UCOL students take a trip through hair history

23 September 2016

UCOL students take a trip through hair history

Ancient Egyptian, Native American and Viking hairstyles were among those created by UCOL hairdressing students competing in the History of Hair competition this week.

Hairdressing students from UCOL’s Palmerston North, Wairarapa and Whanganui campuses presented their creations in the Palmerston North Atrium on Wednesday.

Certificate of Hairdressing (Salon Support) students researched hairstyles from a particular era or culture, assembled a portfolio, and then recreated their chosen style on a mannequin.

In a separate competition, Certificate in Hairdressing (Practice) students had to design their own long hair up–styles.

Students were given one hour in class to recreate their styles, and ten minutes to make final touch ups in the Atrium.

Gillian Doran (Wairarapa) won the History Competition with her Victorian era style.

“I wanted to do a Victorian style because I really like the way they dressed. When I was researching, I found that women were really mistreated back then, so I wanted to do a style dedicated to them,” she says.

Stacey Randles’ (Palmerston North) portfolio of 18th century styles was deemed the best.

“I’ve always loved the clothes and hair of the 18th century,” she says. “The portfolio was really fun, and I was able to get creative with it by making it look old.”

Long Hair Competition winner Katyana Tchernegovski (Palmerston North) said she was inspired by a number of styles she found while trawling through social media.

“I just saw a lot of different techniques on social media, and wanted to try to put them all together,” she says.

The styles were judged by UCOL Hairdressing Lecturers, as well as industry professionals from Niche Boutique Hair Salon and Hairworks in Palmerston North.

UCOL Hairdressing Lecturer Gillian Gosper was very impressed with the calibre of this year’s entries.

“I thought the quality was really high across both competitions. It was difficult to judge, and it was evident the students all worked really hard.”

Results

History Competition

1st Gillian Doran (Wairarapa)

2nd Greer James (Wairarapa)

3rd Janella Herekiuha (Whanganui)

History Competition – Best Portfolio

1st Stacey Randles (Palmerston North)

2nd Natalia Grant (Wairarapa)

3rd Joanne O’Rourke (Palmerston North)

Long Hair Competition

1st Katyana Tchernegovski (Palmerston North)

2nd Otis Devles (Whanganui)

3rd Sam Watkins (Whanganui) & Narny Antonia (Palmerston North)

ENDS

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