The Fellowship conquer the North & South

The Fellowship took on the North and South on the 25th & 26th of February with HJ Live at the ExCeL Centre in London and Pro Hair Live at Manchester Central. With star-studded line-ups across the board, the weekend delivered all the hair creativity you could ever want along with the official launch of the Fellowship’s all-new Live Lounge concept.

Sunday and Monday saw 40 stage shows from members and sponsors in both London and Manchester, bringing a myriad of trends, themes and colours to the stages. Audience members enjoyed everything from men’s hair, fashion week inspired styles, to edgy and futuristic creations.

“The weekend at HJ Live and Pro Hair Live was filled with hair artists, product companies and visitors, who couldn’t help but stay all day as there was so much to see!” says President Karine Jackson, “both shows boasted creative and innovative presentations and demonstrations in every corner and the Fellowship stages were no exception, with hours of progressive and exciting hair work. Both events were reflected amazingly!”

The Fellowship’s brand-new interview concept, the Live Lounge took shape for the first time at Pro Hair Live. The set-up had a behind-the-scenes feel, with some huge names in hairdressing dropping by to sit under the ‘hood’ and share their secrets and stories with the Fellowship family and more specifically, Ashleigh Hodges who took the interviewing reigns on Sunday and Errol Douglas MBE on Monday. Every interview was streamed live to Facebook to the Fellowship’s 8,000+ page followers so that the industry was able to get in on the action. Over the weekend, the Fellowship enjoyed laidback chats with Zoe Irwin, Andrew Barton, Bernard Connolly, Jamie Stevens, Akin Konizi amongst many, many more.

HJ Live line-up:

Sunday: Rubie Costin and Elenora Dean for L’Oréal Professionnel – Kevin Day, Alan d Grad Team – Jordanna Cobella, Cobella Hair – Gareth Williams, Headmasters – Andrew Smith, Andrew Smith Salons – Andy Heasman, RUSH

Monday: Hayley Welling, Ciente – Amy O’Halleran, Academy Salons Creative Team – TH1 Junior Art Team – Ben Madle, Headhunters – Steven Goldsworthy, Goldsworthy’s

Pro Hair Live line-up:

Sunday: SMART:EST 73 – TH1 – The Feds – Matthew Sutcliffe and Sarah Linley for BaByliss PRO – Matrix – Andrew Collinge – Goldwell – Wella – Harlee Gresty, Lewis Moore Salons – Errol Douglas MBE – Salon Services – KH Hair Artistic Team – F.A.M.E. Team 2018 – Schwarzkopf Professional

Monday: F.A.M.E. Team 2018 – Harvey Luke Hair – Karoliina Saunders – Rick Roberts – Redken – Lewis Moore Salons – Robert Eaton – Wella – Desmond Murray – Salon Success – Hairven – Anne Veck – Simon Webster – Sophia Osborne for Karine Jackson Hair & Beauty – Simon Tuckwell

Live Lounge Interviews

Sunday: Andrew Barton – Steven Smart and Thomas Hills - Zoe Irwin – Joe Sloan and Joey Power - Errol Douglas MBE and Andrew Collinge – Nick Irwin and Paddy McDougall – James Earnshaw and Gavin McIntyre – Robert Eaton – Bernard Connolly

Monday: Jack Howard and David Drew – Leighanne Regan – Andreas Stavrou – Jamie Stevens – Hooker & Young – Evangeline Barrett – Desmond Murray and Rick Roberts – Akin Konizi – Michelle Griffin – Simon Tuckwell – Ria Kulik