L’Oréal Colour Trophy open for entries

The 2016 L’Oréal Colour Trophy is now open for entries, this year reaching out further through the UK with nine regional heats. If you’re passionate about haircare and want to compete against colourists from all over the UK, whether you are at the beginning of your career or an experienced colourist, whether your salon specialises in men’s, women’s or afro hair, the L’Oréal Colour Trophy has a category to suit your skills. To enter is fast and simple, via the new website www.lorealcolourtrophy.com where you can find the full entry briefing document and the simple steps you need to enter. The closing date is Friday 26 February.

There are four categories you can enter: The L’Oréal Colour Trophy Award, L’Oréal Men’s Image Award, Mizani Afro Look Award and new for 2016 is the L’Oréal Colour Trophy Star Award, which replaces the Young Colourist Award. The new category is open to colourists aged between 18-25 years and entrants will need to submit a photographic (not video) entry. Once the photographic entries have all been submitted they will be judged by a panel of the hairdressing industry’s most iconic names. The successful salons in each category will be announced online on the 4 March and will then go head-to-head at one of the nine brand new Backstage Live Finals to be held across the UK

from the 3-20 April. Successful salons from each of the Backstage Live Finals will then go on to compete at the Grand Final on the 13 June. The L’Oréal Colour Trophy Awards also offer the winners a year of money-can’t-buy opportunities, including an exclusive threeday European trip to shoot the winning look and a photo shoot with a leading consumer glossy magazine for 2017, plus numerous PR opportunities throughout the year. The event will climax at the Grand Final event at a brand new London venue - the prestigious Intercontinental London – The O2.