
and was also happy to share business info and advice with me - I
had a fantastic day'.
Lisa continued her training with a Precision Cut and Colour Course.
September 2005
The team enjoyed a jolly in London to attend the British Hairdressing
Business Awards after finalising in the Business Newcomer category.
We all had a great night out, the evening was presented by Phil
Jupitus, and amongst the guests were all our heros and heroines
of hairdressing. Being chosen as one of the top five new businesses
in Britain was a real buzz.
Since opening Hatstand Nelly, Lorraine has played an active part
in the ongoing training of her stylists & trainees. This has
always been a core part of Lorraine’s long-term plans for
the salon.
July 2005
Nominated as finalist in the British Hairdressing Business Awards
2005 in the category of ‘Independent Salon-Business Newcomer’
– these are the Oscars of the hairdressing world!
Hatstand Nelly’s first birthday was celebrated with our trainees
putting on a 1st year Anniversary Hair Show to an audience of staff
& family.
They presented the skills & techniques they have learned at
Hatstand Nelly over the last year, organising the entire event themselves,
from arranging hair, clothes & make-up, creating a complete
individual look for each model.
May 2005
Jan, Clare & Lorraine attended a GHD Catwalk & Editorial
course examining & trying out the most current trends &
looks in Edinburgh. This was a lot of fun – they can’t
wait to put on their own show!
April 2005
Hatstand Nelly put Aberdeen on the map with a double page New Salon
feature in the Hairdressers’ Journal (the stylists’
Bible!). Ask for a look next time you’re in the salon.
March 2005
Julie attended a Toni & Guy 1 week Contemporary Classics course
at their Academy in London.
October 2004
Lorraine travelled to London to learn the Yuko Permanent Straightening
System, bringing back the knowledge to train others – Clare
is our Yuko specialist. Many clients who loathe their curls swear
by Yuko as its permanent smoothing products help straighten out
& control unruly hair, leaving it glossy, smooth and so much
more manageable day to day.
October 2004
Leigh & Julie also visited London to learn the good old-fashioned
art of the classic Gent’s Wet Shave at the Wahl Training Academy.
We now offer this as a special treat for guys as they all seem to
hate shaving!
August 2004
Lorraine needed some help and opened Hatstand Nelly. The premises
used to be a wallpaper shop and was in need of substantial refurbishment,
after 4 months of work the salon was ready to rock'n'roll!
LORRAINE WATSON
'01-'04
Started own company renting a chair.
Developed website and undertook first solo photo shoot.
June 2003
Toni & Guy Advance Cutting & Colouring Course. London
April 2002
Toni & Guy Advance Cutting & Colouring Course. London.
2000-2001
Top Stylist Toni & Guy, Aberdeen
1999-2000
Artistic Team Member and Staff Trainer, Dare, Aberdeen
1999
Advanced Cutting Course, Toni & Guy, Glasgow
1998-1999
HND Trichology, Glasgow. 13 merits. Best student award
1997-1998
HNC Hairdressing including Training Units. 13 Merits
1996-1997
Worked and travelled in New Zealand, experience in polynesian hair
1994
Cheynes Education, Edinburgh. Advanced Cutting Course
1989-1996
Junior stylist progressing to Senior Stylist, Kenneths, Elgin
1987-1989
Apprenticeship hairdressing qualification SVQLevel 2
1988
2nd place, Golden Scissor Award
1988
Vidal Sassoon Workshop
1988
Winner Total Look Competition
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