A LAUNCESTON salon owner has been finalised for four national hairdresser awards.

Craig Chapman who owns Craig Chapman Hair Design is in the running for the Most Wanted 2015 Creative Talent award and the British Hairdressing Awards, including ‘Wales & South West Hairdresser of the Year’.

Craig and the salon’s creative director Kayleigh DeVries have also been shortlisted for the British Hairdressing Awards ‘Men’s Hairdresser of the Year’ award and Kayleigh has been finalised for the It List 2015 ‘The Visionary’ award.

Sponsored by Schwarzkopf Professional, the BHAs are known as the Oscars of the hairdressing world and have been raising the profile of talented salon teams and individuals for 30 years.

The photographic competition invites hairdressing professionals and artistic teams from across the country to submit a collection of four images that showcase their creativity and technical ability. Entrants are able to choose from regional and specialist categories including Afro, Artistic Team, Avant Garde, Schwarzkopf Professional British Colour Technician of the Year and Newcomer.

Judged anonymously and independently by industry peers, each finalist will now submit a further four images to create a collection of eight, which is judged in its entirety, before the winners of all 16 categories are announced on November 23.

For the full report, and a round-up of the area news and sport, see this week’s edition of the Post.